Organization & Board Members

As of June 9, 2026

Chairperson: UEDA Teruhisa; Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Shimadzu Corporation

Director-General: NISHIO Shojiro; Professor Emeritus and the 18th president,
The University of Osaka

Management Members of Foundation

Chairperson	UEDA Teruhisa Representative Director, Chairman of the Board, Shimadzu Corporation
Executive Managing Trustees	NISHIO Shojiro Director-General, International Institute for Advanced Studies WAKI Hiroaki Senior Expert, Shimadzu Corporation
Trustees	KAWAI Tomoaki Managing Director, Public Foundation of Kansai Research Institute SEKI Soichiro Senior Managing Director, Kansai Economic Federation NAGATA Mihoko Executive Managing Director,The Kyoto Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Auditors	KITAOKA Mitsuo Executive Advisor, Shimadzu Corporation TAKAHASHI Kazuhiro Certified Public Accountant, Licensed Tax Accountant
Councilors	ASAMI Tohru President, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International(ATR) OOHARA Ken-ichiro Honorary Director, Ohara Museum of Art SHIOZAKI Kazuhiro President, Nara Institute of Science and Technology SUGAURA Takahiro Directors, Managing Executive Officers, Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd SUZUKI Kazuya Vice-Governor, Kyoto Prefectural Government SUWA Masaki Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Strategic R&D Initiative HQ, OMRON Corporation and President and CEO, OMRON SINIC X Corp. NISHIMOTO Takahiro Managing Executive Officer,Shimadzu Corporation HIRANO Toshio, MD., PhD President, Osaka International Cancer Treatment Foundation Professor Emeritus, The University of Osaka HORIBA Atsushi Chairman & Group CEO HORIBA, Ltd. MATSUO Hiroki President, Kihara Memorial Yokohama Foundation for the Advancement of Life Sciences MATSUBARA Yoko Professor Emeritus, Ritsumeikan University

As of April 1, 2026

Management Members of Research

Director-General	NISHIO Shojiro Professor Emeritus and the 18th president, The University of Osaka
Vice Directors	AKAMATSU Tamame Former President and Professor Emeritus, Kyoto City University of Arts Artist KOBAYASHI Tadashi Professor Emeritus, The University of Osaka YAMADA Michio Project Professor, RIMS, Kyoto University Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Research Planning and Promotion Committees	SAKAKI Hiroyuki (Chair) President, Nara National Institute of Higher Education and Research Fellow, Toyota Technological Institute INAGA Shigemi Honorary Professor, International Research Center for Japanese Studies/The Graduate University for Advanced Studies KOTANI Motoko Executive Director of Science, Special Advisor to the President, Riken Executive Vice President for International Research Strategy, Tohoku University NAKAMURA Michiharu Honorary President, Japan Science and Technology Agency TAKAHASHI Yoshito Specially Appointed Professor, Heian Jogakuin(St. Agnes’)University
Senior Research Fellows	AOKI Takaaki Professor, Shiga University ISHIHARA Tomoaki Professor Emeritus, Kyoto City University of Arts Visiting Researcher, Archival Research Center, Kyoto City University of Arts Artist ISHIMOTO Kenta Professor, Kyoto University ISHIWATARI Masaki Professor, Hokkaido University INUBUSHI Masanobu Associate Professor, Tokyo University of Science ONO Kaoru Professor, RIMS, Kyoto University OBUSE Kiori Professor, Okayama University KANO Kei Professor, Shiga University KOBAYASHI Toshiyuki Professor, The University of Tokyo KOBAYASHI Miki Professor, Rissho University KOYAMADA Toru President, Kyoto City University of Arts Artist SUGAWARA Shin-etsu Professor, Kansai University TANIMOTO Takashi Professor, Otemae University TERAO Toru Professor, Kagawa University HASHIMOTO Koji Professor, Kyoto University HASHIMOTO Nobuya Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University HAYASHI Yoshiyuki Academic Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Kobe University HIROI Nobuko Professor Emeritus, Kyoto City University of Arts Dyeing and Weaving Artist FUJIWARA Naoya Professor, Tohoku University MIYANO Naoki Associate Professor, C-PiER, Kyoto University MURAYAMA Satoshi Professor Emeritus, Kagawa University Co-Convener, International Consortium for Earth and Development Sciences, Kagawa University

Specially Appointed Researchers	KOBAYASHI Masamichi Ph.D. student, Kansai University HAGA Michiko Reserch Fellow, Archival Research Center, Kyoto City University of Arts Part-time Lecturer, Seian University of Arts and Design etc. WATANABE Ayaka Assistant Technical Staff, C-PiER, Kyoto University Affiliated Researcher, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

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