Dr. Nishi is currently a professor in the International School of Economics and Business Administration at Reitaku University in Japan. From 1985 to 1991, he was a foreign correspondent for "NHK Journal," a radio program of NHK Broadcasting System in Japan. From 1977 to 1991, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Hoover Institution.
Dr. Nishi has written extensively on Japan and the occupation of Japan by the United States following World War II. His books include Kuniyaburete MacArthur (The Invasion of MacArthur) (Chuo Koron-sha, 1998), Fukoku Jakumin: Nippon (Wealthy Nation, Weak People: Japan) (Reitaku University Press, 1996), Unconditional Democracy: Education and Politics in Occupied Japan, 1945-1952 (Hoover Institution Press, 1982), MacArthur no hanzai (The "Crime" of MacArthur) (Otemachi books, The Sankei Shimbun, 1983). He has also written many articles for Japanese and American publications.
Dr. Nishi is currently working on several manuscripts including Fukoku Kyohei: America (in Japanese), Hearts of the Empire (in English), and an article in English titled "Holy Ghost, Divine Greed, Slow Massacre: The Europeans in 16th Century Japan."
Professor Nishi is one of the most sought after speakers on Japan's national speech circuit. He was a member of the Board of Regents of the Executive Forum of Japan since 2000. In 2000 he was also a member of the Ezoe Mission on "Liberal-Arts Education in the United States," which held symposiums at Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Amherst College. From 1997 to 1999, he was a commentator for TV Tokyo.
Nishi has been awarded many scholarships and grants, including an ongoing research grant from Reitaku University in Japan. From 1977 to 1985 he received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Hoover Institution. In 1977 he also received the Harry S. Truman Scholarship from the Harry S. Truman Library Institute in Missouri.
Dr. Nishi received a B.A. in literature from Kwansei Gakuin University in 1964. He earned his M.A. in communications from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1968 and his Ph.D. in political studies of education from the University of Washington at Seattle in 1976.
Dr. Nishi is also a research fellow at the Hoover Institution.