Board Members

As of October 2, 2023

President

President　TANAKA Akihiko
Name
TANAKA Akihiko
Date of appointment
Profile

Executive Senior Vice President

Executive Senior Vice President　YAMADA Junichi
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

Senior Vice President　IMOTO Sachiko
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

Senior Vice President　ANDO Naoki
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

Senior Vice President　MIYAZAKI Katsura
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 DepartmentEvaluation Department

Secretariat of Japan Overseas Cooperation VolunteersSecretariat of Japan Disaster Relief Team

MIYAZAKI Katsura　IKURA Yoshinobu
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

Senior Vice President　OBA　Yuichi
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

Senior Vice President　KAWAMURA Kenichi
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

Senior Vice President　HATAEDA Mikio
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 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

Senior Vice President　YAHARA Masao
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

Auditor　SANO Keiko
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)

Auditor　SEKIGUCHI Noriko
Name
SEKIGUCHI Noriko
Date of appointment
Profile

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

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

Auditor　AKAHANE Takashi
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

  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.