Ambassador Orikasa - Curriculum Vitae

2022/12/7
CURRICULUM VITAE OF MR. HIROYUKI ORIKASA
 
Date of birth :        29th of January 1960
 
Birth Place:            Kitakata-city Fukushima, Japan
 
Education:              Bachelor (Economics), Bachelor (Arts), Master (Development Studies),
                               National University of Malaysia  
 
April 1984     -        Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
                                Assigned in the Asian Affairs Bureau, Economic Affairs Bureau
                                & Economic Cooperation Bureau in Tokyo, and in the Embassy of Japan
                                in Malaysia, Brunei and Canada.
 
2004            -        Special Assistant for South-East Asian Issues
                                      
2004            -        Visiting Fellow to the Institute of South-East Asian Studies (ISEAS),
                              Singapore
 
2005            -        Chief Consul, Consulate-General of Japan in Medan, Indonesia
                            
2006            -        Deputy Head of the Japanese Liaison Office in Muthanna Province,
                             Iraq (concurrent)
 
2007            -        Deputy Chief of the Mission, Embassy of Japan, Fiji
 
2009            -        Head of the Japanese Civilian Office, NATO PRT of Ghor Province,
                             Afghanistan
 
2011            -        Senior Deputy Director in the Policy Coordination Division & the Country
                             Assistance Planning Division I, Economic Cooperation Bureau, Japan
 
2012            -        Senior Coordinator, Economic Cooperation Bureau, Japan
 
2012            -        Deputy Chief of the Mission, Embassy of Japan, Sudan & South Sudan
 
2014            -        Deputy Chief of the Mission, Embassy of Japan, Papua New Guinea
 
2015            -        Counsellor, Embassy of Japan, Malaysia
 
2017            -        Deputy Chief of the Mission, Embassy of Japan, Malaysia
 
2019            -        Director, Information Safeguarding Division, Minister’s Secretariat, Japan
 
2020            -        Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Kyorin University (currently)
 
2021            -        Consul-General, Consulate-General of Japan in Penang, Malaysia
 
2022 September -   Minister's Secretariat
 
         October     -   Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Palau
 
Family:              -   Wife (Pauline), daughters (Fukumi & Minami)