Board Members

Board Members 2024

TITLE NAME COMPANY
Chairperson Shingo KANEKO TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
Vice Chairpersons   Kenichi NAGASAWA CANON INC.
Hiroshi UEDA  Sumitomo Chemical Company,Limited
Shigeki WADA  NEC Corporation 
President Akitoshi YAMANAKA DENSO CORPORATION
Vice Presidents  Shingo WAKASHIRO Panasonic Operational Excellence Co., Ltd.
Toshihiko KOBAYASHI  SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Kyoko IZUMI  FUJITSU LIMITED
Katsuya MIZUKATA DAICEL CORPORATION
Takahiro OKAMOTO  Suntory Holdings Limited
Executive Managing Director Takeshi UENO  
Managing Directors                     Hiroaki YAMAGUCHI Komatsu Ltd.
Koji SAITO FRARE FOOD FACTORY CO., LTD. 
Yshihiro ENDO  Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
Toru ITO  Sony Intellectual Property Services
Corporation
Fumio IMOTO  NEC Corporation
Tomonori OKUWAKI  Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Yasutaka KIKUCHI  TOPPAN Holdings Inc.
Tae SUGIMURA  TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION
Takashi TSUCHIDA  Mazda Motor Corporation
Takahiko YOSHIDA OMRON CORPORATION
Kenji ICHIKAWAI  YKK AP Inc.
Eijiro SATO Hitachi Ltd.
Yuichi SHIMOGAKI TOA Corporation
Keiichi JIBIKI  Kai Corporation
Maki NAKAMURA ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
Eiichiro YAGI  CANON INC.
Auditors Takaaki NAGURA ROHM CO., LTD.
Tatsuya MORI Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
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2024 Directors for each Industrial Field
Metal & Machinary (East) Takuya YOSHIDA Marelli Corporation
Electrical/Service (East) Tomokazu IWATA ADVANTEST CORPORATION
Chemical I (East) Yuichi TAKAMIYA FUJIMORI KOGYO Co.,Ltd
Chemical II (East) Yohei ITOI ASAHI KASEI CORPORATION
Metal & Machinary (West) Hiroyuki INOUE Nabtesco Corporation
Electrical/Service (West) Fumiaki KISHI Tatsuta Electric Wire & Cable Co.,Ltd.
Chemical (West) Koji KATAYAMA AWA PAPER & TECHNOLOGICAL COMPANY, Inc.
Construction Naotoshi SHINKAWA Fudo Tetra Corporation
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2024 Leaders for Working Group
SDGs Working Group Tomonori BEKKU Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
Open Innovation Working Group Masahiro ASAMI
The Fourth Industrial Revolution Working Group Kenji KONDO Yokowo co., ltd.
International Policy Working Group Yuki TANAKA FUJITSU LIMITED
Digital Policy Working Group Sayuri IMAKO LY Corporation
Grobal Anti-counterfeiting Working Group Jun OKUBO YONEX CO., LTD
IP Experts Partnership Working Group Toshio ASAI NEC Corporation
Japan-China Corporation Collaboration Working Group Kazushi TAKEMOTO Suntory Holdings Limited
JIPA IP Symposium Working Group Maki NAKAMURA ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
DE□I Society Working Group Mitsuko SHUTO Panasonic Operational Excellence Co., Ltd.
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2024 Chairs for each Expert Committee
Human Resource Development Mikiya NAKATA Panasonic Operational Excellence Co., Ltd.PIPM
Publication and Public Affairs Hiroo NIKAIDO Suntory Holdings Limited
The First Patent Tsuneyuki YOSHIOKA METAWATER Co., Ltd.
The Second Patent Genki TANOUE Hitachi,Ltd.
The First International Affairs Kazuo EIHO Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
The Second International Affairs Takahiro TANIGUCHI MURATA MFG.CO.,LTD.
The Third International Affairs Koji TERAKAWA NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO.,LTD.
The Fourth International Affairs Tatsuya HASHIMOTO SAPPORO BREWERIES LTD.
Medicinal and Biotechnology Ryota SHIRAKI Astellas Pharma Inc.
Software Takuya MASUDA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
Copyright Shunsuke TSUZUKI Infcurion, Inc.
The First IP Management Jun WATANABE BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
The Second IP Management Kenichi OTANI Kao Corporation
Information System Akiya NAKAYAMA CANON INC.
IP Intelligence Keisuke NAGATA KYOCERA CORPORATION
The First License Naohiro MATSUDA Kai Corporation
The Second License Masato SOETA Hitachi,Ltd.
Design Kazutaka NODA JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
Trademark Takuya TOKUWAKA KADOKAWA CORPORATION
Antitrust □ Unfair Competition Kazuki YAMAGUCHI ZEON CORPORATION
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