Professor Michio Hashimoto

Professor Michio Hashimoto

Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo

Photographed on location at The University of Tokyo during production for Between Gods and Glass.

A veteran of Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry (METI) and former head of innovation at IRENA, Professor Hashimoto stands as one of the key architects of Japan’s energy transition and global hydrogen strategy. Captured here between lectures and policy framework sessions, his work embodies the balance between industrial reality and the vision for a sustainable future.