April 2024

THE JAPAN GAS ASSOCIATION

THE JAPAN GAS ASSOCIATION

Outline
The Japan Gas Association (JGA), an organization of city gas utilities, contributes to the economy and people’swelfare in Japan by promoting the sound development of the general gas utility business as well as the major gas
related projects and gas pipeline projects and by coordinating the stable supply energy supply, ensuring safety andaddressing environmental issues.
Japan’s gas business started in Yokohama in 1872. The Imperial Gas Association, Japan’s first association of gas
utilities, was founded in 1912 at a time when the number of gas utilities increased rapidly in the post-war boom
after the Russo-Japanese War. After many changes, the Japan Gas Association was founded in 1947 and received
its charter as an incorporated association in 1952. Subsequently, in 2011, JGA received its charter as a generalincorporated association.

■ History
30 May 1912

The Imperial Gas Association
Founded

15 Oct. 1927

The Imperial Gas Association
Reorganized as a corporate association

11 Dec. 1944

The Gas Industry Association
Due to economic controls during the Second World War, the Imperial Gas Association was reorganized into anindustry controlling body named the Gas Industry Association.

18 Aug. 1945

The Gas Control Association
Since another industrial association was already using the name “Control Association,” the Gas Industry Association
applied for permission to change its name to the Gas Control Association. This was granted after the end of the war.

19 Feb. 1946

The Japan Gas Industry Association
With the end of hostilities and abolition of the Key Industry Association Law, the functions of the Gas Control
Association were terminated and the Japan Gas Industry Association was established.

15 Oct. 1947

The Japan Gas Association
In August 1947, the Japan Gas Industry Association was ordered by GHQ to close down. The Japan Gas Association
was founded as a voluntary group for the exchange of goodwill and information among city gas utilities.

7 June 1952

The Japan Gas Association
During the post-war economic recovery, the Japanese city gas industry faced various problems. In order to solvethese problems, the above organization was reorganized as a corporate association under Article 34 of the Civil Code.
This association has continued to the present.

1 Apr. 2011

The Japan Gas Association
In December 2008, the law concerning the charitable corporation system was introduced, requiring incorporated
associations to redefine their corporate status within five years.
In 2011, the JGA chose to become a general incorporated association to gain greater flexibility, including the common
benefit business as well as its traditional charitable business.

Successive Chairpersons
TSURU Noburo（Toho Gas Co., Ltd.）ANZAI Kunio（Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.）

June 2002 to June 2006

YAMAWAKI Masaji（Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.） June 1948 to May 1950

NOMURA Akio（Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.）

June 2006 to June 2009

IGUCHI Takejiro（Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.）ICHINO Norio（Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.）

June 2009 to June 2010

Oct. 1947 to Feb. 1948

May 1950 to May 1955

HONDA Hirotoshi （Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.） May 1955 to May 1964

TORIHARA Mitsunori（Tokyo Gas Co.,Ltd）June 2010 to June 2013

FUJISAKA Nagatomi（Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.）May 1964 to May 1968

OZAKI Hiroshi（Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.）ANZAI Hiroshi（Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.）May 1968 to May 1986

OKAMOTO Tsuyoshi（Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.）June 2016 to June 2018

OHNISHI Masafumi（Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.）May 1986 to May 1992

HIROSE Michiaki（Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.） June 2018 to March 2021

WATANABE Hiroshi（Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.） May 1992 to June 1998

HONJO Takehiro （Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.） April 2021 to March 2024

RYOKI Shin-ichiro（Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.） June 1998 to June 2002

UCHIDA Takashi（Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.） April 2024 to present

1June 2013 to June 2016

Board of Directors
Chairperson :Vice Chairpersons :UCHIDA Takashi(Chairperson, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.)OTSUKI Hiroshi(Chairperson, Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd.)TOMINARI Yoshiro(Chairperson, Toho Gas Co., Ltd.)
FUJIWARA Masataka (Chairperson, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.)MICHINAGA Yukinori (Chairperson, Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.)

Directors :SAITO Takashi(President, Asahikawa Gas Co., Ltd.)KAWAMURA Chisato (President, Hokkaido Gas Co., Ltd.)KUMAGAI Shosuke(President, Morioka Gas Co., Ltd.)ANAMIZU Kazuyuki (President, Tobu Gas Co., Ltd.)CHUBACHI Kenji(Administrator, City of Sendai, Gas Bureau)
NISHIKATA Yosikazu (President, Fukushima Gas Co., Ltd.)TSURUI Kazutomo(President, Hokuriku Gas Co., Ltd.)KIMURA Michiyuki(President, Otatoshi Gas Co., Ltd.)HARA Toshinori(President, Bushu Gas Co., Ltd.)EGUCHI Takashi(President, Keiyo Gas Co., Ltd.)SASAYAMA Shinichi(President, Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.)SAWADA Satoru(President, Tokyo Gas Network Co., Ltd.)YAMASHITA Shinichi (President, Buyo Gas Co., Ltd.)HARA Masaki(President, Odawara Gas Co., Ltd.)NAKAYAMA Kiyoshi (President, Nagano Toshi Gas Co., Ltd.)MATSUMOTO Yoshitake(President, Shizuoka Gas Co., Ltd.)SUZUKI Keitaro(President, Sala Energy Co., Ltd.)MASUDA Nobuyuki(President, Toho Gas Co., Ltd.)ITOU Katsuhiko(President, Toho Gas Network Co., Ltd.)TSUCHIYA Makoto(President, Nihonkai Gas Co., Ltd.)KUNIMATSU Chikao (Administrator, Otsu City Public Enterprise Bureau)
TASAKA Takayuki(Vice President, Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.)MURATA Minoru(President, Osaka Gas Network Co., Ltd.)OKAZAKI Tatsuya(President, Okayama Gas Co., Ltd.)NAKAGAWA Tomohiko (President, Hiroshima Gas Co., Ltd.)MIKITA Shuichi(President, Yamaguchi Godo Gas Co., Ltd.)KATAYAMA Yasushi(President, Shikoku Gas Co., Ltd.)KATO Takuji(President, Saibu Gas Co., Ltd.)TSUMAGARI Sadatoshi (President, Nihon Gas Co., Ltd.)

Senior Managing Director : HAYAKAWA Koki (Secretary General, The Japan Gas Association)
Managing Director :INOUE Masayuki(Vice Secretary General, The Japan Gas Association)
Auditors:

MIDORIKAWA Akio
SUZAKI Kouichi(President, Otaki Gas Co., Ltd.)(President, Miyazaki Gas Co., Ltd.)(1 April 2024)

2Organization
The supreme decision-making body of the JGA is the General Meeting, to which all full members are invited. TheCouncil and the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson Meeting discuss and decide important matters of the JGA, as
the executive body under the General Meeting. Our secretariat is composed of 5 divisions.

General Meeting

CouncilAuditor
Chairperson and Vice Chairperson Meeting

Regional Sections Chair Meeting

Committee

Regional Sections
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Hokkaido Branch
Tohoku Branch
Kanto Chuo Branch
Tokai Hokuriku Branch
Kinki Branch
Chugoku Shikoku Branch
Kyushu Branch⚫
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Gas Network Planning Committee
Planning Committee
Engineering Committee
Gas Promotion Committee
Regional Committee

Secretariat・General Affairs Department ・Planning Department ・Regional Department
・Engineering Department ・Gas Promotion Department

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The Japan Gas Association
Address: 1-15-12, Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0001, Japan
Telephone: +81-3-3502-0116 Facsimile: +81-3-3502-0013
URL: http://www.gas.or.jp/en/

On October 31, 1872, Bashamichi Avenue in Yokohama was lit up
by gaslights, marking the start of the city gas business in Japan.
100 years later in 1972, the Japan Gas Association designated thisday as “Gas Day”.

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