Governing Structure

Governing Bodies

Center for Wellbeing Research, Keio University
https://www.tonomachi-wb.jp/

The Center for Wellbeing Research at Keio University aims at continuously improving public services and achieving well-being of individuals by integrating life sciences, information and manufacturing; organically combining findings across research fields; accelerating technological innovation and social implementation; building mechanisms to generate new sectors/industries in communities; and constructing and leveraging an integrated social security database that constitutes the basis of various activities. The center is located at Tonomachi Campus Town in Kawasaki City.

Health and Global Policy Institute
https://hgpi.org/en/

Established in 2004, Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan health policy think tank that works to realize citizen-centric health policies. HGPI is one of Japan’s leading health policy think tanks and was ranked third worldwide in Domestic Health Affairs in the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. HGPI operates globally in areas such as research, generating policy recommendations, and organizing conferences.

Dementia Friendship Club
http://dfc.or.jp/

The Dementia Friendship Club (DFC) is a non-profit network organization that works to build dementia-friendly communities. It has branches at 21 locations across Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Collaborating with parties like municipalities, businesses, and community associations, the DFC promotes activities to build communities where people can maintain their ways of living even if they develop dementia.

issue+design
https://issueplusdesign.jp/

issue+design is a non-profit organization and is a team of designers working together to resolve a wide variety of issues related to topics like healthcare, welfare, childrearing, education, disaster control, town planning, and population decline that exist in communities or Japanese society at large. With its slogan of “Applying the creativity of individuals to the issues of society,” issue+design works on a number of co-creation projects with community members, people affected by disasters, healthcare beneficiaries, and others affected by the issues they aim to resolve.

Members of the Governing Board

Yusuke Kakei
issue+design

Shunichiro Kurita
Health and Global Policy Institute

Ryuta Kosuge
issue+design

Shinpei Saruwatari
Medical Corporation Seikouen Shirakawa Hospital

Takehito Tokuda
Dementia Friendship Club (NPO)

Ryoji Noritake
Health and Global Policy Institute

Satoko Hotta (Representative)
Graduate School of Health Management, Keio University

Partner Corporations

Partner Municipalities

Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture

Atami City, Shizuoka Prefecture

Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture

Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture

Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture

Kinko City, Kagoshima Prefecture

Designing for Dementia Supporters

Hiroko Akiyama

Project Professor, Institute of Gerontology, the University of Tokyo

Kenji Arisawa

Executive Director, Japan Pharmaceutical Association (Public Interest Incorporated Association)

Katsuya Iijima

Vice Director and Executive Committee Professor, Institute of Gerontology, the University of Tokyo

Junya Ishimoto

Chairman, Japan Association of Certified Care Workers (Public Interest Incorporated Association)

Ko Ishiyama

Representative Director and President, ExaWizards Inc.

Masaharu Ito

Chairman, The National Association for Visiting Nurse Service

Takashi Iba

Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University

Takeshi Iwatsubo

Professor, Department of Neuropathology, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo

Naoki Uchida

Director, Taro Clinic, Suzuran (Medical Corporation)

Shinichi Oshima

President Emeritus, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

Hidetaka Ota

Professor and Director, Advanced Research Center for Geriatric and Gerontology, Akita University

Makoto Okada

Co-founder, Dementia Friendly Japan Initiative

Kohei Onozaki

Board Member, Health and Global Policy Institute

Tadasuke Kato

Representative Director, Aoi Care Company Ltd.; Part-time Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University

Mitsunobu Kano

Professor, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering in Health Systems, Okayama University

Junko Kitanaka

Professor, Faculty of Letters, Keio University

Shigeki Kuzuhara

Dean, Graduate School of Health Science; Specially Appointed Professor, Department and Faculty of Nursing, Suzuka University of Medical Science

Kohei Komamura

Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University

Katsunori Kondo

Professor, Department of Social Preventive Medical Sciences, Center for Preventive Medical Science, Chiba University; Director, Gerontological Evaluation Unit, Centre for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology

Jun Sasaki

President and Medical Director, Yushoukai (Incorporated Medical Association)

Mitsuhiro Sado

Associate Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, School of Medicine, Keio University

Masahiko Sato

Vice-Chair, Japanese Dementia Working Group (General Incorporated Association)

Shinobu Shiikawa

Chairman, Japan Center for Regional Development (General Incorporated Foundation)

Masahiro Shigeta

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Jikei University

Keiko Shimizu

President, Sawayaka Welfare Foundation (Public Interest Incorporated Foundation)

Hideto Takahashi

President, Japan Dental Association (Public Interest Incorporated Association)

Yoichi Takebayashi

Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University

Toru Takebayashi

Dean, Graduate School of Health Management; Professor, School of Medicine, Keio University

Shigeru Tanaka

Chairman, Saitama Prefectural University (Public University Corporation)

Yukiko Tanaka

Chairman, Taiseikai (Medical corporation); Kyujinkai (Social Welfare Service Corporation)

Ryozo Nagai

President, Jichi Medical University

Tetsuyuki Nakata

Organizer, Mirai no Kai

Yoshiki Niimi

Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology & Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University

Kazuhiro Nozawa

Editorial Writer, Mainichi Shimbun

Katsunori Hara

Chairman of the Board, All-Japan Federation of National Health Insurance Organizations (Public Interest Incorporated Association)

Kazuto Handa

President, Japanese Physical Therapy Association (Public Interest Incorporated Association)

Kentaro Higashi

Chairman, Japan Association of Geriatric Health Services Facilities (Public Interest Incorporated Association)

Naomi Higuchi

Person living with Lewy body dementia; Writer

Yoshinori Hiroi

Professor, Kokoro Research Center, Kyoto University

Miwako Honda

Director, General Medicine, National Hospital Organization Tokyo Medical Center

Takayuki Maeda

Chief Director, Machida City Connecting Living with Dementia Association (NPO)

Takashi Maeno

Dean and Professor, Graduate School of System Design and Management; Director, Wellbeing Research Center, Keio University

Ayako Matsumoto

Machida Secretariat, Dementia Friendship Club

Kichiro Matsumoto

President, Japan Medical Association (Public Interest Incorporated Association)

Hidehiro Mizusawa

President, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry (National Research and Development Agency)

Masaru Mimura

Professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Keio University

Wataru Miyajima

Chair, All Japan Multifunctional Long-term Care in a Small Group Home Liaison Association

Hiroaki Miyata

Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, School of Medicine, Keio University

Shinsuke Muto

Board Member, Health and Global Policy Institute

Masato Yasui

Professor, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Keio University

Tatsuya Wakano

Representative Director, SPS Lab; Early-onset Dementia Support Center Kizunaya (General Incorporated Association)

Yukio Wada

Director and General Manager, Daiki Angel Help Inc.; Restaurant of Order Mistakes (General Incorporated Association)

(Names in Japanese alphabetical order; titles omitted. List is current as of November 18th, 2018)

Councilors

Shuichi Awata

Research Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology

Kiyoshi Kurokawa

Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute

Morio Suzuki

Managing Director, Alzheimer's Association Japan (Public Interest Incorporated Association)

Tomofumi Tanno

Executive Committee Representative, Orange Door

Kunio Nitta

Chairman, Japan Hosme Health Care Alliance

(Names in Japanese alphabetical order; titles omitted.)

Advisors

Jeremy Hughes

Former Vice Chair, World Dementia Council /
Former Chief Executive, Alzheimer’s Society (U.K.) /
Former Chair, Dementia Action Alliance (U.K.)

(Titles omitted.)