Our Staff
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 |








