ITO Takashi (Mr)
Director
Maritime Affairs Development
The Nippon Foundation

Born in Yokohama, Japan on March 28, 1952.

Selected Professional Boards, Committees: Japan NPO Center, Advisory Board Member (1997-2003): Advisory Board Member, Volunteer Coordinators Training Program, Tokyo Volunteer Center (1996-1999) : Advisory Board Member, Hiroshima Prefecture International Emergency Aid Program (1998-1999)

Publications: “The Role of International Exchange Activities,” chap 3 in Introduction to International Exchange (Tokyo: ALC Press, 1996); “Working in Non-Profit Organizations,” in Program Officer (Tokyo: ALC Press, 1996)


Based in London, Lu Edmonds has been a professional musician & composer for over 30 years. Touring internationally with many different types of musical groups he has recorded extensively in the punk rock, world music, folk, pop and free improvised scenes. He was also manager & producer for various other artists such as the award-winning “Yat-Kha” from Tyva Republic (Russian Federation). He gets involved in music research projects – such as in cultural tourism (which lead on to the ZIFF – Zanzibar International Film Festival) and in online music & digital distribution projects (CUIDADO – looking into MPEG-7 metadata, part of EU programme “Espirit and “Framework V”). He was also first co-ordinator in 1991 of the Worldwide Music EXPO (www.WOMEX.com) trade-fair music event, the main music business-networking event in the world today for non-western musics. Currently working in Central Asia to build capacity in the creative sector, he continues to play and compose music.