| International Year of Chemistry Japan Committee | Chair | Ryoji Noyori | President,RIKEN |
| Vice-chair | Yasuhiro Iwasawa | Director, Section III, Science Council of Japan；President, The Chemical Society of Japan |
| Vice-chair | Makoto Misono | President, Japan Union of Chemical Science and Technology |
| Member | Akito Arima | Chancellor, Musashi Gakuen, Nedu Education Foundation |
| Member | Toyoko Imae | Executive Member, Council for Science and Technology Policy |
| Member | Kouichi Kitazawa | Chair of board, Japan Science and Technology Agency |
| Member | Mitiko Go | Director, Research Organization of Information and Systems |
| Member | Yoshimitsu Kobayashi | President & CEO, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation |
| Member | Shinji Kondo | Director General, National Museum of Nature and Science |
| Member | Kyohei Takahashi | President & CEO, Showa Denko k.k.（President, Japan Petrochemical Industry Association） |
| Member | Kuniaki Tatsuta | Vice-president, The Chemical Society of Japan |
| Member | Kazuyuki Tatsumi | Vice President, IUPAC |
| Member | Hiroyuki Nishide | Vice-president,Japan Union of Chemical Science and Technology |
| Member | Akira Fujishima | Chair of Committee on Chemistry, Science Council of Japan |
| Member | Kenji Fujiyoshi | Chairman, Mitsui Chemicals(President, Japan Chemical Industry Association） |
| Member | Mamoru Mouri | Chief Exective Director, Miraikan; Astronaut |
| Member | Hiromasa Yonekura | Chairman, Sumitomo Chemical（Chairman, Nippon Keidanren） |
| Planning Committee | ||
| Chair | Yasuhiro Iwasawa | Director, Section III, Science Council of Japan；President, The Chemical Society of Japan |
| Vice-chair | Kazuyuki Tatsumi | Vice President, IUPAC |
| Executive Committee | ||
| Chair | Hiroyuki Nishide | Vice-president, Japan Union of Chemical Science and Technology |
| Vice-chair | Yasuhisa Chiba | Vice-president, The Chemical Society of |
| Vice-chair | Tetsuo Nishide | Director General, Japan Chemical Industry Association |