{"id":5559,"date":"2023-01-19T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T06:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/?page_id=5559"},"modified":"2026-04-02T17:26:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T08:26:48","slug":"staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/en\/about-en\/staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Director, Professor<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/profile\/en.df04bc21d8615f3b520e17560c007669.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KUMAMOTO, Takuya<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Vice President (University-Wide Education)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vice Director, Associate Professor<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/seeds.office.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/profile\/en.d8bfe551618f3d28520e17560c007669.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TATSUMI, Akiko<\/a><\/td>\n<td>English Language Education, TILT (Translation in Language 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