Board Members

As of May 1, 2026

President

President　TANAKA Akihiko
Name
TANAKA Akihiko
Date of appointment
Profile

Executive Senior Vice President
Chief Sustainability Officer（CSO）

Executive Senior Vice President MIYAZAKI Katsura
Name
MIYAZAKI Katsura
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Senior Deputy Director General and Senior Director of the Office for Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction, Infrastructure and Peacebuilding Department, JICA

Chief Representative, Thailand Office, JICA

Director General, Governance and Peacebuilding Department, JICA

Senior Vice President, JICA

Senior Vice President

Senior Vice President　ANDO Naoki
Name
ANDO Naoki
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Professor (special assignment), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Chief Representative, Indonesia Office, JICA

Director General, Treasury, Finance and Accounting Department, JICA

Director General, Operations Strategy Department, JICA

In charge of

Africa Department
Governance and Peacebuilding Department
Grant Project Department
Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team

Senior Vice President　YAHARA Masao
Name
YAHARA Masao
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Ministry of Finance

Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD

Director, Criminal Investigation Division, Large Enterprise Examination and Criminal Investigation Department, National Tax Agency

Councilor to the President, Japan Foundation

Head, Special Projects and Outreach Unit, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD

In charge of

Treasury, Finance and Accounting Department
Credit and Facility Administration Department
Credit Risk Analysis and Environmental Review Department
Evaluation Department
Financial risk management

Senior Vice President　HARA Shohei
Name
HARA Shohei
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF)

Director General, Information System Department, JICA

Director General, South Asia Department, JICA

Director General, Private Sector Partnership and Finance Department, JICA

Director General, Operations Strategy Department, JICA

In charge of

South Asia Department
Private Sector Partnership and Finance Department
Economic Development Department
Information security and protection of personal information

Senior Vice President　KOBAYASHI Hiroyuki
Name
KOBAYASHI Hiroyuki
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Chief Representative, JICA Rwanda Office

Director General, Shikoku Center, JICA

Director General, Secretariat of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers, JICA

Director General, Human Resources Department, JICA

In charge of

Personnel Department
Latin America and the Caribbean Department
Domestic Strategy and Partnership Department
Secretariat of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers

Senior Vice President　HAYAKAWA Yuho
Name
HAYAKAWA Yuho
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF)

Chief Representative, JICA Iraq Office

Director General of Knowledge Management and Senior Deputy Director General, Personnel Department, JICA

Chief Representative, JICA Bangladesh Office

Director General, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department, JICA

In charge of

Security Management Department
Southeast Asia and Pacific Department
Infrastructure Engineering Department

Senior Vice President　MITSUI Yuko
Name
MITSUI Yuko
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Senior Deputy Director, South Asia Department, JICA

Director, First procurement division, Procurement Department, JICA

Chief Representative, JICA Palestine Office

Director General, Logistic and Procurement Department, JICA

In charge of

Middle East and Europe Department
Human Development Department
Procurement Department for International Cooperation

Senior Vice President　YOSHIKAWA Yoshifumi
Name
YOSHIKAWA Yoshifumi
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI, METI`s predecessor body)

Director, Business Planning Group, Underwriting Department, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance (NEXI)

Director, Office for Promotion of International Project, Infrastructure System and Water Industry and International Affairs Office, Manufacturing Industries Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

Director, Europe Division, Trade Policy Bureau, METI

Director, Trade Promotion Division, Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau, METI

In charge of

East and Central Asia and the Caucasus Department
Infrastructure Management Department
Global Environment Department

Senior Vice President　YOSHIDA Masahiro
Name
YOSHIDA Masahiro
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) of Japan

Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the United Kingdom

Director, Record Management and Access to Information Division, MOFA

Director, Western Europe Division, MOFA

Director, Overseas Establishments Division, MOFA

Deputy Director-General for Japan-PRC-ROK Trilateral Cooperation/ Director, Regional Policy Division, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, MOFA

In charge of

General Affairs Department
Legal and Compliance Department
Information System Department
Media and Public Relations Department
Operations Strategy Department

Auditor

Auditor　SANO Keiko
Name
SANO Keiko
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

Deputy Director General, and Group Director for Higher Education and Social Security, Human Development Department, JICA

Chief Representative, JICA Kenya Office

Director General, Okinawa Center, JICA

Director General, Economic Development Department, JICA

Auditor　SEKIGUCHI Noriko
Name
SEKIGUCHI Noriko
Date of appointment
Profile

Registration of Certified Public Accountant

Outside Director, TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD

Executive Officer, Chifure Holdings Corporation

Independent Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Oji Holdings Corporation

Outside Auditor, Ryoden Corporation

Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD

Outside Director and Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Ryoden Corporation

Auditor, Japan College of Social Work

Auditor　AKAHANE Takashi
Name
AKAHANE Takashi
Date of appointment
Profile

Joined Anderson Mori & Rabinowitz

Trained at a law firm in the United States

Counsel at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

Partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Managing Partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

  1. Senior vice presidents and auditors are listed in the order of their appointment.

  2. Number of executive officers and auditors: Pursuant to Article 7 of the JICA Act, there shall be one president and three auditors, and there may be one executive senior vice president and up to eight senior vice presidents.

  3. Terms of office of executive officers and auditors: pursuant to Article 21 of the Act on General Rules for Incorporated Administrative Agencies, the term of office of the president is from the date of appointment until the last day of the mid-term plan currently in effect at the time of the appointment, and the term of office of each auditor is from the date of appointment until the date that the audited financial statements covering the final fiscal year of the mid-term plan for which such auditor is responsible are approved. Pursuant to Article 9 of the JICA Act, the term of office of the executive senior vice president, if any, is four years, and the term of office of the senior vice presidents, if any, is two years.