She returned to Japan when she was in middle school. During high school, she lived in an American family as an exchange student between Japan and the United States and attended a local school. In retrospect, Kuniko Inoguchi later said, "Although I went to the United States for high school for only 65,438+00 months, my English has been further improved, and I often participate in volunteer activities and music festivals with my friends. At that time, I felt that my youth was running at full capacity, and I was very busy and full every day. " When studying in the United States, Kuniko Inoguchi was catching up with the anti-Vietnam war movement of young Americans. Although she didn't care about the anti-war movement, at this time she had the idea of studying international politics. She said: "I was deeply moved by studying in the United States and became the source of my future research on international politics."
After graduating from the German Department of sophia university Foreign Languages Department, Bangzi went to Yale University to study. According to her own account, she studied hard every day, read two or three thousand pages of literature every week, and struggled under the pressure of exams and writing papers. From 65438 to 0982, Kuniko Inoguchi received a doctorate in political science from Yale University. After being a visiting researcher at the Institute of International Studies of Harvard University, she returned to her alma mater, sophia university, to teach.
Talking about her years of studying abroad, she said: "Every time I study abroad, it is a strong experience, both intellectually and spiritually, and it is a challenge to my limits."