Japan E-Commerce Association

Editor-in-Chief
Professor of Character Design Course, Department of Manga, Faculty of Manga, Kyoto Seika University
Mitsuru Sugaya

During the heyday of the Space Invaders game, he took the world by storm with his manga "Game Center Arashi," and later explained programming in an easy-to-understand way with his manga "Hello Microcomputer." Many readers in their 40s who work in the IT industry say that his work was one of the factors that determined their own lives.
In 2005, at the age of 54, he enrolled in the Waseda University Faculty of Human Sciences correspondence course (hereafter referred to as e-school). In 2011, he completed his master's degree at the Graduate School of Human Sciences at the same university. In 2012, he became a part-time lecturer at the Kyoto Seika University Faculty of Manga, and in 2013, he became a full-time instructor in the faculty's Character Design course. In the same year, he became a professor in the Character Design course at the Kyoto Seika University Faculty of Manga, Manga Department.

Editorial Committee

Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University

Shigeto Ozawa

1999 Graduated from the Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University

2001: Completed Master's degree at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

2004: Completed doctoral course at the Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (PhD in Knowledge Science)

2004: Assistant Professor, Waseda University

2005 Yasuda Women's Junior College Childcare Department Lecturer

2006 Lecturer at the Oita University Higher Education Development Center

2007 Associate Professor, Oita University Higher Education Development Center

2010: Associate Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University. Membership in the Japan Society for Educational Technology, Japan Cognitive Science Society, Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence, Japan Society for University Education, etc.

Editorial Committee

Waseda University Faculty of Human Sciences Assistant Professor Emi Tamaki

He aims to research and popularize BodySharing, which transmits tactile and physical sensations from a computer to a human in VR (Virtual Reality) and AR (Augmented Reality).
2006 Graduated from the Department of Information Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of the Ryukyus
2008: Master's degree in Systems and Information Engineering from the University of Tsukuba
2010 Disney Research Institute, USA Intern
2011: Completed doctoral course at the Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, The University of Tokyo. Selected as one of the "50 World Inventions" by the American magazine Time. Received the University of Tokyo President's Award and served as its representative.
2012 H2L Co., Ltd. was founded
2013 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University
2015 Nikkei Woman Woman of the Year Runner-up Award
2016 WIRED Audi Innovation Award 2016
Selected as a Nice Step Researcher in the Nikkei Business 100 People Who Will Shape the Next Generation and Make Outstanding Contributions to Science and Technology 2016
In 2017, she was appointed as an Ambassador for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' WINDS (Women's Initiative for Developing Science and Technology Careers).
Winner of the 2018 Rocky Challenge Award. Selected as one of the "Japanese Women Playing an Active Role Around the World" by the American magazine Newsweek. Currently an associate professor at the Graduate School of Creative Science and Engineering, Waseda University. Called a future Nobel Prize candidate.