Brief History

Outside Director
Yasuko Gotoh
| 1980 | April | Joined the Ministry of Transport (currently Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) |
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| 2004 | June | Director, New York Tourism Promotion Office, Japan National Tourism Organization |
| 2005 | October | Vice Governor, Yamagata Prefecture |
| 2008 | July | Director-General, Hokuriku-Shin’etsu District Transport Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| 2010 | August | Deputy Director-General, Minister's Secretarist, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism |
| 2013 | July | President, Policy Research Institute for Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (retired in July 2014) |
| 2014 | October | Advisor, Kyushu Railway Company |
| 2015 | June | Managing Director, Deputy Director General, Railway Operations Headquarters and Director General, Travel Services Headquarters, Kyushu Railway Company |
| 2017 | June | Managing Director (In charge of Finance Department), Kyushu Railway Company |
| 2018 | June | Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Kyushu Railway Company |
| 2019 | March | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Shiseido Company, Limited |
| June | Special Advisor, Kyushu Railway Company (retired in June 2020) Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, DENSO CORPORATION (present position) |
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| 2023 | June | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (present position) |
| October | Audit and Inspection Commissioner, Tokyo Metropolitan Government (present position) | |
| 2024 | March | Outside Director, Shiseido Company, Limited (present position) |
| 2026 | June | Outside Director, Sumitomo Corporation (present position) |
(As of June 19, 2026)


