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Directors and Councillors

May, 2019
Directors
< Chairman >
Kazuhiko Ishimura Director Chairman, AGC Inc.
< Senior Executive Director >
Hiroyuki Watanabe Former Executive Officer, General Manager of New Product R&D Center, Technology General Division, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
< Trustees >
Yoshiki Chujo Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Yoshihiro Hayashi President/Director General, National Museum of Nature and Science, Japan;
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Kimihiko Hirao RIKEN Advisor, RIKEN Center for Computational Science; Research Director, Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University
Tisato Kajiyama Chairman, Board of Trustees, and President Fukuoka Women's University;
Professor Emeritus, former President, Kyushu University
Yukiharu Kodama President, The Mechanical Social Systems Foundation;
Former Administrative Vice-minister of International Trade and Industry
Takamitsu Kumasaka Chairman & CEO, THE SANKEI SHIMBUN
Keisuke Kutira Former President, Seikei University
Masayoshi Mishina Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University;
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Akio Morishima Director General, Japan Environment Association;
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Norihiro Nakai Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ryoji Noyori Director-General, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency
Ayumi Onuma Professor, Keio University
Takuya Shimamura Representative Director, President & CEO, AGC Inc.
Katsuhiko Shirai Honorary Advisor, Waseda University
Seigo Tarucha Deputy Center Director, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science; Visiting Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Izumi Washitani

Professor, Chuo University;
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

Hiroshi Yoshikawa President, Rissho University;
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Hiroyuki Yoshikawa Senior Fellow, Japan Science and Technology Agency;
Member of Japan Academy;
Former President, Science Council of Japan;
Former President, The University of Tokyo
< Auditors >
Katsunori Nagayasu Senior Advisor, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Takashi Terashima Former Corporate Auditor, Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
Tatsuo Wakabayashi Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Councillors
Masuo Aizawa Professor Emeritus, former President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yoshinori Hirai Representative Director, Executive Vice President & CTO, AGC Inc.
Kenichi Iga Professor, Emeritus, former President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Michiko Imai Director, Le Verseau Inc.
Ryozo Kato Former Ambassador to the United States of America
Hiroshi Komiyama Chairman, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.;
Former President, The University of Tokyo
Kenji Matsuo Senior Advisor, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Shinji Miyaji Representative Director, Executive Vice President & CFO, AGC Inc.
Mamoru Mohri Chief Executive Director, Astronaut, National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Keiko Nakamura Director General, JT Biohistory Research Hall
Shigeo Nishimura Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University
Hideaki Omiya Member of the Board, Senior Executive Advisor, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Hitoshi Osaki Special Advisor to the President, National Institutes for the Humanities;
Former Commissioner for Cultural Affairs
Niro Shimada Former Chief Justice, the Supreme Court of Japan