Officials
As of July 1st, 2025
※Alphabetical by last name
Chairperson
| Motohiko SAITO |
Chairperson, Governors and Mayors’ Conference on the Environmental Protection of the Seto Inland Sea
Governor, Hyogo Prefectural Government |
Trustees
| Toshikazu DORO |
General Manager, Environmental Control & Disaster Prevention Group, Environment and Safety Department, Kobe Steel, Ltd. |
| Masaaki FUKUYAMA |
Director of the Environment Department, Hyogo Prefecture |
| Hiroyuki HAYASHI |
Manager, Environmental Management Promotion Office General Affairs Dept. Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. |
| Kazuma KASHIWAGI |
Director-General of the Environment Bureau |
| Mitsuhiro IWATA |
General Manager, Office of Energy and Environmental Planning, The Kansai Electric Power Co.,Inc. |
| Noriaki SUGA |
President, Hyogo Environmental Advancement Association |
| Kazuhiko TAKEMOTO |
President, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan |
Directors
| Mitsumasa OKADA |
Professor Emeritus, Hiroshima University | President |
| Teruhisa KOMATSU |
President, Japanese-French Oceanographic Society | Vice President |
| Katsuhiko HARUNA |
Executive Director, International EMECS Center | Executive Director |
| Hiroshi KAWAI |
Specially Appointed Professor, Kobe University | |
| Masaaki KOBAYASHI |
Alumni, Ministry of the Environment of Japan | |
| Shigeru MONTANI |
Professor Emeritus, Hokkaido University | |
| Isao NAKASE |
Honorary Director, Museum of Nature and Human Activities Hyogo /
Professor Emeritus, University of Hyogo | |
| Kuninao TADA |
Professor, Kagawa University | |
| Masataka WATANABE |
Professor, Research and Development Initiative, Chuo University |
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| Yutaka YOSHIZAWA |
Alumni, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan |
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Auditor
| Takeshi INABA |
Certified Public Accountant, Certified Public Tax Accountant |
| Koji YOSHINARI |
Deputy Department Head, Social Affairs and Environment Department, Tokushima Prefecture |
