J-CLIL Organization
(Updated in June 2025)
Headquarters
President
Kazuko Kashiwagi (Shitennoji University)
Vice President
Barry Kavanagh (Tohoku University)
Taizo Kudo (Nagoya Gakuin University)
Tatsuma Shirai (University of Teacher Education Fukuoka)
Head of the Secretariat
Kota Kawakami(Dalton Tokyo Junior and Senior High School)
Directors
Rieko Yamashita (Musashino University)
Mark deBoer(Akita International University)
Hazuki Nakata (Konan Women's University)
Masaru Yamazaki (Wako Kokusai High School)
Yuki Yamano (Kansai University)
Tatsushi Yo (Waseda University)
Nobumasa Hirayama (Kojō Elementary School, Sapporo City)
Yukiko Ito (Osaka Seikei University)
Yuko Uesugi (Eikei University)
Yusuke Yamamoto (Otsuma Junior and Senior High School)
Yuki Yamano (Kansai University)
Yukiko Okuno (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Mayumi Takizawa (Bunkyo Gakuin University)
Auditors
Maki Yazaki(Chuo University)
Hiroki Kondo(Saresio Gakuin)
Adviser
Shigeru Sasajima (CLIL Institute for Teacher Education)
Hirosada Iwasaki (former University of Tsukuba)
Makoto Ikeda (Sophia University)
Steering Committee
*Kota Kawakami (Dalton Tokyo Junior and Senior High School)
Gyokushō Ma (Soka University)
Masaru Yamazaki (Wako International High School, Saitama Prefecture)
Hisahiko Kyozuka (Kyoiku Kaihatsu Publishing Co., Ltd.)
Accounting
*Yosuke Kawano(Gakushuin Girls' Junior & Senior High School)
Yusuke Yamamoto(Otsuma Junior & Senior High School)
Hitomi Sakamoto(Shirayuri University)
Tatsuma Shirai (Fukuoka University of Education)
Name list management
*Akinobu Harajima (Meiji University High School and Junior High School)
Mayumi Takizawa (Bunkyo Gakuin University)
Haruto Ichino (Otsuma Junior and Senior High School)
Website Management
*Hazuki Nakata (Konan Women's University)
J-CLIL Newsletter Editorial Board
*Rieko Yamashita (Musashino University)
Chizuko Aiba (University of Shizuoka)
Yoko Yamato (Seisa University)
Rima Togashi (Aoyama International Education Institute)
Kiyu Itoi(Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University)
Yukiko Abe (The University of Kitakyushu)
Asian Journal Editorial Board
*Mark deBoer(Akita International University)
Saki Suemori (Tsukuba University)
Barry Kavanagh (Tohoku University)
Andy Roomy(Tokai University)
Kana Seki (Waseda University Graduate Student)
Keisuke Tanino (Osaka Prefecture University College of Technology)
J-CLIL bookshelf
*Keiko Tsuchiya (Yokohama City University)
Maria Dolores Perez Murillo (Complutense University of Madrid)
Stephen McNamara (Kwansei Gakuin University) 荊紅涛(関東学院大学)
Koto Kei (Kanto Gakuin University)
CLIL Teacher Education Program Preparation (Incl. Overseas Seminars)
*Shigeru Sasajima (CLIL Institute for Teacher Education)
Rimi Ushizu(atelier COR)
Honorary Members
Do Coyle (University of Edinburgh, UK)
Margarette Gearon (Melbourne Graduate School of Education)
Russell Cross (Melbourne Graduate School of Education)
Richard Johnstone (University of Stirling, UK)
Maria D. Perez Murillo (Complutense University in Madrid, Spain)
Taina Wewer (Teacher Training School of Turku University)
Alan Dobson (CLIL advisor, UK)
Heini-Marja Pakula (Turku University, Finland)
Michelle J. Mellion-Doorewaard (Radboud University, the Netherlands)
Kevin Schuck (Penta College Jacob van Liesveldt, the Netherlands)
Suzanne Dijon (Lycée Jacques de Vaucanson, France)
Ya-fen Lillian Fan (National Taiwan University of Science and Technology)
Angel Lin (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Yang Wenhsien (National Kaohsiung University of Hospitality and Tourism, Taiwan)
Onno van Wilgenburg (Nuffic: Netherlands Organization for International Co-operation in Higher Education)
Rick de Graaff (Utrecht University)
Tessa Mearns (Leiden University)
Rosie Tanner (Education consultancy)
宋莉 Song Li (哈爾濱工業大学: Harbin Institute of Technology)
張莉 Zhang Li (順邁華美外国語学校: Shunmai Huawei Foreign Language School)
Mª Elena Gómez Parra (University of Cordoba)
Christiane Dalton-Puffer (University of Vienna)
Yoko Sturt Matsumoto (The University of Edinburgh)
Magdalena Custodio Espinar (Comillas Pontifical University, Spain)
Supporting members
Global Step Academy
Sanshusha
Kyoiku Kaihatsu Shuppan
Seibido
ELEC
SINEWAVE
EF Education First Japan
Gakushu Atelier COR
ECC
Zoshindo / Jukenkenkyusha
Global Sky Education
Cambridge University Press
Polyglots
ELSA Japan
J-CLIL HOKKAIDO Chapter
Chapter President
Nobumasa Hirayama (Sapporo Kojo Elementary School)
Yumi Nakajima (Sapporo Kamishiroishi Elementary School)
Tomoka Taneya (Sapporo Fujinosawa Elementary School)
Michiko Konno (Sapporo Motomachikita Elementary School)
Hiromi Sato (Sapporo Hoshiokihigashi Elementary School)
Kota Matsunaga (Sapporo Kitazono Elementary School)
Shunsuke Mori (Sapporo Tondennishi Elementary School)
Masayoshi Kusumoto (Sapporo Ainosatohigashi Junior High School)
Yasuhide Misawa (Sapporo Ryukoku Gakuen High School)
Shiori Kiyosawa (Hokkai Gakuen University)
Anna Savinykh (Hokkaido University)
Rie Sugiura (Tokai University)
J-CLIL TOHOKU Chapter
Chapter President
Barry Kavanagh (Tohoku University)
Vice Chapter President
Satsuki Kojima (Miyagi University)
Secretariat
Todd Enslen (Tohoku University)
Brian Birdsell (Hirosaki University)
J-CLIL KANSAI Chapter
Chapter President
Yukiko Ito (Osaka Seikei University)
Vice Chapter President
Hazuki Nakata (Konan Women's University)
Keisuke Tanino (Osaka metropolitan University College of Technology)
Steering Committee Chairpersons
Keisuke Shimazaki (Sakai City Board of Education)
Hideyuki Kashimoto (Osaka Seikei College)
J-CLIL CHUGOKU
Chapter President
Yuko Uesugi (Eikei University of Hiroshima)
Vice Chapter President
Yoshihiro Nigo (Yamaguchi Gakugei University)
Yumi Yamaguchi (National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College)
Hidenobu Hori (National Institute of Technology, Tsuyama College)
Ayaka Akagi (Tottori Prefectural Sakaiminato General Technical High School & Shimane University Graduate School of Teacher Education)
Eleanor Kane (The University of Shimane)
J-CLIL Kyushu Chapter
Chapter President
Tatsuma Shirai (University of Teacher Education Fukuoka)
Yukiko Abe (University of Kitakyushu)
Shinichi Yamashita (Fukuoka Joshisyougyou High School)
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Special Interest Groups
J-CLIL Primary & Secondary
(CLIL at elementary and junior high schools)
Chairperson
Yuki Yamano (Shirayuri University)
Vice Chairperson
Hitomi Sakamoto (Toyo Gakuen University)
Steering Committee Chairperson
Takahiro Tadokoro (Utsunomiya University)
Steering Committee
Akiyo Watanabe (Tochigi Prefectural Imaichi High School)
J-CLIL Secondary
(CLIL at Junior and Senior high schools)
Chairperson
Yusuke Yamamoto (Otsuma Junior & Senior High School)
Steering Committee
Masaru Yamazaki (Wako Kokusai High School)
Koibuchi Kentaro (Yokohama Jogakuin Junior & Senior High School)
Yukari Takagi (Kanagawa Prefectural Tsurumi High School)
Ken Iwata (Yokohama Jogakuin Junior & Senior High School)
Akinobu Harashima (Meiji University High School and Junior High School)
Kota Kawakami (Dalton Tokyo Junior & Senior High School)
Tatsuma Shirai (University of Teacher Education Fukuoka)
Hiromi Tsuda (Meiji University)
Shinichi Yamashita (Fukuoka Women's Commercial High School)
Machi Tsukahara (Otsuma Junior & Senior High School)
Atsuhiro Ichino (Otsuma Junior & Senior High School)
J-CLIL Kosen
(CLIL at Tech College)
Tatsuma Shirai (Kurume National College of Technology)
Yoshimi Kawabata (National Institute of Technology, Ishikawa College)
Katsumi Ichimura (National Institute of Technology, Nagaoka College)
J-CLIL East Asia
Chairperson
Tatsushi Yo (Waseda University)
Vice Chairperson
Koto Kei (Kanto Gakuin University)
Steering Committee
Ma Gyokusho (Soka University)
Sasajima Shigeru (Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin University)
J-CLIL Japanese (CLIL in Japanese Language Education)
Chairperson
Yukiko Okuno (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Steering Committee
Reiko Sato (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Mayumi Yamada (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Akiko Kobayashi (Ritsumeikan University)
Sasajima Shigeru (Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin University)
Yoko Sturt Matsumoto (The University of Edinburgh) *Advisor
Australia-Japan CLIL Teachers' Network
Chairperson
Mayumi Takizawa (Bunkyo Gakuin University)
Hitomi Sakamoto (Shirayuri University)
Yukiko Okuno (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
Shigeru Sasajima (CLIL-ite) *Advisor
Collaboration with Other Organizations
Association Ensenanza Bilingue
Shigeru Sasajima(CLIL Institute for Teacher Education)
Yosuke Kawano(Gakushuin Girls' Junior & Senior High School)
CLILRen&ICLHE East Asia
Keiko Tsuchiya (Yokohama City University)
JALT CEFR & LP SIG
Gabriela Schmidt (Nihon University)
2024 Fiscal Year Commissioned Project
Overseas Returnee Children's Education Promotion Foundation
"Development, Training, Implementation, and Verification of a Hard CLIL Program in Full-time Japanese Elementary Schools"
Makoto Ikeda (Sophia University)

J-CLIL office: Ikeda Lab.
Sophia University
7-1 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-8554
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