Organizational structure

Philosopy

Philosophy

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)
Yasuo Suwa (Emeritus Professor, Hosei University; former chairperson, Labour Policy Council, Central Labour Relations Committee, Japan)
Kōichirō Yamaguchi (Emeritus Professor, Sophia University; former chairperson, 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, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan)

[Directors]

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)
Minoru Arai (Director, Mental Clinic, Tokyo Rinkai Hospital; Visiting Associate Professor, Psychiatry, Juntendo University, Japan)
Yōichi Inoue (Attorney at Law, Aisan Nishio Law Office, Japan)
Masahito Ishikura (Labor and Social Security Attorney; Vice President, National Association of Social Insurance Associations)
Yoko Izumi(Professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Japan)
Kenichi Kojima (Attorney at Law, Torikai Law Office, Japan)
Akio Kōyama (Vice-chairperson, Japanese Association of Neuro-Psychiatric Clinics; Director, Yūrakuchō Sakura Clinic, 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)
Noriyuki Manabe (Corporate Chief Occupational Physician General Affairs and Human Resources Headquarters Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation)
Kōji Mori (Professor, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Katsutoshi Tanaka (Professor, Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan)
Akizumi Tsutsumi (Professor, Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan)
Miyuki Yanai (Canon Inc., Japan)
Hajime Yoshida (Attorney at Law and Director, Tenma Law Office; Former Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Tōru Yoshikawa (Senior Researcher (Deputy Director), Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)

[Counselors]

Kenji Abe (Former Permanent Director, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association)
Yasuo Dan (Professor, Kindai University Faculty of Business Administration, Japan)
Ginji Endō (Emeritus Professor, Osaka City University; Director, Osaka Occupational Health Service Center, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association)
Tsutahiro Hamaguchi (Director, Firm and Brain; professor, Occupational Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Arimichi Handa (Former Director, Industrial Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 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)
Hirokuni Ikezoe (Deputy Chief Researcher, Japan Institute for Labor Policy and Training, Japan)
Masaki Imura (Professor, Otemon Gakuin University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Kōki Inoue (Professor, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine)
Makoto Iwade (Attorney at Law, Law Office Loi United; Visiting Professor, Chiba University and Meiji Gakuin University)
Masayoshi Karasawa (Occupational Health Consultant [Occupational Health Engineering], Former Director, Fukuoka Labor Standards Bureau, Japan)
Fujio Kayama (Emeritus Professor, Jichi Medical University, Japan)
Kōtaro Kurashige (Managing Attorney, KKM Law Firm, Japan)
Sōichirō Maruyama (Emeritus Professor, Kobe Shinwa Women’s University)
Masashi Masuda (Occupational (health) Physician, Representative Director, Smart OHW Co., Ltd., Japan)
Hitoshi Matsuba (Former Manager, Health and Comfortable Workplaces Promotion Department, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association, Japan)
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, Japan)
Toshiaki Miyamoto (Chief Industrial Physician, East Japan Works, Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan)
Kōji Mori (Professor, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Jirō Moriguchi (Kyoto Industrial Health Association; professor, Occupational Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Hideki Morimoto (Occupational (health) Physician and Representative, Morimoto Occupational (Health) Physician Office, Japan)
Yuta Morinaga (Professor, Global Education Center, Waseda University, Japan)
Kenichirō Nishi (Supervising Occupational (health) Physician, Jatco Ltd.; chairperson, Sansuiken, Japan)
Noriko Nishikido (Visiting Professor, Faculty of Nursing, Tokai University School of Medicine)
Yūko Odagiri (Lecturer, Public Health, Tokyo Medical University)
Katsutoshi Ōdō (Center Director, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Hideo Ogawa (Attorney at Law, Ver Law Office)
Tatsushi Ogino (Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University)
Masatoshi Oka (Attorney at Law Kakitsubata Law Offices)
Yasumasa Ōtsuka (Associate Professor, Division of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba)
Akihito Shimazu (Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio 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)
Shigeru Sōkejima (Professor, Department of Public Health and Occupational Medicine, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine)
Narifumi Suganuma (Professor, Kochi University)
Masaya Takahashi (Center Director, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Tomoki Takano (Director, Kōfukai Kanda-higashi Clinic, Japan)
Ayako Tamura (Chairperson, Japanese Association of Mental Health Social Workers; professor, Human Welfare Department, Seigakuin University, Japan)
Masayuki Tatemichi (Professor, Department of Preventive Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine)
Tomoko Terashima (General Manager, Education and Zero Accident Promotion Department)
Yasuo Toyosawa (Fellow 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, Japan)
Atsushi Tsuyama (Executive Director, Association for Preventive Medicine of Japan)
Hisanobu Yamada (Attorney at Law, Yamada Sogo Law Office; Former Special Professor, Osaka University)
Takehiko Yamada (Council Member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation, Japan)
Yasushi Yoshimura (Director, Kōfukai Kanda-higashi Clinic, Japan)

[Inspectors]

Kengo Minami (Professor, College of Law, Keio University, Japan)
Keishi Maruyama (Attorney at Law, MM Law and Management Firm, Japan)

Committees

[Planning and Operations Committee]

Chairperson
Takenori Mishiba (Professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan)
Deputy Chairperson
Katsutoshi Tanaka (Professor, Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan)
Chief
Tōru Yoshikawa (Senior Researcher (Deputy Director), Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)

Members
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, Japan)
Takayuki Hara (Professor, Aomori Chuo Gakuin University Faculty of Law and Management, Japan)
Mikihiro Hayashi (Representative Director and Occupational (health) Physician, VisMed, Inc., Japan)
Naomi Hokari (Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan）
Masaki Imura (Professor, Otemon Gakuin University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Yōichi Inoue (Attorney at Law, Aisan Nishio Law Office, Japan)
Yoko Izumi (Professor, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Japan)
Noritada Katō (Occupational (health) Physician, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Japan)
Takashi Kawamura (Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Kenichi Kojima (Attorney at Law, Torikai Law Office, Japan)
Masashi Masuda (Occupational (health) Physician, Representative Director, Smart OHW Co., Ltd., Japan)
Hiroshi Matsuda (Japan Boiler Association, Japan)
Hirohiko Nakahara (Representative of NAOSH Consulting, Chemical Information Management Research Center, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Akio Okamoto (Occupational (health) Physician, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Japan)
Kenji Sasai (Labor and Social Security Attorney, Former Labor Standards Inspector, Japan)
Tatsuya Sasaki (Associate Professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Yoshiyuki Shibata (Professor of Education, Industrial Physician Training Center, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Genki Shimizu (Medical Student, Former in-house Attorney, Japan)
Koichi Shinohara (Representative Director, and Labor and Social Security Attorney, Kyoto General Personnel Management Office, Japan)
Hidenobu Takeguchi (Occupational Physician / Attorney at Law, Takeguchi Occupational Physician Office Ishii & Takeguchi Law Office, Japan)
Takehiko Yamada (Council Member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation, Japan)
Miyuki Yanai (Canon Inc., Japan)
Ryō Yodogawa (Attorney at Law, Cyber Law Japan Eichi Law Offices, Japan)
Hajime Yoshida (Attorney at Law and Director, Tenma Law Office; Former Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)

[Editorial Committee]

Chairperson
Akizumi Tsutsumi (Professor, Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan)
Deputy Chairperson
Takenori Mishiba (Professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan)
Chiefs
Masaki Imura (Professor, Otemon Gakuin University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Noritada Katō (Occupational (health) Physician, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Japan)
Makoto Okawara (Full-time Lecturer, Department of Environmental Epidemiology, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Members
Shōgo Hino (Professor, Shukutoku University School of Community Studies, Japan)
Toshiya Irokawa (Professor, Occupational Health, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan)
Fujio Kayama (Emeritus Professor, Jichi Medical University, Japan)
Kōsuke Mafune (Senior Lecturer, Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Keiichi Matsuzaki (Senior Lecturer, Department of Public Health, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Japan)
Yuta Morinaga (Professor, Global Education Center, Waseda University)
Toshihiro Okada (Attorney at law, Japan)
Tatsuya Sasaki (Associate Professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Teruhisa Uwatoko (Professor, University Health Center, Kyoto University of Education, Japan)
Takehiko Yamada (Council Member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation, Japan)
Hajime Yoshida (Director, Tenma Law Office; Former Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Tōru Yoshikawa (Senior Researcher (Deputy Director), Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)

Advisor
Masaya Takahashi (Director, Research Center for Overwork-Related Disorders, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)

[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, Japan)
Katsutoshi Tanaka (Professor, Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan)
Chief
Yōichi Inoue (Attorney at Law, Aisan Nishio Law Office, Japan)
Akio Okamoto (Occupational (health) Physician, Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Japan)

Members
Yū Igarashi (Occupational (health) Physician; Research Associate, Occupational Health, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan)
Terumi Eguro (Labor and Social Security Attorney, Eguro Labor and Social Security Attorney Office, Japan)
Minako Iyadomi (Supervising Occupational (health) Physician, Sumco Corp., Japan)
Takayoshi Kajihara (Occupational (health) Physician, Representative, Kajiwara Industrial Physician Office Co., Ltd.; Associate Professor of Occupational Health, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Hideki Morimoto (Occupational (health) Physician and Representative, Morimoto Occupational (Health) Physician Office, Japan)
Matori Suzuki (Occupational Health Division, Health Promotion Unit, Fujitsu Limited, Japan)

[Qualification System Operations Committee (Training Committee)]

Chairperson
Yōichi Inoue (Attorney at Law, Aisan Nishio Law Office, Japan)
Deputy-Chairperson
Kenichi Kojima (Attorney at law, Torikai Law Office, Japan)
Chief
Kenji Sasai (Labor and Social Security Attorney, Japan)

Members
Kenji Abe (Former Permanent Director, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association, Japan)
Satoshi Horiuchi (Attorney at Law, Yodoyabashi & Yamagami Legal Professional Corporation, Japan)
Hideki Kanazawa (Representative Director / Occupational Physician Medrich Co., Ltd., Japan)
Fusako Kobayashi (Representative Director and Labor and Social Security Attorney, Kobayashi Management Office, Japan)
Hiroyuki Kokubu (MUFG Bank, Ltd. (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group), Japan)
Yasuko Maruyama (Public Health Nurse, Japan)
Masashi Masuda (Occupational (health) Physician, Representative Director, Smart OHW Co., Ltd.)
Hiroshi Matsuda (Japan Boiler Association, Japan)
Takenori Mishiba (Professor, Kindai University Faculty of Law, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Japan)
Junki Shibuya (Representative and Occupational (health) Physician, G.K. One Pick, Japan)
Koichi Shinohara (Representative Director, and Labor and Social Security Attorney, Kyoto General Personnel Management Office, Japan)
Mikiko Tamayama (Frontier Management inc., Japan)
Tsugutaka Tanaka (Representative Attorney, Tanaka Akitoshi Law Office, L.P.C., Japan)
Takehiko Yamada (Council Member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation, Japan)
Kiichi Yamamoto (Labor and Social Security Attorney, Labor and Social Security Attorney Corporation Nihon Jinji, Japan)

[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, Japan)

Members
Fusako Kobayashi (Representative Director and Labor and Social Security Attorney, Kobayashi Management Office, Japan)
Masashi Masuda (Occupational (health) Physician, Representative Director, Smart OHW Co., Ltd., Japan)
Hiroshi Matsuda (Japan Boiler Association, Japan)
Koichi Shinohara (Representative director, and Labor and Social Security Attorney, Kyoto General Personnel Management Office, Japan)

[Awards and Research Grants Committee]

Chairperson
Kōichi Kamata (Emeritus Professor, Toyo University; Former Chairperson, Labour Policy Council, Japan)

[Conflict of Interest Management Committee]

Chairperson
Takashi Kawamura (Emeritus Professor, Kyoto University, Japan)

Members
Hisashi Eguchi (Professor, Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan)
Toshiya Irokawa (Tohoku University School of Medicine, Japan)
Teruomi Tsukahara (Professor, Department of Occupational Health, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan)

[Special Committee (Chemical Handling Policy Examination Committee)]

Committee Advisor
Arimichi Handa (Former Director, Industrial Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan)
Fujio Kayama (Emeritus Professor, Jichi Medical University, Japan)
Katsutoshi Tsukamoto (Former Manager, Chemical Hazards Control Division, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; director, Boiler and Crane Safety Association, Japan)

Chairperson
Noriyuki Manabe (Chief Industrial Physician, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, Japan)
Deputy chairperson
Hirohiko Nakahara (Representative of NAOSH Consulting, Chemical Information Management Research Center, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan)
Chief
Yasuko Maruyama (Public Health Nurse, Japan)

Members
Shinichi Gotō (Social Insurance and Labor Consultant, Japan)
Arimichi Handa (Former Director, Industrial Safety and Health Department, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan)
Takeo Ichihara (Occupational (health) Physician, Japan)
Yukiko Ishizaki (Associate Professor, Yokohama National University Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Japan)
Yasushi Isojima (M.D., Kyoto Industrial Health Association, Japan)
Masayoshi Matsui (Representative Director, Totoro Eco-Consulting Co., Ltd., Japan)
Katsumi Ōkubo (Labor Standards Inspector, Japan)
Jun Ōsuga (Occupational (health) Physician, DENSO Corporation, Japan)
Naoko Sasaki (Occupational (health) Physician, Sasaki Occupational Health Consultant Office, Japan)
Eiji Shibata (President, Yokkaichi Nursing and Medical Care University; special professor, Hygiene Studies Course, School of Medicine, Aichi Medical University, Japan)
Yōko Tsuda (Full-time Lecturer, Graduate School of Public Health, Teikyo University, Japan)
Katsutoshi Tsukamoto (Former Manager, Chemical Hazards Control Division, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare; director, Boiler and Crane Safety Association, Japan)
Hiroshige Yamaguchi (Clinic Director, Wadayama Clinic, Japan Health Club, Japan)

[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, Japan)

Chief
Meiga Ito (Representative and Occupational (health) Physician, Ito Occupational Health Consultant Office, Japan)
Toshiya Kawaguchi (Representative Director, and Labor and Social Security Attorney, K.K. Man-to-Man Consulting, Japan)
Tatsuya Sasaki (Associate Professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Masako Suzuki (Public Health Nurse, NTT Data Group, Japan)
Ryō Yodogawa (Attorney at Law, Cyber Law Japan Eichi Law Offices, Japan)

Members
Yasuo Dan (Professor, Kindai University Faculty of Business Administration)
Masaki Hosomi (Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Kansai University, Japan)
Masahito Ishikura (Labor and Social Security Attorney; Vice President, National Association of Social Insurance Associations, Japan)
Shinji Okuyama (Chief Psychiatrist, Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan)
Keiichiro Sue (Attorney at Law, Blakemore & Mitsuki, Japan)
Yasuo Suwa (Emeritus Professor, Hosei University; former chairperson, Labour Policy Council, Central Labour Relations Committee, Japan)
Mikiko Tamayama (Frontier Management inc., Japan)
Takehiko Yamada (Council Member, Occupational Health Promotion Foundation, Japan)
Miyuki Yanai (Canon Inc., Japan)

[Special Committee (Committee on Cooperation with Bar Associations)]

Chairperson
Hajime Yoshida (Attorney at Law and Director, Tenma Law Office; former visiting professor, Kyoto University, Japan)
Chief
Ryō Yodogawa (Attorney at Law, Cyber Law Japan Eichi Law Offices, Japan)
Members
Yoko Akiyama (Representative Director, SUUNY Occupational Physician Office; Occupational Physician, Japan)
Ginji Endō (Emeritus Professor, Osaka City University; director, Osaka Occupational Health Service Center, Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association, Japan)
Takayuki Hara (Professor, Aomori Chuo Gakuin University Faculty of Law and Management, 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)
Yōichi Inoue (Attorney at Law, Aisan Nishio Law Office, Japan)
Naoki Kamata (Psychiatrist; Occupational Physician; Director, Health Management Center, Tokyo Factory, Fuji Electric Co., Ltd., Japan)
Koji Kandabashi (Representative and Occupational (health) Physician, DB-SeeD, Japan)
Kenichi Kojima (Attorney at Law, Torikai Law Office, Japan, Japan)
Chikako Obayashi (Psychiatrist; Occupational Physician; Director, Chika Mental Clinic, Japan)
Tatsushi Ogino (Professor, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shizuoka University, Japan)
Yasumasa Ōtsuka (Associate Professor, Division of Psychology, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan)
Tatsuya Sasaki (Associate Professor, Nagoya Gakuin University Faculty of Law, Japan)
Katsutoshi Tanaka (Professor, Occupational Mental Health, Kitasato University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan)
Teruhisa Uwatoko (Professor, University Health Center, Kyoto University of Education, Japan)
Miyuki Yanai (Canon Inc., Japan)

[Secretariat support]

Association for Preventive Medicine of Japan