Certified Evaluation

External Evaluation Advisory Board Members

  • Yoshimi Kunieda, Vice-President, Osaka Seikei University
  • Junya Suzuki, President and CEO, Nissha Co., Ltd.
  • Chieko Minami, Executive Assistant to the President, Kobe University
  • Hiroyuki Yanagi, Advisor, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Yasuhiro Wakebayashi, Chairman and Founder, Nihon M&A Center Inc.
  • Barış Tan, Professor of Operations Management and Industrial Engineering, Koç University

Past External Evaluations

Date of External Evaluation: December 27, 2021
Advisory Board Members(as of 2021)

  • Shigeru Asaba, Dean, Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance)
  • Junya Suzuki, President and CEO, Nissha Co., Ltd.
  • Hiroyuki Yanagi, Chairman and Representative Director, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Senko Ikenobo, Headmaster Designate of Ikenobo Society of Floral Art
  • Yasuhiro Wakebayashi, Chairman and Founder, Nihon M&A Center Inc.

Date of External Evaluation: March 18, 2019
Advisory Board Members(as of 2019)

  • Shigeru Asaba, Dean, Waseda Business School (Graduate School of Business and Finance)
  • Junya Suzuki, President and CEO, Nissha Co., Ltd.
  • Hiroyuki Yanagi, Chairman and Representative Director, Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
  • Senko Ikenobo, Headmaster Designate of Ikenobo Society of Floral Art
  • Yasuhiro Wakebayashi, Chairman and Founder, Nihon M&A Center Inc.

Date of External Evaluation: January 3, March 3, March 22, 2014
Advisory Board Members(as of 2014)

  • Yoshiki Otake, Chairman and Founder, AFLAC Japan (American Family Life Assurance Company)
  • Tetsuo Kuba, Chairman, Kyocera Corporation
  • Masao Hosoo, Managing Director, Hosoo Co., Ltd., Vice Chairman, / Kyoto Association of Corporate Executives
  • Tomoko Namba, Director, DeNA Co. Ltd
  • Fumitoshi Mizutani, Dean, Kobe University Graduate School of Business Administration
  • Shoji Yamamoto, Associate Dean, Institute of Business and Accounting, Kwansei Gakuin University
  • Shu-Hsing Li, Dean, National Taiwan University College of Management