Officers

Officers

as of 1 November 2023

Honorary Patron

H.I.H Prince Masahito of HITACHI

Honorary President

Antoine EVRARD/Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Japan

President

Kimikazu SUGAWARA/Chairman, Kaneka Corporation

Vice Presidents

Shinuemon KONISHI/President, Konishi Brewing Co.Ltd

Jun YOKOTA/Former Ambassador of Japan to Belgium

Standing Directors

Yasuyuki INOUE/Chairman, Aichi Sangyo Co., Ltd.

Takuya SHIMAMURA/ Director Chairman, AGC Inc.

Hironori KATO/Managing Director, Barco Co., Ltd

Tateki ATAKA/Chairman, The Kanazawa Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Yasushi ITAGAKI/Member of the Board of Directors, Deputy President of MUFJ Bank
(Representative of the Board of Directors)

Bernard CATLYSSE

Claire GHYSELEN/Representative Japan Foreign Investment Div., Wallonia Export-Investment Agency

Hidenori TSUTSUI/Adviser, the Board of Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Tsutomu MORIMOTO/Senior Executive Officer, Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Mutsuo IWAI/Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.

Directors

Kaneo ITO/Former Chairman of JBS (from Pioneer Corporation)

Noriyuki INOUE/Chairman of the Board, Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Junichi NAKAMURA/Former Ambassador of Japan to Belgium

Takao KUSAKARI/Former President of JBS (From Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha)

Auditor

Minoru SATO/Former Secretary-General of JBS (From Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha)

Counsellors

Hideyasu KIYOMOTO/Mayor of Himeji City

Takashi MURAYAMA/Mayor of Kanazawa City

Yorihiro WATANABE/Former Secretary-General of JBS

Shinichi MIWA/Former Secretary-General of JBS

Secretary General

Yasuaki NURI/Senior Managing Corporate Executive Officer, Kaneka Corporation

Secretary General of Western Japan Office

Kiyotaka SHIBAHARA/Director, Konishi Brewing Co.Ltd