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Officer

As of Oct. 1, 2011

Chairman

chairpersonShingo Matsuo  
Chairperson, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

Vice chairmen 〔14 of them; in order of length of time in office, except for the caretakers〕

Masaaki Tani   〔President, The Bank of Fukuoka, Ltd.〕Caretaker for the first chair
Yoshio Ohno 〔Senior Adviser, The Kagoshima Bank, Ltd.〕Caretaker for the second chair
Koichi Fukuda 〔President, The Yamaguchi Bank, Ltd.〕
Hiroo Oguri   〔Chairman, The Higo Bank, Ltd.〕  
Teruo Kise   〔Chairman, TOTO Ltd.〕
Isao Sato   〔Chairman, The Miyazaki Bank, Ltd.〕 
Yasuchika Takahashi   〔Counselor, The Oita Bank, Ltd.〕
Tsugiyoshi Toma  〔Chairman, The Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc.〕
Akiyoshi Watanabe   〔Corporate Adviser, Toyota Motor Kyushu ,Inc.〕
Tsuguo Nagao   〔Chairman, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd.〕
Masatoshi Miyawaki   〔President, The Eighteenth Bank, Ltd.〕
Susumu Ishihara  〔Chairman, Kyushu Railway Company〕
Yasuhiko Matsuo   〔President, The Bank of Saga Ltd.〕 ※1
Shinji Tanimoto   〔Director, General Superintendent, Yawata Works, Nippon Steel Corporation〕

Executive Board Members 〔46 of them; by region and in the order of the Japanese syllabary〕

Fukuoka

Yutaka Aso   〔President, Lafarge Aso Cement Co., Ltd.〕
Setsuo Arikawa   〔President, Kyushu University〕
Shuichi Ideguchi   〔Senior Executive Manager,Kyusyu Regional Headquarters,General Manager of Fukuoka Branch,NTT West Corporation〕
Takuya Eto   〔President, Fukuoka University 〕
Kazuhiko Enomoto    〔Chairman, Fukuoka Jisho Co., Ltd.〕
Tatsuo Otagaki    〔President, Iwataya Mitsukoshi Ltd.〕
Hiroki Ogawa     〔Chairman, Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.〕
Takao Kawasaki     〔President, The Nishinippon Shimbun Co., Ltd.〕
Hiroyuki Kawabe   〔Chairman, Kyudenko〕
Norio Sueyoshi    〔Chairman, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd〕
Masahiro Honda    〔Chairman, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.〕
Toshio Manabe    〔President, Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. 〕
Keishi Mineo   〔Director of Kyushu Tire Production Division, Kurume Plant Manager, Bridgestone Corporation 〕
Keisuke Miyahara    〔President, JTB KYUSHU Corp. 〕

Kitakyushu

Masatoshi Okano 〔President, Okano Valve MFG. Co.〕
Yukinobu Kodama 〔 President and Representative Director, Nissan Motor Kyushu Co., Ltd.〕
Koji Toshima  〔Chairman of the Board, Yaskawa Electric Corporation〕
Yasuo Hamamoto   〔President, Krosaki Harima Corporation〕
Morio Matsunaga   〔President, Kyushu Institute of Technology〕

Saga

Yoshitsugu Kaneko   〔Chairman, Showa Bus Co., Ltd.〕
Seiichiro Nakao 〔President, Saga Shimbun Co., Ltd.〕
Hirotaka Nakatomi   〔President, Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.〕
Tetsugo Matsuo   〔President, Matsuo Construction Co.,Ltd.〕

Nagasaki

Keizo Ueda 〔Chairman, Nagasaki Motor Bus Co., Ltd.〕
Kazuo Oniki 〔President, Shinwa Bank〕
Kazuo Soma 〔Senior Vice President,General Manager,Nagasaki Shipyard & Machinery Works, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.〕

Kumamoto

Isao Taniguchi   〔President, Kumamoto University〕
Akinobu Funatsu   〔Director General & President , The Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute〕
Yoshihiro Furusho   〔President, Furushohonten, Inc.〕

Oita

Shugo Umebayashi   〔President, Umebayashi Corporation〕
Shun Korenaga   〔President, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University〕
Hiroshi Sato  〔President, Tokiwa Co., Ltd.〕
Taichiro Nishi  〔Honorary Chairman, SANWA SHURUI Co., Ltd.〕
Hiroyuki Nitta   〔 Oita Steel Works Vice-director, Nippon Steel Corporation〕
Yasuaki Yoshimura   〔President, ASTEM Inc.〕

Miyazaki

Koichi Inoue   〔Chairman, Miyazaki Gas Corporation〕
Ryo Matsui    〔Lead Executive Officer, General Manager of Nobeoka & Hyuga Complex,Asahi Kasei Corporation 〕

Kagoshima

Yoshitaro Iwasaki   〔President, Iwasaki Corporation〕
Junkichi Iwamoto   〔Chairman, Yamakataya〕
Arinori Nagayama   〔President, Nangoku Corporation〕

Okinawa

Masatoshi Asato 〔Chairman,The Bank of Okinawa, Ltd.〕
Isao Oshiro   〔President, Bank of the Ryukyus, Limited〕

Yamaguchi

Yasuo Kawakami   〔President, CHOFU SEISAKUSHO CO.,LTD.〕
Hiroaki Tamura   〔Chairman of the Board, Ube Industries, Ltd.〕
Tetsushi Hashimoto   〔President, Hayashikane Sangyo Co., Ltd.〕
Kosuke Hayashi   〔President, Sanden Kotsu Co., Ltd.〕

Auditors〔2 of them; in order of length of time in office〕

Toshinari Kunieda   〔Senior Vice President, Managing Director of Kyushu Regional Office, NTT DOCOMO,INC.〕
Isao Kubota   〔President, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.〕※2

Secretariat〔5 of them; full-time〕

Senior Managing Director

Tooru Soufukuwaki  

Managing Director

Michihiro Uruma    

Director

Kiwamu Motooka    
Junichi Kunimasa   
Akira Hirai    

※Only the positions of the last 5 officers (of the Secretariat) are full-time; Others are part-time.
※1 Former Deputy Director - General of the Minister's Secretariat at the Ministry of Finance
※2 Former Administrative Vice-Minister for the National Land Agency

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