AIST:Executives at AIST

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

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

Vice-President

TOKUMASU Shinji

Education
March, 1994	Master of Engineering, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
June, 2001	Master of Public Administration, Harvard Kennedy School
June, 2001	Master of Science in Management of Technology, MIT Sloan School
March, 2006	Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial Engineering Management, Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Business Experience
April, 1994	Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)
June, 2001	Deputy Director, Metrology Policy Office, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
July, 2003	Deputy Director, Academia Industry Cooperation Promotion Division, METI
June, 2004	Deputy Director, Brussels Office, Japan Machinery Center for Trade and Investment (JMC)
March, 2007	Deputy Director, Retail and Wholesale Commerce Division, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, METI
July, 2008	Deputy Director, Research and Development Division, METI
July, 2010	Cabinet Secretariat (CAS)
July, 2012	Director, Technology Development Planning Division, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
March, 2013	Manager, International Affairs Office, Industrial Science and Technology Policy Division, METI
June, 2014	Manager, Office for AIST, METI
July, 2016	Director for Manufacturing Industry Systems and Digitalization, METI (Concurrent Post) Director, MONODZUKURI Policy Planning Office, METI
October, 2018	Director, Chemical Management Policy Division, METI
July, 2020	Director, Regional Economic and Industrial Policy Division, METI
August, 2021	Counselor to the Director General, Reconstruction Agency
July, 2023	Deputy Director-General, Bureau for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office
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 (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

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)

KOJIMA Keiji

Education
March, 1982	M.Sc. (Mathematical Science), Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
March, 2005	Ph.D. (Information Science), Osaka University. (“Research on multimedia processing technology based on dedicated programmable processor”)
Business Experience
April, 1982	Joined Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2000	Department Manager, Systems Development Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2003	Research Director, Information Service Research Center, Systems Development Laboratory, R&D Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2004	Deputy General Manager, Internet Systems Platform Division, Ubiquitous Platform Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2006	General Manager of the Embedded System Platform Research Laboratory of the Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.
October, 2007	Research Director, Information Systems Research Laboratory of the Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2008	General Manager, Central Research Laboratory, R&D Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2011	General Manager, Hitachi Research Laboratory, R&D Group, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2012	Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2014	President & CEO of the R&D Group, Hitachi, Ltd. Chief Technology Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2016	Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, CEO of Services & Platforms Business Unit, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2018	Representative Executive Officer, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2019-March, 2023	Vice-President (Part-time), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
June, 2021	Director, Representative Executive Officer, President & COO, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2022	Director, Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO, Hitachi, Ltd.
April, 2025	Director, Vice Chairman, Hitachi, Ltd.
June, 2025	Vice Chairman, Hitachi, Ltd.
July, 2025	Vice-President (Part-time), AIST

監事（非常勤）

中沢浩志

（なかざわひろし）

就任年月日：2020年7月1日略歴
1985年3月	東京大学工学部計数工学科卒業
2013年3月	博士（経済学）埼玉大学
1985年4月	株式会社三井銀行入行
2002年10月	市場外貨資金部副部長
2003年10月	大和証券エスエムビーシー株式会社出向
2009年4月	株式会社三井住友銀行企業情報部上席推進役
2010年5月	日興コーディアル証券株式会社（現：SMBC日興証券株式会社）金融市場本部長補佐
2014年3月	商品業務担当補佐
2015年3月	執行役員商品統括担当
2019年3月	グローバル・マーケッツ企画担当
2020年3月	顧問
2020年7月	国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所監事（東京本部駐在）に就任
2025年4月	国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所監事（非常勤、東京本部駐在）に就任

監事

菊地正寛

（きくちまさひろ）

就任年月日：2020年7月1日略歴
1979年3月	工業技術院計量研究所入所
2000年4月	産業技術総合研究所設立準備本部専門官
2000年12月	科学技術庁科学技術政策局政策課出向
2001年1月	内閣府専門官（政策統括官（科学技術政策担当）付参事官（科学技術総務・広報・国際担当）付）
2001年4月	独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所業務推進部門総務室主幹
2001年5月	経済産業省産業技術環境局産業技術政策課（技術戦略専門職）出向
2003年5月	独立行政法人産業技術総合研究所企画本部企画主幹
2005年7月	財務会計部門財務室長
2006年7月	能力開発部門総括
2010年10月	コンプライアンス推進本部リスク管理室長
2012年10月	イノベーション推進本部イノベーション推進企画部審議役
2015年10月	国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所総務本部経理部長
2017年8月	監査室長
2020年7月	国立研究開発法人産業技術総合研究所監事（つくばセンター駐在）に就任

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

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)

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

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)

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

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

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

Auditor

YONEYAMA Chikako

Education
March, 1987	Bachelor of Arts, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Waseda University
Business Experience
April, 2001	Joined the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
October, 2013	Group Leader, Personnel Administration Group, Personnel Office, Human Resources Division, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
April, 2015	Manager, Legal Office, General Affairs Support Division, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
October, 2018	Manager, Tsukuba Central 1 General Affairs Office, AIST Tsukuba Central 1, AIST
July, 2020	Director, General Administration Department, AIST Tokyo Waterfront, AIST
July, 2022	Director, General Affairs and Planning Division, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
July, 2023	Councilor, Human Resources Division, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
July, 2024	Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Human Resources Division, General Affairs Headquarters, AIST
April, 2025	Deputy Director-General, Chief Management Headquarters, AIST Director, Chief Management Headquarters Planning Division, Chief Management Headquarters, AIST Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Human Resources Division, Chief Management Headquarters, AIST
July, 2025	Auditor, AIST

Auditor (Part-time)

OHASHI Hiroko

Education
March, 1987	Bachelor of Arts, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Sacred Heart
Business Experience
April, 1990	Joined Standard Chartered Bank
October, 1997	Showa & Ohta Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC) (August, 2004～July, 2007: Secondment to Accounting Standards Board of Japan (ASBJ), Financial Accounting Standards Foundation (FASF))
June, 2010	Joined Tokyo Kyodo Accounting Office
April, 2012	Partner, Mazars Audit LLC
August, 2013	Director, Hiroko Ohashi Certified Public Accountant Office
January, 2016	Auditor (Part-time), Welfare And Medical Service Agency (resigned in June 2023)
November, 2016	Member of Evaluation Committee for Tokyo Metropolitan Local Incorporated Administrative Agency, especially Evaluation Subcommittee member for Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Medical Center (resigned in October 2024)
July, 2025	Auditor (Part-time), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)