- Alpatov Vladimir M. (Russia), Head of the Department of East and South-East Asian languages, the Institute of Linguistics (Russian Academy of Sciences), Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Chugrov Sergei V. (Russia), Professor, MGIMO University
- Datsyshen Vladimir G. (Russia), Professor and Head of the Department of World History, Siberian Federal University
- Gordon Andrew (USA), Professor, Harvard University, Department of History
- Gurevich Tatiyana M. (Russia), Professor, MGIMO University
- Iwashita Akihiro (Japan), Professor, Hokkaido University Laboratory of Slavic-Eurasian Studies
- Katasonova Elena L. (Russia), Head of the Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Kawaraji Hidetake (Japan), Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University
- Kistanov Valerii O. (Russia), Head of the Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Korchagina Tatiyana I. (Russia), Associate Professor, Faculty of Global Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Nechaeva Lyudmila T. (Russia), Professor, Institute of Afro-Asian Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Numano Kyoko (Japan) Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute of Global Studies
- Panov Aleksandr N. (Russia), Professor and Head of the Department of Diplomacy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University)
- Pestushko Yurii S. (Russia), Professor, Pacific National University
- Shimotomai Nobuo (Japan), Emeritus Professor, Hosei University
- Shodiev Fattah K. (Belgium), Head of International Chodiev Foundation
- Simonova-Gudzenko Ekaterina K. (Russia), Professor and Head of Department of Japanese History and Culture, Institute of Afro-Asian Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Stephan John J. (USA), Emeritus Professor of Russian and Japanese History, University of Hawaii
- Stockwin Arthur (UK), Professor Emeritus Fellow and Founding Director, Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford, Emeritus Fellow, Oxford School of Global and Area Studies
- Suzuki Yoshikazu (Japan), Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Institute of Global Studies
- Timonina Irina L. (Russia), Professor, Institute of Afro-Asian Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University
- Vojtishek Elena E. (Russia), Professor and Head of Department of Afro-Asian Studies, Novosibirsk State University