Trustees: The Fourth Term (As of June 9, 2025)
Misuzu Aoki
Senior Research Officer, Wetlands International Japan
Misuzu Asari
Deputy Director-General, Professor, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Shinji Ide
President, the University of Shiga Prefecture
Yoshihisa Shimizu
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Saburo Matsui
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Yoshiko Mekata
Deputy Director General, Department of Lake Biwa and the Environment, Shiga Prefectural Government
Makoto Mori
General Manager, Sales Division, HORIBA Advanced Techno, Co., Ltd.
Directors: The Seventh Term (As of June 9, 2025)
President
Kazuhiko Takemoto
President, Overseas Environmental Cooperation Center, Japan (OECC);
Former Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment
Former Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment
Vice President
Yasuo Takahashi
Special Policy Advisor, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES);
Former Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment
Former Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment
Executive Director
Koji Shimada
Professor, College of Economics, Ritsumeikan University
Director
Masafumi Nakamura
General Manager, Technical Department, Hiyoshi Corporation
Kenzo Hiroki
Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies;
Former Vice-Principal for College of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Former Vice-Principal for College of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
Shigeo Fujii
Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University;
Senior Director, The Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute, Shiga Prefecture
Senior Director, The Lake Biwa Environmental Research Institute, Shiga Prefecture
Naoya Yamamoto
Director, Lake Biwa Conservation and Restoration Division, Department of Lake Biwa and the Environment, Shiga Prefectural Government
Yoshika Yamamoto
Visiting Professor, School of Environmental Science, the University of Shiga Prefecture
Auditors: The Fourth Term (As of June 9, 2025)
Hirofumi Matsuo
Certified Public Accountant;
Licensed Tax Accountant
Licensed Tax Accountant
Kanako Iwami
Executive Officer, Kansai Mirai Bank, Limited
Adviser: (As of November, 2024)
Hironori Hamanaka
Counsellor, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES);
Former Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment
Former Vice-Minister for Global Environmental Affairs, Ministry of the Environment