Overview

Name General Incorporated Association Smart City Institute Japan (not-for-profit organization)
Main office 5-11-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (MURC head office)
Establishment October 2019
Board members Representative Director: Noriyuki Yanagawa (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo)
Executive Managing Director: Takehiko Nagumo (Senior Managing Executive Officer, MURC)
Executive Director: Kiyoyuki Uchiyama (Managing Director, Nikkei Inc.)
Executive Director, Business Development: Tatsuya Kitamura (Nikkei Inc.)
Executive Director: Takashi Nakano (Managing Executive Officer, MURC)
Auditor: Koichi Uehira (Partner, TaxNetwork, Certified Accountant, Tax Accountant)
Honorary Advisors Shuzo Murakami (President, Institute for Building Environment and Energy Conservation)
Takao Kashiwagi (Professor Emeritus, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Takeo Kikkawa (Vice President, International University of Japan, Professor, Graduate School of International Management)
Executive Advisors Satoshi Murabayashi (Executive Vice President, Internet Initiative Japan)
Mika Yasuoka-Jensen (Founder, Japanordic)
Norichika Kanie (Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance at Keio University)
Noboru Koshizuka (Professor, Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies, University of Tokyo)
Masaakira James Kondo (Chairman, International House of Japan, Inc.)
Anju Ishiyama (Representative Director, Sharing Economy Association Japan)
Atsushi Deguchi (Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo)
Hideki Koizumi (Professor, Dept. of Urban Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
Yuji Yoshimura (Project Associate Professor, RCAST, University of Tokyo)
Seiko Shirasaka (Dean/Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management, Keio University)
Yoshinori Hiroi (Professor, Kyoto University Institute for the Future of the Human Society)
Yoshiki Ishikawa (Representative Director, Well-being for Planet Earth Foundation)
Yukiko Uchida (Professor, Kyoto University Institute for the Future of the Human Society)
Naoki Ota (Founder and CEO, New Stories Ltd / Director, Code for Japan)
Takashi Maeno (Professor, Graduate School of System, Design and Management, Keio University)
Hiroaki Miyata (Professor, Dept of Health Policy and Management, Faculty of Medicine, Keio University)
Kazuo Yano (Fellow, Hitachi, Ltd.)
Melanie Davern (Associate Professor, RMIT University)
Naomi Koshi (Partner, Miura & Partners)
Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (Professor, Keio University Law School)
Eisuke Tachikawa (CEO, NOSIGNER / President, JIDA (Japan Industrial Design Association) / Design Strategist)
Joichi Ebihara (Representative Director, AiCT consortium)
Yoko Uryuhara (Professor, Faculty of Commerce Department of Commerce / Director, The Social Marketing Research Centre, Doshisha University)
Keisuke Toyoda (Project Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo)
Hiroya Tanaka (Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies Graduate school of Media and Governance, Keio University)
Masahiko Shoji (Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Musashi University)
Hiroyuki Morikawa (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, University of Tokyo)
Hiroshi Esaki (Chief Architect, Digital Agency / Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, University of Tokyo)
Takanori Takebe (Director of Communication Design Center, Yokohama City University)