President: KOYASU Shigeo
Appointed
April 1, 2023
Main Career
- 2015 Executive Director, RIKEN
- 2014 Director, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS), RIKEN
- 2013 Acting Director, IMS, RIKEN
- 1995 Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University of Medicine
- 1990 Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School
- 1988 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School
- 1981 Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Executive Director: NAKAYAMA Keiko
Appointed
August 1, 2025
Main Career
- 2024 - Present Director-General, Research Infrastructure Management Organization, Institute of Science Tokyo
- 2024 Director, Research Management Center, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- 2018 Special Assistant to the President (Research), Tohoku University
- 2017 Vice Dean (Research), Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
- 2013 Vice Dean (Education), Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University
- 2012 Professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Tohoku University, Japan
- 2001 Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan
- 1997 Associate Professor, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University, Japan
- 1995 Senior Scientist, Department of Biology, Nippon Roche Research Center, Japan
- 1991 Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Medicine, Washington University, USA
Executive Director: TAKENAGA Hidenobu
Appointed
April 1, 2026
Main Career
- 2025 Deputy Executive Director, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)
- 2023 Director General, Rokkasho Fusion Institute, QST
- 2022 Director General, Naka Fusion Institute, QST
- 2019 Director, Department of Management and Planning, QST
- 2018 Director, Research Planning and Promotion Office, Fusion Energy Research and Development Directorate, QST
- 2016 Deputy Director, Research Planning and Promotion Office, Fusion Energy Research and Development Directorate, QST
- 2012 Director, Research Planning and Promotion Office, Fusion Energy Research and Development Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA)
- 1995 Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI)
Executive Director: FURUTA Hiroshi
Appointed
August 6, 2026
Main Career
- 2025 Deputy Director-General for Research and Development Policy, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
- 2023 Special Advisor to the President and Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
- 2021 Director, Research Environment Division, MEXT
- 2021 Director, Research and Development Infrastructure Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT
- 2019 Director General, Corporate Planning Department, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)
- 2017 Director for Planning, Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), Secretariat of the Council for Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office
Auditor: SUNAMI Akihiko
Appointed
July 1, 2025
Main Career
- 2025 January, Minister, Embassy of Japan in Canada
- 2023 Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in Canada
- 2021 Minister-Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in Australia
- 2019 Minister-Counsellor, Mission of Japan to the European Union
- 2017 Deputy Director General, Abandoned Chemical Weapons Office, Cabinet Office
- 2016 Senior Director, International Affairs Division, Tokyo Metropolitan Government
- 2014 Director, Development Assistance Policy Coordination Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2012 Policy Coordinator, Office of Policy Planning and Coordination on Territory and Sovereignty, Cabinet Secretariat
- 2011 Director, Specialized Agencies Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Auditor (part-time): KINDAICHI Kiyomi
Appointed
April 1, 2024
Main Career
- 2023 (to the present) Counsel, Seventh Sense Group
- 2022 (to the present) External Auditor, CS-C.Co.,Ltd.
- 2022 (to the present) Global Tax Office Kiyomi Kindaichi
- 2017 Tsuji Hongo Tax Corporation
- 2015 External Director, Wintest Corp.
- 2014 Lecturer, Department of Business Design, Showa Women’s University
- 2013 Lecturer, Tax Education Classes for Elementary Schools, Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
- 2008 External Auditor, Heian Corporation
- 2001 External Auditor, Wintest Corp.
- 1990 Kindaichi Accounting Firm
- 1989 Registered Tax Accountant
- 1987 Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited