Organization / Directors
Organization
Directors
Chairman
Yoshikuni INOUE Ex-Vice Chairman, Daikin Industries, Ltd.
President
Minoru SHIBATA Honorary Advisor, Toyobo Co., Ltd.
Vice President
Yohsaku FUJI Adviser, The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
Directors
K. CHIKUSHI Advisor, Suntory Holdings Ltd.
S. INAGAKI General Manager, Economic & Industrial Division, Kyoto Chamber of Commerce & Industry
T. KAWAGISHI Senior Executive Officer, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd
Y. KOZUKI Executive Director & General Manager of International Division, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
S. KUSANO General Manager of Industrial Promotion Division, The Kobe Chamber of Commerce & Industry
M. MATSUSHITA Vice Chairman of the Board, Panasonic Corporation
N. SAKAI Senior Vice President, Executive Director Corporate Strategy Planning Department, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation
M. SAITO Managing Director and Secretary General, Kansai Association of Corporate Executives
K. TSUJIMOTO Executive Director, Kansai Productivity Center
S. TANABE Managing Director, Kansai Economic Federation
K. KITAMURA Senior Managing Director & Secretary General, Pacific Resource Exchange Center
Members of the Council
H. HIDAKA Senior Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Corporation
M. HIRAKI Director for International Relations, Office of the Mayor, City of Osaka
Y. IENAGA Executive Officer and General Manager, Osaka Branch, Marubeni Corporation
S. KAGEYAMA Senior Managing Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
N. KASUYA Senior Director, City of Kyoto
T. KAWAKAMI Honorary Advisor, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
Y. KOBAYASHI Director Exective Vice President, Office of the Mayor, ITOCHU Corporation
S. KOZUKA Director Executive Vice President, Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd.
M. KUSUMOTO Senior Executive Director-International Relations, Osaka Prefectural Government
T. MATSUDA Executive Director, International Department, City of Kobe
A. MATSUMURA Director General for Tourism Policy, Department of Commerce, Labor and Tourism, Kyoto Prefectural Government
Y. MATSUYAMA Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer, Nippon Life Insurance Company
H. MURAKAMI Senior Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
T. NAGAOKA Deputy President, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
K. TANAKA Director General, Internatinal Affairs, Hyogo Prefectural Government
Supreme Advisers
H. FUKUDA President, Kobe University
T. HIRANO President, Osaka University
T. IDO Governor, Hyogo Prefectural Government
D. KADOKAWA Mayor, City of Kyoto
H. MATSUMOTO President, Kyoto University
S. MORI Chairman, Kansai Economic Federation
T. OBAYASHI Co-Chairperson, Kansai Association of Corporate Executives
T. OHASHI Chairman, The Kobe Chamber of Commerce & Industry
K. OTSUBO Chairperson, Kansai Productivity Center
S. SATO Chairman, Osaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry
K. SUDO Director-General, National Museum of Ethnology
Y. TATEISI Chairman, Kyoto Chamber of Commerce & Industry
T. YADA Mayor, City of Kobe
K. YAMADA Governor, Kyoto Prefectural Government
Special Advisers
T. EGASHIRA Representative Director, Chairman, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.
D. HATAKAKE Senior Advisor, KUBOTA Corporation
Y. INUBUSHI Senior Adviser, Kobe Steel, Ltd.
M. KAWAMURA Chairman, Kyocera Corporation
K. KONOIKE Senior Adviser, Konoike Construction Co., Ltd.
T. KOBAYASHI President, KINTETSU CORPORATION
H. OGITA Chairman, Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.
T. SASAKI Chairman, West Japan Railway Company
S. SASABE Senior Adviser, Bando Chemical Industries, Ltd.
G. SEN President, Kyoto City International Foundation
Y. SHIBAIKE Chairman, Osaka Foundation of International Exchange
T. SHIRAISHI President, Obayashi Corporation
T. TAKENAKA President & CEO, Takenaka Corporation
M. TSUCHIYA President & Representative Director, Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
T. TSUJI Chairman, Konoike Transport Co., Ltd
Y. TSUKAMOTO President & Representative Director, WACOAL HOLDINGS CORP.
S. WATARI President & COO, Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
A. YOKOI Adviser, Toyota Tsusho Corporation
S. YOKOYAMA Chairman, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
H. YONEKURA Chairman, Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
Advisors
N. KANDA Former Chairman, Pacific Resource Exchange Center
K. KANEKO President, The Association for Overseas Technical Scholarship
S. SASAKI Honorary Adviser, Osaka International House Foundation
(Dispense with the Mr. and Mrs., as of December, 2012)

Members of the Board of Directors