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Toshiji MAEDA
Visiting Fellow
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Mar. 1966 Graduated from Kobe City University of Foreign Studies
Apr. 1966 Joined Sogo Boeki Co., Ltd.
Apr. 1968 to Aug. 1970 Worked at the Moscow Office
Aug. 1970 Joined Sumitomo Corporation (following merger)
Aug. 1970 to Jul. 1979 Ferrous Raw Materials Division
Jul. 1979 to Dec. 1982 Assistant Manager, Moscow Office
Dec. 1982 to Jun. 1987 Attached to the General Manager, Coal Department, Ferrous Raw Materials Division
Jun. 1987 to Oct. 1990 Deputy Manager, Moscow Office
Oct. 1990 to Apr. 1994 General Manager, Coal Department, Ferrous Raw Materials Division
Apr. 1994 to Nov. 1998 Sumitomo Corporation Resident Representative in the Russian Far East
Nov. 1998 to Jan. 2001 General Manager, CIS Market Department, Planning & Coordination Division
Member of the Policy Subcommittee, Nippon Keidanren Japan-Russia Business Cooperation Committee
In charge of economic cooperation initiatives, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Jan. 2001 to Mar. 2007 Director, Khabarovsk Japan Center;
Member of the Japan Foreign Trade Council
May. 2007 to present Participation as person responsible for the promotion of Niigata Prefecture international business;
Visiting Fellow, ERINA
FY2011 Research / Activities / Projects
  • Gas chemical plant construction project in Khabarovsk Krai
  • Vladivostok City, Primorsky Krai, waste treatment project
  • Vladivostok small hotel construction project
  • Medical exchange with the "Postgraduate Institute for Public Health Workers" of the Ministry of Health of Khabarovsk Krai
  • Medical exchange with Primorsky Krai
  • Cooperation on increasing energy efficiency with the Far-Eastern National Technical University (FENTU)
  • Project for the establishment of a center for nurturing timber-processing and polishing technicians in the Far Eastern region
Activities at ERINA
FY2010 Visiting Khabarovsk and Vladivostok in the form of the Primorsky Krai Workshop mission, and effecting meetings on the gas chemical plant construction project in Khabarovsk Krai, and the Vladivostok City waste treatment project and the small hotel construction project
Attendance at the Japan–Russia Energy and Environment Dialogue in Khabarovsk
Participation in the Innovation Forum in Novosibirsk, address on the potential for economic exchange between Novosibirsk and Niigata, and effecting of meeting on the supply of Japanese foodstuffs to Novosibirsk
Effecting of meeting on the project for the establishment of a timber-processing center with the Ministry of Forestry and Resources of Khabarovsk Krai
Participation in the Northeast Asia Economic Forum, and presentation on the potential and problem points for economic exchange between Far Eastern Russia and Japan
Effecting of meeting on medical exchange with S Sh Suleymanov, Rector of the "Postgraduate Institute for Public Health Workers" of the Ministry of Health of Khabarovsk Krai
FY2009 Holding of the International Forum on Northeast Asian Tourism (IFNAT) in Khabarovsk
Holding of the Japan–Russia tourism meeting in Khabarovsk
Visiting Vladivostok as deputy-leader of the Primorsky Krai Workshop mission and effecting of meetings relating to the Vladivostok development project
Signing of a cooperation agreement between the Interregional Association of Economic Interaction "Far East and Transbaikalia" and ERINA
Holding of a preparatory meeting for the Third Japan–Russia Conference to Promote Interregional Economic Cooperation (in Khabarovsk)
Holding of the Third Japan–Russia Conference to Promote Interregional Economic Cooperation (in Niigata)
Reception of the mission from the Blokhin Cancer Research Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, and meetings with Niigata University and the Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation in Kobe
Meetings relating to the establishment of a timber-processing center and a center to nurture polishing technicians in Khabarovsk
Meetings with the Primorsky Krai administration, Gazprom and others, as leader of the Primorsky Krai Workshop group visiting Vladivostok
Presence at the negotiations with Berkut and Chang Jiang Development Co., Ltd. relating to the project for improvement of the ports at Slavyanka and Zarubino
Participation at the 4th Far Eastern International Economic Forum in Khabarovsk
FY2008 Holding of the Second Meeting of the Russian-Japanese Initiative Group for Regional Cooperation in the East of Russia in Khabarovsk
Holding of the Japan-Russia tourism meeting in Khabarovsk
Signing of a cooperation agreement with the Blokhin Cancer Research Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences
FY2007 Holding of the First Meeting of the Russian-Japanese Initiative Group for Regional Cooperation in the East of Russia in Khabarovsk
Meetings on cooperation with the Far Eastern Marine Research, Design and Technology Institute in Vladivostok
Verification of the effect on Japan of the "Scheme for the All-Round Development of Productive Strength, Transportation and Energy of Sakha Republic (Yakutia) until 2020" and the federal target program "Economic and Social Development of the Far East and Zabaykalye until 2013"
Conclusion of a cooperation agreement with Sakha Republic

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