Hiroshi Watanabe 
Director General, Japan Chemical Industry Association

Date of Birth:  
 
Working Career: 
Apr 1984      Entered Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) 
 
Mar 2004      Director, Fine Chemicals Office Manufacturing Industries Bureau,             Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) 
 
Jul 2010   Executive Director, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) 
 
Sep 2012      Deputy Director-General, Manufacturing Industries Bureau,                Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) 
 
Jun 2013       Director-General for Technology Policy Coordination, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) 
 
Oct 2015       Adviser, Nippon Life Insurance Company 
 
May 2016      Director General, Japan Chemical Industry Association (until now)