NARO Executive Board

(Updated on April 1, 2024)

President

KYUMA Kazuo

Appointment Date April 1, 2018
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
Executive Member, Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office

Senior Vice-President

NAKATANI Makoto

Appointment Date April 1, 2018
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1981 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF)
April 2012 Senior Director, Research and Development, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, MAFF
October 2017 Lecturer (non-tenured), Faculty of Bioscience and Applied Chemistry, Hosei University

Vice-President (Strategy, Organization, Budgeting, Management)

SHIRATANI Eisaku

Appointment Date October 1, 2018
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1984 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
April 2018 Director, Institute for Rural Engineering,
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Vice-President (General Affairs, Financial Affairs, Digitalization)

ISHIGURO Hironori

Appointment Date April 1, 2024
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1994 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
June 2022 Director, General Affairs Division, National Forest Department, Forestry Agency

Vice-President (Seedling Management, Business Development)

YAMADA Hiroaki

Appointment Date April 1, 2024
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1990 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
March 2024 Council's Secretariat, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Research Council, MAFF

Vice-President (Evaluation, Public Relations)

SUZUKI Takako

Appointment Date April 1, 2024
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1993 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
April 2023 Director, Central Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Vice-President (Human Resources, Human Resource Development)

NISHIDA Tomoko

Appointment Date April 1, 2024
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1988 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
April 2022 Director, Western Region Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Vice-President (Core Technology)

NAKAKAWAJI Tetsuo

Appointment Date April 1, 2022
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
Director / Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Electric Information Technology Center
April 2021 Director, Research Center for Agricultural Information Technology, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Vice-President (Research Promotion Ⅰ)

IKOMA Yoshinori

Appointment Date April 1, 2024
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1990 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
April 2022 Director, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science,
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
April 2023 Director-General, Strategic Planning Headquarters
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Vice-President (Research PromotionⅡ )

MORITA Satoshi

Appointment Date April 1, 2024
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1988 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
November 2020 Director, Kyushu-Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
April 2023 Director, Development Strategy Center,
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Vice-President (Research PromotionⅢ)

YUKAWA Tomoyuki

Appointment Date April 1, 2022
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1985 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
April 2019 Director, Tohoku Agricultural Research Center,
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
April 2021 Director, Institute of Fruit Tree and Tea Science,
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Vice-President (Research Promotion Ⅳ, Intellectual Property and International Standardization)

IDE Makoto

Appointment Date April 1, 2022
Tenure March 31, 2026
Career Profile
April 1985 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
April 2019 Director, Kyushu-Okinawa Agricultural Research Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
April 2021 Director-General, Administrative Headquarters, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Corporate Auditor

NAKANE Hiroyuki

Appointment Date June 27, 2018
Tenure Until the date of approval of financial statements for the FY 2025
Career Profile
Executive Officer, SMBC Consulting Co., Ltd.

Corporate Auditor

KATO Tsuyoshi

Appointment Date July 1, 2023
Tenure Until the date of approval of financial statements for the FY 2025
Career Profile
Counselor, Planning and Sales Department, Norinchukin Bank

Corporate Auditor

MASUI Kunimitsu

Appointment Date June 23, 2021
Tenure Until the date of approval of financial statements for the FY 2025
Career Profile
April 1992 Joined the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
October 2020 Counselor, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
May 2021 Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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