Ms. Kawaguchi holds a fellowship since April 1, 2017, after holding a professorship at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs from 2013 to March 31, 2017. Ms. Yoriko Kawaguchi was a former Member of the House of Councilors for the Liberal Democratic Party from 2005 to 2013. She was Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of Japan on foreign affairs from 2004 to 2005; Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2004 and Minister of the Environment from 2000 to 2002.
She also served as Co-chair of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament from 2008 to 2010. She is a Council Member and Distinguished Fellow of the Asia Society Policy Institute, a member of the Asia Pacific Leadership Network, Executive Advisor to the Sasakawa Peace Foundation, and Distinguished Fellow at the Tokyo Foundation.