CSCL
Experienced expert and well-known lecturer of CSCL
After the graduation from Chemical Department, Science Faculty, Science University of Tokyo, I joined MITI as a technical official in 1985. I experienced in chemistry related policy areas including new chemical evaluation under CSCL.
In the end of 2001, I transferred to JETRO Bangkok office as the Director of Energy and Environment Technology. At that time I launched a GHS capacity building program in the ASEAN region
In 2004, I returned back to METI and assigned to the deputy director position of the Chemical Management Policy Division. Since then, I involved in chemical management except 15 months assignment for utility gas safety and 8.5 months assignment for the Basel Convention until my resignation from METI in the end of July 2017.
In the chemical management field, as the deputy director of the Chemical Management Policy Division from 2004 to 2008, I involved in SAICM, POPs & PIC Convention, OECD EHS programme.
As the program director in charge of international affairs and new chemical evaluations from 2009 to 2012, I was responsible for new chemical evaluation program, risk assessment scheme development, international cooperation and chemical conventions.
In May 2013, I was assigned to the Deputy Director General of Chemical Management Center of NITE and May 2016, I promoted to the Director General of Chemical Management Center.
NITE is an independent institute to provide technical support for METI, and in the chemical management field, NITE support CSCL implementation such as new chemical evaluations, risk assessments, inspections, GLP and nomenclatures, the PRTR law implementation and implementation of the Chemical Weapon Convention. Information service for industries is another important function of NITE. It operates well-known NITE-CHRIP and J-CHECK database.
As the Director General of the Chemical Management Center, I was involved in the latest CSCL amendment in 2017.
I resigned from the government service in the end of July 2017. Throughout the 32 years of government work, I directly involved in chemical management more than 14 years.