Our Staff
Hisashi SATO
Director, Business Support Division
CV
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
April 2006 Director, Business Support Division
Other
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

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