Assistant Japanese

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Political Science and Economics, Honours September 2016 - June 2020

Concentration in International Relations; Minor in Mathematics

Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

●GPA 10.73/12; Dean’s Honor List 2017, 2018, 2019

●Professor T.N. Brewis Scholarship in Applied Economics, 2019

●David A. Golden Scholarship, 2019

●Dorothy Powell Scholarship, 2018

●Clarence C. Gibson Scholarship, 2017

●Carleton University Entrance Scholarship, 2016

Master of Arts, International Affairs September 2020 – June 2022

Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington DC, United States

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

Research Assistant January 2020 - Present

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute, Ottawa, Canada

●Associated with the project on China and Russia’s activity in Africa, which researches how the two states are influencing the regions and effect of influence analyzed from the perspective of the rule of law

●Wrote some Op-Ed on the Indo-Pacific region through a Canadian perspective, policy suggestion. These Op-Eds are in the process of publishing. Currently working on the Huawei issue, and how Canada should react to this issue

●Communicated with institutes and guests that would collaborate with the institute such as an embassy or a University. Currently working on the Indo-Pacific Related event

Research Assistant May - July 2019

IDFC Institute, Mumbai, India

●Associated with the project under the Chairman of IDFC First Bank related to the topic of State Capability and welfare delivery; currently working on the publication of the paper

●Collaborated with the research team to work on the project of Data Governance of India, mainly researched a protocol that India needs to set up, and possible framework of Indian data policy

●Assisted with the data-visualization of an index that the researched used by using MATLAB, Excel to present the data more accessible

Research Assistant October 2018 - April 2019

Embassy of Japan in Canada, Ottawa, Canada

●Researched and Analyzed Canadian Economy including the Canadian trade and manufacture industry and presented the report to Japanese private sectors

●Translated essential economics and political pieces from English to Japanese and vice versa to assist the Foreign Ministry of Japan with understanding the situation of Canada

●Researched the structure of the Canadian government for the staff of the Japanese Embassy to understand the bureaucratic system of Canada

Translator/Research Assistant July - August 2017

Carleton University, Tokyo, Japan

●Researched and summarized the comparative photographic culture of the world during the 20th century to improve research skills

●Translated Japanese and English documents for a professor from Carleton University and contributed to the research

Sales Associate/Register May - July 2017

Oginoya, Tokyo, Japan

●Communicated with clients effectively and introduced various products to them according to their preference, worked under pressure, and achieved the second top sales in June

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

President, Carleton University Japanese Association 2019 - 2020

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

●Organized major Japanese events for Canadian people to experience Japanese culture and acknowledge Japanese politics

●Led the team to plan events and distributed tasks effectively to improve the efficiency of teamwork

●Organized networking events for Canadian/Japanese companies who are looking for bilingual Japanese/English students

VP social, Carleton University Japanese Association 2018 - 2019

Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

●Communicated with the people from different organizations for an event to take a shape

●Networking with the community and organizations for possible future collaborations

●Assisted with the president to come up with ideas for the possible event and helped to frame the organization’s direction

INTERESTS

●East Asian Politics and Economics, South Asian Politics and Economics, Development Economics, Political Philosophy, International Trade, Economics Mathematics, and Arms Control

SKILLS

●Multilingual; Japanese as mother tongue, native English speaker, in addition to, German and Mandarin at a beginner level

●Software Skills; Stata, R, Microsoft Office

Moriya Koketsu

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