Visiting faculty

■Professor Hiroaki Ikenaga

Incumbent

sociocultural researcher

Nihon Keizai Shimbun COMEMO Key Opinion Leader, Osaka University Society 5.0 Demonstration Realization Research Center Support Project, Life Design and Innovation Research Center, Creative Data Market Creation PI, Datability Consortium Secretary General, Well-Being Subcommittee Chairman, Taichi Sakaiya Laboratory Chief researcher, corporate management strategy advisor, university advisory board member, etc.

Former job

Osaka Gas Director, Energy and Culture Research Institute Director, Kinki Region Manager, Northeastern Energy Sales Manager, Japan Gas Association Planning Manager, Ritsumeikan University Visiting Professor, Kansai Economic Federation "Kansai Vision 2030" Study Committee Member, Children's Environmental Activities Support Association Deputy Chairman

Biography etc.

Joined Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. in April 1982. After being in charge of human resources and labor, energy planning, Japan Gas Association Planning Department, Northeastern Energy Sales Department, Kinki Region Department Manager, Energy and Culture Research Institute Director, etc., from July 4, he will be a sociocultural researcher and Nihon Keizai Shimbun COMEMO key opinion. As a leader, I am interpreting the current state and issues of cities, society, and industry by connecting the past, present, and future, and communicating to society the state of society and future prospects after the coronavirus pandemic.

[Books] “Kamigata Seikatsu Bunkado” “Japan Reboot, etc.”, weekly series on note Nikkei COMEMO, etc.

■Professor Toru Ito

Incumbent

Kansai International University Wind Orchestra Music Director, “Ishikawa Prefecture Gargantua Music Festival” Festival Advisor, Director of API Co., Ltd.

Former job

Shobi Gakuen Shobi Music College Technical School Director General Music Division

Biography etc.

Graduated from the Faculty of Music, Tokyo University of the Arts.He is active as a conductor of the Japan Super Band and the "A.Reed Otonowa Concert". He is the conductor of "Concerto for Band" (Victor) and many publications such as "Band Training Book".He is the music director of the 46th National Sports Festival "Ishikawa Kokutai" and "Nenrinpic Ishikawa 2010".At Shobi Music College, he held various positions such as head of the department of orchestral percussion instruments, head of the diploma department, and head of the education business department.

■ Professor Naoyuki Inoue

Incumbent

Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Yamato University, Chairman of the Ashiya City Waste Reduction Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Environmental Management Society, Chairman of the Kata no Bunka Association, Concurrent lecturer at Setsunan University and Mukogawa Women's University, Environmental Measurement Specialist, Technical Expert of the Japan Management Association, Director of Sustainability Management Institute

Former job

Kobe Yamate University Professor, Kansai University of International Studies Distinguished Professor

Biography etc.

• Bachelor of Engineering, Kyoto Institute of Technology
• Graduate School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University
• Completed the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Humanities and Culture, Osaka Prefecture University

Single book: "Easy to understand basic management - Marketing, management strategy,"SDGs” (Osaka Public University Press), “New International Relations Theory”(Osaka Public University PressAssociation), "Sustainability Management" (Environmental Management Society Award-winning work, Osaka Public University Press), "Environmental Studies" (Environmental Management Society Award-winning work, Kwansei Gakuin University Press), "History of the Rise and Fall of Japan Fiber" (Osaka Public University Press) University Press), "Development of Science and Technology and Environmental Problems" (Tokyo Shoseki), "Impact of the Invention of Nylon", "Life History", "Road to the Discovery of Atoms" (Kwansei Gakuin University Press), "Chemistry Learned in the Bath" (Kyogakusha) and many other co-authored books and papers

■Professor Jun Onishi

Incumbent

2004-Professor, Ritsumeikan University (Faculty of Information Science and Engineering)

Former job

1994-2004 Professor, Ritsumeikan University (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

1989-1994 Assistant Professor, Kyoto University (Large Computer Center)

1986-1989 Kyoto University Assistant (Large Computer Center)

1983-1986 Kyoto University Assistant (Faculty of Engineering)

Biography etc.

1957 Born in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture

1979 Graduated from Department of Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto University

1981 Completed Master's Program in Information Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University

1983: Withdrew from Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, doctoral program, Department of Information Engineering.

1988 Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto University

1990-1991 Visiting researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara

2000 Georgia Institute of Technology Visiting Researcher

Since his student days, he has been engaged in research in software engineering, and in 1986, he was appointed by the Information Processing Society of Japan.Received the paper award. "Requirements Engineering" (Kyoritsu Publishing), "Requirements Engineering" (Open University), etc.Author of 11 books, 28 papers published in academic journals, and 80 papers presented at international conferences. Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers Intelligent Software EngineeringChair of the Research Committee, Chair of the Fundamentals of Software Engineering Research Group, Japan Software Science Society,He has served as chair of the Requirements Engineering Working Group of the Information Processing Society of Japan's Software Engineering Study Group.He has served as the first vice dean of Ritsumeikan University's College of Information Science and Technology, vice dean of the Faculty of Education, and deputy director of the library.

My hobbies include visiting world heritage sites and supporting the Hanshin Tigers. He is a 1st class member of the Japan Kendama Association.

Member of the Information Processing Society of Japan, the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, and the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery).

■Professor Takehiko Kariya

Incumbent

Professor, University of Oxford

Former job

University of Tokyo Graduate School Professor

Biography etc.

Specializes in sociology and contemporary Japanese society.I analyze the reception of "modernity" and "modernization" in postwar Japan, using education as a window.

■ Professor Michitaka Kawahisa

Incumbent

S Foods Co., Ltd. Executive Officer in charge of Group Quality Assurance

Director of Wagyu Master Co., Ltd.

Hyogo Food Science Institute Co., Ltd. President

Biography etc.

Graduated from Nihon University College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine

Hyogo Prefectural Health and Sanitation Division Food Safety Officer

Hyogo Prefectural Health and Sanitation Division Manager

Director of Hyogo Prefectural Consumer Affairs Bureau

■Professor Yumiko Kuroiwa

Incumbent

Social Welfare Corporation Futaba Welfare Association Tsukaguchi Kita Futaba Nursery School Director

Biography etc.

19773Tsuki Graduated from Shoei Junior College

19774Mon ~1982Years3Month Akebono Gakuin Educational Corporation Toyonaka Akebono Kindergarten

19974Mon ~2000Years3Month Akebono Gakuin Educational Corporation Tachibana Ainoen Kindergarten

20004Mon ~2019Years8Month Social Welfare Corporation Futaba Welfare Association Shioe Futaba Nursery School (2006Years4Mon ~2019Years8Tsuki Shioe Futaba Nursery School Director)

20199From Monday to present Social Welfare Corporation Futaba Welfare Association Tsukaguchi Kita Futaba Nursery School Director

■ Professor Takashi Goda

Incumbent

General Incorporated Association Bunkyo Yume Club Representative Director

Director, Institute for Lifelong Learning Practice, Japan Society for Lifelong Education

Director, Meiji Gakuin

Professor Emeritus, Shokei Gakuin University

Former job

Director General, Lifelong Learning Policy Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

National Institute for Educational Policy Research Fellow

President of Shokei Gakuin University

Biography etc.

Graduated from Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo

University of Michigan Graduate School of Public Administration (MPA)

President of Japan Society for Lifelong Education (2019-2021)

■Professor Junji Kojima

Incumbent

Ltd.GANKO company owner

Former job

Ganko Food Service Co., Ltd. (currently Co., Ltd.)GANKO) Chairman and Representative Director

Biography etc.

Ganko Food Service (now Co., Ltd.) is known as the leader of the Kansai restaurant industry.GANKO) founder. He has served as representative secretary of the Kansai Association of Corporate Executives, chairman of the Japan Food Service Association, and vice president of the Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Chairman of the Kinki Police Friends Association (current position)

■Professor Ikuo Komatsu

Incumbent

Honorary member of the National Institute for Educational Policy Research

Specially Appointed Professor, Kyoto University

Toyono Town Board of Education, Osaka Prefectural Board of Education

Former job

National Institute for Educational Policy Research Director of Education Policy and Evaluation Research

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Elementary and Secondary Education Bureau

Visiting Researcher, Faculty of Education, University of Birmingham, UK

Member of the Board of Education, Adachi Ward, Tokyo

Biography etc.

Waseda University Faculty of Education Visiting Professor

Professor, Tamagawa University and Tokoha University

British BELMAS Society bulletin overseas editorial board member

Vice President of Japan Association for Educational Management and Japan Association for Educational Administration

Member and chairman of educational reform committees in Yokohama City, Kawasaki City, Kyoto City, Suginami Ward, Setagaya Ward, Nakano Ward, etc.

■Professor Masuko Saito

Incumbent

Professor Emeritus of Toho University, President of the Japanese Society of Maternal and Child Nursing,

Chairman of the Japanese Society of Midwifery Diagnostic Practice　

Fitness club Tokyo Dome advisor,

Director of Sexual Health and Medicine Foundation, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation,

Executive Director of the Japan Maternal Health Society

Former job

Distinguished Professor, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, Kansai International University

Biography etc.

Born in Miyazaki Prefecture　

Graduated from National Miyakonojo Nursing School　

Graduated from Barnabas Midwifery School　

Graduated from the National Institute of Public Health　

Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Philosophy

Completed master's program in political policy at Seigakuin University

Received Doctor of Medicine as a special research student at Toho University

 

Worked as a midwife at Miyazaki Prefectural Hospital6After working for a year, taught at the Miyazaki Prefectural Public Health Nurse and Midwife College.122010, Academic Affairs Director at Sanraku Hospital Affiliated Midwifery School, Tokyo Teachers Mutual Aid Association4In 2009, he became a professor in the Department of Maternal and Child Nursing at Toho University Medical College, then a professor in the Department of Nursing at the School of Medicine, and a professor in the graduate school.18Retired after working for 20 years.

After that, she served as professor of maternal nursing at Teikyo University of Science, dean of the Miyazaki Prefectural College of Nursing, and professor at the graduate school of Tokyo Medical and Health University.

■Professor Yoko Saito

Former job

Kwansei Gakuin University Research Institute for Disaster Reconstruction Systems Senior Researcher/Associate Professor

Biography etc.

(Special Activities) CODE Overseas Disaster Relief Citizen Center Staff

United Nations Center for Regional Development (UNCRD) Research Fellow

Senior Researcher, Human and Disaster Prevention Future Center

■ Professor Ryoji Sakai

Incumbent

Advisor of Castem Co., Ltd. Advisor of Sanjiro Tanaka Co., Ltd.

Former job

President of Haemonetics Japan Co., Ltd. Distinguished Professor at Kansai University of International Studies

Biography etc.

He has also served as Assistant Director of Research and Development Division at Kuraray Co., Ltd., Operating Committee, President, Japan, Haemonetics Corporation in the United States, and Representative Director and President of Haemonetics Japan Co., Ltd. At Kansai International University, he teaches classes such as ``Business Promotion,'' ``International Management Theory,'' and ``Customer Satisfaction Theory.''

■Professor Masumi Shimafuji

Incumbent

President and Representative Director of EXR John Co., Ltd.

Former job

President and Representative Director of ShimaFuji IEM Co., Ltd.

Biography etc.

Graduated from Keio University, Department of Human Relations, Kyoto College of Art, dropped out of Kobe University.

After working in apparel planning at Renown and Coronet Shokai, he started coding at the dawn of the internet. After working in the mail order business, in 2014 she worked in the management and production business of overseas business content, attracting people such as Steve Wozniak and Mark Zuckerberg's older sister to come to Japan. Afterwards, he founded EXR John Co., Ltd., a 3D and AI development company.

Translations of ``FIND YOUR WHY,'' ``The Art of Real Negotiation,'' ``The Science of Influence,'' etc.

■Professor Joshua Flannery

Incumbent

CEO: Innovation Dojo Japan LLC
CEO: Innovation Dojo Pty Ltd (Australia)
Recommendation committee: J-Startup KANSAI Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Advisor: Japan Business Association of Victoria, Australia
Advisor: Global Entrepreneur Network Japan
Entrepreneur in Residence: Western Sydney University

Former job

CEO: Rainmaking Innovation Japan LLC CEO
Director: Sydney Startup Hub - NSW Government
Startup Program Director: University of New South Wales
Senior Regional Manager (Asia): Macquarie University
Japan representative: Studylink Co., Ltd.
Manager: Learning Information Systems Pty LTd

Biography etc.

He began his career as an early member of education technology company StudyLink, before spending eight years in international and innovation-focused roles at Macquarie University and the University of New South Wales in Australia.She then worked for the New South Wales Government in Australia as the Lead Director of the Sydney Startup Hub.

From 2019 to 2020, he came to Japan as the CEO of the European company Rainmaking Innovation LLC's Japanese subsidiary and provided services to seven large Japanese companies, including Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, JR West, Yomiuri Shimbun, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, JT, Dentsu, and Sakura Internet. provided.

In 2021, he established Innovation Dojo Japan LLC to provide services to local governments, universities, and companies in Japan.

■Professor Souichi Sugihara

Former job

President of Kwansei Gakuin University　
School Corporation Hamana Gakuin Auditor
Director of Kobe Yamate Academy

Biography etc.

Graduated from the Faculty of Science and Technology, Kwansei Gakuin University.Doctor of Commerce.
Kwansei Gakuin University Professor of the Faculty of Commerce, Dean of the Faculty of Commerce, Director of the Library, etc.He served as a director of the Mainichi Scholarship Foundation of the Mainichi Shimbun and a director of the Hyogo Science and Technology Association.
2021Received the Order of the Sacred Treasure and Light

■Professor Takane Sukegawa

Incumbent

(stock)BD-Built marketing director

Former job

Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Kansai International University

Biography etc.

After working as a producer at media and entertainment companies in Tokyo, such as Sega Enterprises, he became a professor and dean of the Graduate School of Film Studies and a professor at the Faculty of Design at Okayama Prefectural University. He graduated from the Keio University School of Economics, Columbia University Graduate School of Business, and Harvard University Graduate School of Government and Design.

■ Professor Yasuhiko Takanashi

Incumbent

Professor, Kyoto Sangyo University (2017-)

Visiting Professor, Kansai University of International Studies (2022-)

Former job

Keio University Assistant (1989-1992)

Lecturer/Associate Professor, Chukyo University (1992-2015)

Keds Trainer Planning Office Manager (2015-2017)

Biography etc.

• Graduated from Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo
• Graduate School of Education, The University of Tokyo (Master of Education)
• Dropped out of the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Education, the University of Tokyo (to get a job at Keio University)

Engaged in improving the competitiveness of universities and juniors, and teaching and dissemination-related projects centered on local communities.She participated in the Atlanta Olympics as a coaching staff for the All Japan Women's Volleyball National Team.She has served on various committees (including chairperson) at the International Volleyball Federation, the Japan Volleyball Association, and the Japanese Olympic Committee, as well as various committees (including chairperson) in sports promotion-related departments at local governments.She is the author of many books on sports science and coaching.In her current position, she is the vice president of the University of Tokyo Akamon Club, and the councilor of the University of Tokyo Akamon Athletic Association.

■Professor Miyuki Takahashi

Incumbent

Kansai International University Visiting Professor

Professor Emeritus, Aichi University of Education

Former job

Visiting Researcher, Research and Development Department, University Entrance Examination Center, Ministry of Education

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Inter-University Research Institute Media Education Development Center Visiting Associate Professor

Visiting Scholar, National University of Singapore Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Hyogo University of Teacher Education, Graduate School of School Education, Associate Professor

Professor, Department of Foreign Language Education, Faculty of Education, Aichi University of Education

Aichi University of Education Graduate School/Shizuoka University Graduate School of Education Joint Course Development Studies Professor

Lomonosov Moscow State University Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​and Area Studies Visiting Scholar

Biography etc.

【Final Education】

Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University Completed doctoral course in Southeast Asian Area Studies (Doctor of Area Studies)

Specializes in applied linguistics (sociolinguistics, second language acquisition research, language teaching method research, especially foreign language activities in elementary schools, foreign language education in elementary and junior high schools, etc.), multicultural coexistence, education for international understanding, and Southeast Asian area studies. .

■ Professor Ken Taguchi

Incumbent

Ascot Oakwood Premier Tokyo General Manager

Former job

General Manager, Moxy Osaka Honmachi, Marriott International, Inc.WBF Hotel & Resorts Headquarters Marketing Manager, Accor Hotels Manager, Ibis Styles Kyoto Station Hotel, Mercure Hotel Sapporo Accommodation Manager

Biography etc.

Involved in hotel management at multiple domestic and foreign-affiliated hotels, held important managerial positions in his twenties, and became the general manager of a foreign-affiliated city hotel in his thirties.His areas of expertise are hotel management, hospitality management, and practical English.

■Professor Jiguo Zhang

Incumbent

President of Dongseo University, Inc.SETOForum Chairman, Korea-Japan New Era Forum Representative, Korea-Japan Forum Representative Secretary, Busan-Representative secretary of the Fukuoka Forum, representative of the Korea-Japan Next Generation Academic Forum, Korean executive committee member of the Korea-Japan Exchange Festival, director of the Asian University Presidents Forum, chairperson of Nature's Rights Search, honorary consul of Hungary in Busan.

Former job

2023 – 2024 Chairman of the Korean University Education Council

2022 – 2024 Contemporary Japanese Society President

2020 – 2022 President of the 21st Century Political Science Association

2020 - 2022 President of Korea Association of Private University Presidents

2019 - 2020 Member of the Korea-China-Japan Higher Education Exchange Expert Committee, Ministry of Education

2011 - 2019 Keio University Korea Mitakai Chairman

2013 - 2018 Visiting Professor, Kansai University, Japan

2008 - 2018 Policy Advisor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea

2014 - 2017 Chairman of Korean Promotion Committee for UNESCO World Record Heritage Registration

2011 - 2013 Korea-Japan New Era Joint Research Committee, Korean Side

2003 - 2011 Dongseo University International Cooperation Committee Chair, International Department Professor

2003 - 2009 Director, Center for Japanese Studies, Dongseo University

2002 - 2003 Keio University Visiting Researcher

1996 - 2003 Molex International(stock), Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Head of Northeast Asia Regional Headquarters(Tokyo)

1994 - 1996 ITOCHU Corporation(stock)Special Researcher, Institute of Political Economy, Tokyo Headquarters(Tokyo)

■ Professor Shuichi Tsukahara

Former job

Director of Higher Education Research, National Institute for Educational Policy Research

Biography etc.

Specializes in higher education policy.He discusses various issues in higher education, such as comprehensive research on the internationalization of higher education and evaluation of learning outcomes based on the OECD's AHELO survey.

■ Professor Toshiki Nakai

Incumbent

Ehime University Education and Student Services Organization Education Planning Office Professor

Biography etc.

1998 Research Associate, Center for Higher Education, Nagoya University;

2000 Lecturer at the Center, 2003 Associate Professor at the Center,

After working as an associate professor at the center in 2007, he assumed his current position in 2015.

Director of the Japan Society of University Education and President of the Japan Association for the Development of Higher Education.

As a series editor, he has published three series of books: “University Teaching Methods Series,” “Nursing Education Practice Series,” and “University SD Course.”

■ Professor Kazuhiro Nagao

Incumbent

Vice Chairman, Japan Society for Death with Dignity, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation

Biography etc.

Showa59Graduated from Tokyo Medical University in 2010 and entered Osaka University's Second Department of Internal Medicine. Heisei7Opened Nagao Clinic in Amagasaki City. He retired in June 2020 after practicing "medical care that examines people," from "prevention to end-of-life care," with the aim of becoming a "trusted local family doctor." He has written and lectured extensively on topics such as community medicine, home nursing, smoking cessation, and cancer treatment. He is a medical doctor.

■Professor Akiko Nishida

Incumbent

Part-time lecturer at Kobe College and Konan Women's University

Former job

Lecturer at Kyoto Seika University General Education Center, part-time lecturer at Ritsumeikan University and Osaka City University, etc.

Biography etc.

Waseda University Faculty of Education(Bachelor of Psychology)

Completed Master's Course, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University(Master of Human Sciences)

Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

I am interested in students' attitudes toward choosing a career path to a vocational school, students' awareness and educational methods in areas that overlap between vocational schools and universities, such as developing manga artists, and the attributes of newly established universities that have been promoted from vocational schools and junior colleges to universities.

■ Professor Takuya Nomura

Incumbent

President, Super Station Co., Ltd.

Knowledge Capital General Producer

Cabinet Office Startup Advisor

Visiting Professor, Department of Art Science, Osaka University of Arts

Visiting Professor, Baika Women's University

Biography etc.

Born in Osaka.After working at an advertising agency, established Super Station in 1992.He worked on the concept and business strategy planning for the establishment of "Knowledge Capital", the core facility of Grand Front Osaka, and planned and produced all activities after opening.Umekita 2in period developmentNew cultural device “VS.” (2024Years9The company will also be responsible for planning and operating the project (scheduled to open in September). Currently being serialized in the Sankei Shimbun evening edition on the third Monday of odd-numbered months.

■Professor Seiko Hashimoto

Incumbent

Member of the House of Councilors

Former job

Chairman, Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic Games and Tokyo Paralympic Games

Minister of State for Special Missions (Gender Equality)

Minister for Women Achievement

Biography etc.

Born in Hokkaido in 1964
Started skating at the age of 3. Starting with the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, he has competed in 4 winter competitions (speed skating) and 3 summer competitions (cycling), for a total of 7 Olympics.bronze medalist
Elected to the House of Councilors for the first time in 1995, currently in his fifth term

■Professor Akira Hanakuma

Incumbent

Professor Emeritus, Ehime University

President of the Association for Special Needs Educator Certification

Part-time lecturer at Kansai University of International Studies

Former job

Professor, Faculty of Education, Ehime University

Principal of Ehime University School for Special Needs Education (additional post)

Professor, Faculty of Education, Kansai University of International Studies

Kansai University of International Studies Graduate School of Human Behavioral Studies Professor and Dean

Biography etc.

1984.3 Graduated from Osaka Kyoiku University Graduate School (Master of Education)

1984.1-2017-3 Ehime University Faculty of Education

1996.3 Doctor of Medicine, Osaka Medical College

2011.4-2015.3 Principal of School for Special Needs Education, Ehime University (additional post)

2017.4-2022.3 Working at Kansai International University

■ Professor Masaaki Hirai

Incumbent

Principal of Kobe Yamate Girls' Junior and Senior High School, Board of Education of Osaka City (Substitute Superintendent of Education), Director of International Education Association,Director of National Arts High School Principals Association, Chairman of Hyogo Prefecture Private Junior and Senior High School Association English Education Research Group

Biography etc.

Director, National Federation of English Education and Research Organizations (Kinki Region)

Kyoto Prefectural Federation of English Education Research Association Liaison Council Chairman

Kyoto Prefectural Federation of Private Junior and Senior High Schools Foreign Language Study Group Chairman

Special Committee for Foreign Language (English) Education Reform, Japan Private School Education Research Institute

Osaka City English Education Promotion Working Conference Chair, etc.

■Professor Yoshikazu Maekawa

Incumbent

2024 Specially Appointed Professor, Department of Economics and Business Administration, Kyoto University of Advanced Science

2024 Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University

Former job

1982 Joined Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

2008 Kyoto University Graduate School of Management Special Associate Professor

2019 Kyoto University Graduate School of Management Special Professor

Biography etc.

Graduated from Kyoto University Faculty of Engineering (1982), joined Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. and engaged in the development of video and digital equipment.

boston university a(1995), Kobe University Graduate School, Ph.D. (Business Administration) (2007year).

Became a designated associate professor at Kyoto University in 2008, and a designated professor at the same university in April 2019. Current position from 4.

Specializes in innovation (manufacturing, services, tourism, etc.). His books include “Puzzle Theory” published by Hakuto Shobo (20132002), “The Era of Japanese-Style Creative Services” Nippon Hyoronsha (2014Year),"1``Service management from ``Sekigakusha (2010year) etc.

■Professor Hiroko Maeda

Incumbent

Director of Kyushu University, Director of Nagano University, Auditor of Osaka Public University, Outside Director of Asahi Kasei Corporation, Director of Cell Bank, Inc., Director of Research Strategy, Nano-Life Innovation Research Institute, Waseda University

Former job

Executive Officer, Bridgestone Corporation; Director, Technology Transfer Center, Intellectual Property Headquarters, National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University; Visiting Professor, National University Corporation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology; Specially Appointed Professor, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; National Research and Development Corporation Kaiyo University Auditor of Research and Development Organization, Auditor of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Outside Director of Kose Co., Ltd.

Biography etc.

• Completed the doctoral course at the Faculty of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Doctor of Engineering
• 1984 Joined Bridgestone Co., Ltd. Engaged in research and development of lithium secondary batteries mainly using conductive polymers at the Research and Development Division (Group received the Chemical Society of Japan Award)
• 1998 Participated in the establishment of BTR Power Systems Japan CFO and Technical Manager (now TDK-Lambda Corporation)
• 2001 Executive Vice President of Agriculture and Technology TLO (Technology Licensing Organization)
• 2003 Head of Technology Transfer Center, Intellectual Property Headquarters, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
• 2013 Executive Officer, Bridgestone Corporation
• 2014 Auditor, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
• 2017 Director of Cellbank Co., Ltd.
• 2019 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
• Outside Director of KOSÉ Corporation in 2020
• 2020 Director, National University Corporation Kyushu University
• 2021 Outside Director of Asahi Kasei Corporation
• 2021 Director, Public University Corporation Nagano University
• Concurrently held as Auditor of Osaka Public University in 2023

■ Professor Yoshio Maruhashi

Incumbent

Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University

Professor Emeritus, Kobe Women's University

Former job

Kyoto University Graduate School Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Global Higher Education International Academic Language Education Center Director

Biography etc.

Completed Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University

Vice-Chairman of Kyoto University General Education Implementation Committee

Kyoto University Institute for Global Higher Education English Section Chairman

Professor, Department of History and Culture, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University

Served as director and editorial committee member of the Japan Society for Dramatic Arts, Japan Wild Society, Japan Society for Comparative Culture

■ Professor Toshiaki Mizuno

Incumbent

Japan Society of Sports Industry Director

Information Security Kansai Research Institute External Evaluation Committee

Former job

Professor, Faculty of Business Administration, Osaka Seikei University

Biography etc.

Graduated from Keio University Graduate School of Commerce Master's Course

Mizuno Corporation(1982~2016)

Member of the World Sporting Goods Industry Federation (WFSGI) Technical Committee

■Professor Masakatsu Morii

Incumbent

• Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kobe University
• Program Supervisor, Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development
• Visiting Professor, Institute of Informatics, Kindai University, Head of Cybersecurity Department
• Visiting Professor, Information Security Graduate University

Former job

• Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Tokushima University
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Ehime University
• Assistant, Faculty of Industrial Arts, Kyoto Institute of Technology

Biography etc.

Engaged in research, development, and education in cybersecurity, the Internet, information theory, cryptography theory, etc. He has served as chairman and member of various government-related committees, including the Cabinet Office. He is a member of the steering committee of the Supply Chain Cybersecurity Consortium (SC3) and the chairperson of the Small and Medium Enterprise Countermeasures Support Working Group.

2018 Received the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award for Individual Contributions to Promoting Information Technology

2019 Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Information and Communication Achievement Award

2020 Information Security Culture Award Winner

IEICE Fellow

■Professor Yosuke Watanabe

Incumbent

Former New York Bureau Chief, Kyodo News

Biography etc.

Joined Kyodo News in 1983.He has served as Shanghai bureau chief, Hong Kong bureau clerk, Washington bureau clerk, China bureau chief, foreign news manager, and editorial board member.
From January 2020 to August 1, he was the New York bureau chief for Kyodo News. He covered the handover of Hong Kong in 2023 and the terrorist attacks in 8.

■Associate Professor Dai Miyawaki

Incumbent

Grapher Co., Ltd. Business Development Officer

Graffer AI Studio Customer Success

Former job

Recruit Co., Ltd. Marriage & Family Division

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. Competence Management Office

Biography etc.

• Responsible for corporate employee and part-time recruitment support at Recruit Jobs Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.)
• Responsible for management and marketing support for bridal companies at Recruit Marketing Partners Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.)
• Responsible for DX support for administrative agencies, mainly local governments, and private companies at Grapher Co., Ltd.
• Graffer AI Studio will be released in 2022 to securely utilize generated AI between companies.

■ Associate Professor Akira Morisaki

Incumbent

Head of Recruit Ed-tech Research Institute

Visiting Associate Professor, Tokyo Gakugei University

Biography etc.

• Graduated from Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo
• Financial institutionJoined Recruit Co., Ltd. in 2015 after working at an IT company
• In addition to implementing a learning support project for children who do not attend school, poor households, and children with poor academic performance, we are also participating in the use of ICT and student support at correspondence high schools.