Press Release

Notice of personnel change (board members)

June 29, 2023

On June 28, 2023, the Sasakawa Peace Foundation made the following personnel changes.

Councilors

Councilor	Kiyotaka Akasaka	Former Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
Councilor	Takeju Ogata	President, The Nippon Foundation
Councilor	Atsuko Kanehara	Professor, Sophia University
Councilor	Nobuko Kayashima	Advisor to the Executive Director/Senior Research Advisor, JICA Ogata Sadako Research Institute for Peace and Development
Councilor	Susumu Takahashi	Chairman Emeritus, The Japan Research Institute, Limited
Councilor	Kaoru Nakata	Executive Director, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency
Councilor	Tadashi Maeda	Managing Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Japan Bank for International Cooperation

Trustees

President	Atsushi Sunami	Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Executive Director	Akinori Sugai	General Affairs, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Executive Director	Junko Chano	Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Executive Director	Itsu Adachi	Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Executive Director	Hide Sakaguchi	Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Executive Director	Nobukatsu Kanehara	Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Trustee	Shigeki Sakamoto	President, Center for Human Rights Education and Training
Trustee	Akio Takahara	Professor, Graduate Schools for Law and Politics Faculty of Law, The University of Tokyo
Trustee	Kaoru Hattori	Attorney at Law
Auditor	Satoshi Sugawara	Executive Director, B&G Foundation
Auditor	Sadahiko Yoshimura	Certified Public Accountant

Please direct all inquiries to:
Public Relations Division, Communication Department, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Email: spfpr@spf.or.jp

Note: This press release was updated on June 30, 2023, to correct a typographical error in The Japan Research Institute, Limited.

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