The Japan Forum

Board of Trustees Term of office: Four years

Chairperson:

NOMA Yoshinobu
President and CEO, Kodansha Ltd.

Trustees:

ARAKI Saburo
Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman,
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities Holdings Co.,Ltd.

KANEKO Shingo
Representative Director Chairman, TOPPAN Holdings Inc.

KITAJIMA Yoshinari
President, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

NAGASE Shin
Outside Director, HAPPINET CORPORATION

NOZAWA Toru
President and Representative Director, Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.

SEKIGUCHI Atushi
President, Oji Paper Co.,Ltd.

YAMANE Ryu
President, The Noma Cultural Foundation

Board of Directors Term of office: Two years

President:

SATO Gun-ei*
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Gakugei University,
Professor Emeritus, Mejiro University

Executive Director (full-time):

MIZUGUCHI Keiko*

Directors:

INAGAKI Tadashi
Professor, Faculty of Letters, Tohoku Gakuin University

KANEMARU Tokuo
Chief Corporate Advisor, Kodansha Ltd.

KOSHIMIZU Masaru
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

SAKAI Kazumi
Professor, Dokkyo University

SUGIMURA Miki
President, Sophia University

*Board representative

Auditors Term of office: Two years

SHIMIZU Itaru
Certified Public Accountant

SHIRAISHI Mitsuyuki
Corporate Advisor, Kodansha Ltd.

Secretariat

Secretary General:

SHINDO Yumi

Chief Administrative Officer:

FUJIKAKE Toshiya

Chief Program Specialist:

MURONAKA Naomi
NAGAE Haruko

Program Specialist:

NAKANO Atsushi

Staff:

CHIBA Miyuki
KANAYA Asako
MIYAGAWA Saki
TAKEDA Akiyo

As of June 2025