ABOUT US
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
*Titles are as of August 1, 2025.
President
| Osamu Murata | Former President, Kwansei Gakuin University / Professor Emeritus, Kwansei Gakuin University / Chair, Subcommittee on Educational Corporations, Council for Establishment of Universities and Educational Corporations, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) / Chair, Subcommittee on National University Corporations, Evaluation Committee for National University Corporations, MEXT/ Vice Chairman, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Kansai Productivity Center |
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Vice-Presidents
| Fumihiro Aono | Executive Vice President & CHRO |
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| Satomi Amano | Illustrator / Artist for Ashinaga Foundation |
Directors
| Yukichi Okazaki | Managing Director, International Department |
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| Toshihiko Kudo | Managing Director, Public Relations Department |
| Masayuki Kobayashi | Dean, College of Education and Social Transformation・Project Professor, J.F. Oberlin University / Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo |
| Takahiro Shinyo | Special Advisor to the President of Kwansei Gakuin University / President, Certified NPO Malaria No More Japan / Visiting Professor at Osaka University / Former Ambassador to Germany |
| Yohei Suda | Attorney at Law (Japan & Washington, U.S.A) |
| Yukie Seki | Managing Director of Ashinaga Africa Initiative Department and General Affairs, Secretaly General |
| Naoko Tsuyama | Deputy President, Africa Japan Forum (AJF) |
| Yoshiaki Terumichi | Former President, Sophia University / Director, Sophia School Corporation; Professor, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University |
| Chisa Mikami | Head of Hiroshima Office, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) |
| Keizo Yamaguchi | Former President, Hokkaido University / Auditor, Kyoto Univeristy / Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University |
| Tomoya Yoshioka | President, Japan Student Services Organization |
Auditor
| Katsuhiko Kotani | President, International Environment and Economy Institute |
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| Kiyoshi Hidaka | Lawyer |
Board of Trustees
| Takayo Ishihara | Nurse, Social Worker, Nursing Care Manager |
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| Hiroaki Ogata | Artist / Chairman, Ogata Family Koankai / Lecturer, Asahi Culture Center / Lecturer, Mitsukoshi Culture Salon / Advisor to the Tekijuku Memorial Association |
| Yoshihiro Ogura | Lawyer |
| Toshiro Ozawa | Former Japanese Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa / Former Ambassador of the Permanent Mission of Japan to Vienna |
| Richard H. Kaszynski | General Director, SENSHIN CLINIC TOKYO Future Medical Center / Co-Founder and Director of Stanford Solutions, Stanford School of Medicine |
| Tomoe Kato | Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Chikushi Jogakuen University |
| Naoshi Sugawara | Former Member of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly |
| Akemi Soeda | Emeritus Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
| Hideaki Domichi | External Director, Suzuki Motor Corporation / Former Executive Senior Vice President, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) / Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to India and Bhutan / Former Director General, Middle East and Africa Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Noriko Tominaga | Délégué Generale, Comité d’échanges Franco-Japonais / Former director of Protocol, Delegation of the European Union to Japan |
| Miki Nagashima | Board Member, Certified NPO Malaria No More Japan / Board Member, Japan Civil Network Society on SDGs / President, Nagashima Shoukai LLC. |
| Masatsugu Hori | President-emeritus, Osaka Intenational Cancer Institute / Professor Emeritus, Osaka University |
Honorary Advisor
| Shinji Okajima | Chairman of the Society for Encouraging Orphans in Traffic Accidents Former Director of Koutsu Orphans Ikueikai Former Chairman of the National Council for Encouragement of Traffic Orphans |
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Permanent Advisors
| Masao Kaneki | Medical Doctor / Visiting Professor at Juntendo University / Former Associate Professor at at Harvard Medical School |
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| Yoshio Sakurai | Advocate of Ashinaga Student Street Fundraising |
| Kazuhiko Yoshida | Former Secretary-General of Ashinaga Foundation |
Regional Office Directors
| Christine Naluboa and Diana Namakula | Co- Directors of Ashinaga Uganda |
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| Khady Thiam | Director of Ashinaga Senegal |
| Jordan McFarlane | Director of Ashinaga UK |
| Samantha Smith | Director of Ashinaga France |
| Elisa Edmondson | Director of Ashinaga USA |
| Andrew Castro | Director of Ashinaga Brasil |