Table 2

Members of SRF preparatory committee and board of directors

NamePrep committeeBoard of directorsPublished titleTitles shared with foreign cigarette makers
Shigeya
Yoshise
吉瀬維哉
Member (Chairman)*Director
理事
President of Japan Development Bank
日本開発銀行総裁
‘Ex Administrative Vice Minister of Finance’
Hideo
Katsuki
香月秀雄
Chairman (Member)*Director General
理事長
President of Open University
放送大学学長
‘Advisor to the Council for the Study of Smoking and Health’ (see table 3)
Kunio
Ota
太田邦夫
MemberDirectorPresident of the Japanese Association of Medical Sciences
日本医学会会長
‘First chairman, the Council for the Study of Smoking and Health’
Wataru
Mori
森亘
Member‘Chancellor, The University of Tokyo’
Masamitsu
Oshima
大島正光
MemberDirectorDirector General, Medical Information Systems Development Center
医療情報システム開発センター理事長
‘Chairman, Japan Society of Health Sciences’
Masaaki
Kato
加藤正明
MemberDirectorEmeritus Professor at Tokyo Medical College
東京医科大学名誉教授
‘Director General, Stress Committee [probably of health/labor ministries]’
Toru
Inagawa
稲川徹
MemberDirectorPresident of Nippon Filter Co. Ltd.
日本フィルター工業会会長
‘Director, […] TASC [probably Tobacco Academic Studies Center]’
Shuji
Konishi
小西秀次
MemberDirectorChairman of Kirin Brewery Co.
麒麟麦酒株式会社代表取締役会長
‘Executive director, The Federation of Economic Organizations’
Tadayuki
Ishii
石井忠順
MemberDirectorVice President of JT
JT代表取締役副社長
Minoru
Nagaoka
長岡實
MemberDirectorPresident of JT
JT代表取締役社長
Takeji
Kato
加藤威二
MemberDirectorDirector of Tokyo Welfare Annuity Hall, Employees’ Pension Insurance Welfare Corp.
厚生団東京厚生年金会館館長
‘Ex Administrative Vice Minister of Health and Welfare’
Hiroshi
Mizunuma
水沼寛
Managing Director
専務理事
Councilor of Japan Society of Health Sciences
日本健康科学学会評議員
‘Former Chief Manager, Clinic, Japan Tobacco Inc.’
  • Board of directors membership is from SRF’s 1986 Program Outline.20 Quotes in the far-right column are from internal documents of Philip Morris,51 Brown & Williamson94 and Reynolds.95

  • *According to documents sent to Philip Morris and Brown & Williamson, the chairman of the preparatory committee was Shigeya Yoshise; SRF, however, listed Katsuki as chair (daihyō).20