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Executives at AIST

As of July 1, 2025

President
ISHIMURA Kazuhiko

Education
March, 1979 Graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Engineering
Business Experience
April, 1979 Joined Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (current AGC Inc.)
July, 1989 Senior Manager of Engineering Div.
October, 2000 President of Asahi Glass Fine Techno Co., Ltd.
September, 2004 GM of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd Kansai Plant
January, 2006 Executive Officer, GM of Kansai Plant
April, 2006 Executive Officer, GM of Electronics & Energy General Division
January, 2007 Senior Executive Officer, GM of Electronics & Energy General Division
March, 2008 Member of the Board
President & COO
January, 2010 Member of the Board
President & CEO, Director of Group Strategy Office
January, 2015 Chairman & Representative Director
January, 2018 Chairman
Director
March, 2020 Director
April, 2020 President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Additional post CEO, AIST
(Abbreviation” GM”: General Manager)

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Senior Vice-President
OBARA Haruhiko

Education
March, 1987 Master of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics,　School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
December, 1992 Doctor of Engineering, Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Business Experience
April, 1987 Electrotechnical Laboratory, Agency of Industrial　Science and Technology
April, 2002 Group Leader, Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Group, Energy Electronics Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
July, 2004 Group Leader, Thermoelectric Energy Conversion　Group, Energy Technology Research Institute, AIST
June, 2009 Manager for Industrial Science and Technology　Program, Planning Headquarters, AIST
June, 2011 Principal Researcher, Energy Technology Research Institute, AIST
April, 2012 Deputy Director, Energy Technology Research Institute, AIST
April, 2014 Director, Energy Technology Research Institute, AIST
April, 2015 Deputy Director General, Department of Energy and　Environment, AIST
April, 2018 Deputy Director-General, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
Deputy Director-General, Planning Headquarters, AIST
April, 2020 Vice-President, AIST
Director General, Department of Energy and Environment, AIST
April, 2021 Executive Officer, AIST
April, 2023 Senior Executive Officer, AIST
April, 2025 Senior Vice-President, AIST
Additional post Senior Executive Officer, AIST
Chief Technology Officer, AIST
Director-General, Research Strategy Headquarters, AIST
Director-General, AIST Tsukuba (AIST Representative of the Tsukuba Science City Network and other bodies)

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Chief Vice-President
KATAOKA Ryuichi

Education
March, 1993 Graduated from Department II (public law course),
Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo
Business Experience
April, 1993 Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) (assigned to General Coordination Division, General Coordination Department, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology)
[Assignments between April 1993 - May 2002]
・Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign affairs of Japan (MOFA)
・Deputy Director, Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
・Economic Section, Embassy of Japan in South Africa
May, 2002 Deputy Director (Policy Planning and Coordination), Middle East-Africa Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
June, 2005 Deputy Director (Planning), Welfare Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat, METI
May, 2008 Deputy Director (Policy Planning and Coordination), Middle East-Africa Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
July, 2009 Director, Policy Planning and Research Office, Trade Policy Bureau, METI
July, 2010 Counselor (Director General for Economic and Fiscal Management, Director for Economic and Fiscal Management), Cabinet Office (CAO)
June, 2012 Director, Cabinet Secretariat (CAS)
February, 2013 Director, Headquarters for Japan’s Economic Revitalization, CAS
June, 2013 Director, Macro Economic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
July, 2014 Counselor for Budget Bureau, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Finance (MOF)
June, 2016 Director, Industrial Machinery Division, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, METI
July, 2018 Director for Industrial and Labor Policy (reporting to Director General for Economic and Fiscal Management), CAO
August, 2020 Director, General Coordination Division, Policy Planning and Coordination Department, Japan Patent Office
April, 2021 Vice-President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Additional post Senior Executive Officer, AIST
Chief Operating Officer, AIST
Chief Internal Control Officer, AIST

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Vice-President
TOKUMASU Shinji

Business Experience
July, 2025 Vice-President, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
Additional post Senior Executive Officer, AIST
Director-General, Corporate Planning and Management Headquarters, AIST

Vice-President
MIYAZAKI Koyomi

Education
March, 1993 Doctor of Science, Graduate School of Human Culture, School of Human Environmental Science, Ochanomizu University
Business Experience
April, 1999 Joined the Institute of Life Science and Industrial Technology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
April, 2001 Researcher, Clock Cell Biology Group, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
July, 2014 Group Leader, Physiologically Active Substances Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute, AIST
April, 2015 Group Leader, Physiologically Active Substances Research Group, Biomedical Research Institute, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, AIST
April, 2019 Director, Research Planning Office of Life Science and Biotechnology, Research PromotionDivision of Life Science and Biotechnology, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, AIST
April, 2020 Director, Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Institute, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, AIST
April, 2022 Deputy Director, Research Strategy Planning Department, AIST
Deputy Director General, Department of Life Science and Biotechnology, AIST
April, 2023 Director, Branding and Public Relations Department, AIST
October, 2023 Executive Officer, AIST
April, 2024 Vice-President, AIST
Additional Post Executive Officer, AIST
Director, Branding and Public Relations Department, AIST
Director, Innovative Human Resources Department, AIST

Vice-President (Part-time)
YANAGI Hiroyuki

Education
March, 1978 Bachelor of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Business Experience
April, 1978 Joined Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
April, 2000 General Manager, MC Business Operations
April, 2003 President, MBK Industrie
February, 2004 Managing Director, Yamaha Motor India Pvt．Ltd.
March, 2007 Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
January, 2009 Chief General Manager of Manufacturing Center, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
March, 2009 Senior Executive Officer, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
March, 2010 President, Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
June, 2011 Outside Director, Yamaha Corporation
January, 2018 Chairman and Representative Director, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
March, 2019 Outside Director, AGC Inc. (to present)
March, 2019 Outside Director, Kirin Holdings Company, Limited
March, 2021 Chairman and Director, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
April, 2021 Vice-President (Part-time), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
June, 2021 Outside Director, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.
January, 2022 Director, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
March, 2022 Senior Advisor, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Stepped down in March 2025)
June, 2022 Outside Director, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

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Vice-President (Part-time)
AKIIKE Reiko

Education
March, 1990 Master of Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering　Graduate School, Waseda University
June, 1996 Master of Science MIT Sloan School of Management
Business Experience
April, 1990 Joined Kirin Brewery Company, Limited.
January, 1997 Joined McKinsey & Company
June, 2003 Joined the Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan (IRCJ)
November, 2006 Joined Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
January, 2021 Co-Chairperson, BCG Japan
April, 2022 Vice-President (Part-time), AIST

Vice-President (Part-time)
SATO Yasuhiro

　　　　
Education
March, 1976 Bachelor of Economics, The University of Tokyo
Business Experience
April, 1976 Joined The Industrial Bank of Japan, Ltd.
March, 2003 Executive Officer, Senior Corporate Officer of International Banking Unit, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April, 2004 Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
March, 2006 Executive Managing Director, Head of Corporate Banking Unit, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April, 2007 Deputy President, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
April, 2009 President & CEO, Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
(until July 2013)
June, 2009 Member of the Board of Directors, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
June, 2011 President & Group CEO, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
(until June 2014)
July, 2013 President & CEO, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
April, 2014 Member of the Board of Directors, Mizuho Bank, Ltd.
(until April 2018)
June, 2014 Member of the Board of Directors, President & Group CEO, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
April, 2018 Chairman, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
June, 2020 Vice Chair, Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)
March, 2021 Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation
April, 2022 Member of the Board of Directors, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
June, 2022 Senior Advisor, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.
April, 2023 Vice-President (Part-time), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

Vice-President (Part-time)
KOJIMA Keiji

Business Experience
July, 2025 Vice-President (Part-time), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

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Auditor (Part-time)
OHASHI Hiroko

Business Experience
July, 2025 Auditor (Part-time), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

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Auditor
YONEYAMA Chikako

Business Experience
July, 2025 Auditor, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)

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Senior Executive Officer
USUDA Takashi

Education
March, 1987 Master of Engineering, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
February, 2000 Doctor of Engineering, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Business Experience
November, 1988 Joined NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
April, 1990 Joined National Research Laboratory of Metrology, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
April, 2003 Section Chief, Vibration and Hardness Section, Acoustics and Vibration Metrology Division, Metrology Institute of Japan (MIJ), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
July, 2008 Principal Researcher, MIJ, AIST
December, 2008 Senior Planning Manager, Planning Headquarters, AIST
April, 2012 Director, Metrology Management Center (MMC), National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), AIST
April, 2015 Deputy Director General, NMIJ, AIST
Superintendent, Tsukuba Central 3, AIST
April, 2017 Director General, NMIJ, AIST
April, 2020 Vice-President, AIST
April, 2021 Executive Officer, AIST
January, 2024 Senior Executive Officer, AIST
Additional post Director General, NMIJ, AIST
Ethics Supervisory Officer, AIST
Supervisor, Ethics for Researchers, AIST
Research Ethics Education Officer, AIST
Chief Research Records Officer, AIST

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Senior Executive Officer
Hamakawa Satoshi

Education
March, 1994 Doctor of Engineering, Department of Crystalline Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Business Experience
April, 1994 National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
October, 2001 Planning Officer Planning Headquarters, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
April, 2005 Leader, Membrane Reactor Team, Research Center of Compact Chemical Process Technology, AIST
January, 2009 Senior Planning Manager, Planning Headquarters, AIST
April, 2011 Director, Planning Division, Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters, AIST
April, 2015 Director, Research Institute for Chemical Process Technology, Department of Materials and Chemistry, AIST
April, 2018 Deputy Director General, Department of Material and Chemistry, AIST
April, 2020 Deputy Director-General, Planning Headquarter, AIST
Deputy Director-General, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
April, 2021 Director General, Department of Material and Chemistry, AIST
April, 2022 Executive Officer, AIST
Additional post Director-General, Research Strategy Headquarters of Technology Intelligence and Regional Affairs Division, AIST
Director, Planning Division, Research Strategy Headquarters, AIST
Director, Engineering Division Research Strategy Headquarters, AIST
Manager, Office for Establishing Base of Manufacturing Basic Processing Technology Research Strategy Headquarters Planning Division, Research Strategy Headquarters, AIST
Assistant to Chief Technology Officer (Special assignment), AIST

Executive Officer
YASUDA Tetsuji

Education
March, 1989 Completed Chemical Engineering Course, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Doctor’s degree awarded in March, 1990
Business Experience
April, 1989 Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo.
May, 1990 Visiting Scientist, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University
April, 1994 Senior Researcher, National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
April, 2001 Senior Researcher, Advanced Semiconductor Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
April, 2004 Director for Strategic Technology Planning, Industrial Science and Technology Policy Division, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
July, 2006 Group Leader, Emerging Device Materials Group, Nanoelectronics Research Institute, AIST
April, 2008 Leader, Team New Materials Integration Research Team, Nanodevice Innovation Research Center, AIST
April, 2011 Deputy Director, Nanoelectronics Research Institute, AIST
March, 2012 Director, Research Planning Office for Information Technology and Electronics, AIST
May, 2014 Director, Nanoelectronics Research Institute, AIST
April, 2018 Deputy Director General, Department of Electronics and Manufacturing, AIST
April, 2020 Director General, Department of Electronics and Manufacturing, AIST
April, 2022 Executive Officer, AIST
Additional post Director General, Department of Electronics and Manufacturing, AIST

Executive Officer
NAKAO Shinsuke

Education
March, 1985 Bachelor of Engineering, Department of Mineral Science and Technology, School of Engineering, Kyoto University
September, 2000 Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto University
Business Experience
April, 1986 Joined Geological Survey of Japan, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
May, 2007 Associate Manager for Industrial Science and Technology Program, Planning Headquarters, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
May, 2009 Leader, CO2 Geological Storage Research Group, Research Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, AIST
April, 2012 Deputy Director, Research Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, AIST
Leader, CO2 Geological Storage Research Group, Research Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, AIST
April, 2013 Director, Research Institute for Geo-Resources and Environment, AIST
April, 2017 Deputy Director General, Geological Survey of Japan(GSJ), AIST
April, 2021 Director General, GSJ, AIST
April, 2022 Executive Officer, AIST
Additional Post Director General, GSJ, AIST

Executive Officer
NAKAMURA Yasuhiro

Education
March, 1994 Doctor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Doshisha University
Business Experience
April, 1994 Joined Electrotechnical Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
October, 2005 Section Chief, Electricity Standards Section 1, Electricity and Magnetism Division, Metrology Institute of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
April, 2007 Division Head, Electricity and Magnetism Division, Metrology Institute of Japan, AIST
April, 2009 Principal Researcher, Metrology Institute of Japan, AIST
October, 2010 Senior Planning Manager, Planning Headquarters, AIST
October, 2012 Director, General Planning Office, Planning Headquarters, AIST
May, 2013 Director, Research Environment and Safety Planning Division, Research Environment and Safety Headquarters, AIST
April, 2014 Director, Environment and Safety Planning Division, Environment and Safety Headquarters, AIST
April, 2015 Director, Research Institute for Physical Measurement, National Metrology Institute of Japan (NMIJ), AIST
April, 2018 Deputy Director-General, Environment and Safety Headquarters, AIST
Director, Information and Communication Infrastructure Division, Environment and Safety Headquarters, AIST
November, 2018 Deputy Director-General, Planning Headquarters, AIST
Director, Information Security Department, AIST
April, 2020 Deputy Director-General, Environment and Safety Headquarters, AIST
April, 2022 Director-General, Environment and Safety Headquarters, AIST
April, 2023 Executive Officer, AIST
Additional Post Director-General, Facilities and Safety Headquarters, AIST
Chief Information Officer, AIST

Executive Officer
TANAKA Yoshio

Education
July, 1995 Dr. Eng., Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
Business Experience
April, 2000 Joined Electrotechnical Laboratory, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology, Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
January, 2002 Leader, Grid Infraware Team, Grid Technology Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
July, 2006 Principal Researcher, Grid Technology Research Center, AIST
April, 2008 Principal Researcher, Information Technology Research Institute, AIST
April, 2014 Director, Research Planning Office of Information Technology and Electronics, AIST
April, 2015 Director, Information Technology Research Institute, Department of Information Technology and Human Factors, AIST
April, 2020 Director, Information Security Department, AIST
April, 2022 Deputy Director, Research Strategy Planning Department, AIST
January, 2023 Director General, Department of Information Technology and Human Factors, AIST
October, 2023 Executive Officer, AIST
Additional Post Director General, Department of Information Technology and Human Factors, AIST
Chief Information Security Officer, AIST

Executive Officer
UEHARA Natsuko

Education
March, 1988 Graduated from Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kobe University
September, 1996 Doctor of Science, Kobe University
Business Experience
April, 1988 Technical Official, National Chemical Laboratory for Industry, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
January, 2009 Manager, Planning Office of Business and Innovation, AIST Innovation Center for Start-ups, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
April, 2011 Senior Planning Manager, Planning Division, Research and Innovation
Promotion Headquarters, AIST
Manager, Planning Office, Collaboration Promotion Division,Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters (concurrent), AIST
July, 2012 Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (secondment)
June, 2014 Director, International Affairs Division, Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters, AIST
April, 2015 Director, Collaboration Promotion and International Affairs Division,Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters, AIST
April, 2018 Deputy Director-General, Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters, AIST
April, 2020 Deputy Director-General, Planning Headquarters, AIST
Director, Evaluation Department (concurrent), AIST
April, 2023 Director-General, Planning Headquarters of IP & Standardization Promotion and Collaboration Contract, AIST
Director, International Affairs Division, Planning Headquarters (concurrent), AIST
July, 2023 Director-General, Planning Headquarters of IP & Standardization Promotion, Collaboration Contract and International Affairs (concurrent)
January, 2024 Executive Officer
Additional Post Director-General, Research Strategy Headquarters of IP & Standardization Promotion and International Affairs, AIST
in charge of International Cooperation (Special assignment), Value Creation in Collaboration with Corporates (Special Assignment), AIST

Executive Officer
SAKAKIBARA Osamu

Business Experience
April, 1983 Joined National Research Institute for Pollution and Resources, Agency of Industrial Science and Technology
April, 1998 Section Chief for Location and Pollution, Environmental & Energy Group Technology Promotion Office, Iron and Steel Division, Basic Industries Bureau, Ministry of International Trade and Industry
June, 2004 Human Resources Specialist, Administrative Affairs Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environmental Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
October, 2013 Manager, Technological Assessment Office, Research Facilities Division, Research Environment and Safety Headquarters, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
July, 2014 Manager, Personnel Office, Human Resources Department, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
October, 2017 Assistant Director, Collaboration Promotion and International Affairs Division, Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters, AIST
March, 2019 Councilor, Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters, AIST
April, 2019 Director, Innovation Center for Technology Transfer and Startups, Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters (Concurrent Post), AIST
October, 2020 Deputy Director, Human Resources Division, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
October, 2021 Director, Collaboration Contract Division, Research and Innovation Promotion Headquarters, AIST
October, 2022 Director, Human Resources Division, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
July, 2024 Deputy Director-General, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
April, 2025 Executive Officer, AIST
Additional Post Director-General, Corporate Planning and Management Headquarters of Human Resources, AIST
Director-General, Facilities, Safety and General Services Headquarters of Research Administrative Services, AIST
Assistant to Chief Operating Officer (Special assignment) , AIST

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