Our Staff
Hisashi SATO
Director, Business Support Division
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| October 1953 | Born in Sanjo, Niigata Prefecture | |
| March 1978 | Graduated from Department of Russian Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | |
| April 1978 | Joined Overseas Planning Division, Nippon Express | |
| March 1996 | Joined ERINA Deputy Director, Business Support Division |
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| April 2006 | Director, Business Support Division | |
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| FY2011 | Member of the Niigata Chamber of Commerce and Industry "International Trade Committee" | |
| FY2011 | Member of the Committee for the Gunma Prefecture Round-Table Meeting of Experts on International Strategy | |
Major Projects & Research Interests
- Planning and execution of all activities beneficial to economic interchange in the Northeast Asian region
FY2011 Research / Activities / Projects
- Effecting of the "Information Hub" concept
Activities at ERINA
| FY2011 | Activities for expanding the International Students’ Job Fair 2012 outside Niigata Prefecture |
| Gathering of information for the Information Hub and on firms within Niigata Prefecture | |
| Effecting of the Tsubame City seminar on expansion of sales to the Russian market | |
| PR activity for the "Integrated Free Trade Zone" of Suifenhe, Heilongjiang Province | |
| FY2010 | Hosting of Russian SME organization "Opora Russia" and intermediation for visits to enterprises |
| Hosting of the Far East State Transport University research delegation visiting Japan | |
| Presentation at Japan–China–ROK–Russia logistics seminar (in Seoul) | |
| Hosting of Russian Railways research delegation visiting Japan | |
| Moderator for Session C of the 2011 Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development in Niigata (NICE) | |
| FY2009 | Lecture at the Niigata University International Exchange Support Center |
| Reception of the visiting ROK Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development | |
| Putting together the mission participating in the Korea–Japan Industrial Technology Fair | |
| Address at the Japan–Russia Exchange Society in Chiba Prefecture | |
| Holding of the Russian Far East energy transportation workshop | |
| FY2008 | Participation in the Japan–Mongolia Public–Private Joint Conference of Trade and Investment (in Ulaanbaatar) |
| Signing of the Cooperation Agreement with the Korea–Japan Cooperation Foundation for Industry and Technology | |
| Address at the Jeonbuk Development Institute, Jeollabuk-do, ROK | |
| Keynote address at a seminar related to the Port of Busan | |
| Lecture at the Niigata University International Exchange Support Center | |
| FY2007 | Effected the seminar for supporting members, inviting the Russian Ambassador to Japan |
| Effected the Seminar on Russian Emission Rights-Related Legislation | |
| Effected the Seminar to Introduce Busan New Port, inviting the Deputy Mayor of Busan | |
| Invitation of the President of the Far Eastern State Technical Fisheries University, Russia, to Sado Island |
Major Publications
| Title | Publishing Company | Year of Publication |
| The Challenges Confronting Northeast Asia and International Cooperation: The Northeast Asia International Conference for Economic Development (NICE) [in Japanese] | Nippon Hyoronsha Co., Ltd. | 2012 |








