Boad members
DIRECTORS
Chairman and Representative Director
| Ken Sakamura (Chairman and Representative Director) | Director, Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University / Director, cHUB / Director, YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory / President, Association for Open Data of Public Transportation |
Vice Presidents
| Toshiya Watanabe (IP and Contract) | Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, Vice President, University of Tokyo |
| Takuya Fujikawa (AI Research) | Partner, PwC Consulting LLC |
| Hitoshi Isahara (Data Collection & Utilization) | Professor / Director of Information and Media Center, Toyohashi University of Technology Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University |
| Ken Tamaru (Data Platform) | Microsoft Japan, Director, NTO |
Directors
| Ken Sakamura | Director, Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University / Director, cHUB / Director, YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory / President, Association for Open Data of Public Transportation |
| Hiroshi Fujiwara | Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, BroadBand Tower |
| Hitoshi Isahara | Professor / Director of Information and Media Center, Toyohashi University of Technology Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University |
| Kazuo Shimokawa | Vice President, Japan Electronic Publishing Association / Advisor, Edgeplus CO.,Ltd. |
| Ken Tamaru | Microsoft Japan, Director, NTO |
| Noriyoshi Kimura | Head, AI&ICT Technology Development, Digital Solution Operation Dept., BRIDGE MULTILINGUAL SOLUTIONS Corporation |
| Koichi Yasuoka | Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, University of Kyoto |
| Noboru Koshizuka | Professor, Director, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo |
| Yasuno Ishii | Sr. Manager, Social Innovation Division, Public Utilities Department, The Nippon Foundation |
| Toshiya Watanabe | Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, University of Tokyo |
| Yujiro Ono | Representative Director, Japan Assistive Technology Committee |
Auditor
| Yasuhiro Hayashi | Partner, Digital Government Unification, Director, PwC Consulting LLC |
Academic Members
| Makoto Nagao | Former President of Kyoto University / Former President of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology / Former Director of National Diet Library / Former Director of The Institute of International High Technology |
| Hitoshi Isahara | Professor / Director of Information and Media Center, Toyohashi University of Technology Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University |
| Ken Sakamura | Director, Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University / Director, cHUB / Director, YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory / President, Association for Open Data of Public Transportation |
| Kikuo Maekawa | Professor, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics |
| Koichi Yasuoka | Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, University of Kyoto |
| Kunihiko Hara | Professor Emeritus at TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY of TECHNOLOGY / Designated Professor Future Value Creation Research Center, Graduate School of Informatics, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY |
| Masashi Sugiyama | Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project / Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo |
| Noboru Koshizuka | Professor, Director, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo |
| Takahiro Miyashita | Director, Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories, Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) |
| Tatsuya Kawahara | Professor, Graduate School of Infomatics, University of Kyoto |
| Toshiya Watanabe | Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, University of Tokyo |
| Hiroshi Ishiguro | Professor of Department of Systems Innovation, Osaka University / Visiting director of ATR Hiroshi Ishiguro Laboratories |
| Naoaki Okazaki | Professor, School of Computing, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| Akihiko Takano | Professor, Digital Content and Media Sciences Research Division, National Institute of Informatics (NII) |
| Kiyonari Nagasaki | Senior fellow International Institute for Digital Humanities: |
| Hideki Mima | Institute for Innovation in International Engineering Education, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo Associate Professor |
| Makoto Murata | Project Professor Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University |
Collaboration Partner
- Association for Open Data of Public Transportation
- Japan Assistive Technology Committee
- Japan Electronic Publishing Association
- Japan Society for Digital Archive
- Deep Learning Lab
- TMI Associates
Observer / Advisor
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
- Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan
- Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- Bank of Japan
- Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
- Financial Services Agency
- Information-technology Promotion Agency
- Japan Patent Office
- Japan Patent Information Organization
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government
Founders
| Makoto Nagao | Former President of Kyoto University / Former President of National Institute of Information and Communications Technology / Former Director of National Diet Library / Former Director of The Institute of International High Technology |
| Ken Sakamura | Director, Department of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Faculty of Information Networking for Innovation and Design, Toyo University / Director, cHUB / Director, YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory / President, Association for Open Data of Public Transportation |
| Toshiya Watanabe | Professor, Policy Alternatives Research Institute, University of Tokyo |
| Masashi Sugiyama | Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project / Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo |
| Hitoshi Isahara | Professor / Director of Information and Media Center, Toyohashi University of Technology Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University |
| Kunihiko Hara | Professor Emeritus at TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY of TECHNOLOGY / Designated Professor Future Value Creation Research Center, Graduate School of Informatics, NAGOYA UNIVERSITY |
| Kikuo Maekawa | Professor, National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics |
| Koichi Yasuoka | Professor, Institute for Research in Humanities, University of Kyoto |
| Yasuno Ishii | Sr. Manager, Social Innovation Division, Public Utilities Department, The Nippon Foundation |
| Yujiro Ono | Representative Director, Japan Assistive Technology Committee |
| Kazuo Shimokawa | Vice President, Japan Electronic Publishing Association / Chariman, EAST CO.,Ltd. |
| Hiroshi Fujiwara | Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, BroadBand Tower |
| Kenichi Yoshikawa | Representative Director/Company President, BRICKS. Corporation |
| Ken Tamaru | Microsoft Japan, Director, NTO |
| Takashi Yanagihara | Representative Director, CEO, Ridge-i Inc. |