Advisor to Chairperson

The Nippon Foundation

1-15-16 Toranomon
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105

TEL: (03) 3502-2389
FAX: (03) 3502-0041
HOME: (0423) 83-7420
EMAIL: y_hayashi@ps.nippon-foundation.or.jp

CAN BE INTERVIEWED FOR: Print, Radio, TV

INTERVIEW LANGUAGES: English (with interpreter), Japanese

SPECIALIZATIONS:

• BUSINESS, TRADE AND ECONOMICS
  corporate philanthropy; philanthropic foundations
• EDUCATION
  education and society
• SOCIETY, CULTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY
  technology and social change

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

President, Japan NPO Research Association, 1999-present; President, Tokyo University of Information Sciences, 1988-94; Executive Director, The Toyota Foundation, 1974-88; Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 1967-75; President, Economic Research Institute, Economic Planning Agency, 1964-67.

IN US: repeated brief trips.

MAJOR PUBLICATIONS:

The Thought of Philanthropy (co-editor, Nihonkeizai Hyoronsha 1999); Philanthropy and Society (co-author) (Diamondsha, 1993); High Technology and Cultural Change (ed.) (Nihonhoso Shuppankyokai, 1988); Foundations in Japan (co-author) (Chuo Koronsha, 1984); Mature Society: A Choice for Japan (Chuokeizaisha, 1982).