- Alpatov Vladimir M., 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, Moscow, Russia
- Chugrov Sergei V., Professor, MGIMO University, Moscow, Russia
- Datsyshen Vladimir G., Professor, Siberian Federal University, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
- Gordon Andrew, Professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
- Grishachev Sergei V., Associate Professor, School of Asian Studies, HSE University, Moscow, Russia
- Katasonova Elena L., Head of the Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Kistanov Valerii O., Head of the Department of Japanese Studies, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Krneta Natalija, Associate Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Serbia
- Larin Victor L., Dr. Sc. (History), Professor, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of History, Archeology and Ethnography of the Peoples of the Far East FEB RAS
- Ostrovskii Andrey V., Head of Research Center of Socio-Economic Studies of China, Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
- Panov Aleksandr N., Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University), Moscow, Russia
- Pestushko Yurii S., Associate Professor, Pacific National University, Khabarovsk, Russia
- Shimotomai Nobuo, Professor Emeritus, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
- Stockwin Arthur, Professor Emeritus, Nissan Institute for Japanese Studies at the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Suzuki Yoshikazu, Professor, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo, Japan
- Timonina Irina L., Professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
- Vojtishek Elena E., Professor, Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia