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Vice President

Chieko OTSURU

Chieko OOTSURU
Professional Career:
April 1987 Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Osaka Kyoiku University
April 1996 Associate Professor, Japan Center for Area Studies,
National Museum of Ethnology
April 1998 Associate Professor, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies
April 2002 - Present Professor, Faculty of Law, Kansai University
October 2006 -
September 2007
Deputy Vice President, Kansai University
October 2008 -
September 2010
Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, Kansai University
October 2012 -
February 2013
Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, Kansai University
October 2020 - Present Vice President, Kansai University
May 2022 – Present Trustee, Kansai University

Vice President

Tadakatsu OKADA

Tadakatsu OKADA
Professional Career:
April 2001 Assistant, Faculty of Service industry, Marketing and Distribution Sciences University
April 2003 Lecturer, Faculty of Economics Osaka Sangyo University
April 2004 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Osaka Sangyo University
April 2006 Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University
April 2010 Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Well-being, Kansai University
April 2011 – Present Professor, Faculty of Health and Well-being, Kansai University
April 2012 -
September 2012
Vice Dean, Faculty of Health and Well-being, Kansai University
October 2014 -
September 2016
Vice Dean, Faculty of Health and Well-being, Kansai University
October 2016 –
April 2022
Deputy Vice President, Kansai University
October 2020 –
April 2022
Director, Center for Community Collaboration
April 2022 – Present Vice President, Kansai University
May 2022 – Present Trustee, Kansai University

Vice President

Tomoyuki TAKAHASHI

Tomoyuki TAKAHASHI
Professional Career:
November 1993 Research Associate, Disaster Control Research Center, Tohoku University
May 1998 Research Associate, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Kyoto University
December 2002 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science, Akita University
April 2010 - Present Professor, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
October 2012 -
September 2014
Vice Dean, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
October 2018 -
September 2020
Dean, Faculty of Societal Safety Sciences, Kansai University
October 2018 -
September 2020
Trustee, Kansai University
October 2020 - Present Vice President, Kansai University

Vice President

Takao FUJITA

Takao FUJITA
Professional Career:
April 1997 Lecturer, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University
April 1998 Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University
April 2005 - Present Professor, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University
April 2011 -
March 2014
Vice Dean, Graduate School of East Asian Cultures Department,
Kansai University
October 2014 -
September 2018
Dean, Faculty of Letters, Kansai University
October 2014 -
September 2018
Dean, Graduate School of East Asian Cultures Department,
Kansai University
October 2014 -
September 2018
Trustee, Kansai University
October 2018 -
September 2020
Vice Dean, Graduate School of East Asian Cultures Department,
Kansai University
October 2020 - Present Vice President, Kansai University

Vice President

Hideki YAMAMOTO

Hideki YAMAMOTO
Professional Career:
April 1984 Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University
April 1993 Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University
April 1996 Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University
October 2003 -
September 2006
Deputy Director, Admission office, Kansai University
April 2004 -
March 2007
Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kansai University
October 2006 -
September 2008
Vice Director, Center for Admissions, Kansai University
April 2007 - Present Professor, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering,
Kansai University
October 2008 -
September 2012
Director, Center for Admissions, Kansai University
October 2012 -
September 2016
Vice Dean, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering,
Kansai University
October 2016 -
September 2020
Dean, Faculty of Environmental and Urban Engineering,
Kansai University
October 2016 -
September 2020
Dean, Graduate School of Science and Engineering,
Kansai University
October 2016 -
September 2020
Trustee, Kansai University
October 2020 - Present Vice President, Kansai University

Deputy Vice President

Shoji OKA

Shoji OKA
Professional Career:
October 2009 Specially Appointed Lecturer, Faculty of Business・Graduate School of Business, Osaka City University
April 2011 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Kansai University
April 2013 Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Kansai University
April 2020 - Present Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Kansai University
October 2022 - Present Deputy Vice President, Kansai University

Yasushi HORII

Yasushi HORII
Professional Career:
April 1994 Assistant, Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University
April 1997 Lecturer, Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University
April 2000 Associate Professor, Faculty of Informatics,
Kansai University
April 2007 - Present Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Kansai University
October 2020 - Present Deputy Vice President,, Kansai University

Xueyan Liu

Xueyan Liu
Professional Career:
April 2011 Associate Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University
April 2019 - Present Professor, Faculty of Sociology, Kansai University
April 2022 - Present Deputy Vice President, Kansai University