ABOUT US
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
*Titles are as of August 1, 2026.
President
| Osamu Murata | Professor Emeritus, Kwansei Gakuin University Vice President, Kansai Productivity Center (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation) Vice President, Japan Society of Business Cycle Studies |
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Vice Presidents
| Fumihiro Aono | Senior Advisor, SoftBank Corp |
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| Satomi Amano | Illustrator |
Managing Director
| Yoshihiro Imamura | Managing Director of General Affairs Department |
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| Yukichi Okazaki | Managing Director, Domestic Awareness Campaign (African Orphans) |
| Toshihiko Kudo | Managing Director, Public Relations Department |
| Masayuki Kobayashi | Dean, College of Education and Social Transformation・Project Professor, J.F. Oberlin University / Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| Takahiro Shinyo | Visiting Professor of Osaka University / Principal, TS International Affairs Study, Chairman of the Board, Malaria No More Japan |
| Yohei Suda | Attorney at Law (Japan & Washington, U.S.A) |
| Yukie Seki | Managing Director of Ashinaga Africa Initiative Department, Secretaly General |
| Naoko Tsuyama | Deputy President, Africa Japan Forum (AJF) |
| Yoshiaki Terumichi | Former President, Sophia University |
| Chisa Mikami | Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) Hiroshima Office |
| Keizo Yamaguchi | Auditor, Kyoto University |
| Tomoya Yoshioka | President, Japan Student Services Organization |
Auditor
| Tatsuya Kato | Certified Public Accountant, SHINSOU Audit Corporation Senior Partner |
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| Katsuhiko Kotani | Chairman, International Institute for Environmental Economics |
| Yoshikazu Miki | Lawyer |
Trustee
| Takayo Ishihara | Nurse, Social Worker, Nursing Care Manager |
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| 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 | Chief Medical Director, SENSHIN CLINIC TOKYO Future Medical Center Co-founder and Director, Stanford Solutions |
| Tomoe Kato | Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Chikushi Jogakuen University |
| Keiko Sano | Auditor, Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| Go Shimada | Professor, School of Information and Communication, Meiji University |
| Naoshi Sugawara | Former Member of Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly |
| Hideaki Domichi | Director, Suzuki Motor Corporation / Former Japanese Ambassador to India / Former Senior Vice President of JICA / Former Director General, Middle Eastern and African Affairs Bureau |
| Noriko Tominaga | Délégué Generale, Comité d’échanges Franco-Japonais / Former director of Protocol, Delegation of the European Union to Japan |
| Nobutaka Murao | Professor, Kwansei Gakuin University |
| Masatsugu Hori | President-emeritus, Osaka International Cancer Institute |
Honorary Advisor
| Shinji Okajima | Chairman of the Society for Encouraging Orphans in Traffic Accidents |
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Advisor
| Masao Kaneki | Medical Doctor, Visiting Professor at Juntendo University, Former Associate Professor at Harvard University |
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| Yoshio Sakurai | Advocate of Ashinaga Student Street Fundraising |
| Kazuhiko Yoshida | Former Ashinaga Secretary-General of the Ikueikai |
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 |