Masuda Hiroshi

Emeritus professor of political science at Risshō University. Specializes in the history of Japanese foreign affairs, Japan-US relations, and military security theory. Born in 1947 in Kanagawa. Majored in political science at Keiō University, where he would go on to complete his PhD in law. Writings include Jieitai no tanjō (Birth of the Self-Defense Forces), Makkāsā (MacArthur), and Nanpō kara no kikan (Return from the Southern Front).