Councilor Toshio Sano
Present position
Former Commissioner of Japan Atomic Energy Commission and Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament
Biography
- 2023
- Resigned from position as Commissioner of Japan Atomic Energy Commission
- 2017
- Commissioner of Japan Atomic Energy Commission (full time)
- Professor, College of Risk Management, Nihon University (resigned in December)
- Director, Sun-Vision
- Retired from Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- 2013
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament
- * Head of the Delegation of Japan to the Ninth Review Conference, Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
- * President of the Conference on Disarmament
- 2010
- Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Kingdom of Denmark
- 2008
- Director-General, Disarmament, Non-Proliferation and Science Department
- 2006
- Assistant Vice-Minister
- 2003
- Minister, Embassy of Japan in Saudi Arabia
- 2001
- Minister, Delegation of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament
- 1998–2000
- Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Osaka University
- 1998
- Director, Arms Control and Disarmament Division,
- Foreign Policy Bureau
- 1997
- Director, Energy Resources Division, Economic Affairs Bureau/
- Vice chair, Energy Charter Treaty meeting
- 1994
- Counselor for Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations/
- Vice chair, 34 country United Nations Peacekeeping Operations meeting
- 1991
- First Secretary, Embassy of Japan in Indonesia
- 1984
- On loan to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development/International Energy Agency (OECD/IEA)
- 1978–1980
- Studied abroad at Swarthmore in the United States
- 1977
- Entered Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law
Main works
| ◆ | “Megami Freia ga Aishita kuni: Idai na Shokoku Denmaaku ga Shimesu Mirai [The Country Loved by the Goddess Freja: The Future Indicated by the Great Small Country of Denmark]” (Tokai University Press) |
| ◆ | “Kaku Heiki Kinshi Joyaku ha Nihon wo Mamoreru ka [Will the Non-Proliferation Treaty Protect Japan?]” (Shinzansha Publisher) |