ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT JAPAN ECA COMMITTEE

ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN ECONOMY AND DEVELOPMENT JAPAN ECA COMMITTEE

History of Establishment:

　　In the 1960’s, many African countries became independent and those countries tried to be economically self-sufficient by utilizing their abundant natural resources. During that period, Japan was experiencing rapid economic growth and needed the African abundant natural resources.
　　On the other hand, African countries needed investments and technologies from Japan. Under these circumstances, Association of African Economy and Development Japan was established to promote economic cooperation among Japan and African countries by influential people of political and financial circles in 1970.

Purpose of Activities:

　　This association aims to strengthen economic partnership, in turn, it promotes friendship among Japanese and African people and contributes to mutual prosperity.

Activities:

The association provides below five activities to achieve the above purposes.

　1) To promote economic exchange with African countries
　2) To conduct research for strengthening relationship with African countries
　3) To organize information about African countries
　4) To conduct research and transfer skills for improvement of standard of living that match African cultures and societies.
　5) To cooperate with all concerned organizations and parties which regards to Japan and African countries

　　The association has provided technical assistance to help develop African traditional local industry and to strengthen foundations of African economic development. Also, for the purpose of creating and strengthening key industries in the African countries, the association has made efforts with other organizations to provide technical and financial assistance for developing the economic infrastructures for this purpose.

Compositions of the Fund:

1.Membership fees, 2. Donations, 3. Subsidy, 4. Subscription, 5. Miscellaneous income

List of Officials:

President	Mr.Tetsuro Yano, Former Member of the House of Councilors.
Vice-President	Mr.Keitaro Sato,　Ambassador in Charge of Peace Building in Africa
Vice-President	Mr.Hajime Ikeda, Advisor of Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.
Vice-President	Mr.Teruhiko Mashiko, Member of the House of Councilors.
Executive Director	Mr.Isamu Koike, Senior Researcher for Overseas Division of ALMEC Corporation
Director	Mr.Yasuhiro Oe, Member of the House Councilors.
Director	Mr.Jiro Aichi, Member of the House Councilors.
Director	Mr.Tsukasa Akimoto, Former Member of the House Councilors.
Director	Mr.Tatsuji Fujiyama, Regional Director for Japan & Asia Green Land Plc.
Director	Mr.Daisuke Matsuura, Eco Construction Co. Ltd.
Director	Mr.Osamu Suzuki, President of Toyoriken Co. Ltd.
Director	Mr.Yoshinori Yasuhiro, Journalist, Former Deputy Manager of the Political Division of Yomiuri Newspaper Co. Ltd.
Director	Mr.Katsuro Suzuki, Vice- President of Musashi Kenkou Co. Ltd.
Director	Mr.Kunihiro Masumi, Professor of Nihon University.
Director	Mr.Kenji Imou, Professor of Tokyo Univesity.
Inspector	Mr.Shinichi Yamamoto, President of Morris Co. Ltd.
Secretary General	Mr.Hideaki Naganuma, Toyoriken Co. Ltd.
	As of the May, 2010

Association of African Economy and Development Japan
List of Project Committees

ECA Communication Committee

Chairman
Deputy Chairman	Mr.Tatsuji Fujiyama
Vice-Chairman	Mr.Yoshinori Yasuhiro
Vice-Chairman	Mr.Daisuke Matsuura
Member	Mr.Isamu Koike
Member	Mr.Katsuro Suzuki
Member	Mr.Osamu Suzuki
Member	Mr.Keiji Shikata
Member	Mr.Yasutaka Sado

Agriculture and farm Village Development Committee

Chairman
Vice-Chairman	Mr.Isamu Koike
Member	Mr.Daisuke Mtsuura
Member	Mr.Shinji Oka
Member	Mr.Shigeru Kobayashi
Member	Mr.Masanobu Yamamoto

The Promotion Committees, Such as Bioenergy

Chairman	Mr.Kenji Imou
Vice-Chairman	Mr.Shinji Oka
Member	Mr.Noriyuki Okabe
Member	Mr.Shigeru Kobayashi
Member	Mr.Masanobu Yamamoto

Technical training talented-people acceptance enterprise Committee

Chairman	Mr.Daisuke Matsuura
Vice-Chairman	Mr.Shinichi Yamamoto
Member	Mr.Osamu suzuki
Member	Mr.Yasutaka Sado
Member	Mr.Shinji Oka
Member	Mr.Shigeru Kobayashi

Real Estate Support Committee

Chairman	Mr.Yasutaka Sado
Deputy Chairman	Mr.Osamu Suzuki
Vice-Chairman	Mr.Noriyuki Okabe
Member	Mr.Nobuyoshi Tazoe
Member	Mr.Keiji Shikata

Publicity Committee

Chairman
Vice-Chairman	Mr.Masatoshi Ota
Member	Mr.Keiji Shikat
Member	Mr.Masanobu Yamamoto

Student Committee

Chairman	Mr.Masayuki Sato
Vice-Chairman	Ms.Nagisa Yoshikawa
Vice-Chairman	Mr.Takehisa Kobayashi
Accounts Division	Mr.Shunsuke Niikura
Public relations	Ms.Yuuki Sugawara
Member	Ms.Yuka Nunoi
Member	Ms.Chizuru Hatanaka
Member	Ms.Eriko Ngbanzi
Member	Ms.Eriko Kosuge
Member	Mr.Kohei Inada
Member	Mr.Keisuke Goto

Association of African Economy and Development Japan
Member List

List of Corporate Members (29 companies):

Tokyo Electric Power Company Ltd.	Kansai Electric Power Co. Ltd.
Nippon Steel Co. Ltd.	Taisei Corporation Co. Ltd.
West Nippon Expressway Company Limited.	Nippon Koei Co. Ltd.
Resona Bank Co. Ltd.	PASCO Corporation.
Japan Port Consultants, Ltd.	MORIS Co. Ltd.
Hamaya Co. Ltd.	Kita-Shikoku Industry Co. Ltd.
Toyo Riken Co. Ltd.	JASA Corporation.
Eco Construction Co. Ltd.	Tokyo Eizo Dai-Ichi Co.,Ltd.
Rimanit Mortery Co.,Ltd.	Shetora Trading
SINANEN Corporation	WINPRO Co,LTD.
Japan Resources Energy & Development Co,LTD.	AML Japan Ltd.
KENGHI International Co,LTD.	AMUSE CAPITAL Inc.
Yamanashi Hitachi Construction Machinery Co,Ltd.	MARINO LOGISTICS Co,Ltd.
HOTEL Okura Tokyo Co,Ltd.	CTI Engineering International Co,Ltd.
SEWTEC Co,Ltd.

Individual members (32 members):

Mr.Jiro Aichi(Senator),	Mr.Tsukasa Akimoto (Former Senator),	Mr.Yoichi Hirota,
Mr.Tatsuji Fujiyama,	Mr.Issei Kitagawa(Senator),	Mr.Isamu Koike,
Mr.Teruhiko Mashiko(Senator),	Mr.Kunihiro Masumi,	Mr.Shinpei Matsushita(Senator),
Mr.Masaji Matsuyama(Senator),	Mr.Toshiei Mizuochi(Senatpr),	Mr.Hideaki Naganuma,
Mr.Satoshi Ninoyu(Senator),	Mr.Yasuhiro Ooe(Senator),	Mr.Noriyuki Okabe,
Mr.Yasutaka Sado,	Mr.Keitaro Sato,	Mr.Kazuyasu Shiina,
Mr.Keiji Shikata,	Mr.Nobuo Shinoda,	Mr.Kazuya Shinba(Senator),
Mr.Minoru Sugimoto,	Mr.Katsuro Suzuki,	Mr.Chiaki Takahashi(Senator),
Mr.Nobuyoshi Tazoe,	Mr.Yoshinori Yasuhiro,	Mr.Tetsuro Yano(Former Senator),
Mr.Masanobu Yamamoto,	Mr.Kenji Imou	Hiroyuki Arai (Senator)
Junzo Yamamoto(Senator),	Mrs.Yasue Funayama(Senator)

Student Members (11 members):

Mr.Masayuki Sato,	Ms.Nagisa Yoshikawa,	Mr.Takehisa Kobayashi,
Mr.Shunsuke Niikura,	Ms.Yuuki Sugawara,	Ms.Yuka Nunoi,
Ms.Chizuru Hatanaka,	Ms.Eriko Ngbanzi,	Ms.Eriko Kosuge,
Mr.Kohei Inada,	Mr.Keisuke Goto

Honorable Members(５members):

Mr.katsuhito Asano(Former Senator),	Mr.Masatoshi Ota,	Mr.Koki Kobayashi(House of Representatives),
Mr.Kensaku Tsuji,	Mr.Toshio Yamauchi(Former Senator)	As of the May, 2010

Association of African Economy and Development Japan
Honorable Members:

1.	Embassy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Sid Ali KETRANDJI
2.	Embassy of the Republic of Angola in Japan Ambassador His Excellency
3.	Embassy of the Republic of Uganda in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Wasswa Rocky BIRIGGWA
4.	Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Dr.Walid Mahmoud ABDELNASSER
5.	Embassy of the Republic of Ethiopia in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.ABDIRASHID Dulane
6.	Embassy of the State of Eritrea to Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Estifanos Afeworki Haile
7.	Embassy of the Republic of Ghana in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Kwame Asamosh TENKORANG
8.	Embassy of the Republic of Gabon in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Jean Christian OBAME
9.	Embassy of the Republic of Cameroon in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Dr. Pierre NDZENGUE
10.	Embassy of the Republic of Kenya in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Benson Henry Ouma OGUTU
11.	Embassy of the Republic of Cote d’lvoire in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mrs.BOA Liliane Marie Laure
12.	Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Marcel MULUMBA TSHIDIMBA
13.	Embassy of the Republic of Zambia in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Dr.Mbikusita Wamundila LEWANIKA
14.	Embassy of the Republic of Djibouti in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Ahmed ARAITA ALI
15.	Embassy of the Republic of Zimbabwe in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Stuart Harold COMBERBACH
16.	Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Abdon Terkoc MATUET Ater
17.	Embassy of the Republic of Senegal in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Bouna Semou DIOUF
18.	Embassy of the United Republic of Tanzania in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mrs.Salome Thaddaus SIJAONA
19.	Embassy of the Republic of the Tunisia in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Dr. Noureddine HACHED
20.	Embassy of the Republic of Togo in Japan Mr.BODJONA Alewabia Delali Aklesso Charge d'Affaires ad interim
21.	Embassy of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Godwin Nsude AGBO
22.	Embassy of the Republic of Benin in Japan Ambassdor His Excellency Mr.Allassane YASSO
23.	Embassy of the Republic of Botswana in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Pulaentle Tumediso Kenosi
24.	Embassy of the Republic of Madagascar in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Jimmy RAMIANDRISON
25.	Embassy of the Republic of Malawi in Japan Mrs.Grace B.KARONGA Charge d’Affaires ad interim
26.	Embassy of the Republic of Mali in Japan Provisional Ambassador Mrs.Guisse Maimouna Dial
27.	Embassy of the Republic of South African in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Gert Johannes GROBLER
28.	Embassy of the Republic of Mozambique in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Belmiro Jose MALATE
29.	Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Yahya NGAM
30.	Embassy of the Kingdom of Morocco in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Dr. Samir Arrour
31.	Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in Japan Mr.David J. SARYEE Charge d’Affaires ad interim
32.	Embassy of the Republic of Rwanda in Japan Ambassador His Excellency Mr.Antoine MUNYAKAZI-JURU
33.	Embassy of the Kingdom of Lesotho in Japan His Excellency Mr.Richard RAMOELETSI

Supporting Organizations

Japan International Cooperation Agency	Nippon Keidanren
Japan External Trade Organization	Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Japan Bank for International Cooperation	Japan Foreign Trade Council, Inc.
Institute of Developing Economies	The Africa Society of Japan
Japan Broadcasting Corporation	Japan Railway Technical Service
The Overseas Coastal Area Development Institute of Japan
The Middle East Research Institute of Japan Overseas Fishery Cooperation Association
Engineering and Constructing Firms Association, Japan

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