Background
Owada, Hisashi was born on September 18, 1932 in Niigata, Japan. Son of Takeo and Shizuka (Tamura) Owada.
diplomatist international lawyer
Owada, Hisashi was born on September 18, 1932 in Niigata, Japan. Son of Takeo and Shizuka (Tamura) Owada.
Bachelor, University Tokyo, 1955. Bachelor of Laws, Cambridge University, England, 1956.
Private secretary to Foreign Minister of Japan,, 1971. Director United Nations political affairs division, 1972-1974. Director treaties division, 1974-1976.
Private secretary to Prime Minister of Japan, 1976-1978. Minister Japanese Embassy, Washington, 1979-1981, Moscow, 1981-1984. Director-general treaties bureau and for law of sea Ministry Foreign Affairs, 1984-1987, deputy vice minister, 1987-1988, deputy minister Tokyo, 1989-1991, advisor to, 1993-1994.
Ambassador, permanent representative of Japan to Organization of European Cooperation and Development, Paris, 1988-1989. Vice minister Foreign Affairs of Japan, Tokyo, 1991-1993. Ambassador, permanent representative of Japan to United Nations, 1994-1998.
Professor Waseda University, 1999—2003. Advisor to Ministry Foreign Affairs, Tokyo, 1999—2003. President Japan Institute of International Affairs, 1999—2003.
Senior advisor to president of World Bank, 1999—2003. Judge Permanent Court Arbitration, since 2001, International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands, since 2003, president Netherlands, since 2009. Adjunct professor University Tokyo, 1963—1968.
Visiting professor Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1979—1981, 1987, 89, 1999—2002. Adjunct professor international law Columbia University, 1994—1998. Inge Rennert distinguished visiting professor New York University Global Law School, since 1994.
Academic advisory Hiroshima University, since 2002. Honorary professor Leiden University, since 2006.
Author: Japanese Practice in the Field of International Law, 1984, From Involvement to Engagement, 1994, Diplomacy, 1996, A Treatise on International Relations, 2002.
Board honorary trust United Nations Foundation, Ditchley Foundation. Member of l’Institut de Droit International, International Law Association, American Society International Law, Japanese Association International Law.
Skiing, mountain walking, music.
Married Yumiko Egashira, October 7, 1962. Children: Masako, Reiko, Setsuko.