Professor Makoto Taniguchi
Professor Taniguchi received his B.A. and M.A. from Hitotsubashi University, and then proceeded to Cambridge, where he was a member of St. John's College and received his B.A. in 1958. He entered the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1959.

He has had a unique diplomatic career, serving mainly in international organizations such as the United Nations, GATT and OECD. From 1966-68 he served in the United Nations ECAFE (now ESCAP) secretariat in Bangkok. In 1981, when he was Minister in the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations in New York, he chaired the UN Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy. From 1986-89 he was Ambassador of Japan to the United Nations. In 1987 he chaired Committee I (Financial Resources) of UNCTAD VII. He was also President of the Executive Board of UNICEF. From 1990-96 he served as Deputy Secretary-General of OECD in Paris.

Following his retirement from the diplomatic service he was appointed professor in the Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University, and is at present Director of the Research Institute of Current Chinese Affairs at the same university. He is also teaching at International Christian University and Toyo Eiwa Women's University.