Introduction: Toshihisa FUNABASHI, graduated in March 1975 from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan. He received, in March 2000, a Doctor degree from Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan. He joined Meidensha Corporation in April 1975 and has engaged in research and development on power system simulations and integration of distributed generations. He moved, in 2014, to Nagoya University as a professor. Currently, he is a visiting professor in Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability (IMaSS), Nagoya University. Dr. Funabashi is a chartered engineer in UK, a member of IET and a senior member of IEEE and IEE Japan.