Mr. Bonji Ohara graduated from the National Defense Academy of Japan in 1985 and completed a master\u2019s program at the University of Tsukuba in 1998. He became the leading pilot of the 101st flight division, Maritime Self-Defense Force, in 1998.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
He enrolled in the General Course of the National Institute for Defense Studies in 2001. Mr. Ohara was stationed in China between 2003 and 2006 as a Naval Attach\u00e9 and became a chief of the intelligence section, Maritime Staff Office in Ministry of Defense, in 2006; Executive Officer of the 21st air squadron, MSDF, in 2008; and Commanding Officer of the squadron the following year.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Mr. Ohara joined NIDS as a research fellow in 2010, worked for IHS Jane\u2019s from 2011 as an analyst and business development manager, and for the Tokyo Foundation as a Director of Research before assuming the position of Senior Fellow in the Sasakawa Peace Foundation in June 2017.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":4684,"template":"","meta":[],"roles":[34],"yoast_head":"\n