career
| April 1987 | Joined Japan IBM, Ltd. |
| December 1988 | Joined HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| August 1989 | Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| July 1994 | Managing Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| August 1996 | Established the Company President and Chief Executive Officer (current position) |
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| April 1987 | Joined Japan IBM, Ltd. |
| June 1997 | Joined Microsoft Japan Co., Ltd. |
| February 1999 | Joined the Company |
| November 1999 | Operating Officer of the Company |
| December 2002 | Director of the Company |
| December 2004 | Director and Senior Managing Operating Officer of the Company |
| January 2007 | Director and Operating Vice President of the Company |
| December 2009 | Executive Vice President, General Manager of Life and Entertainment Business Division, General Manager of Technology Division (in charge of DX Solution Business Department, Cyber Risk Management Office, + Design Department, and Compliance Promotion Office) of the Company (current position) |
career
| April 1992 | Joined The Fuji Bank (current Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.) |
| May 1999 | Joined CAC Corporation (current CAC Holdings Corporation) |
| October 2002 | Joined USJ Co., Ltd. |
| October 2004 | Joined the Company |
| February 2008 | Operating Officer of the Company |
| January 2010 | Senior Operating Officer of the Company |
| December 2010 | Director of the Company |
| December 2016 | Managing Director of the Company |
| December 2018 | Senior Managing Director (In charge of IR Office and business alliance) of the Company (current position) |
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| February 1998 | Joined Prodics Co., Ltd. |
| December 1999 | Joined the Company |
| September 2004 | Joined ITSUMO Ltd. |
| November 2005 | Joined DIGIMERCE Inc. |
| August 2007 | Joined Gunners LLC |
| May 2010 | Joined the Company |
| January 2016 | Operating Officer of the Company |
| January 2019 | Managing Operating Officer of the Company |
| December 2023 | Managing Director, General Manager of Smart Contents Business Department (in charge of ERP Solution Business Department) of the Company (current position) |
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| June 2011 | Joined SARUTAHIKO COFFEE (current SARUTAHIKO COFFEE Inc.) |
| April 2018 | Director of Biodata Bank, Inc. (current position) |
| October 2018 | Representative Director of Motivation Works Inc. (current position) |
| June 2024 | Managing Operating Officer of the Company |
| December 2024 | Managing Director (in charge of service strategy for municipalities and service business for schools) of the Company (current position) |
career
| June 1995 | Principal Researcher of International Development Center of Japan |
| April 2002 | Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Keizai University |
| January 2005 | Guest Researcher of Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance |
| April 2007 | Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Keizai University (current position) |
| April 2007 | Visiting Professor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| May 2008 | Guest Researcher of Harvard University |
| April 2010 | Visiting Professor of University of International Business and Economics |
| April 2012 | Specially-appointed Professor of The Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| December 2015 | External Director of the Company (current position) |
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| April 2004 | Assistant at Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo |
| April 2005 | Lecturer, Faculty of Economics, Seikei University |
| April 2008 | Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Seikei University |
| April 2014 | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Keio University |
| December 2015 | External Director of the Company (current position) |
| April 2019 | Executive Director, Japan Marketing Academy (current position) |
| March 2020 | Outside Director of POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. (current position) |
| April 2023 | Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University (current position) |
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| April 2006 | Head of the Central Hospital of the National Cancer Center (current National Cancer Center Hospital) |
| February 2011 | Director of the Japan Research Promotion Society for Cardiovascular Diseases (current Sakakibara Heart Foundation)(current position) |
| April 2011 | Director of the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research |
| April 2014 | Chief Director of Kanagawa Prefectural Hospital Organization |
| June 2014 | Director of the Japan Health Sciences Foundation |
| December 2018 | External Director of the Company (current position) |
| November 2019 | External Director of MNES Inc. (current position) |
| April 2021 | Vice President of Kokusai Gakuen Education Institute |
| April 2022 | President of Kokusai Gakuen Education Institute |
| May 2024 | Director of Kokusai Gakuen Education Institute (current position) |
career
| April 1997 | Joined HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| June 2004 | Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| April 2007 | Managing Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| June 2009 | Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Information and Communications Business Division, HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| April 2012 | Representative Director of Hello Communications, Inc. |
| June 2012 | Managing Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| April 2013 | Representative Director of Telecom Service Co., Ltd. |
| June 2015 | Director of Water Direct Corporation (current Premium Water Holdings Inc.) (current position) |
| June 2017 | Vice President and Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC. |
| June 2018 | Director of FTGroup CO., LTD. |
| February 2019 | Director of ACTCALL INC. |
| June 2019 | President and Representative Director of HIKARI TSUSHIN,INC. (current position) |
| June 2020 | Director of Hikari Tsushin K.K. (current position) |
| March 2021 | Representative Director of HCMA Alpha Inc. |
| December 2022 | External Director of the Company (current position) |
| September 2023 | Representative Director of HCMA Alpha Inc. (current position) |
career
| September 1985 | Joined DDI CORPORATION (currently KDDI CORPORATION) |
| June 2016 | Executive Vice President, Representative Director of KDDI CORPORATION |
| June 2019 | Chairman of the Board, Representative Director of JCOM Co., Ltd. |
| June 2020 | President, Representative Director of JCOM Co., Ltd. |
| April 2022 | Special Advisor of JCOM Co., Ltd. |
| June 2022 | Outside Director of Tokushu Tokai Paper Co., Ltd. (current position) |
| July 2022 | Adviser of KDDI CORPORATION |
| December 2022 | Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of the Company (current position) |
| June 2024 | Outside Director of Cecile Co., Ltd. (current position) |
| July 2024 | Advisor of the Company |
| December 2024 | External Director of the Company (current position) |
career
| April 1982 | Joined Mitsubishi Corporation |
| December 2003 | General Manager, Finance and Accounting Dept. of Mitsubishi Corporation (Shanghai) Ltd. |
| February 2008 | Vice President of Mitsubishi Corporation Financial & Management Services (Japan) Ltd. |
| September 2010 | Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Administrative Division of Mitsubishi Shoji Sekiyu Co. Ltd. |
| May 2012 | President and General Manager, Administrative Division of Mitsubishi Corporation (Taiwan) Ltd. |
| June 2015 | Standing Corporate Auditor of Metal One Corporation |
| August 2018 | General Manager, Financial, Accounting, and Information System Dept. of IVYCS Co., Ltd. |
| December 2019 | External Statutory Auditor of the Company (current position) |
career
| April 2000 | Admitted to the bar Hayabusa Kokusai Law Offices |
| November 2006 | Greenberg Traurig LLP, New York |
| December 2007 | Partner of Hayabusa Asuka Law Offices |
| January 2009 | Atsumi & Partners |
| January 2010 | Partner of Atsumi & Sakai (current position) |
| June 2015 | Outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member of Credit Saison Co., Ltd. (current position) |
| June 2019 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Achilles Corporation |
| December 2020 | External Statutory Auditor of the Company (current position) |
| June 2022 | External Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) of Achilles Corporation (current position) |
career
| April 1980 | Joined Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| July 2010 | Executive Director and General Manager of General Business Department No.1, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| June 2012 | Executive Officer and General Manager of General Business Department No.1, Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. |
| April 2014 | President and Representative Director of Tokio Marine & Nichido Risk Consulting Co., Ltd. |
| April 2015 | Outside Director of The Tokio Marine Research Institute |
| April 2017 | Executive Officer of Nippon Export and Investment Insurance |
| April 2018 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Osaka Branch,Nippon Export and Investment Insurance |
| June 2019 | Managing Executive Officer and General Manager of Osaka Branch, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance |
| December 2021 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position) |
career
| April 1979 | Joined Suntory Limited |
| April 2000 | Manager of Wine Business Division, Suntory Limited |
| April 2003 | Manager of Tokyo Customer Center, Customer Communications Department, Suntory Limited |
| September 2005 | Manager of Kurashi-no-Lab Group, Marketing & Customer Relations Department, Marketing & Sales Division, Tokyo Electric Power Company |
| April 2016 | General Manager of CS Department, TEPCO Energy Partner,Incorporated |
| June 2019 | Outside Director of ITOCHU-SHOKUHIN Co., Ltd. (current position) |
| December 2021 | External Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company (current position) |
Executive Advisors
career
| April 1987 | Joined the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (formerly the Ministry of Health and Welfare) Held key positions, including Director of the Long-Term Care Insurance Planning Division at the Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly, Director of the General Affairs Division at the Health Insurance Bureau, Deputy Director-General of the Office for Promotion of Regional Revitalization of the Cabinet Secretariat, and Deputy Director-General of the Office of Healthcare Policy of the Cabinet Secretariat. |
| July 2018 | Director-General, Health and Welfare Bureau for the Elderly, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare |
| August 2020 | Director-General of the Minister’s Secretariat |
| September 2021 | Director-General for Policy Planning and Evaluation (Comprehensive Policies) |
| June 2022 | Vice-Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare |
| November 2024 | Advisor of the Company (current position) |
career
| 1985 | Joined the Ministry of Finance (formerly the Ministry of the Treasury) Served as Budget Examiner (Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Section) in the Budget Bureau and was seconded to the Toyama Prefectural Government for four years starting in 1999, where he served as Director of the Living Environment Department. Subsequently held positions such as Director of the Public Relations Office, Planning Officer of the Financial Bureau, and Budget Examiner (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Affairs) at the Ministry of Finance. |
| July 2011 | Joined the Ministry of the Environment Served as Director of the Accounting Division, Director of the Secretariat, Director of the Waste Management and Recycling Department, and Director-General for Environmental Policy. |
| July 2020 | Administrative Vice-Minister for Environment Served as Director of the General Affairs Division of the Environmental Policy Bureau, Director of the Finance Division of the Ministry’s Secretariat, Director of the Personnel Division of the Ministry’s Secretariat, Ministry’s Secretariat Deputy Director General of the Environmental Policy Bureau, Ministry’s Secretariat Deputy Director General of Policy Coordination, and Director of the Waste Management and Recycling Department. Contributed significantly to initiatives such as the Regional Circular and Ecological Sphere, the 2050 Carbon Neutrality Target, and the promotion of carbon pricing. |
| July 2022 | Advisor of the Company (current position) |
| September 2022 | Advisor, NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION |
| April 2023 | Member, Mitsubishi Corporation Sustainability Advisory Committee (current position) |
| July 2023 | External Director, Johnny & Associates (currently SMILE-UP. Inc.) |
| August 2023 | Representative Director, Millennium Sustainability Foundation (current position) |
| October 2023 | Strategic Advisor, Persefoni AI Inc. (current position) |
| September 2024 | Advisor, BYWILL Inc. (current position) |
career
| July 1969 | Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation |
| October 1997 | President of NTT International Network Company |
| June 2002 | Executive Vice President and General Manager of Global Service Business, NTT Communications Corporation |
| June 2003 | Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member of NTT DOCOMO, INC. |
| April 2006 | President and CEO of Alcatel-Lucent Japan Ltd. |
| June 2008 | Director of IT-it CO., LTD. |
| March 2009 | President of Infinera Japan K.K. |
| September 2011 | Advisor of the Company |
| April 2016 | Executive Advisor of Juniper Networks, Inc. |
| December 2020 | External Director of the Company |
| December 2024 | Advisor of the Company (current position) |