About Us - JUNBA

JUNBA Japanese University Network in the Bay Area

About Us

JUNBA is a network among officers of Japanese university offices in the Bay Area. The current core members include officers of Hosei University, Kagoshima University, Kyushu University, Osaka University, and Tohoku University. Director of JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) SF Office joined as a core member to promote the activities of JUNBA.

The mission of JUNBA is to assist the enhancement of education and research activities and the creation of new businesses for Japanese universities, by helping their internationalization movements, by helping the training of their students and personnel and by promoting a development of academia-industry relationships between Japan and the United States.

The current members of JUNBA, including officers, Board Members, and Advisory Committee Members are as follows:

President:
Mr. Yuji Ide, Director, Kagoshima University VBL Silicon Valley Office

Vice President:
Dr. Toshihiko Nishimura, Deputy Director, Tohoku University US Office

Exective Board & Secretary-General:
Dr. Seishi Takeda, Director, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) SF Office

Board Members:
Dr. Chika Tanimoto, Executive Director, Osaka University San Francisco Center
Dr. Masato Matsuo, Director, Kyushu University California Office
Dr. Hiroko Yamazaki, Director, Yokohama City University California Offrice

Advisory Committee:
Honorary Committee Member:
Mr. Yasumasa Nagamine, Consul General of Japan in San Francisco

Exective Committee Members:
Mr. George Hara, Chairman, DEFTA Partners Group
Prof. Yoshio Nishi, Professor, Stanford University

Committee Members:
Mr. Yuji Muranaga, Chief Executive Director, JETRO San Francisco Center
Dr. Hiroshi Yagi, President & CEO, IMAnet, Inc.

JUNBA Office
c/o JSPS San Francisco Office
2001 Addison St. Suite 260
Berkeley, CA 94704-1181
jspssf@jspsusa-sf.org
www.junba.org
www.jspsusa-sf.org