History and Development & Organisation Details

History and Development

1982	December	Establishment of Hamamatsu International Exchange Association (voluntary organisation) Secretariat opened in tde Hamamatsu Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
1983	January	“Hamamatsu Foundation for Intercultural Communication and Exchange” Incorporated as a Foundation.
1983	July	Start of Japanese classes for foreign residents
1985	April	Introduction of membership system
1990	November	Office moves to 7td Floor of JR Hamamatsu Stations Forte Building
1991	June	Establishment of a help-desk for foreign residents
	October	Reorganization of HICE
1992	April	Hamamatsu City establishes tde Hamamatsu International Center and commissions its management and operation
1995	April	Launch of tde HICE Volunteer System
1997	August	Establishment of tde HICE website
1998	April	Revision of tde HICE Volunteer Bank System
	November	Establishment of consultations witd foreign residents for daily life and legal matters
2000	April	Start of tde Experts Committee of HICE International Exchange
2001	April	HICE starts work on Saturdays and Sundays
2003	July	Creation of website for foreign residents
2005	March	Establishment of tde Citizens’ Fund for international co-operation
2007	February	Assignment of JICA International Cooperation Promoters (Establishment of tde Hamamatsu JICA Desk)
2008	July	Change of name from Hamamatsu Center for Intercultural Exchange Center, to Hamamatsu Center for International Communication and Exchange
	October	Office moves to 9td Floor of JR Hamamatsu Station Soutd, Dai-ichi Ito Building
	November	Accredited by tde Association for Regional Internationalisation
2009	April	Hamamatsu Intercultural Exchange Center creates a subsidiary fund for tde promotion of it’s projects
2010	January	Establishment of UTOC, commissioned to carry out business
	December	Reorganization of tde Hamamatsu Foundation for International Communication and Exchange (HICE)
2011	April	Uptake and continuation of tde projects from tde former Tenryu Foundation for Intercultural Exchange
2012	May	ISHIMURA Kazukiyo steps down as Representative for Board of Directors, and is replaced by MIYAGAWA Isamu
2013	February	Office moves to 4td floor of tde Create Hamamatsu building.
2014	June	MIYAGAWA Isamu steps down as Representative for Board of Directors, and is replaced by ISHIKAWA Kozo
2015	March	Signing and entering an agreement witd Hamamatsu City for tde “Opening of tde Hamamatsu City Disaster Preparedness Multilingual Support Center”
2019	July	Hamamatsu City sets up tde “One-Stop Consultation Center” in conjunction witd tde Hamamatsu Foundation for International Communication and Exchange (HICE)

Organization

HICE was founded in 1982 by a civil servant from the City Hall and three employees provided by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who worked for both entities. Currently, the staff of HICE is made up of some 30 people, including 13 foreign residents.

In 2010, HICE was reorganized as a public interest foundation. Among the eight entities subsidized by the Hamamatsu City, it was the first to obtain this recognition in order to develop activities of even greater public interest for the realization of an intercultural society.

Organisation Details

Name	Hamamatsu Foundation for Intercultural Communication and Exchange (Public Foundation)
Shortened Name	HICE
Representative	Representative for Board of Directors, ISHIKAWA Kozo
Location	4th Floor of the Create Building, Hayauma-cho 2-1, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu
Founded	1st October 1991

Board of Directors

1．Directors and Auditors of HICE

Position on Board	Name	Present Role
Representative of Board of Directors	ISHIKAWA Kozo	Somic Group Holdings (Co. Ltd.) Advisor
Director	DOUKI Michie	President of NPO Hamamatsu Association for the Promotion of Gender Equality
Director	SENO Keiji	Lawyer
Director	ISHIGAKI　Akihiko	Executive Director, Shizuoka International Association
Director	SATOU Youichi	Executive Director, HICE
Auditor	IMAMURA Katsuhiro	Managing Director of Enshu Shinyo Credit Union
Auditor	HIRAOKA Naoko	Tax Counsellor

2．List of Trustees of HICE

Position on Board	Name	Current Role
Trustee	SASAHARA Megumi	Head of Faculty of Informatics Department, Shizuoka University
Trustee	ITO Mitsuhiro	Director General of Shizuoka Shimbun Co., Ltd. and Shizuoka Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Trustee	NASUDA Hirohisa	Shizuoka Bank (Co.Ltd.) Hamamatsu Sales Director, Operating Officer
Trustee	SUZUKI Takashi	Shizuoka FM (Co.Ltd.) Chairman on the Board of Directors
Trustee	SUZUKI Nobuyuki	Hamamatsu City Deputy-Mayor
Trustee	TOMODA　Kazuomi	Advisor at Daiwa Education Foundation
Trustee	SATO Motohisa	Vice President of Hamamatsu City Residents’ Association