Executives
President
Dr. Hiroyuki Yamato
- Term April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2026
Career
1982
Researcher, National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan, Science and Technology Agency
1997
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
1999
Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
2008
Dean, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the University of Tokyo
2013
Executive Vice President, the University of Tokyo
2016
President, National Institute of Maritime, Port and Aviation Technology
2016
Professor Emeritus, the University of Tokyo
2020
Representative director, Planning and Design Center for Greener Ships
2022
President, JAMSTEC
Executive Director
Dr. Takeshi Kawano
- Term April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2026
Career
1988
Scientist, Diving Science and Technology Department, JAMSTEC
2008
Group Leader, Ocean Dynamics Group, Ocean General Circulation Research Program, Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC
2009
Program Director, Ocean Climate Change Research Program, Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC
2014
Director, Research Center for Global Change, JAMSTEC
2016
Assistant Executive Director, JAMSTEC
2019
Director-General, Research Institute for Global Change, JAMSTEC
2021
Executive Director, JAMSTEC
2023
General Project Manager, General Project Team, Key and Advanced Technology R&D through Cross Community Collaboration Program, JAMSTEC
Executive Director
Dr. Shuichi Kodaira
- Term April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2026
Career
1992
Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
1996
Deep Sea Research Department, JAMSTEC
2001
Group Leader, Institute foe Frontier Research on Earth Evolution, JAMSTEC
2011
Program Director, Plate Dynamics Research Program, Institute for Research on Earth Evolution (IFREE), JAMSTEC
2014
Director, Research and Development (R&D) Center for Earthquake and Tsunami (CEAT), JAMSTEC
2015
Assistant Executive Director, JAMSTEC
2019
Director-General of Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics, JAMSTEC
2024
Executive Director,JAMSTEC
Executive Director
Mr. Katsuyuki Kudo
- Term April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2026
Career
1995
Science and Technology Agency
2017
Director for Science and Technology Strategy (Institutional Reform and Research), Science and Technology Policy Bureau, MEXT
2019
Director, Earthquake and Disaster-Reduction Research Division, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
2020
Director, Management Planning Department, JST
2022
Director (Information), Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT
2023
Executive Director Assistant, JAMSTEC
2024
Administrative Director, JAMSTEC
2024
Executive Director, JAMSTEC
Auditor
Mr. Satoshi Kikuchi
- Term September 1, 2022 - the approval date of the FY 2025 financial statements
Career
1992
Planning Department, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
2002
Manager, Planning and Management Division, Planning Department, Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
2004
Manager, Planning Division, Planning Department, JAMSTEC
2008
Director, Office for Corporate Integration, Planning Department, JAMSTEC
2012
Director, Planning Division, Planning Department, JAMSTEC
2014
Director, General Affairs Section, General Affairs Department, JAMSTEC
2016
Operating Executive Director and Director, General Affairs Section, General Affairs Department
2018
Operating Executive Director and Director, Human Resources Department
2019
Counselor for Business Management
2021
Counselor for Human Resources
2022
Counselor for Human Resources and Director, Human Resources Department
Auditor (part-time)
Ms. Mieko Mio
- Term September 1, 2022 - the approval date of the FY 2025 financial statements
Career
1992
Registered as an attorney with the Daini Tokyo Bar Association
2002
Contract attorney at the Research Office for Judicial Reform, Japan Federation of Bar Associations until March 2005
2008
Executive Director, specified non-profit corporation Entertainment Lawyers Network (to present)
2009
Lecturer, Meiji Gakuin Graduate Law School (until March 2015)
2012
Administrative Director, JFBA Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (until May 2013)
2016
General Manager, Intellectual Property Department, Division of University Corporate Relations, the University of Tokyo (to present)
2019
Member of Kioicho Law Office