The Asahi Glass Foundation Directors and Councillors

May, 2026

Directors

Chairman

Takuya Shimamura
Senior Fellow, AGC Inc.

Senior Executive Director

Naoki Sugimoto
Former Executive Officer, General Manager, Materials Integration Laboratories, AGC Inc.

Trustees

Yoshiki Chujo
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Yoshihiro Hayashi
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo;
Advisor to the President, National Museum of Nature and Science
Yoshinori Hirai
Representative Director, President & CEO, AGC Inc.
Kimihiko Hirao
Research Director, Fukui Institute for Fundamental Chemistry, Kyoto University;
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Takamitsu Kumasaka
Executive Adviser, THE SANKEI SHIMBUN
Yuri Maesako
Kyosei Science Center for Life and Nature, Nara Women's University, Collaborating Researcher;
Graduate School of Osaka Sangyo University, Former Professor, (President of Graduate School)
Ryoji Noyori
President, The Japan Academy; University Professor, Nagoya University
Shin-ichi Ohkoshi
Executive Director and Vice President, The University of Tokyo
Tsuyoshi Seike
Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Katsuhiko Shirai
Honorary Advisor, Waseda University
Hideji Sugiyama
Foundation for Promotion of Digital Economy and Community President;
Former Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Koichiro Tanaka
Director, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics, RIKEN;
Program-Specific Research Center Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University
Taro Tsubomura
Professor Emeritus, Seikei University
Takahiro Yamada
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Hiroshi Yoshikawa
Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo

Auditors

Takashi Fujino
Former Director, Senior Executive Officer, CFO, Asahi Glass Co.,Ltd.
Kanetsugu Mike
Senior Advisor, MUFG Bank, Ltd.
Tatsuo Wakabayashi
Senior Advisor, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Councillors

Masuo Aizawa
Professor Emeritus, Institute of Science Tokyo; 17th President, Former Tokyo Institute of Technology
Kenichi Iga
Honorary Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo; 18th President, Former Tokyo Institute of Technology
Michiko Imai
Director, Le Verseau Inc.
Ryozo Kato
Former Ambassador to the United States of America
Ken Kobayashi
Corporate Advisor, Mitsubishi Corporation
Hiroshi Komiyama
Chairman of the Institute, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.;
The 28th President of the University of Tokyo
Toshiyuki Kono
Honorary Distinguished Professor, Kyushu University Institute for Advanced Study;
Honorary President of ICOMOS
Hideyuki Kurata
Representative Director, Executive Vice President, CTO, AGC Inc.
Kenji Matsuo
Honorary Advisor, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company
Mamoru Mohri
Astronaut; Chief Executive Director Emeritus, The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation
Keiko Nakamura
Honorary Director General, JT Biohistory Research Hall
Hideaki Omiya
Honorary Adviser, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Teiichi Sato
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to UNESCO
Niro Shimada
Former Chief Justice, the Supreme Court of Japan
Yoshio Takegawa
Representative Director, Executive Vice President, CFO, AGC Inc.
Yoshiaki Tamura
Outside Director, Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.;
Former Representative Director, Executive Vice President, Asahi Glass Co.,Ltd.

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