October 15, 2014
Hitachi's Corporate Chief Scientist Fujisawa receives Prime Minister's Award, Highest Honor at the Industrial Standardization Awards
Hitachi, Ltd. today announced that Dr. Hiromichi Fujisawa, Corporate Chief Scientist in Hitachi's R&D Group, received the Prime Minister's Award at the FY2014 Industrial Standardization Awards hosted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).
Dr. Fujisawa received this award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to international standardization over many years. In 2009, Dr. Fujisawa became the first Japanese ever to be appointed Vice President of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) as well as Chairman of the Conformity Assessment Board (CAB). He was reappointed for a second term as the same positions in 2011 based on his outstanding leadership in successfully acting as a driving force behind the IEC's international standardization activities. In Japan, he has been a member of the Conformity Assessment Board on the Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC), and has energetically supported and driven the activities of METI and the IEC Activities Promotion Committee (IEC-APC). He has made dramatic contributions to the growth of international standardization activities in Japan, and to improving the standing of the Japanese industrial world. In recent years, he has contributed greatly to international standardization in the wind power generation business at Hitachi and throughout Japan. For example, he proposed the startup of a conformity assessment system for wind powered turbines, and in 2011, he established a Wind Turbine Certification Advisory Committee.
