National Steering Committee of the 3rd World Water Forum

Chairman
Ryutaro Hashimoto
Former Prime Minister of Japan

Board Members
Yoshihisa Akiyama
President, Kansai Economic Federation
Reona Esaki
President, Shibaura Institute of Technology; Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
Yoshinori Imai
Director - General International Planning & Broadcasting Department Japan Broadcasting Corporation
Naraomi Imamura
Chair, Cauncil of Food, Agrlculture, and Rural Area Policies: Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Hiroya Kawanabe
Director General, Lake Biwa Museum
Misako Konno
UNDP Goodwill Ambassador Actress
Akio Morishima
Chair, Board of Directors, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies:
Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University
Hiroji Nakagawa
Member, National Land Council; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Takeyoshi Nishio
Chairman, Nagoya Urban Institute; Honorary Member, Japan Water Works Association
Teruyuki Ohuchi
Ohair, World Wide Fund For Nature, Japan
Ayako Sono
Chair, Nippon Foundatian: Writer
Yutaka Takahasi
Member of the Board of Governors World Water Council; Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Norihito Tambo
President, The University of the Air; Member, Science Council of Japan
Eitaka lbuboi
President, Japan Medical Association; Immediate Past President, World Medical Association
Masako Uemoto
Vice President, All Japan Prefectural and Municipal Workers Union
Tadao Umesao
Special Adviser, National Museum of Ethnology
Masae Wada
President, Housewives Association
Kenji Yamada
Gavernor, Kyoto Prefecture

Ministries and Agencies

Cab'net Secretariat
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Ministry of the Environment
Forestry Agency

Board Members from Administrative Sectors

DirectorGeneral, Multilateral Cooperation Department, Ministry of Foreign Aftairs
DirectoFGeneral, Water Resources Department, Land and Water Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport
Director-General Water Environment
Department, Ministry of the Environment

Staff of the Secretariat

Hideaki Oda, Secretary General
Teiichi Aramaki, Special Advisor
Hiroo Kinoshita, Special Advisor
Kotaro Takemura, Special Advisor
Khalid Mohtadullah, Special Advisor
Jamil AI-Alawi, Special Advisor
Satoshi Seki, Special Advisor
Uichirou Taguchi, Special Advisor
Yasunobu Matoba, Senior Advisor
Yasuji Takano, Counselor
Kenzo Hiroki, Vice Secretary General for Finance, Planning, and General Affairs
Tamiya Fukushima, Vice Secretary General for Domest'c Afta'rs and Public Relations
Masahiro Kobayashi, Vice Secretary General for Donor Coordination
Hiroshi Kanda, Vice Secretary General for NGOS
Shigemitsu Tsukamoto, Vice Secretary General for Policy and Agricultvre
Toshio Okazumi, Vice Secretary General for International Affairs
Masato Toyama, Vice Secretary General for Technical Affairs
Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Vice Secretary General for Regional Coordination
Lalith Dassenaike, Principal Dialogue Analyst
Fuminori Tachino, Chlef Program Ofticer
Keiichi Matsui, Chief Program Otficer
Toshiya Hirata, Chief Program Ofticer
Kazuhisa Koda, Chief Program Officer
Kyoko Ishiwatari, Ohief Officer
Yuji Nishida, Ohief Officer
Minoru Shirai, Chief Officer
Wakako Matsuda, Chief Otficer
Shinobu Fukumoto, Ohief Otficer
Masanao Harada, Chief Officer
Satoshi Ojima, Ohief Officer
Makoto Jingu, Chief Officer
lkuko lijima, Chief Officer
Seiji Ito, Ohief Officer
Taeko Yokota, Chief Officer
Yukio Watanabe, Ohief Officer
Toshio Kano, Chief Officer
Mallin Fauchon, Chief Otficer
Mijako Nierenk6ther, Chief Officer
Junko Sagara, Chief Officer
Takehito Noda, Ohief Otficer