Councilor Toshio Sano

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)

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