Organizational structure

Philosophy and organizational structure

As the outline suggests, we emphasize support for self-determination based on trial and error and dialogs between the workers and organizations concerning health.
It is well known that the WHO defines well-being as physical, mental, and social health. However, in reality, fulfilling all these aspects is difficult. Every worker must go through a process of trial and error after obtaining appropriate information. Following this, they must choose the health they aim for, including which of the three aspects they will focus on. The importance of supporting self-determination also applies to the organizations that employ and engage workers. To put this in another way, our ultimate objective is to support the blossoming of individuals and organizations through work.

Promoters

The five founders of this association are Fujio Kayama, emeritus professor at Jichi Medical University; Nobuo Kuroki, emeritus professor at Toho University; Katsutoshi Tanaka, professor of Occupational Mental Health academic unit at the Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science; Kōji Mori, professor at the Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan; and Takenori Mishiba (leading founder), professor at the Kindai University Faculty of Law.

Organizational structure

Officers

[Senior counselors]

Yoshiharu Aizawa (emeritus professor, Kitasato University, Japan)
Kōichirō Yamaguchi (emeritus professor, Sophia University; former chairperson, Central Labour Relations Committee, Japan)
Yasuo Suwa (emeritus professor, Hosei University; former chairperson, Labour Policy Council, Central Labour Relations Committee, Japan)

[Advisor]

Shigeya Nakajima (former professor, Sophia University ; former member, Labour Insurance Appeal Committee, Japan)

[Representative director]

Kōichi Kamata (emeritus professor, Toyo University; former chairperson, Labour Policy Council, Japan)

[Vice-representative directors]

Takashi Kawamura (emeritus professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Takenori Mishiba (professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law, Japan)

[Directors]

Kōichi Kamata (emeritus professor, Toyo University; former chairperson, Labour Policy Council, Japan)
Takenori Mishiba (professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Yoko Izumi(professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Japan)
Hajime Yoshida (attorney at law and director, Tenma Law Office; former visiting professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Fujio Kayama (emeritus professor, Jichi Medical University, Japan)
Takashi Kawamura (emeritus professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Nobuo Kuroki (emeritus professor, Toho University; representative director, Japanese Society for Occupational Mental Health, Japan)
Hajime Kurosawa (professor, Occupational Health, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan)
Katsutoshi Tanaka (professor, Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan)
Kōji Mori (professor, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Akizumi Tsutsumi (professor, Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan)
Akio Kōyama (Vice-chairperson, Japanese Association of Neuro-Psychiatric Clinics; director, Yūrakuchō Sakura Clinic, Japan)
Minoru Arai (director, Mental Clinic, Tokyo Rinkai Hospital; visiting associate professor, Psychiatry, Juntendo University, Japan)
Kenichi Kojima (attorney at law, Torikai Law Office, Japan)
Masahito Ishikura (labor and social security attorney; senior counselor, National Association of Social Insurance Associations, Japan)
Miyuki Yanai (Canon Inc., Japan)
Tōru Yoshikawa (senior researcher (deputy director), Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Sakae Adachi (former director of the Occupational Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; executive director of the Japan Institute for Safety and Health Qualifying Examination)

[Counselors]

Makoto Iwade (attorney at law, Law Office Loi United; visiting professor, Chiba University and Meiji Gakuin University)
Hideo Ogawa (attorney at law, Ver Law Office)
Daisuke Sakuma (attorney at law and director, Tsumakoi Law Office)
Hisanobu Yamada (attorney at law, Yamada Sogo Law Office; former special professor, Osaka University)
Kōki Inoue (professor, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine)
Ginji Endō (emeritus professor, Osaka City University; director, Osaka Occupational Health Service Center, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association)
Yūko Odagiri (lecturer, Public Health, Tokyo Medical University)
Hidesuke Shimizu (emeritus professor, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo)
Jōichirō Shirahase (director, Center for Health Design, Tokyo Saiseikai Central Hospital; former special associate professor, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine)
Narifumi Suganuma (professor, Kochi University)
Shigeru Sōkejima (professor, Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine)
Masayuki Tatemichi (professor, Department of Preventive medicen, Tokai University School of Medicine)
Sōichirō Maruyama (emeritus professor, Kobe Shinwa Women’s University)
Yasutada Ōtsuka (associate professor, Division of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
Akihito Shimazu (professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University)
Noriko Nishikido (visiting professor, Faculty of Nursing, Tokai University School of Medicine)
Masaya Takahashi (center director, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Tatsushi Ogino (professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University)
Yasuo Toyosawa (fellow researcher, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Shigeo Umezaki (former director, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Katsutoshi Ōdō (center director, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Naotaka Kikkawa (senior researcher, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Katsutoshi Tsukamoto (former manager, Chemical Hazards Control Division, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; director, Boiler and Crane Safety Association)
Arimichi Handa (former director, Industrial Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
Masayoshi Karasawa (occupational health consultant [occupational health engineering], former director, Fukuoka Labor Standards Bureau)
Masashi Kubota (director, Treatment and Work Balance Support Center, Osaka Rosai Hospital)
Tomoki Takano (director, Kōfukai Kanda-higashi Clinic)
Kenichirō Nishi (supervising occupational (health) physician, Jatco Ltd.; chairperson, Sansuiken)
Tsutahiro Hamaguchi (director, Firm and Brain; professor, Occupational Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Takeshi Hayashi (director, Occupational Health Promotion Center, Health Management Promotion Department, Safety and Health Management Promotion Headquarters, Hitachi, Ltd.; professor, Occupational Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Jirō Moriguchi (Kyoto Industrial Health Association; professor, Occupational Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Yasushi Yoshimura (director, Kōfukai Kanda-higashi Clinic)
Hideki Morimoto (occupational (health) physician and representative, Morimoto Occupational (Health) Physician Office)
Ayako Tamura (chairperson, Japanese Association of Mental Health Social Workers; professor, Human Welfare Department, Seigakuin University)
Hitoshi Matsuba (former manager, Health and Comfortable Workplaces Promotion Department, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association)
Takehiko Yamada (council member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation)
Tetsuya Inoue (executive managing director, Association for Preventive Medicine of Japan)
Kenji Abe (former permanent director, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association)
Kōtaro Kurashige (managing attorney, KKM Law Firm)
Hirokuni Ikezoe (deputy chief researcher, Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training)
Yasuo Dan (professor, Kindai University Faculty of Business Administration)
Kaori Hayashi (director of the Health and Wellness Promotion Department, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association (JISHA))
Masashi Masuda (occupational (health) physician, representative director, Smart OHW Co., Ltd.)
Tetsuya Matsubara (former director of the Labour Conditions Policy Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; visiting researcher at Recruit Works Institute; visiting associate professor at Kindai University)
Toshiaki Miyamoto (chief industrial physician, East Japan Works, Nippon Steel Corporation)
Yuta Morinaga (professor, Faculty of Economics Department of Management Studies, Sophia University)

[Inspectors]

Kengo Minami (professor, College of Law, Keio University)
Keishi Maruyama (attorney at law, MM Law and Management Firm)

Committees

[Editorial Committee]

Chairperson
Akizumi Tsutsumi (professor, Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine)
Deputy Chairperson
Takenori Mishiba (professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law)
Chief
Noritada Katō (occupational (health) physician, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.)
Masaki Imura (professor, Otemon Gakuin University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Makoto Okawara (full-time lecturer, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)

Toshiya Irokawa (professor, Occupational Health, Tohoku University School of Medicine)
Masaki Imura (professor, Okinawa International University College of Law)
Teruhisa Uwatoko (professor, University Health Center, Kyoto University of Education)
Hisashi Eguchi (professor, Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health)
Tōru Yoshikawa (senior researcher (deputy director), Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Yūko Odagiri (lecturer, Public Health, Tokyo Medical University)
Fujio Kayama (emeritus professor, Jichi Medical University)
Shōgo Hino (professor, Shukutoku University School of Community Studies)
Tatsuya Sasaki (associate professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law)
Takayuki Hara (professor, Aomori Chuo Gakuin University Faculty of Law and Management)
Kōsuke Mafune (senior lecturer, Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Hajime Yoshida (director, Tenma Law Office; former visiting professor, Kyoto University)
Toshihiro Okada (attorniey at law)
Keiichi Matsuzaki (senior lecturer, Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine)
Yuta Morinaga (professor, Faculty of Economics Department of Management Studies, Sophia University)
Advisor
Masaya Takahashi (director, Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Takehiko Yamada (council member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation)

[Planning and Operations Committee]

Chairperson
Takenori Mishiba (professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law)
Deputy Chairperson
Katsutoshi Tanaka (professor, Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science)
Chief
Tōru Yoshikawa (senior researcher (deputy director), Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health)

Yoko Izumi(professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization)
Shigemasa Aoki (representative director and occupational (health) physician, Aoki Jūki Unyu K.K.)
Yōichi Inoue (attorney at law, Aisan Nishio Law Office)
Takayoshi Kajiwara (representative director, K.K. Kajiwara Occupational (Health) Physician Office)
Fujio Kayama (emeritus professor, Jichi Medical University)
Sachiko Kawasumi (director and occupational (health) physician, Sendai Kawasumi Occupational (Health) Physician Office)
Takashi Kawamura (emeritus professor, Kyoto University)
Toshiya Kawaguchi (representative director, and labor and social security attorney, K.K. Man-to-Man Consulting)
Kenichi Kojima (attorney at law, Torikai Law Office)
Tatsuya Sasaki (associate professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law)
Junki Shibuya (representative and occupational (health) physician, G.K. One Pick)
Takayuki Hara (professor, Aomori Chuo Gakuin University Faculty of Law and Management)
Miyuki Yanai (Canon Inc.)
Takehiko Yamada (council member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation)
Ryō Yodogawa (attorney at law, Cyber Law Japan Eichi Law Offices)
Hiroshi Matsuda (Japan Boiler Association)
Koichi Shinohara (representative director, and labor and social security attorney, Kyoto general personnel management office)
Masashi Masuda (occupational (health) physician, Representative Director, Smart OHW Co., Ltd.)
Mikihiro Hayashi (representative director and occupational (health) physician, VisMed, Inc.)
Genki Shimizu (medical student, former in-house attorney)
Akio Mizutani (representative and occupational (health) physician, Office Le Chien LLC)
Sakae Adachi (former director of the Occupational Safety Division, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare; executive director of the Japan Institute for Safety and Health Qualifying Examination)
Noritada Katō (occupational (health) physician, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.)
Yoshiyuki Shibata (professor of education, Industrial Physician Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health)
Naomi Hokari (associate professor, School of Health Sciences, Tokyo University of Technology）

[Publicity Committee]

Chairperson
Kōji Mori (professor, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Deputy chairperson
Kenichi Kojima (attorney at law, Torikai Law Office)
Katsutoshi Tanaka (professor, Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science)
Chief
Yōichi Inoue (attorney at law, Aisan Nishio Law Office)
Akio Okamoto (occupational (health) physician, Kyoto Industrial Health Association)

Yū Igarashi (occupational (health) physician; research associate, Occupational Health, Tohoku University School of Medicine)
Hideki Morimoto (occupational (health) physician and representative, Morimoto Occupational (Health) Physician Office)
Miyoe Takano (representative director and labor and social security attorney, Office ME)
Minako Iyadomi (supervising occupational (health) physician, Sumco Corp.)
Takayoshi Kajihara (occupational (health) physician, Representative, Kajiwara Industrial Physician Office Co., Ltd.; associate professor of Occupational Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health)
Mutsumi Okada (president, Japan Association of Occupational Health Nurses; director, Health Support Office, Fujitsu Limited)
Hiroko Kumai (labor and social security attorny; representative, Kumai HR Support Social Insurance and Labor Consultant Office)

[Qualification System Operations Committee (Training Committee)]

Chairperson
Yōichi Inoue (attorney at law, Aisan Nishio Law Office)
Deputy-Chairperson
Yōichi Inoue (attorney at law, Aisan Nishio Law Office)
Chief
Junki Shibuya (representative and occupational (health) physician, G.K. One Pick)

Kenji Abe (former permanent director, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association)
Takehiko Yamada (council member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation)
Takenori Mishiba (professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law)
Fusako Kobayashi (representative director and labor and social security attorney, Kobayashi Management Office)
Kiichi Yamamoto (labor and social security attorney, Labor and Social Security Attorney Corporation Nihon Jinji)
Yasuko Maruyama (public health nurse)
Kenji Sasai (labor and social security attorney)
Miho Ishiwata (labor and social security attorney)
Hiroyuki Kokubu (MUFG Bank, Ltd. (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group))
Koichi Shinohara (representative director, and labor and social security attorney, Kyoto general personnel management office)
Mikiko Tamayama (Frontier Management inc.)
Satoshi Horiuchi (attorney at law, Yodoyabashi & Yamagami Legal Professional Corporation)
Hiroshi Matsuda (Japan Boiler Association)

[Sub-committee of Qualification System Operations Committee (Sub-committee for Collaboration with Occupational Health Service Centers)]

Chairperson
Kenji Abe (former permanent director, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association)

Koichi Shinohara (representative director, and labor and social security attorney, Kyoto general personnel management office)
Hiroshi Matsuda (Japan Boiler Association)
Masashi Masuda (occupational (health) physician, Representative Director, Smart OHW Co., Ltd.)
Fusako Kobayashi (representative director and labor and social security attorney, Kobayashi Management Office)

[Awards and Research Grants Committee]

Chairperson
Fujio Kayama (emeritus professor, Jichi Medical University)
Kōichi Kamata (emeritus professor, Toyo University; former chairperson, Labour Policy Council)

[International Exchange Committee]

Chairperson
Fujio Kayama (emeritus professor, Jichi Medical University)
Vice-Chairperson
Takenori Mishiba (professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law)

[Conflict of Interest Management Committee]

Chairperson
Takashi Kawamura (emeritus professor, Kyoto University)

Hisashi Eguchi (professor, Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Teruomi Tsukahara (professor, Department of Occupational Health, Shinshu University School of Medicine)

[Special Committee (Chemical Handling Policy Examination Committee)]

Chairperson
Fujio Kayama (emeritus professor, Jichi Medical University)
Deputy chairperson
Arimichi Handa (former director, Industrial Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)

Yukiko Ishizaki (associate professor, Yokohama National University Graduate School of International Social Sciences)
Katsumi Ōkubo (labor standards inspector)
Eiji Shibata (president, Yokkaichi Nursing and Medical Care University; special professor, Hygiene Studies Course, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University)
Katsutoshi Tsukamoto (former manager, Chemical Hazards Control Division, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; director, Boiler and Crane Safety Association)
Yasushi Isojima (M.D., Kyoto Industrial Health Association)
Takeo Ichihara (occupational (health) physician)
Jun Ōsuga (occupational (health) physician, DENSO Corporation)
Shinichi Gotō (social insurance and labor consultant)
Naoko Sasaki (occupational (health) physician, Sasaki Occupational Health Consultant Office)
Yōko Tsuda (full-time lecturer, graduate school of public health, Teikyo University)
Hirohiko Nakahara (Representative of NAOSH Consulting, Chemical Information Management Research Center, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Noriyuki Manabe (chief industrial physician, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation)
Masayoshi Matsui (representative director, Totoro Eco-Consulting Co., Ltd.)
Yasuko Maruyama (public health nurse)
Akio Mizutani (representative and occupational (health) physician, Office Le Chien LLC)
Hiroshige Yamaguchi (clinic director, Wadayama Clinic, Japan Health Club)

[Special Committee (Committee for the Examination of Health Policies Adapted to Diverse Work Styles)]

Chairperson
Kōichi Kamata (emeritus professor, Toyo University; former chairperson, Labor Policy Council)
Deputy chairperson
Koji Kandabashi (representative and occupational (health) physician, DB-SeeD)
Chief
Ryō Yodogawa (attorney at law, Cyber Law Japan Eichi Law Offices)

Keiichiro Sue (attorny at law, Blakemore & Mitsuki)
Masahito Ishikura (labor and social security attorney; senior counselor, National Association of Social Insurance Associations)
Meiga Ito (representative and occupational (health) physician, Ito Occupational Health Consultant Office)
Masaki Hosomi (associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Kansai University)
Miyuki Yanai (Canon Inc.)
Takehiko Yamada (council member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation)
Yasuo Dan (professor, Kindai University, Department of Business Administration)
Shinji Okuyama (chief Psychiatrist, Toyota Motor Corporation)
Toshiya Kawaguchi (representative director, and labor and social security attorney, K.K. Man-to-Man Consulting)
Tatsuya Sasaki (associate professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law)
Masako Suzuki (public health nurse, NTT Data Group)
Yasuo Suwa (emeritus professor, Hosei University; former chairperson, Labour Policy Council, Central Labour Relations Committee)
Mikiko Tamayama (Frontier Management inc.)
Hirotsugu Fukada（JFR Card Co.,Ltd.）
Naoto Fukutani (Representative Director and CEO, BackTech Co., Ltd.)
Miyuki Yanai (Canon Inc.)

[Special Committee (Investigation and Examination Committee on the State of Medical Care Compensation, Etc. for Mental Disorders, Etc. (provisional))]

Nobuo Kuroki (emeritus professor, Toho University; representative director, Japanese Society for Occupational Mental Health)
Deputy chairperson
Katsutoshi Tanaka (professor, Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science)
Minoru Arai (director, Mental Clinic, Tokyo Rinkai Hospital; visiting associate professor, Psychiatry, Juntendo University)
Kenichi Kojima (attorney at law, Torikai Law Office)
Daisuke Sakuma (attorney at law and director, Tsumakoi Law Office)
Takumi Nishiwaki (managing attorney, Nishiwaki Law Firm)
Sōichirō Maruyama (emeritus professor, Kobe Shinwa Women’s University)

[Special Committee (Committee on Legal Issues Concerning Handling of Health Information in the Workplace)]

Chairperson
Yoko Izumi(Professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization)
Deputy chairperson
Takashi Komoguchi (attorney at law and partner, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners)

Tatsuya Sasaki (associate professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law)
Miyuki Shimazu (clinical psychologist, Sony Corporation)
Masayuki Tatemichi (professor, Department of Preventive medicen, Tokai University School of Medicine)
Hideki Morimoto (occupational (health) physician and representative, Morimoto Occupational (Health) Physician Office)
Masayuki Tatemichi (professor, Department of Preventive medicen, Tokai University School of Medicine)
Tatsuya Sasaki (associate professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law)
Hideki Morimoto (occupational (health) physician and representative, Morimoto Occupational (Health) Physician Office)

[Special Committee (Foresight Committee on the Future of the Occupational Health and Safety Act)]

Chairperson
Takenori Mishiba(Professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law)

Yoko Izumi (professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization)
Takeshi Ebara (professor, Department of Ergonomics, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health)
Kenji Hashimoto (Recruit Works Institute, Former Member of the National Personnel Authority)
Yuriko Hachiya (part-time lecturer, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences)
Nobutaka Hiraoka (senior researcher, Construction Safety Research Group, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Hirotsugu Fukada（JFR Card Co.,Ltd.）
Toru Yoshikawa (senior researcher (deputy director), Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)

[Secretariat support]

Association for Preventive Medicine of Japan