Administration
New Executive Board Members of RTRI
June 12, 2020
Railway Technical Research Institute
On June 12, The Railway Technical Research Institute appointed new executives at its 35th meeting of councillors. Accordingly, Eisuke Masada who has served as Chairman since April 2007, Norimichi Kumagai, President since June 2013, Kiyoshi Sawai, Executive Vice President since June 2013, Yoshihiro Suda, part-time executive director since April 2007 and Mitutoshi Inami, full-time Auditor since July 2011 resigned. Masao Mukaidono, Tomoyuki Koishi and Atsushi Furukawa were newly appointed to full-time executive director, Hiroyuki Ohsaki to part-time executive director and Kiyoshi Sawai to full-time Auditor.
Current board members approved on the 47th meeting of the board members following the councillors meeting are as follows:
| Chairman | Representative Director full-time | Masao Mukaidono (New appointment) | RTRI |
| President | Representative Director full-time | Ikuo Watanabe (Promotion) | RTRI |
| Executive Vice President | Representative Director full-time | Kimitoshi Ashiya (Promotion) | RTRI |
| Executive Vice President | Representative Director full-time | Shunichi Kubo (Promotion) | RTRI |
| Executive Director | full-time | Shunya Shiozaki | RTRI |
| Executive Director | full-time | Tomoyuki Koishi (New appointment) | RTRI |
| Executive Director | full-time | Atsushi Furukawa (New appointment) | RTRI |
| Executive Director | part-time | Masanobu Tabata | Hokkaido Railway Company |
| Executive Director | part-time | Tomomichi Ota | East Japan Railway Company |
| Executive Director | part-time | Toshio Otake | Central Japan Railway Company |
| Executive Director | part-time | Yasushi Neki | West Japan Railway Company |
| Executive Director | part-time | Eiichi Yata | Shikoku Railway Company |
| Executive Director | part-time | Youji Furumiya | Kyushu Railway Company |
| Executive Director | part-time | Yasushi Kamata | Japan Freight Railway Company |
| Executive Director | part-time | Mami Aoki | Doshisha University |
| Executive Director | part-time | Yoshifumi Nomura | Japan Private Railway Association |
| Executive Director | part-time | Hiroyuki Ohsaki (New appointment) | Graduate School of the University of Tokyo |
| Auditor | full-time | Kiyoshi Sawai (New appointment) | RTRI |
| Auditor | part-time | Tatsuhiko Yamada | Central Japan Railway Company |
| Auditor | part-time | Fumiyasu Wakahara | Certified Public Accountant |
On the 47th meeting of the board members, it was approved that Norimichi Kumagai and Mitsutoshi Inami are appointed to Senior Advisor and Eisuke Masada was honored with a Fellow of RTRI.
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