Visiting faculty

■Professor Hiroaki Ikenaga

Incumbent

sociocultural researcher

Nihon Keizai ShimbunCOMEMOKey Opinion Leader, Secretary General of the Datability Consortium, Well-BeingChair of the committee, Chief researcher of the Sakaiya Taichi Laboratory, Director of the Future Perspectives Research Institute, Corporate management strategy advisor, University advisory council member, etc.

Former job

Director of Osaka Gas, Director of Energy and Culture Research Institute, Director of Kinki Region, Director of Northeast Energy Sales, Director of Planning Department of Japan Gas Association, Visiting Professor of Ritsumeikan University, Kansai Economic Federation "Kansai Vision2030Committee member and Vice-chairman of the Children's Environmental Activities Support Association

Biography etc.

19824Joined Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. in 2003. After working in various roles including human resources and labor, energy planning, Japan Gas Association planning manager, Northeast Energy Sales Manager, Kinki Region Manager, and Energy and Culture Research Institute Director,2022Years7From this month, Social and Cultural Researcher, Nihon Keizai ShimbunCOMEMOAs a key opinion leader, he analyzes the current situation and issues of cities, society, and industry by connecting the past, present, and future, and disseminates information to society on the state of society after the COVID-19 pandemic and future prospects.

[Works] "Kamigata Seikatsu Bunka-do" "Japan Reboot" etc.notesNikkeiCOMEMOWeekly serialization, 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 Yasuo Endo

Incumbent

Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo

American Historical Association(Organization of American Historians) International Editorial Board

Director of the Society for Early American Studies

Former job

University of Tokyo Graduate School Professor

Professor, Faculty of Global Communication, Kansai University of International Studies

Director, Center for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo

Executive Director and Auditor of the American Studies Association

Representative of the American Historical Association

Biography etc.

Graduated from the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Tokyo, studied at Yale University Graduate School as a Fulbright scholar, and has served as an assistant professor at Nagoya University, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo, a professor at the same university, an adjunct professor at the Open University of Japan, a visiting professor at the Reischauer Center at Harvard University, and a visiting researcher at the Charles Warren Institute of American History at Harvard University.

His edited books include Multicultural America (University of Tokyo Press), America in the Pacific World (Sairyusha), The Public Sphere in Modern America (University of Tokyo Press), Anti-Americanism (University of Tokyo Press), Learning American History and Culture for the First Time (Minerva Shobo), and others.

His fields of expertise are North American regional studies and modern American history.

■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 Emeritus, University of Oxford

Specially Appointed Professor, Sophia University

Kyoto University Professor

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 Tatsuo Kawashima

Incumbent

Professor Emeritus, Kobe University
Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
Member of the steering committee of the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Reform
Member of the Institutional Accreditation Evaluation Committee of the National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Reform

Former job

Specially Appointed Professor (Full-time), Osaka University
Director of the Student Life Cycle Support Center

Biography etc.

Comparative Studies of Higher Education

■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

Kabushiki Kaisha(KK)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

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

英国BELMASOverseas editorial committee member of academic journals

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 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 Genji Saeki

Former job

Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology (currently Tokyo University of Science), Professor at Nanzan University

Biography etc.

1983: Doctor of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Department of Information Engineering

Undergraduate and Master's degree: Research on online character recognition

PhD: Research on natural language specification description languages

1983: Assistant Professor, Department of Information Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

1988: Associate Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology

2000: Professor

During this time, he served as director of the International Academic Information Center, principal of the attached Science and Technology High School, and council member.

2021 Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology

2021-2025 Professor, Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Nanzan University

His field of expertise is software engineering, particularly requirements engineering, software design, and maintenance.

■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 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, Korea Ministry of Education8Member of the Korea-Japan-China Higher Education Exchange Expert Committee,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 President of the Korea Council on University Education

2022-2024 President of the Society for Contemporary Japanese Studies

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)

Biography etc.

2001 Ph.D. in Political Science from Keio University, Japan(Ph.D.)

1993 J.D., Syracuse University School of Law, USA(JD)

1989 Master of Arts in Political Science, George Washington University, USA(MA)

1987 Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, George Washington University, USA(BA)

■ 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 Kazuhiro Nagao

Incumbent

Doctor/Medical Doctor

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

VS. Chief Executive Producer and Vice President

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,1992Established Super Station in 2003. He was involved in the concept and business strategy planning for the establishment of Knowledge Capital, the core facility of Grand Front Osaka, and was responsible for planning and producing all activities after the facility opened.2A new cultural device in the development of the "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

Chairman of the General Incorporated Association of Special Needs Education Certification Association

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)

1984.4-2017.3 Worked at 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 Global Junior and Senior High School, Osaka City Board of Education(Acting Superintendent of Education), Director of the International Education Society, Chairman of the English Education Research Society of the Hyogo Prefecture Private Junior and Senior High School Association

Biography etc.

National Federation of English Language Education Research Organizations(Kinki district)Director

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

Japan Private School Education Research Institute Foreign Languages(English)Special Committee on Educational Reform

Chair of the Osaka City English Education Promotion Working Group

Director of the National Association of Arts High School Principals, 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 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 Akinori Murakami

Incumbent

Special Advisor to the President of Kansai University of International Studies

Former job

Osaka Prefectural Toyonaka Police Chief, Osaka Prefectural Police XNUMXth District Headquarters

Daido Life Osaka Head Office Advisor

Biography etc.

In 1966, upon graduating from Himeji Minami High School, he was appointed as an Osaka prefectural police officer.

In 72, he graduated from the Faculty of Law, Kinki University.He works in each section of the police station and prefectural police headquarters.

In 82, he worked at the Foreign Affairs Division of the National Police Agency, and in 85, he worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (diplomatic mission and consul for three years).

Continued to work for various affiliations of the Osaka Prefectural Police, successively serving as Chief of Toyonaka Police Station, etc. September 2007

Retired as Chief of the 4th Area Headquarters.After that, he worked as an advisor to Daido Life's Osaka head office, as well as a public interest incorporated foundation.

January 2022 Special Assistant to the President of Kansai University of International Studies.A member of the Japan Society of Risk Management.

■ Professor Toshihiro Menju

Incumbent

Immigration Policy Expert

Expert member of the Japanese Language Education Committee of the Central Council for Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; Advisor to the Foreign Employment Council; Shinjuku Ward Multicultural Coexistence Town Planning CouncilVice-president

Former job

Executive Director of the Japan Center for International Exchange (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation), Selection Committee Member for the Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award for Local Government International Exchange, Member of the Cabinet Secretariat's Council for Experts on Creating Regional Charm, Member of the Agency for Cultural Affairs' Council for Cultural Affairs, Member of the Yamanashi Multicultural Coexistence Society Realization Initiative Committee

Biography etc.

Born in Tokushima Prefecture. Graduated from Osaka Prefectural Ikuno High School and Keio University Faculty of Law. Obtained a Master's degree in Public Policy from Evergreen State College in the United States. Left J. F. Oberlin University with a PhD. After working at the Hyogo Prefectural Government,1988Since 2005, he has worked at the Japan Center for International Exchange (a public interest incorporated foundation) as an executive director and as a part-time lecturer at Keio University, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture, and other universities.

His publications include "Japan's Immigration Policy Opened by Local Governments (2nd Edition)" (Akashi Shoten,2024(2013), "Population Loss: Japan Reborn through Immigration" (Asahi Shinsho,2023), "Immigrants Opening Up Japan's Future" (Akashi Shoten,2020), "Challenges of Sister Cities" (Akashi Shoten,2018) "Marginal State" (Asahi Shinsho,2017Years) and many more. 2019In 2003, he was featured in the magazine Bungeishunju with a three-way discussion with Haruaki Deguchi and Masashi Kawai entitled "The Immigration Policy that Ruins the Nation."80It won the Geishunju Reader's Award.

■ Professor Masamitsu Mochizuki

Incumbent

Professor, Faculty of Management, Soka University

Biography etc.

Graduated from Kyushu Institute of Technology Graduate School of Information Engineering　

PhD (Information Engineering)

■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 Masahito Moriyama

Former job

Former Member of the House of Representatives

Former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Biography etc.

19774Tsuyoshi joined the Ministry of Transport.1981Years3Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development(OECD In Paris)Dispatched to.2005Years8He retired from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism after serving as Director of the Information Management Department of the Ministry's Policy Bureau.2005Years9Monthly44He was first elected in the 2015 general election for the House of Representatives.2015Years10In January, he became Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Minister of Cabinet Office.2019Years10 In May, he became chairman of the House of Representatives' Health, Labor and Welfare Committee.2021Years11In May, he was appointed First Deputy Chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's Diet Affairs Committee and the ruling party's Lead Director of the House of Representatives' Rules and Administration Committee.2023Years9Inaugurated as Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(2024Years10until the month).

Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo

Graduated from Kobe University Graduate School of Law, Ph.D.(Jurisprudence)

Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration Ph.D.(Commerce)

■Associate Professor Shoko Komatsubara

Incumbent

Lecturer, Department of Early Childhood Education, Kobe Women's Junior College

Former job

Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Childcare, Correspondence Course, Odawara Junior College

Part-time lecturer at Mukogawa Women's University and Himeji University

Biography etc.

Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Music Doctoral Program in Music Education)Graduated, PhD (Science).21Performed at the Hiroshima City Newcomer Concert (piano). Eurhythmics instructor qualification diplomaB.

At university, she teaches courses such as "Music Book Reading," "Music Teaching Methods," and "Music Expression (Vocal)," while at junior college she teaches the areas of "Music (Piano)" and "Childcare (Expression)." She also teaches nursery school music play exchanges and piano duet concerts organized by seminar students.

As part of a local exchange project run by the Early Childhood Care and Education Promotion Division of the Kobe City Children and Families Bureau, he has taught music play to children at Nagata Ward's Boso-ji, Myosenji, Nagata, Sugawara, Nagata Higashi, Shiriike, Honjo, Komae, and Futaba nurseries and to local parents and children, as well as a lecturer on performance techniques at Hyogo Prefectural Kawanishi Meiho High School, and as part of a high school-university collaboration project, he has taught a mobile class at Sumanoura High School attached to Hyogo University, titled "Eurhythmics with Children's Songs - As 'Expressive Play' in Childcare."

Co-author of the paper "Integrating theory and practice in music teacher training in England: through an analysis of the curriculum at Hometon College" in the British Education magazine.51st Japan-UK Society for Educational Studies Scholarship Award(Shoko Nogami)Research topic:EYFSHe is currently working on the project "An approach based on various elements of music in preschool and school music education in the UK after its introduction - from the perspective of connecting early childhood, primary and secondary education" with the support of Yukiyoshi Gakuen Education and Research Grant.

■Associate Professor Tsuneo Toriyama

Incumbent

Kimitsu City Hall, Chiba Prefecture CPO (Chief Promotion Officer) /Deputy Director of the Planning and Policy Department (City Promotion) Deputy Director of the Economic and Environmental Department (Economic Promotion)

Marketing Advisor, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture

Advisor of Shoenso Hozugawatei Co., Ltd., Yunohana Onsen, Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture

Former job

Sales Manager, Hakuhodo Inc. (responsible for House Foods, SS Pharmaceuticals, Sony Pictures, etc.)

Hakuhodo Casting & Entertainment Inc.　

Casting Business Headquarters/Deputy General Manager of Planning and Music Business Division and General Manager of Athlete Casting Division

Director of Hakuhodo All Blue Inc.

Kameoka City, Kyoto Prefecture Director of City Promotion in the Mayor's Office (Dispatched to the Cabinet Office's Regional Revitalization Human Resources Support Program (Seconded from Hakuhodo))

    ParticipationCCPO (Chief City Promotion Officer)　

Kameoka City Tourism Association CounselorCMO (Chief Marketing Officer)　　　　

Biography etc.

Born in Tateyama, Chiba Prefecture in 1961

1979 Graduated from Chiba Prefectural Awa High School

1985 Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Education, Department of Education, Social Education Major

2007: Graduated from Tama University Graduate School of Sports Management School (SMS) Business Course

2007: Completed the Music Publishers Association's Music Copyright Manager Training Course, and became a Music Copyright Manager.

2015 Graduated from Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics, Department of Political Science, Majoring in Public Management (Professional)

Hobby10I have been playing baseball since I was 19 and I still play today.50Started kendo at age 18 (failed 4th dan exam 4 times)

He has been a fan of the Chiba Lotte Marines, the team played by pitcher Naoya Masuda, an alumnus of our university, for 40 years.

He has experience in both the sales department of a general advertising agency and in negotiating contracts for advertising appearances with talents, cultural figures, artists, and athletes, as well as in management, and has experience as an executive at an entertainment content production and creative subsidiary. He is also a hybrid talent who has a professional qualification in practical public management, and was seconded and transferred to the position of local government director under the Cabinet Office system. He is currently working on local government marketing and branding in his hometown.

■Associate Professor Sachiko Nakase

Incumbent

Representative Director, Avinton Japan Co., Ltd.

Visiting Professor, Information Management and Innovation Professional University

Lecturer at HU Group Holdings Corporate University

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Specialized Training School Science Conversion Promotion Committee

generateAICouncil member of the Association for Promotion of Use

Hokkaido Cyber ​​Creators College, Curriculum Planning Committee

Iwasaki Gakuen School of Information Sciences Curriculum Committee 

Former job

Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd. (currently Fujifilm Business Innovation) General employee3Yearly service

Iwate University Invited Lecturer (2025Years3Moon)

Biography etc.

Born in Toyama Prefecture, after graduating from university, he worked in corporate sales at Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.2010From the yearAvintonWe started Japan Co., Ltd.AI・Big Data・ITSupporting companies' digital transformation through consulting.30We develop our business with employees from more than 100 countries.500We have produced more than 100 engineers into society.

In the field of education,Avinton Academy on CampusThrough this program, we collaborate with universities and vocational schools across the country, contributing to industry-academia collaboration and the development of the next generation of talent.

In addition, NewsPicksHe also works as a professional picker and generates data for companies and government agencies.AI,DXHeld many training sessions and lectures.AIHe also serves as a member of the Association for Promotion of Use and a member of the curriculum planning committee at Yoshida Information Business College, bridging the gap between education and technology.

Areas of expertise:AIConjugation, generationAI, digital transformation, human resource development, education×Technology, Global Education, Sales and Marketing Strategy

■Associate Professor Rieko Hajimoto

Incumbent

Psychological Counseling Room Kokoro no Hinata Psychological Counselor
Part-time Lecturer at Ashiya University

Former job

Former Ministry of Justice Legal Technical Investigation Specialist
Former special lecturer at Suzuka University of Medical Science
Former Developmental Support Counselor (City Hall), etc.

Biography etc.

Doctor of Literature. Clinical psychologist and licensed psychologist. As a legal technical officer at the Ministry of Justice, she was involved in tasks such as quality assessment and rehabilitation at juvenile classification homes and penal institutions. As a developmental support counselor, she visits nursery schools and after-school programs, providing support to children who require developmental support and advising their caregivers. She also conducts psychological clinical work at a psychiatric and psychosomatic clinic, providing specialized trauma care in particular.

His areas of expertise are clinical psychology, criminal psychology, and developmental psychology.

■Associate Professor Dai Miyawaki

Incumbent

Recruit Co., Ltd.

Biography etc.

• 2008~ Recruit Jobs Co., Ltd.
• 2016~ Recruit Marketing Partners Co., Ltd.
• 2021~ Graffer Inc. Graffer AI Solution
• 2025~ Recruit Co., Ltd.

■ 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.

■Associate Professor Kaori Yano

Incumbent

Associate Professor, Nagasaki University

Former job

NHK Newscaster

Biography etc.

• NHKCaster career17Year: 2013. Mainly in charge of news programs
• Completed doctoral program in human sciences at Nihon University Graduate School of Social and Cultural Studies (Social and Cultural Studies)
• He has written many best-selling books, including "The Speaking Skills of the Strongest Leaders" (Discover 21) and "How to Win Lifetime Trust in One Minute" (Diamond Inc.).