Advocacy

Policy advocacy for the SDGs, including sending three civil society representatives to Japan’s SDGs Promotion Roundtable (established 2016), and contributing a civil-society perspective through international conferences, study sessions, and symposiums.

Cross-Sector & Regional Partnership

Promoting the SDGs together with local governments and regional CSOs, and deepening collaboration with businesses, research institutions, and government through our issue-based Units.

Public Awareness

Sharing information on SDGs-related issues through regular communications, media contributions, and events, creating opportunities for dialogue and action from multiple perspectives.

Masaaki Ohashi

Visiting Researcher, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo; Visiting Professor, The Open University of Japan

Atsuko Miwa

Director, Human Rights Education and Training Institute of Osaka (HURIGHTS OSAKA)

Katsuji Imata

Executive Director, CSO Network Japan

Mikiko Otani

Attorney, Otani & Partners

Masahiro Koizumi

Secretary General, Sapporo Free School "Yu" (NPO)

Asako Kondo

Executive Officer, Director of Organizational Promotion, Japanese Consumers’ Co-operative Union

Yuta Takahashi

Representative Director, Katawara

Yukiko Nakanishi

Vice Chair, Japan National Assembly of Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI-Japan)

Miki Nagashima

Director, Malaria No More Japan; Advocacy Group Leader, Plan International Japan

Eriko Nitta

Secretary General, SDGs Japan

Ririko Noda

Outreach Division, Japan Youth Platform for Sustainability (JYPS); Co-Chair, SYC-NEA

Tomoko Hoshino

Co-chair, Environmental Partnership Council (環境パートナーシップ会議)

Hiroki Matsubara

Managing Director and Secretary General, Hiroshima NPO Center

Satoshi Asami

Chairman, Kojimachi Tax Payment Savings Cooperative Federation; Representative Partner, Tax Accountant Corporation Kai

Tetsuji Tanaka

Representative Director, Global Tax Justice Forum

Development Unit

• Noriko Shibata — Senior Advocacy Advisor, World Vision Japan
• Aoi Horiuchi — Senior Advocacy Officer, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC)
• Yumiko Horie — Director, Advocacy Dept., Save the Children Japan

Environment Unit

• Jiro Adachi — Secretary General, Japan Center for a Sustainable Environment and Society (JACSES)
• Tomoko Hoshino — Co-chair, Environmental Partnership Council (環境パートナーシップ会議)

Education Unit

• Takafumi Miyake — Secretary General, Japan NGO Network for Education (JNNE)
• Eno Nakamura — Secretary General, Development Education Association and Resource Center (DEAR)

Global Health Unit

• Kaoru Takahashi — Executive Director, WaterAid Japan

Social Responsibility Unit

• Yoshiteru Horie — Chairperson, Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR Japan)
• Hiroki Matsubara — Managing Director and Secretary General, Hiroshima NPO Center

Gender Unit

• Miki Nagashima — Advocacy Group Leader, Plan International Japan
• JOICFP (Japan Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning) — organizational facilitator

Disability Unit

• Kohei Horiba — International Fellow, DPI-Japan
• Yoshihiro Mitsuoka — Secretary General (concurrent), Center for Independent Living "IL Minami Tama"

Regional / Community Unit

• Megumi Igarashi — Project Manager, Fujisawa Citizens’ Activity Promotion Organization
• Hiroki Matsubara — Managing Director and Secretary General, Hiroshima NPO Center
• Yasuharu Yokoyama — Representative Director, Sustainable Community Co-Creation Organization

Business and Human Rights Unit

• Yuka Iwatsuki — Representative, ACE (Action against Child Exploitation)
• Yoko Doi — Co-Founder, Social Connection for Human Rights (SCHR)
• Yumiko Horie — Director, Advocacy Dept., Save the Children Japan

Disaster Risk Reduction Unit

• Nobuyuki Asai — External Relations Focal Point, Japan CSO Coalition for Disaster Risk Reduction (JCC-DRR)
• Akiko Benimura — Operations Focal Member, JCC-DRR; Representative Director, SDGs Tohoku

Youth Unit

• Ryotaro Tanaka — Outreach Division, Japan Youth Platform for Sustainability (JYPS)