Board Members: For fiscal years of 2026-2028

●President	Minoru Morishita	(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
●Secretary-general	Katsura Ichikawa	(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
Assistant Secretary-General	Takayo Ogisu	(The University of Tokyo)

●Board of Directors

Hokkaido and Tohoku Area (2 members)

〇	Maiko Aoki	(Hokkaido University)
	Naohiro Iida	(Hokkaido University)

Kanto Area (14 members)

〇	Takayo Ogisu	(The University of Tokyo)
〇	Akiko Kamogawa	(Waseda University)
〇	Yuto Kitamura	(The University of Tokyo)
〇	Kazuo Kuroda	(Waseda University)
	Yukiko Sawano	(University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo)
〇	Miki Sugimura	(Sophia University)
〇	Mikiko Nishimura	(International Christian University)
	Noriyuki Hashimoto	(Yamanashi Prefectural University)
〇	Kampei Hayashi	(Shinshu University)
	Tomoko Higurashi	(Nihon University)
	Hideto Fukudome	(The University of Tokyo)
〇	Hideki Maruyama	(Sophia University)
〇	Minoru Morishita	(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
	Aya Watanabe	(Tsuda University)

Tokai and Hokuriku Area (3 members)

	Yuji Utsumi	(Nagoya University)
〇	Mina Hattori	(Nagoya University)
	Asato Matsumoto	(Nagoya University)

Kinki Area (7 members)

	Kexin Wang	(Kobe University)
〇	Keiichi Ogawa	(Kobe University)
	Katsuki Sakaue	(Kobe University)
	Aiko Sakurai	(Kobe University)
〇	Masahiro Chikada	(Kobe University)
	Mami Tsukuoka	(Kobe University)
	Daisuke Sonoyama	(Osaka University)

Chugoku and Shikoku Area (5 members)

	Yoshikazu Ogawa	(Hiroshima University)
〇	Tatsuya Kusakabe	(Hiroshima University)
	Nozomi Sakata	(Hiroshima University)
〇	Takayoshi Maki	(Hiroshima University)
	Kazuhiro Yoshida	(Hiroshima University)

Kyushu Area (2 members)

〇	Hitoshi Sato	(Fukuoka University)
	Wataru Hanai	(Kyushu University)

●Auditors

	Hirotaka Nambu	(Kyoto University)
	Minako Yoshihara	(Takasaki City University of Economics)

●Officers

Hokkaido and Tohoku Area

Jing Liu

(Tohoku University)

Kanto Area

○	Katsura Ichikawa	(Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology)
○	Yuki Ohara	(The University of Tokyo)
○	Hitomi Kudo	(Keio University)
○	Satsuki Shioyama	(The University of Tokyo)
○	Naoya Yamazaki	(Teikyo University)

Tokai and Hokuriku Area

Sayaka Senda

(Chukyo University)

Kinki Area

	Mohamadou Bassirou Jean-Baptiste Sanfo	(University of Hyogo)
	Noriko Tamura	(Osaka Metropolitan University)

Chugoku and Shikoku Area

	Takamichi Asakura	(Hiroshima University)
	Naoyoshi Uchida	(Shujitsu University)

Kyushu Area

Akiko Ito

(Fukuoka University)

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Committees

●Hiratsuka Award Committee (11 members)

Chair	Akiko Kamogawa
Committees	Yoshikazu Ogawa Tatsuya Kusakabe Hitoshi Sato Miki Sugimura Masahiro Chikada	Mina Hattori Hideto Fukudome Minoru Morishita Aya Watanabe Yoshikazu Ogawa

●Editorial Committee of the Journal (14 members)

Chair (First Half of Term)	Hitoshi Sato
Chair (Second Half of Term)	Mikiko Nishimura
Committees	Chizuru Ishimine Akiko Ito Miki Inui Yuji Utsumi Katsuki Sakaue Nozomi Sakata	Yohei Sekiguchi Nozomu Takahashi Kuanysh Tastanbekova Kenshi Yamanouchi Jing Liu Yuki Watabe
Secretary First Half of Term	Keisuke Uchida
Secretary Second Half of Term	Eiman Yassin	Ayumu Yagi

●Research Committee (8 members)

Chair	Hideki Maruyama
Committees	Yoshihito Ii Chiemi Kurokawa Daisuke Sonoyama Tomoko Tokunaga	Hirotaka Nambu Shota Hatakeyama Aki Yonehara

●International Exchanges Committee (7 members)

Chair	Tatsuya Kusakabe
Committees	Takamichi Asakura Naoyoshi Uchida Jun Kawaguchi	Yukiko Sawano Takumu Hashimoto Reiko Mihara

●Y-Net Committee (10 members)

Chair	Takayoshi Maki
Committees	Naohiro Iida Ai Kadomatsu Sayaka Senda	Yusuke Nakajima Wataru Hanai
Student Representative	Honoka Yokoyama
Student Deputy Representative	Tenma Asagoe
Student Committees	Mizuho Oda	Mao Niida

●Public Relations Committee (7members)

Chair	Kampei Hayashi
Committees	Akemi Ashida Miku Ogawa Grigory Misochko	Leping Min Tatsuhei Morozumi Aya Watanabe

●Director in charge of WCCES

Minoru Morishita

Kazuo Kuroda

●Director in charge of the Liaison Council of Academic Societies Related to Education

Maiko Aoki

●Society Operations Advisory Committee (6 members)

Chair	Masahiro Chikada
Committees	Naohiro Iida Hirotaka Nambu Kana Hamatani	Tomoko Higurashi Asato Matsumoto