RERF is managed based on decisions made by a binational Board of Councilors. The Board of Councilors usually meets once a year.

Councilors

• Yoshiharu Yonekura (Executive Councilor)

  Guest Professor, Institute for Radiation Sciences, Osaka University

• Joe W. Gray (Vice Executive Councilor)

  Professor Emeritus, Oregon Health and Science University and the University of California, San Francisco

• Angela L. Bies

  Endowed Associate Professor of Global Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership,
  School of Public Policy, University of Maryland

• Ryugo Hayano

  Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo

• Masao Kobayashi

  Consultant, Japanese Red Cross Chugoku-Shikoku Block Blood Center

• Jonathan M. Samet

  Dean, School of Public Health, University of Colorado

• Toshio Sano

  Former Commissioner of Japan Atomic Energy Commission and Former Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Japan to the Conference on Disarmament

• Keith R. Yamamoto

  Professor, Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy,
  Director UCSF Precision Medicine

As of 20 June 2024