Committee

Organizing Committee

Name Organization
Chair Hitoshi Kume Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Vice-Chair Shinichi Sasaki President & CEO, JUSE
Senior Advisor to the Board/Senior Technical Executive, Toyota Motor Corporation
Vice-Chair Noriaki Kano Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Science
Member Tadashi Ishikawa Son of Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa
Hiroko Kurokawa Daughter of Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa
Shoichiro Toyoda Honorary Chairman, Toyota Motor Corporation
Masahiro Sakane Chairman, JUSE
Councilor, Komatsu Limited
Mr. Greg H. Watson First recipient of the Deming Distinguished
Service Award for Dissemination and Promotion (Overseas)
Past-President and Honorary Member, IAQ
Past-President and Fellow, ASQ
Mr. Janak Mehta Second recipient of the Deming Distinguished
Service Award for Dissemination and Promotion (Overseas)
Chairman, IAQ
Mr. Kan Trakulhoon Third recipient of the Deming Distinguished
Service Award for Dissemination and Promotion (Overseas)
President & CEO, Siam Cement Group(SCG)
Chaw-Son Tsong Honorary Chairman, Association of Pioneer Quality Control Research
Naotake Okubo President, The Japanese Society for Quality Control
Kazuo Kaneko President, HIDA(The Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development Association)
Toshio Ibi President, Japanese Standards Association
Chitoshi Miki President, Tokyo City University
Yoji Akao Professor Emeritus, University of Yamanashi
Yoshinori Iizuka Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Tatsuo Ikezawa Professor Emeritus, Waseda University
Hiroshi Osada Professor, Bunkyo University
Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ichiro Kotsuka Managing Director & Secretary General, JUSE
Kaoru Shimoyamada Advisor, KCC
Ken Tanaka President, JUSE Press
Katsuya Hosotani President, Quality Control Research Institute, Inc.
Takeo Yamaoka Supreme Advisor, JUKI Corp.

Executive Committee

Name Organization
Chair Noriaki Kano Professor Emeritus, Tokyo University of Science
Vice-Chair Ichiro Kotsuka Managing Director & Secretary General, JUSE
Vice-Chair Kazuyuki Suzuki Professor, The University of Electro-Communications
Member Katsutoshi Ayano Professor, Tokai University
Jun Araki Director, The Japanese Society for Quality Control
Yukihiro Ando Counselor, JUSE
Susumu Ohata Director, JUSE
Yoshikazu Ojima Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Takeshi Kaneko Lecturer, Tokyo City University
Tomomichi Suzuki Professor, Tokyo University of Science
Ken Takatori Manager, International Relations Office, JUSE
Asuka Takeuchi HIDA(The Overseas Human Resources and Industry Development Association)
Satoko Tsuru Professor, The University of Tokyo
Norihiko Nakajima Director, JUSE
Takeshi Nakajo Professor, Chuo University
Yusaku Nakata Executive Director, Japanese Standards Association
Masahito Haneda Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning and Publicity Office, JUSE
Yoshihisa Matsuda Matsuda Consulting Engineer Office
Yoshiro Mitsufuji Professor, Bunka Gakuen University
Masahiko Munechika Professor, Waseda University
Shu Yamada Professor, University of Tsukuba
Yoshiaki Yamada Senior Consultant, KCC
Shinichiro Yokoyama Professor, Tokyo City University