Self introduction
Hello! My name is Yasuo Hashimoto.
I'm now the director of the International Affairs Division of the Hiroshima Prefectural Government.
Before I was appointed to my current position, I was a professor at the Community Cooperation Center of the Hiroshima University (HU). I was promoting collaboration between the university and society since I was recruited on 1 Jan. 2001 by HU. After four year and three month at Hiroshima University, I decided to resign on 31 March 2005 and re-join the Hiroshima Prefecural Government to challenge new jobs in society.
Before I joined the university, I had been working for the Hiroshima Prefecture Government for 24 years and 9 months. I have experience working in various fields in local government, such as airport planning, human resource development, industrial development, international cooperation, community medical care and so on.
Also during this period, I was sent to the one of the largest trading companies in Japan to learn the way of business in private sector, and was appointed as the Director of the Hiroshima Representative Office in Singapore (HIROS) from 1991 to 1994. I was also appointed as the Director of the General Affairs Division of the Hiroshima International Center.
I've been supporting student exchange program between Singapore and Hiroshima as the member of the planning committee of the Hiroshima Singapore Association (HSA), which was established in 1995.
Please feel free to contact me. I would be happy to be of any help for you.
An editorial regarding Singapore has appeared in a leading news paper in
Hiroshima on 4 Aug. 2005. Hiroshima Singapore Association and my name are
mentioned in this editorial.