General Information

About Us

Introduction of the board member and the composition.

Name	Japan Poets Association
Website	http://www.japan-poets-association.com/
Chairman	Takashi Kuroiwa
Board Chairman	Takaaki Yamada
Honary Poets	Motoo Ando, Rumiko Kora,Kazue Shinkawa, Seikou Tanaka,Minoru Nakamura, Teruo Hirasawa, Toshihiko Hirabayashi, Sachie Horiuchi, Kiyoko Horiba,
Vice Board Chairman	Masayuki Tamura
Board Members	Ken Niinobe (70th Anniversary ) Naoko Aso (General Affairs) Shoichiro Aizawa ( Newsletters) Aki Sagawa (HP) Toshio Tsukamoto (Finance and Accounting) Hisako Nakai(Festival of Poetry) Noriko Nakata (Accounting for 70th Anniversary) Akira Nemoto (Annual Dues) Kiwao Nomura (International Affairs) Setsuko Haruki (Admission) Toru Miyazaki (Poetry Award ) Megumi Watanabe (Directory)
Auditors	Hiroaki Shimokawa Yumiko Suzuki
Poetry Prize / Charitable Trust: Director	Kohei Ikura
Admission Committee （2019）	Shoichiro Aizawa Hisako Nakai Noriko Nakata Megumi Watanabe
HP Organizers	Aki Sagawa Takaaki Yamada Ken Niinobe Toshio Tsukamoto Ikuya Mitsutomi English HP Organizer　Mizuho Ishida
Membership（2020.6.30）	１０６９ (Including Honory Members)
Deceased Honorary Membership	Daigaku Horiguchi, Mitsuo Ohe, Tohzaburo Ono, Junzaburo Nishiwaki, Sadamu Fujiwara, Kaichi Nakano, Shinpei Kusano, Kohtaro Jinbo, Imaji Yamada, Azuma Kondo, Jiju Dobashi, Michio Kanbayashi, Shinkichi Takahashi, Kiyoko Nagase, Shinkichi Ito, Teijiro Hirasawa, Katsumi Sakurai, Masao Iwase, Yasushi Inoue, Saku Sato, Bunichiro Kawamura, Hakko Oshima, Rikutaro Fukuda, Toru Suzuki, Yutaka Akiya, Miyoshi Nagashima, Heiichi Sugiyama Hiroshi Terada,Taro Naka,Takashi Tsuji,Seitaro Yarita, Keiichi Ito,Makoto Ohoka,Shiro Hara,Yasuo Fujitomi,Sensaku Obana,Ryusei Hasegawa,Teru Hidaka
Prizes	Modern Poet Prize (The details are shown separately prize policy) H Prize (The details are shown separately prize policy)
How to join us	Recommendation from a board and member is required. After the consideration of Admission committee, the board will give the approval.
The purpose of the association	Japan Poets Association aims to protect the Japanese poets’ interests, contribute to the development and promotion of modern poetry, promote the association internationally, and deepen the friendship between poets. (Cited from the association policy)