Narushige Michishita, a specialist in strategic and defense studies at the National Graduate Institutefor Policy Studies, says Kan needs to address the issue of defending Japan.
Previously, Ms. Gottemoeller served as Deputy Director of the International InstituteforStrategicStudies in London from 1994 to 1997 and as the National Security Council Director for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia Affairs at the White House from 1993 to 1994.