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2020-2021
President: Keiichi Shirase (Kobe University)
Vice-President: Yasuhiro Takaya (Osaka University)
Teiji Hirata (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)

2018-2019
President: Toshiyuki Isobe (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Vice-President: Keiichi Shirase (Kobe University)
Yasuhiro Takaya (Osaka University)
Haruhiko Yoshimura (Nissan Shatai)

2016-2017
President: Hideki Aoyama (Keio University)
Vice-President: Yasuhiro Takaya (Osaka University)
Toshio Niimi (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Atsushi Hirose (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)

2014-2015
President: Hideki Taoka (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)
Vice-President: Hideki Aoyama (Keio University)
Kiyotaka Shobuda (Mazda Motor Corporation)
Yasuhiro Takaya (Osaka University)
Toshiaki Tamaki (Trinity Industrial Corporation)

2012-2013
President: Hiroshi Suzuki (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Vice-President: Hideki Aoyama(Keio University)
Masahiro Anzai  (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
Kiyotaka Shobuda (Mazda Motor Corporation)
Hideki Taoka (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)

2010-2011
President: Yasuo Kawada (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Vice-President: Masahiro Anzai (Shibaura Institute of Technology)
Masamichi Kogai (Mazda Motor Corporation)
Hiroshi Suzuki (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Hideki Taoka (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)

2008-2009
President: Yoshinori Maekawa (Osaka Sangyo University)
Vice-President: Yasuo Kawada (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Masamichi Kogai (Mazda Motor Corporation)
Hiroshi Suzuki (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Tatsuo Nagamitsu (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)

2006-2007
President: Hidetoshi Imazu (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
Vice-President: Yoshiyuki Uno (Okayama University)
Hiroshi Suzuki (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Nobuyoshi Hisada (JTEKT Corporation)

2004-2005
President: Masahiko Fukui (Tokyo University of Technology)
Vice-President: Hidetoshi Imazu (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
Hiroshi Suzuki (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
Nobuyoshi Hisada (Toyota Motor Corporation)

2002-2003
President: Shoji Igawa (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Vice-President: Masahiko Fukui (Tokyo University of Technology)
Tatsuo Nagamitsu (Honda Motor Co., Ltd.)
Hiroshi Suzuki (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

2000-2001
President: Kenichi Matsuno (Manufacturing Science and Technology Center)
Vice-President: Norio Sato (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Teruo Takano (Matsuoka Tekkousho)
Masahiko Fukui (Tokyo University of Technology)

1998-1999
President: Eiichi Ogihara (Ogihara Corporation)
Vice-President: Kenichi Matsuno (Manufacturing Science and Technology Center)
Hisakazu Imaki (Mazda Motor Corporation)
Teruo Takano (Matsuoka Tekkousho)

1996-1997
President: Takeo Nakagawa (University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science)
Vice-President: Kenichi Matsuno (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology)
Hisakazu Imaki (Mazda Motor Corporation)
Eiichi Ogihara (Ogihara Corporation)

1994-1995
President: Tadaaki Jagawa (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Vice-President: Keizo Ikegami (Ikegami Mold Engineering Co., Ltd.)
Takeo Nakagawa (University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science)
Kenichi Matsuno (Mechanical Engineering Laboratory of the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology)

1992-1993
President: Nagao Saito (Toyota Technological Institute)
Vice-President: Keizo Ikegami (Ikegami Mold Engineering Co., Ltd.)
Tadaaki Jagawa (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Takeo Nakagawa (University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science)

1990-1991
President: Shoichi Kuroda (Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd.)
Vice-President: Tadaaki Jagawa (Toyota Motor Corporation)
Nagao Saito (Toyota Technological Institute)
Takeo Nakagawa (University of Tokyo, Institute of Industrial Science)

1988-1989
President: Toshio Sata (Riken)
Vice-President: Teruhiko Ebishima (Nikkyo Seisakusho Co., Ltd.)
Shoichi Kuroda (Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd.)
Katsumasa Saito (Hokkaido University)

1986-1987
President: Toshio Sata (Riken)
Vice-President: Shoichi Kuroda (Kuroda Precision Industries Ltd.)
Katsumasa Saito (Hokkaido University)
Kinichi Tamura (Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
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