Our company

Management team

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  President and CEO

  Iwao Yoshino

  Yoshino graduated from Keio University’s Faculty of Law in 1990 and received an MBA from UC Berkeley in 2002, where he was a Hitachi Fellow in the Management of Technology program. After working for Mitsui & Co.’s Chemical Department, he retired to pursue investing and consulting in the USA. In August 2007, he established Microwave Chemical Co., Ltd and became its Chairman & CEO, a position he currently holds.
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  Director and CSO

  Yasunori Tsukahara

  Tsukahara received his PhD from Osaka University’s Graduate School of Science in 2003. He then joined the university’s Graduate School of Engineering as a specially appointed project researcher in 2004. He was named a specially appointed faculty member at the same school in 2006 and became an associate professor in 2018. He specializes in microwave chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and photochemistry.
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  Outside director

  Urata Koyu

  After working for Sony Corporation, McKinsey & Company Inc. Japan, and Japan Investment Corporation, Urata established Japan Material Technologies Corporation in August 2015, where he has served as the Representative Director to the present day. In June 2023, he was appointed as an outside director of Microwave Chemical Co.,Ltd. (present).
  He graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law in 2002.
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  Director（Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）

  Tomoya Shimojo

  Shimojo engaged in statutory audit and listing preparation support services at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC. Before joining Microwave Chemical Co.,Ltd. in November 2013, he was a Director and General Manager of the Corporate Management Department at Kringle Pharma, Inc.
  At Microwave Chemical Co.,Ltd., he served as Director and General Manager of the Administration Department and has been in his current position since June 2023.
  He graduated from Kobe University, Faculty of Business Administration in 1996. He is a Certified Public Accountant.
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  Outside director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）

  Takahashi Yuko

  After working for an auditing firm, Takahashi joined DENTSU INC., where she managed international group companies and oversaw group accounting and financial operations. She served as a non-executive director of Dentsu Group Inc. from 2022 to 2023, and currently serves as an outside director of Hulic Co., Ltd. and an outside auditor of 17LIVE Corporation.
  She graduated from Sophia University with a Bachelor of Laws and completed her Master’s degree at the University of Warwick in the UK. She is a Certified Public Accountant.
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  Outside director（Audit and Supervisory Committee Member）

  Saito Shuichi

  After graduating from Tokyo Metropolitan University with a degree in Engineering, Saito joined Recruit Co., Ltd., where he specialized in legal affairs and IT governance. In 2013, he became a full-time auditor of Hamee Corp. and contributed to its IPO, after which he served on its board of directors. In 2021, he founded 83FOUNDATION to foster sustainability and entrepreneurial support.
  Saito also serves as an outside director for various major and emerging companies.