As of October 2, 2023
President

- Name
- TANAKA Akihiko
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Executive Senior Vice President

- Name
- YAMADA Junichi
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Senior Vice President, JICA
Vice-President for ODA Loans and Private Sector Partnership, JICA
Director General, Operations Strategy Department, JICA
Director General, Middle East and Europe Department, JICA
Joined Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF)
Senior Vice President

- Name
- IMOTO Sachiko
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Director General, Office of Media and Public Relations, JICA
Senior Director, Office for Global Issues and Development Partnership, Operations Strategy Department, JICA
Senior Representative, India Office, JICA
Director, South Asia Division 3, South Asia Department
Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- In charge of
South Asia Department (South Asia Division 2 and 3)
East and Central Asia and the Caucasus Department
Human Development Department
Economic Development Department
JICA-University Alliance for Development Studies

- Name
- ANDO Naoki
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Director General, Operations Strategy Department, JICA
Director General, Treasury, Finance and Accounting Department, JICA
Chief Representative, Indonesia Office, JICA
Professor (special assignment), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- In charge of
Africa Department
Middle East and Europe Department
Financial Cooperation Implementation Department

- Name
- MIYAZAKI Katsura
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Director General, Governance and Peacebuilding Department, JICA
Chief Representative, Thailand Office, JICA
Senior Deputy Director General and Senior Director of the Office for Gender Equality and Poverty Reduction, Infrastructure and Peacebuilding Department, JICA
Deputy Director General, Credit Risk Analysis and Environmental Review Department, JICA
Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- In charge of
Latin America and the Caribbean Department
Governance and Peacebuilding Department
Evaluation DepartmentSecretariat of Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers
Secretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team

- Name
- IKURA Yoshinobu
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Director General, Human Resources Department, JICA
Director General, Domestic Strategy and Partnership Department, JICA
Director General, Industrial Development and Public Policy Department, JICA
Director General, Procurement Department, JICA
Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)
- In charge of
Security Management Department
Domestic Strategy and Partnership Department
Operations Support Department
Labor management and welfare

- Name
- OBA Yuichi
- Date of appointment
- Profile
September 2021 Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Japan in Thailand and Permanent Representative to UNESCAP
July 2020 Minister, Embassy of Japan in Thailand
August 2018 Director, Office of Development Finance, Ministry of Finance
October 2016 Director, Third Country Assistance Planning Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
April 1993 Joined Ministry of Construction (later transferred to Ministry of Foreign Affairs)
- In charge of
General Affairs Department
Information System Department
Media and Public Relations Department
Personnel Department
Operations Strategy Department
Development partnership

- Name
- KAWAMURA Kenichi
- Date of appointment
- Profile
July 2021 Director, Water Resources Planning Division, Water Resources Department, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
Counselor, the Secretariat of the Headquarters for Water Cycle Policy, Cabinet Secretariat
July 2019 Director, International Cooperation and Engineering for Infrastructure, Overseas Projects Division, Policy Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
July 2018 Counsellor, National Resilience Promotion Office, Cabinet Secretariat
July 2017 Director, Countermeasures for Large-Scale Earthquakes Office, Disaster Prevention and Relief Division, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)
April 1990 Joined Ministry of Construction
- In charge of
Global Environment Department
Infrastructure Management Department
Infrastructure Engineering Department

- Name
- HATAEDA Mikio
- Date of appointment
- Profile
October 2022 Vice President, JICA
September 2020 Director General, Southeast Asia and Pacific Department, JICA
March 2018 Director General, Private Sector Partnership and Finance Department, JICA
January 2017 Director General for Director General for Promotion of Security Strengthening Measures, JICA
April 1988 Joined Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF)
- In charge of
Southeast Asia and Pacific Department
South Asia Department (except South Asia Division 2 and 3)
Private Sector Partnership and Finance Department

- Name
- YAHARA Masao
- Date of appointment
- Profile
November 2020 Head, Special Projects and Outreach Unit, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD
July 2018 Councilor to the President, Japan Foundation
June 2016 Director, Criminal Investigation Division, Large Enterprise Examination and Criminal Investigation Department, National Tax Agency
June 2012 Counsellor, Permanent Delegation of Japan to the OECD
April 1992 Joined Ministry of Finance
- In charge of
Treasury, Finance and Accounting Department
Credit Risk Analysis and Environmental Review Department
Financial risk management
Loan, grant and property administration Department
Auditor

- Name
- SANO Keiko
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Director General, Economic Development Department, JICA
Director General, Okinawa Center, JICA
Chief Representative, Kenya Office, JICA
Deputy Director General, and Group Director for Higher Education and Social Security, Human Development Department, JICA
Joined Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

- Name
- SEKIGUCHI Noriko
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Outside Auditor, Ryoden Corporation
Independent Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Oji Holdings Corporation
Executive Officer, Chifure Holdings Corporation
Outside Director, TOKYO OHKA KOGYO CO., LTD
Registration of Certified Public Accountant

- Name
- AKAHANE Takashi
- Date of appointment
- Profile
Managing Partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Partner at Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Counsel at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
Trained at a law firm in the United States
Joined Anderson Mori & Rabinowitz
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Senior vice presidents and auditors are listed in the order of their appointment.
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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.
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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.
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