Organization

Advisory Council, Academic Advisors, Honorary Fellows

Advisory Council

AIHARA Michiko

Former President, The Japan Association of Public Universities

Professor Emeritus, Yokohama City University

Honorary Advisor, International University of Health and Welfare

ITOH Kohei

President, Keio University

KAJITA Takaaki

Distinguished University Professor, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), The University of Tokyo

KAWAI Maki

President, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS)

KIBE Nobuko

President, National Institutes for the Humanities (NIHU)

KOYASU Shigeo

President, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST)

SASAKI Yasuko

President, Ochanomizu University

SATO Yasuhiro

Senior Advisor, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

TANAKA Aiji

President, Waseda University

TSUTSUI Yoshinobu

Chairman, Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation)

NAKA Makiko

Executive Director, National Research and Development Agency (RIKEN)

Professor, Research Organization of Open Innovation and Collaboration (OIC), Ritsumeikan University

Emeritus Professor, Hokkaido University

NAGATA Kyosuke

President, University of Tsukuba

NISHIO Shojiro

Director, International Institute for Advanced Studies

HAMAGUCHI Michinari

Director, Strategic Center of Biomedical Advanced Vaccine Research and Development for Preparedness and Response (SCARDA), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)

YAMAZAKI Koetsu

President, Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Inovation (F-REI)

(As of October 1st, 2025)

Academic Advisors

Chairman of Academic Advisory Board

YOSHIKAWA Hiroyuki

President, International Professional University of Technology in Osaka and Nagoya

Special Academic Advisor

SATO Teiichi

Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Delegation of Japan to UNESCO

Academic Advisor

ASASHIMA Makoto

Director/Specially Appointed Professor, Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization (ACRO), Teikyo University

IINO Masako

Professor Emeritus/Executive Director, Tsuda University

GO Michiko

Visiting Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology

Professor Emeritus, Nagoya University

Professor Emeritus, Ochanomizu University

KOBAYASHI Makoto

Professor Emeritus, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)

SASAKI Takeshi

President, The Japan Academy

NOYORI Ryoji

University Professor, Nagoya University

Director-General Emeritus, Center for Research and Development Strategy (CRDS), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)

HONJO Tasuku

Deputy Director-General/Distinguished Professor, Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS)

Director, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University Center for Cancer Immunotherapy and Immunobiology (CCII)

(As of April 1st, 2025)

Honorary Fellows

Inaugurated in July 2014, “JSPS Honorary Fellow” is a lifelong title given to persons of distinctive merits who have held one of the following positions at JSPS.

Member of JSPS Academic Advisory Board
Director or Deputy Director of JSPS Research Center for Science Systems
Director of a JSPS Overseas Office

Also eligible are persons whom the JSPS president acknowledges as having made outstanding contributions to the advancement of JSPS’s programs.
The president decides upon whom to confer the title based on consultation with JSPS’s Executive Board.
Fellows are presented a certificate by the president.
JSPS Honorary Fellows to date are listed below.

MURAMATSU Michio

Name	Affiliation
Date of Award	December 5, 2024
Title/Affiliation at the time of the Award	Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University
Position held during tenure at JSPS/ Periods of tenure	Deputy Director, Research Center for Science Systems / April 2008 - March 2015 Senior Advisor, Research Center for Science Systems / April 2015 - March 2019 Special Advisor, Research Center for Science Systems / April 2019 - May 2024

KATSUKI Motoya

Name	Affiliation
Date of Award	July 1, 2022
Title/Affiliation at the time of the Award	Professor Emeritus, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI Professor Emeritus, National Institute for Basic Biology, National Institutes of Natural Sciences
Position held during tenure at JSPS/ Periods of tenure	Deputy Director, Research Center for Science Systems / April 2008 - March 2017 Senior Advisor, Research Center for Science Systems / April 2017 - March 2019 Special Advisor, Research Center for Science Systems / April 2019 - March 2022

KODAIRA Keiichi

Name	Affiliation
Date of Award	December 17, 2018
Title/Affiliation at the time of the Award	Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan Professor Emeritus, Graduate University for Advanced Studies
Position held during tenure at JSPS/ Periods of tenure	Director, JSPS Bonn Office/ July 2008 - September 2018

MAEJIMA Makoto

Name	Affiliation
Date of Award	May 9, 2018
Title/Affiliation at the time of the Award	Professor Emeritus, Keio University
Position held during tenure at JSPS/ Periods of tenure	Director, Center for Global Science Information/ April 2013 - March 2018 Deputy director, Research Center for Science Systems/ April 2013 - March 2018

ISHII Shiro

Name	Affiliation
Date of Award	July 1, 2016
Title/Affiliation at the time of the Award	Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo
Position held during tenure at JSPS/ Periods of tenure	Special Advisor/ Jul 2003 - Mar 2008 Senior Advisor/ Apr 2008 - Mar 2012 Deputy Director/ Apr 2012 - Mar 2017 Research Center for Science Systems

TAKEDA Seishi

Name	Affiliation
Date of Award	December 15, 2014
Title/Affiliation at the time of the Award	Professor Emeritus, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
Position held during tenure at JSPS/ Periods of tenure	Director, JSPS Washington Office/ October 2000 - July 2004 Director, JSPS San Francisco Office/ April 2004 - March 2014

NAKATANI Yoichi

Name	Affiliation
Date of Award	October 17, 2014
Title/Affiliation at the time of the Award	Professeur Conventionné and Chairman of the Japan Committee, University of Strasbourg
Position held during tenure at JSPS/ Periods of tenure	Director, JSPS Strasbourg Office/ April 2002 - March 2014

TANAKA Yasuo

Name	Affiliation
Date of Award	September 18, 2014
Title/Affiliation at the time of the Award	Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo Professor Emeritus, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Scientific Member, Max-Planck-Institute for Extraterrestrial Physic
Position held during tenure at JSPS/ Periods of tenure	Director, JSPS Bonn Office/ April 1995 - June 2008