◆Background/Career and Activities outside JACSES：
Born in Tokyo in the year 1950. Graduated from the Biology Section of Department of Science, Osaka University. Completed an Agricultural Research Course (Agriculture and Forestry Economics) in Graduate School of Kyoto University, and received my Doctorate in Agricultural Science. Currently working as a Professor in the Department of Economics (Faculty of Socio-economic Networking), Kokugakuin University. Executive board members of Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC), and of the Policy Research Institute for the Civil Sector (PRICS).

Conducting a research regarding sustainable development and socioeconomic changes related to the problems of global environment and also the problems due to the changing lifestyles. Specifically researching the following: the environmental capacity (the environmental resource use capacity: eco-space); the sustainable production consumption pattern; the world’s agricultural food problem and globalization; organic farming for environmental preservation; the ecological movement; the cooperative society movement, the NGO - NPO theory etc.

◆My Message /Thoughts：
I believe not in overworking or straining oneself, but advancing ahead by taking one step back and then moving two steps forward.

◆Link to related web site:
　Furusawa Zeminar Site 　http://kuin.jp/fur/kaleidoss.htm

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◆Background/Career and Activities outside JACSES：
As a university student, I worked on NGO activities such as ODA reform, advocacy and publication to strengthen the environmental measures for companies. After working for the Toray Corporation in their Sales Department and Personnel Department, joined JACSES in 1995. Currently, I am also a lecturer at the Yokohama National University (Sustainable Development Workshop), a member of the Japan Quality Assurance Organization (JQA) CDM Advisory Committee, Coordinator of the Carbon Tax Study Group, a member of the Kiko Network steering committee.

◆My Message /Thoughts：
Green Tax Reform needs to be pushed forward, for example, to introduce green tax and eliminate environmentally harmful subsidies. There are lots of other issues that have hardly been touched and urgently need to be reformed in order to realize our dream of a fair and sustainable society. It’s still a long road ahead and we just need to tackle all these issues one by one without giving up at any point of time.

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◆Background/Career and Activities outside JACSES：
I started my career in the international NGO environment as a volunteer for “A Seed Japan” and participated in “The 3rd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP3) in 1997. I became their staff member in the year 2000 and then became the Chief Executive (2002) and am now on the Board of Directors. Between October 2001 and November 2002, I worked for World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Japan, working on their Climate Change Program. In November 2002 I worked for Greenpeace Japan as an investigative assistant for the Rokkasho Reprocessing plant for one month.. I started working for JACSES in February 2003.

◆My Message /Thoughts：
Just one approach cannot be used to solve social problems. For example, developing countries do require a lot of financing to resolve their poverty problems. But there are cases where this leads to environmental destruction and human rights violations thereby threatening the existence of the local people, which would lead to creating poverty rather than poverty alleviation. Thus, financing is important but monitoring the use of those finances is important as well. We at JACSES monitor the use of finances by developing countries and await your support in this regard.

◆Link to related web site:
　NGO・NPO Career Navi「Organic Style」(available only in Japanese)
　http://www.organic-style.net/
　「Blog for Japan」(available only in Japanese)
　http://blogforjapan.jugem.cc/

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◆Activities at JACSES：
I am looking after the Lifestyle and Globalization Project.

◆Background/Career and Activities outside JACSES：
I was born in Tokyo in the year 1966. I began my career doing some translation work, etc. I became a part of the secretariat staff of the People’s Forum 2001 in 1994. Between 1996 to 2001, I worked as a Secretary General of the People’s Forum 2001. Since 2002 I am on the Board of Directors of JACSES. Presently, I am a lecturer at the Kagawa Nutrition University, a researcher at the International Peace Research Institute, Meiji Gakuin University, and a Councilor of Development Education Association and Research Center (DEAR). I mainly, research and investigate the social and developmental impacts of economic globalization.

◆My Message/Thoughts：
My role at JACSES is to familiarize others with the various problems of “Globalization”. Also to create awareness about the steps being taken and to ensure that efforts are made by Japan and the other countries to resolve these problems. I am also working to familiarize the society in general with the activities of JACSES.