Organization & Leadership
Sunstar Foundation is a non-profit, charitable foundation that promotes understanding of the relationship between oral and general health. Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, the Foundation conducts activities both in Japan and around the world.
Organization Chart
Trustees
Hiroshi Itoh
Professor Emeritus
Keio University
School of Medicine
Speciallyｰprojected Professor
Center for Preventive Medicine,
Keio University Hospital
Nobuya Inagaki
Professor Emeritus
Kyoto University
President
Medical Research Institute
KITANO HOSPITAL,
PIIF Tazuke-kofukai
Yoshihiro Kaneda
Representative
Sunstar Group
Board of Directors
Chairman
Shinichi Nishikawa
Professor Emeritus
Kyoto University
Representative
All About Science Japan
Representative Director
Yasuhiro Katsuragi
Representative Director
Kunito Takazawa
Directors
Mayumi Kaneda
Member of the Board
Sunstar SA
Board of Fellows
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
Mitsuhiro Kariya
Executive Officer
Marketing, Consumer Business Asia-Japan
Sunstar Group
Fusanori Nishimura
Dean
Kyushu University
Faculty of Dental Science,
Graduate School of
Dental Science,
and School of Dentistry
Shinya Murakami
Professor Emeritus
Osaka University
Professor
Kansai Women's College
Kazuhisa Yamazaki
Professor Emeritus
Niigata University
Professor Senior Visiting Scientist at RIKEN
RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Kentaro Yamashita
Vice General Manager, R&D
Sunstar Group
Auditors
Masataka Nakayama
Attorney and Representative
L&J Legal Office
Regarding conflicts of interest
Sunstar Foundation is a general incorporated foundation — independent of but entirely funded by Sunstar Group — that supports health promotion, disease prevention and treatment for people around the world.
Grants and awards activity
The Sunstar Foundation provides philanthropic support to some of the world's leading scientists within dental and medical research. With its grants and awards the Sunstar Foundation wants to increase the global knowledge base on the relationship between oral and general health and strengthen the pipeline of future researchers within the field. All Sunstar Foundation grants are given to support independent research and the Foundation has no intellectual property rights to any research results.