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Japan Institute for National Fundamentals

Board Members

Here are board members of the Institute

Directors and Auditor

President Yoshiko SAKURAI Journalist
Vice President Tadae TAKUBO Visiting Professor, Kyorin University
Director Shintaro ISHIHARA Governor, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Director Takashi ITO Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Director Koichi ENDO Professor, Takushoku University
Director Yoshito OGURA Company Executive
Director Tei SAITO Former Director, Bungei Shunju Ltd.
Director Katsuhiko TAKAIKE Attorney
Director Saburo TSUKAMOTO Former Chairman, Democratic Socialist Party
Director Takanori NAKAJO Honorary Advisor, Asahi Beer Company
President, Japan International Youth Cultural Association
President, Japan Strategy Forum
Director Osamu NISHI Professor, Komazawa University
Director George HARA Group Chairman and CEO, DEFTA Partners
Director Sukehiro HIRAKAWA Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Director Taro YAYAMA Political Analyst
Director Toshio WATANABE President, Takushoku University
Auditor Yukio GOTO Notary Public
Professor, Teikyo University
Former Prosecutor, Kyoto Public Prosecutors Office

Council Members

Chairman Kazuo IJIRI Director, Japan Culture Study Center, Takushoku University
Vice Chairman Shohei UMEZAWA Professor, Shobigakuen University
Council Member Kazuhiro ARAKI Representative, Investigation Commission on Missing Japanese Probably Related to North Korea (COMJAN)
Professor, Overseas State of Affairs Research Institute, Takushoku University
Council Member Naruhiko UEDA President, Japan Defense Reserch Center
Council Member Masato USHIO Political Analyst
Associate Professor, Teikyo University
Council Member Yujiro OIWA Professor, Tokyo International University
Council Member Miyoko KUDO Nonfiction writer
Council Member Mamoru SATO Military Analyst
Director & Special Resercher, The Okazaki Institute
Council Member Yoichi SHIMADA Professor, Fukui Prefectural University
Council Member Koichi SUGIYAMA Composer
Council Member Yu SERIZAWA President, Forma Corporation
Council Member Akihiko TATEBAYASHI Editor in Chief, History Buff
Council Member Tsutomu NISHIOKA Professor, Tokyo Christian University
Council Member Mitsuru HARUYAMA CEO, Handy Network International
Council Member Shigeo HIRAMATSU Former Director, Research Office, The National Institute for Defense Studies, Defense Agency
Council Member Miki FUCHIBE President, Business Land
Vice Chairman, Okinawa Association of Corporate Executives


Planning Committee Members

Planning Committee Member Yoshiko SAKURAI Journalist
Planning Committee Member Tadae TAKUBO Visiting Professor, Kyorin University
Planning Committee Member Masato USHIO Political Analyst
Associate Professor, Teikyo University
Planning Committee Member Koichi ENDO Professor, Takushoku University
Planning Committee Member Yujiro OIWA Professor, Tokyo International University
Planning Committee Member Yoichi SHIMADA Professor, Fukui Prefectural University
Planning Committee Member Katsuhiko TAKAIKE Attorney
Planning Committee Member Yasushi TOMIYAMA Journalist
Planning Committee Member Tsutomu NISHIOKA Professor, Tokyo Christian University
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