Award for Contributors to Standardization Activities
Recipients for fiscal 2012
Award for Contributors to Standardization Activities
(in Japanese alphabetical order by surname)
Recipient Company Achievements
Yoshimichi Saigusa Japan Freight Railway Company Mr. Saigusa has proactively contributed over the years to establishment of draft standards as a member of various JIS drafting committees on rails and instruments.
Toshiyuki Shimazoe Kyosan Electric Mfg. Co., Ltd. For ten years, Mr. Shimazoe has participated actively as a member and expert of the Japanese mirror working group of IEC/TC 9 for Urban Guided Transport Management and command/control Systems (UGTMS) standards and has contributed to having Japanese comments adopted into the standards.

He has also acted as a member of the Japanese mirror working group on Automated Urban Guided Transport (AUGT) standards and the Japanese preparatory working group for international standards on radio-based train control systems, and has greatly contributed to drafting the documents submitted from Japan.
Yuichi Baba East Japan Railway Company For four years, Mr. Baba has acted as a member of the Japanese preparatory working group for international standards on radio-based train control systems, and has made efforts in drafting the standards submitted from Japan.

He contributed to decisions regarding the initiation of standardizing the "Procedure to determine the performance requirements for radio systems applied to radio-based train control systems" standards of IEC/TC 9.

After the beginning of standardizing, he acted as an expert in IEC/TC 9/PT 62733 handling the standards, and contributing to Japan-led deliberations.
Shigeki Matsuoka Japan Transport Engineering Company For ten years, Mr. Matsuoka has participated in domestic and international standardization on FSW (Friction Stir Welding) and has contributed to the publishing of ISO 25239-1 through 25239-5 which are the international standards on aluminum friction stir welding.

He proposed solutions and coordinated views on patent statements in order to resolve patent problems, which contributed significantly to having aluminum FSW available as general-purpose technology.


Recipients for fiscal 2012
Award for Promoters to Standardization Activities
(in Japanese alphabetical order by surname)
Recipient Company Achievements
Toshiatsu Suzuki Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation For six years, Mr. Suzuki has contributed to drafting international standards on capacitors for power electronics of IEC/TC 9 as a member of the Japanese mirror working group.

As an expert on electric double-layer capacitors standards (IEC 61881-3) proposed by Japan, he contributed to having Japanese proposals adopted into the international standards.
Kenichi Nakamura Mitsubishi Electric Corporation For three years, Mr. Nakamura has participated in deliberations on revising the international standards on traction transformers and inductors on board rolling stock of IEC/TC 9 as an expert and the secretary of the Japanese mirror working group, and has contributed to having Japanese proposals reflected in the international committee draft.
Toshifumi Michiba Nippon Sharyo, Ltd. For eight years, Mr. Michiba has acted as a member of the Japanese mirror working group on Automated Urban Guided Transport (AUGT) standards.

He drew up and amended the working group’s draft, contributing to having the Japanese proposals adopted into the international standards (IEC 62267).
JIS :  Japanese Industrial Standards (national standards based on Japan's Industrial Standardization Act)
IEC :  International Electrotechnical Commission - a body formulating various international standards related to electrical and electronic fields
TC9 :  Technical Committee 9 (an expert committee on electrical equipment and related systems for railway application)