Yoji Koda

is a Japanese naval officer, academic, writer and senior fellow in the Asia Center at Harvard University.Schorow, Stephanie.  "Crisis in Japan: The Way Forward," Harvard Gazette. March 24, 2011; retrieved 2011-12-11.

Early life
Koda was born in December 1949 at Tokushima Prefecture.  He studied at the Defense Academy at Yokosuka in 1968-1972.King's College London ,  Yoji Koda bio note 

Career
Koda served on several JMSDF ships, including the Yudachi (DD-108), the Shirayuki (DD-123), and the Sawayuki (DD-125).

Timeline
 1973: Commissioned as Ensign in the  or JMSDF
 1982-1984: Exchange officer at United States Naval Academy
 1983: Lieutenant Commander
 1987: Commander
 1990-1991: Commanding Officer, Destroyer Sawayuki (DD-125)
 1991-1992: Naval Command College at U.S. Naval War College
 1997: Rear Admiral
 1997-1999: Chief of Staff, Commander Fleet Escort Force Harvard University, Fairbanks Center for Chinese Studies ,  "Recent Developments in China's Naval Modernization and Foreign Policy  Activism,"  April 2011; retrieved 2011-12-11.
 2003: Vice Admiral
 2005-2007: Commandant, Sasebo JMSDF District
 2007-2008: Commander in Chief, Self Defense Fleet

Admiral Koda retired from JMSDF in August 2008.

Selected works
  "The Russo-Japanese War: Primary Causes of Japanese Success,"  Naval War College Review (Spring 2005)
 "A New Carrier Race? Strategy, Force Planning, and JS Hyuga,"  Naval War College Review (Summer 2011)

Honours
 Griffith Asia Institute in Brisbane, Australia: 2011 Synnot LectureKoda, Yoji.  "The US-Japan Alliance and the Changing Power Balance in Asia," May 2011; retrieved 2011-12-11.

References

 More reading 
 Chun, Tarryn.  "Profile: Retired Vice-Admiral Yoji Koda, Asia Center Senior Fellow, 2009-2011," Harvard Asia Newsletter (Winter 2010), p. 5.

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Category:People from Tokushima Prefecture