About Us
Establishment
The NEC C&C Foundation was established as a nonprofit organization on March 20, 1985, with the approval of the Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan.
Management
The NEC C&C Foundation is managed by a board of directors, auditors, and a board of counselors, all of which are comprised of distinguished intellectuals.
An Awards Committee selects C&C Prize recipients and designates persons to receive grants.
Directors, Auditors, Counselors and Committee Members
(as of July 1, 2026)
President
- Takashi Niino
- Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation
Executive Director
- Shigeyuki Miyamoto
- Executive Director（Full-time Foundation Director）
Directors
- Masatoshi Ishikawa
- President, Tokyo University of Science
- Hideo Ohno
- President, The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
- Yasuyoshi Karasawa
- Senior Advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
- Hidetoshi Nishimori
- Specially-appointed Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
- Masahiro Fuchizaki
- Special Adviser, The Japan Research institute, Limited
- Kazuya Masu
- Director, Global Research and Development Center for Business by Quantum-AI technology (G-QuAT), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
- Jun Murai
- Professor Emeritus, Keio University Senior Advanced Research Project Professor, Keio University
- Akio Yamada
- Corporate Executive Vice President (Research & Business Development Related Divisions), CAIO (Chief AI Officer), and Head of AI Technology Services Business Division Executive Officer, NEC Corporation
Auditors
- Atsushige Onuki
- Audit Committee Aide, Audit Committee Aide Office, NEC Corporation
- Hitoshi Tsunekage
- Senior Corporate Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Counselors
- Tomonori Aoyama
- Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
- Kenichi Iga
- Honorary Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
18th President of formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology - Nobuhiro Endo
- Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation
- Reiko Kuroda
- Principal Research Scientist, Center for Radical Transformation, Chiba Institute of Technology
Senior Visiting Scientist, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN - Fumio Koyama
- Specially Appointed Professor/Honorary Professor, Institute of Science Tokyo
- Hideyuki Tokuda
- Professor Emeritus, Keio University
- Botaro Hirosaki
- Former Senior Executive Vice President, NEC Corporation
Awards Committee
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Chair:
- Masatoshi Ishikawa
- Professor Emeritus, Keio University
- Members:
- Kaoru Arakawa
- Dean and Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University
- Hiroyuki Uenohara
- Professor, Laboratory for Future Interdisciplinary Research of Science and Technology, IIR, Institute of Science Tokyo
- Tatsuya Kawahara
- Professor, School of Informatics, Kyoto University
- Shiro Sakata
- Professor Emeritus, Chiba University
- Takao Someya
- Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
- Akio Yamada
- Corporate Executive Vice President (Research & Business Development Related Divisions), CAIO (Chief AI Officer), and Head of AI Technology Services Business Division Executive Officer, NEC Corporation
Funds
Corporate Senior Vice President & Head of AI Technology Services Business Division & AI Technology Officer, NEC CorporationAll funds for The NEC C&C Foundation are donated by NEC Corporation.
Address
Access:
JR Tamachi station, Keihin-tohoku line or Yamanote line
(6 minutes walk from JR Tamachi)
Subway Mita station, Toei-Mita line or Toei-Asakusa line
(Front of Subway Mita Exit A10)