Message from Director of the Japan EMF Information Center

Electromagnetic fields (EMF) have been used in diverse areas along with technological development. It has played a major role in industrial development and improving our lives, becoming indispensable to all of us. EMF became a real physical entity in the contemporary world - from electrical currents used in everyday life and industry, to radio and TV broadcasting, to wireless communications. Although many researchers around the world have been studying if EMF or electromagnetic waves (EMW) generated by power supply systems, information communication systems, and other electrical products and equipment adversely effect our health, there is no common opinion on these issues. Therefore many people are still concerned about the potential hazard of EMF.

The Japan EMF Information Center (JEIC) was created to facilitate the communication between industry, newsmedia and general population. The JEIC is founded to present in a neutral way the positions of industry, science and society, and to discuss the risk analysis. JEIC's philosophy and purpose are to provide easy-to-understand scientific information on EMF and minimize the gap of risk perception on health effects from EMF between interested parties, promoting risk communication from a fair perspective.

I would like to ask for your understanding and support in promoting JEIC's action policy.


電磁界情報センター 所長 大久保 千代次
大久保 千代次

Chiyoji OHKUBO

  • Director, Japan EMF Information Center (JEIC)
  • Member of International Advisory Committee, WHO International EMF Project
  • Member of Scientific Expert Group (SEG), ICNIRP
  • Advisor, Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Japan
  • Guest Researcher, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
  • Chairperson, Committee on the Possible Adverse Health Effects of Radio Frequency Electromagnetic Fields, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Japan
  • Former Scientist, International EMF Project Secretariat,  Radiation and Environmental Health Unit,PHE/SDE, WHO
  • Former Director, Department of Environmental Health, National Institute of Public Health, Japan
  • Former, Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Meiji Pharmaceutical University,  Japan