Toichi SAKATA
Date of birth: 24 November, 1948
Current job: President of Japan Space Forum (JSF) and others (Notes; JSF is a non-profit foundation supporting Japan’s space activities.)
Education
- May 1979 : Obtained Master of Business Administration from the Graduate School of Business and Public Administration, Cornell University in the USA
- March 1974 : Obtained Master of Engineering from the Graduate School of the University of Tokyo
- April 1972 : Graduated from the Faculty of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
Career
January 2021 – Present : President, Japan Rowing Association
June 2019 – Present : Member of the Board of Directors, Japan Association of Technology Executives
- May 2019 – Present : Vice Chairman, Society of Technology and Management Professionals
- February 2019 – Present : Member of University Council, Turkey-Japan Science and Technology University
- October 2018 – Present : Chair of Nuclear Non-proliferation Science and Technology Forum, Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- June 2018 – June 2022 : Member of the Board of Directors, The Engineering Academy of Japan
- June 2018 – Present : Member of the Board of Directors, Research Foundation for Opto-Science and Technology
- February 2018 – Present : Auditor, The Hattori Hokokai Foundation
- August 2016 – March 2021 : Member of the Board of Trustees, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) in Strasbourg, France
- June 2016 – Present : Member of Board of Trustees, Ichimura Foundation of New Technology
- April 2016 – Present : Member of Management Council, National Kobe University
- October 2015-Present : Member of the Board of Directors, Foundation for Computational Science, from June 2021, Vice President
- July 2015- March 2022 : Advisor to the Governor of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan
June 2015 – Present
- President, Japan Space Forum (JSF) –current job
- Member of the Board of Trustees, Suga Weathering Technology Foundation
- Auditor, The Watanabe Memorial Foundation for the Advancement of Technology
December 2014 – March 2021 : Senior Visiting Fellow, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, MEXT
September 2011– October 2014 : Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova
July 2008 – August 2011 : Senior Advisor to MEXT
- Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Deputy Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
January 2001 – July 2008
- Director-General, Minister's Secretariat, MEXT
- Executive Director, RIKEN
- Director-General, Research and Development Bureau, MEXT
- Deputy Director-General, Minister’s Secretariat and Research Promotion Bureau, MEXT
April 1989 – December 2000
- Director, Management and Coordination Division, Minister’s Secretariat,
- Science and Technology Agency (STA)
- Director, Policy Division, Atomic Energy Bureau, STA
- Director, Policy Planning Division, Science and Technology Policy Bureau, STA
- Director, Space Activity Planning Division, Research and Development Bureau, STA
- Director, Nuclear Fuel Division, Atomic Energy Bureau, STA
July 1985 – March 1989 : First Secretary at the Embassy of Japan in the USA
April 1974 – Entered STA