Mr Yoichi Toyama joined APN as the Director of the Secretariat on 1 July 2021.
Mr Toyama has been seconded from the Ministry of the Environment, Government of Japan and will lead the operational management of the Secretariat and support the work of APN. Mr Toyama has diverse work experiences such as regulation of hazardous chemicals, treatment of abandoned chemical weapons, lecture on environmental protection policy at Hokkaido University, support to the lost generation (employment ice age) and management of the operating company of landfill sites in Osaka Bay, Japan.