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04/01/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/31/2026 19:00

2026/04/01 MOL Names New Member to Advisory Board

April 01, 2026

Tokyo-Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL; President & CEO: Takeshi Hashimoto) today announced that effective April 1, 2026, Kenji Kushida has been newly appointed to MOL's Advisory Board, which was established to gather insights from external experts on high-priority areas, particularly in the context of management strategy development and risk management.

Kushida, Senior Fellow at the Asia Program in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace directing Japan research and programming themed "Innovative Japan, Global Japan," brings deep expertise in global politics, economics, and innovation, with a particular focus on Japan-U.S. dynamics. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He previously served as a research scholar at Stanford University and now leads the Japan-Silicon Valley Innovation Initiative. He has conducted research and offered policy recommendations across a wide range of areas, including global strategies for Japanese companies, industrial transformation, and the advancement of digital transformation. His involvement will enable MOL to benefit from strategic insights backed by a global perspective, further accelerating sustainable growth and enhancing corporate value.

[Advisory Board Framework for FY2026 and Beyond]

Name Career Highlights
Naoko Ishii Special Presidential Envoy for Global Commons, Director, Center for Global Commons / Project Professor, Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo
Ishii joined the Japanese Ministry of Finance in 1981. Served as an Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank's country program coordinator for Vietnam, and World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka; 2010: Deputy Vice Minister of Finance, 2012: CEO and Chairperson, the Global Environment Facility. 2020: Executive Vice President, Professor and Director at the Center for Global Commons, the University of Tokyo, 2024: Special Presidential Envoy for Global Commons, the University of Tokyo.
Naoko Eto Professor, Department of Political Science, Gakushuin University
Eto is also a member of the Advisory Committee to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry on Strengthening Industrial and Technological Infrastructure for Economic Security, the Industrial Structure Council, and the Ministry of Finance's Council on Customs, Tariff, Foreign Exchange and Other Transactions, among other bodies. She holds an MA in International Policy Studies from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in political science from Keio University.
Kushida Kenji Senior Fellow at the Asia Program in the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Kushida leads the Japan-Silicon Valley Innovation Initiative@Carnegie. He is also International Research Fellow at the Canon Institute for Global Studies. He holds a PhD in political science from the University of California, Berkeley, an MA in East Asian studies and BAs in economics and East Asian studies, all from Stanford University. Previously, he was a Research Scholar at the Asia-Pacific Research Center and a nonresident senior fellow at the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research and lecturer at Stanford University.
Toyohisa Kozuki Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Russia
Kozuki joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981 and later served as Director General of the European Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Chief Cabinet Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before becoming Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Russian Federation from 2015 to 2023. Since January 2024, he has been a Distinguished Professor at Chiba Institute of Technology. His most recent publication is "Putin no Rekishi Ninshiki (Putin's Perception of History)."
Mitsunobu Koshiba Outside Director of SAIMEMORY Corp.
In 1981, Koshiba joined the Japan Synthetic Rubber (now JSR), where he became President and Representative Director in 2009, Chairman in 2019, and Chairman Emeritus from 2021. As vice-chairman of the Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives), responsible for economic security and other issues until fiscal year 2022, he founded the think tank Cdots LLC in 2020, which publishes opinions on advanced technology, geopolitics, and geoeconomics, among other topics.
Rajesh Madhavan Unni Founder and Chairman of Synergy Marine Group, one of the world's largest ship management companies
Graduated from Harvard University's Advanced Management Program (AMP) and co-founded Alpha Ori Technologies in 2017. Has held key positions at several international maritime organizations, including Director at Windward, Advisor at Alsym Energy, member of the Lloyd's Register South Asia Advisory Committee, and member of the Global Maritime Forum.
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