Executives
This section offers information about our Trustees, Auditors, Vice-Presidents, Executive Advisor to the president and Director General.
Trustees
Trustee for Financial Strategy and Human Resources, MURATA Akira
Academic background
| March 1991 | Doctoral Program, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Doctor of Engineering |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1991 | Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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| April 1995 | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Bio-Applications and Systems Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2007 | Professor, Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2010 | Professor, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2011 | Director, Organization for Promotion of Tenure-track System, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2016 | Director, Organization for Promotion of Tenure-track System, Global Innovation Research Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2017 | Director, Information Media Center, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2023 | Deputy Chief Information Officer, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2025 | Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Trustee for Financial Strategy and Human Resources, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Trustee for Governance and Global Strategies, OOKAWA Taiichiro
Academic background
| March 1989 | Master’s Program, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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| March 1994 | Ph.D. in Agriculture Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1989 | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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| April 1999 | Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| March 2016 | Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2025 | Dean, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Trustee for Governance and Global Strategies, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Trustee for General Affairs and Planning; Director General, SATO Akihiro
Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1995 | University Division, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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| April 1999 | Unit Chief of Graduate School Section, University Division, University Reform Promotion Office, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2000 | Training and Exchange Section Chief, Planning Division, Higher Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2002 | Specialist, Higher Education Bureau, University Division, University Reform Promotion Office, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2004 | General Affairs Section Chief, National University Corporation Support Division, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2006 | Open University Section Chief/Higher Education Planning Section Chief, Higher Education Planning Division, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2008 | Director of General Affairs Office, Administration Department, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education |
| April 2010 | Director of General Affairs Office, Kyoto University |
| April 2012 | Assistant, Specialized Education Division, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2015 | Assistant, National University Corporation Support Division, Specialized Education Division, Higher Education Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2017 | Deputy Director General, Business Evaluation Department, National Institution for Academic Degrees and Quality Enhancement of Higher Education |
| April 2021 | Director of General Affairs Division, Director of Human Resources Division, and Director of Preparations for the 125th Anniversary, Kyoto University |
| April 2022 | Director of General Affairs Division, Vice-Trustee (General Affairs Coordination), Director of Human Resources Division, and Director of Preparations for the 125th Anniversary, Kyoto University |
| April 2023 | Director, General Affairs Division, Kyoto University (Vice-Trustee in charge of general affairs) |
| April 2024 | Director General, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies |
| April 2026 | Trustee for General Affairs and Planning, Director General, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Trustee for Intellectual Asset Management (part-time), OKUTANI Masako
Academic background
| March 1995 | Master's course, Graduate School of Agriculture, Graduate Schools & Professional Graduate Schools, Meiji University |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1995 | Meiji Seika Kaisha, Ltd. Biological Science Research Institute |
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| January 2005 | Registered as a patent attorney |
| January 2005 | Yamazaki Law and Patent Office |
| October 2016 | Sato General Law Office (current position) |
| April 2022 | Senior Assistant Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (current position) |
| April 2025 | Trustee for Intellectual Asset Management, Vice-President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Trustee for Intellectual Asset Management, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Trustee for Societal Cooperation Promotion / Vice-President, SAKANE Sirkku
Academic background
| May 1985 | Finnish Businessmen’s Commercial College Bachelor of Business Administration（Foreign Trade） |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| June 1985 | Finnish Paper Mills'Association (Finland Headquarters) |
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| September 1985 | FinPap Japan Co., Ltd. (Japan Branch) |
| September 1988 | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland |
| June 1991 | Finnish Tourist Board |
| September 1995 | Nokia Japan K.K. (Position: Sourcing Deputy Director General) |
| June 2005 | Finnish interpreter and translator (Finland) |
| March 2007 | Finnish interpreter and translator |
| December 2012 | Associate Professor, Leading Graduate School, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2019 | Associate Professor, Department of Humanities, Kyushu Lutheran College Director, Global Center, Kyushu Lutheran College (until March 2026) |
| April 2025 | Trustee for Societal Cooperation Promotion, Vice-President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Trustee for Societal Cooperation Promotion, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Auditors
Auditor, UEMURA Kyoko
Academic background
| March 1978 | Department of Home Management, Faculty of Home Economics, Ochanomizu University |
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| March 1980 | Master's course at Graduate School of Home Economics, Ochanomizu University |
Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1985 | Full-time lecturer, Department of Home Economics, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University |
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| April 1993 | Associate Professor, Department of Home Economics, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University |
| April 1995 | Concurrent with Graduate School of Human Life Studies, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University |
| April 2006 | Professor, Faculty of Home Economics (reorganized as Faculty of Contemporary Life Studies), Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University |
| March 2009 | Academic and Experienced Member of the Central Committee for Financial Services Public Relations (until January 2025) |
| April 2009 | Dean, Department of Home Economics, Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University (until March 2015) |
| July 2010 | Member of the Consumer Education Promotion council, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (current position) |
| April 2013 | Vice-President of Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University (until March 2015) |
| June 2013 | Member of the Financial and Economic Education Promotion Council (current position) |
| November 2019 | Food Loss and Waste Reduction Promotion Councli Member (until September 2021) |
| March 2023 | Retired from Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University (Emeritus Professor from June 2023) |
| September 2024 | Auditor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Auditor, TSUNASHIMA Tsutomu
Academic background
| March 1979 | Graduated from Faculty of Commerce, Osaka City University |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1979 | Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (formerly Yasuda Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.) |
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| November 1992 | Deputy General Manager, Securities and Treasury Group, London Branch, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
| November 2000 | General Manager, Private Asset Management, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
| June 2004 | General Manager, Sendai Branch, Mizuho Trust & Banking Corporation |
| April 2005 | General Manager, Sales Dept. 2, Head Office, Mizuho Trust and Banking |
| April 2007 | Executive Officer and general Manager, Osaka Branch, Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. |
| April 2008 | Managing Executive Officer, Mizuho Trust & Banking |
| April 2010 | President of Urban Future Research Institute Co., Ltd. (until 2020) |
| June 2011 | External Auditor, Dainik Co., Ltd. (until 2015) |
| June 2015 | External Director of Okutama Kogyo Co., Ltd. (until 2016) |
| June 2015 | External Auditor of Nippon Signal Co., Ltd. (until 2019) |
| June 2016 | External Director of Chuo Soko Co., Ltd. (until 2021) |
| April 2020 | Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation (until 2021) |
| June 2021 | External Director of Tokyu Construction Co., Ltd. (current position) |
| September 2024 | Auditor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Special Mission Trustee
Special Mission Trustee for Future Strategy and Reform; Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Academic Officer, SAITO Hirotaka
Academic background
| April 2003 | Doctoral Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rackham Graduate School, University of Michigan, Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 2003 | Research Assistant, University of Michigan |
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| June 2003 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Sandia National Laboratories |
| January 2005 | Postdoctoral Researcher, University of California, Riverside |
| June 2006 | JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad |
| November 2006 | Associate Professor, Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2010 | Associate Professor (Assistant to the President), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2011 | Associate Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| October 2017 | Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2022 | Vice-President for Education, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2023 | Member of the Education and Research Council, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2024 | Director, Education and Research Center for Frontier Agricultural Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2025 | Dean, Institute of Agriculture; Dean, Graduate School of Agriculture; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Special Mission Trustee for Future Strategy and Reform; Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Academic Officer, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Special Mission Trustee for Project and Research Management, ITAKURA Yasuhiro
Academic background
| March 1987 | Graduated from the Faculty of Science, Kyoto University |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1987 | Joined the Science and Technology Agency |
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| January 2007 | Cabinet Counsellor, Cabinet Intelligence and Research Office, Cabinet Counsellor |
| April 2007 | Director of nuclear power Division, Research and Development Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| July 2010 | Professor, Executive Advisor to the President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| January 2012 | Life Sciences Division Director, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| January 2014 | Promotion Planning Division Director, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| June 2014 | Counselor, Office for Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Cabinet Office |
| April 2015 | Corporate Planning Division Director, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development |
| June 2016 | Deputy Director-General (in charge of Research Promotion Bureau), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2018 | Trustee, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology |
| July 2020 | Director-General of the Science and Technology Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| July 2021 | Executive Officer, Japan Atomic Energy Agency |
| April 2022 | Vice Chairman, Japan Atomic Energy Agency |
| April 2025 | Research and Development Coordinator, Research and Development Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| July 2025 | Executive Advisor to the President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Special Mission Trustee for Project and Research Management, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Vice-Presidents
Vice-President for Education, SHIMIZU Ikuko
Academic background
| March 1999 | Doctor's course, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1999 | Research Associate, Faculty of Engineering, Saitama University |
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| April 2004 | Senior Assistant Professor, Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| November 2013 | Associate Professor, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| December 2022 | Assistant to the President (Entrance Examination Reform), Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| May 2023 | Vice-President for Education,
Professor, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology ? |
Vice-President for Admissions and Diversity Promotion, TABUNOKI Hiroko
Academic background
| March 2005 | Doctor's course, bio-applications and systems engineering, Graduate school of bio-applications and systems engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 2004 | Research fellowship for young scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC2) |
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| April 2005 | Research fellowship for young scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (PD) |
| April 2006 | Research Associate, Meiji Pharmaceutical University |
| April 2007 | Assistant Professor, Meiji Pharmaceutical University |
| April 2013 | Senior Assistant Professor, Meiji Pharmaceutical University |
| May 2013 | Senior Assistant Professor, Women's Future Development Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2016 | Senior Assistant Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| November 2018 | Associate Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| January 2020 | Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology(~March, 2022) |
| April 2021 | Assistant to the President (until January 2022) and Director of Women's Future Development Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (until March 2023) ? |
| February 2022 | Vice-President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2022 | Vice-President for Admissions and Diversity Promotion, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Vice-President for International Affairs, OHTSU Naoko
Academic background
| March 2003 | Doctor's course, Department of Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Science, The University of Tokyo ? |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 2000 | Research fellowship for young scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (DC1: The University of Tokyo) |
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| April 2003 | Science Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University |
| April 2004 | Postdoctoral researcher, Iowa State University, USA |
| April 2008 | Special Research Fellow at the RIKEN Institute |
| October 2009 | Assistant Professor, Women's Future Development Organization, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2012 | Assistant Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| January 2013 | Senior Assistant Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| March 2016 | Associate Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| October 2018 | Professor, Institute of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| December 2021 | Professor, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2022 | Assistant to the President, Director of Organization for WISE Program, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (until March 7, 2025) Director of Organization for WISE Program, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (until March 2025) |
| April 2024 | Director of Institute for Fostering Leadership to Create Future Value through Outstanding Research, Innovation and Sustainable Higher Education, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2025 | Vice-President for International Affairs, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Vice-President for International Affairs, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Vice-President for Digital Transformation, AI and Research Promotion, KONDO Toshiyuki
Academic background
| September 1999 | Doctor's course, Department of Computational Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1997 | Research Fellowship for Young Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
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| April 2000 | Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| April 2006 | Senior Assistant Professor, Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| March 2007 | Associate Professor, Institute of Symbiotic Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| November 2014 | Professor, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2020 | Member of the Education and Research Council, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Vice-President for Digital Transformation, AI and Research Promotion, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Vice-President for J-PEAKS and Strategic Partnerships,YAMANAKA Akinori
Academic background
| September 2008 | Doctor's course, Department of Mechanical and System Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University ? |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 2007 | Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
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| December 2008 | Assistant Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| October 2012 | Associate Professor, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2021 | Professor, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2022 | Assistant to the President for Digital Transformation, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2023 | Vice Trustee, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Director, West Tokyo Joint Center for Sustainability Research and Implementation, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2025 | Assistant to the President for Project Development, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2026 | Vice-President for J-PEAKS and Strategic Partnerships, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Executive Advisors to the President
Executive Advisor to the President, TAKUMA Hiroko
Academic background
| March 2001 | Graduated from Department of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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| January 2012 | Sussex University （UK） Msc in Public Policies for Science , Technology and Innovation |
Abridged Professional Experience
| April 2001 | Life Sciences Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
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| April 2004 | Planning Section Chief, Environmental Management Technology Office, General Affairs Division, Environmental Management Bureau, Ministry of the Environment |
| April 2008 | Specialist to Deputy Director General (in charge of aerospace policy), Research and Development Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| October 2011 | DIrector of Research Cooperation 2nd Secion, International Division, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science |
| April 2015 | Director of Regenerative Medicine Research Division, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development |
| April 2018 | Director for Genome Research, Life Sciences Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2020 | Director for Promoting Computational Science and Technology Office, Counsellor (in charge of information) Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2022 | Director of Policy and Promotion Office, Minister's Secretariat Policy Division, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| April 2023 | Counselor (in charge of nanotechnology, substances and materials), Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology |
| July 2025 | Executive Advisor to the President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Executive Advisor to the President, HAMADA Takanori
Academic background
| March 1988 | Graduated from the Faculty of Law, Department of Political Science, Keio University |
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Abridged Professional Experience
| April 1988 | Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. |
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| April 2003 | Senior Researcher, Nomura Research Institute |
| April 2004 | Seconded to Nomura Capital Markets Research Institute, Unit Chief Researcher |
| April 2020 | Seconded to Nomura Agri Planning & Advisory, Director |
| October 2024 | Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
| April 2025 | Executive Advisor to the President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |