Organisation of Our Group:

Founder and Chairperson: Shuji Imamoto Ph.D. 

Supporting Executives::Kayo Okajima, Masanori Kato, Daisuke Shishido, Tadaharu Ohno,
Sumiko Iwasaki, Minako Yamaguchi, Shuichi Akiba, Hideaki Suzuki,

　　　　Translation Team:  Tomomi Noguchi, Yumiko Someya, Madoka Omi, Akiko Yoshida,
　　　　 Tomoko Tezuka etc.

Number of Members: approx. 270 (in August 2007)
Funds: approx. 500,000＄US dollars (350,000 Euro)

Activities: Seminars or Workshops, held irregularly 6 times a year. (in Tokyo)
　　　          Provide Green politicians in national Parliament with policies and advocacies
　 　　         Publish translated Books and E-Mail Magazine for latest information in terms of
           　　 worldwide Green politics
　　　          Present Green-Manifesto for sustainable policy
　　　　　　 Educate young green activists with their campaign

　　　　Publication:: "Voice of the Planet" (academic articles and documents, annualy published)

　　　　Group Address:  c/o Shuji Imamoto, 3-8-8, Hirano-hommachi, Hirano-ku, 547-0044, Osaka/Japan　
　　       TEL/FAX +81-6-6793-6380 　E-mail: ecolo-japan-owner@yahoogroups.jp


　　　　　
　　　 HISTORY of Our Group　

　　 　　 In 2003, Founder Dr.Shuji Imamoto called young ecologists (ecological activists) for founding
　　　 　 regular studying group in Tokyo that concerns Green politics and policies.
　　　 　 There about 15 young people got together and they started organizing the group.
　　　 　 In the beginning of 2005, the group changed its names to ECOLO JAPAN, which aims clearly
　　　 　 to found a Green Party of Japan, focusing on policy(law)-making and campaigning. as a first
　　　 　 step. In the year 2005-2006, ECOLO provided many seminars and workshops to invite young
　　　 　 Green specialists and activists and let them join the policy-making process.

　　　　
　　 　PHILOSOPHY of Our Group

　　　　　Collaboration between NGOs and politicians (or parties) will not come generally into effect in
　　　　　Japan.　Moreover, partnership between lawmakers and ordinary citizens (or specialists, scholars,
　　　　　activists etc.)　will not be carried out there. 
　　　　　On the other hand, most lobbying groups in Japan wish to action politically so that their own
　　　　　benefit in their industry or trade can be guaranteed or increased, from their short-term vision.
　　　　　As a result, there are few groups who would like to lobby politically from long-term perspective,
　　　　　precisely for ecological, sustainable development of our society and economy.
　　　　　Regarding such backgrounds, we established a lobbying group “ECOLO JAPAN” in order to
　　　　　realize sustainable policies.　To realize them, we make effort to ensure founding Green Party of
　　　　　Japan in the coming years (2007-2009).


　　　　Self-Introduction of Chairperson:

　Shuji Imamoto (Prof.Dr. modern European philosophy and ethics, social studies)
　
　Born in Osaka, 1965, graduated from Waseda University in Tokyo (philosophy),
　and graduate school of Tokyo University (social studies).
　After graduation, he published many papers and reports on socio-philosophical issues,
　presented international conference and lectured many universities in Europe and America.
　In 1998, he founded a group “Political Forum on the Internet” (PFI Japan), gathered
　activists to action for participatory democracy system in Japan.
　In 2001, he published a sensational book “Liberal Power ? Condition to overcome such
　badly-sickening society” which became widely known to the academic field of organization
　study. At the same time, he got interested in Green movements worldwide and was involved
　in it since, have published e-mail magazine to inform as many Japanese readers as possible
　of activities of Green parties in the world. Since then, he has been always active as a leading
　Japanese coordinator of international Green politics now.
　He is now teaching basic logic, eco-ethics, is a guest professor at different universities in Japan
. and Euroean countries.
　 (E-mail to imashujapan@yahoo.co.jp)   



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