Ambassador Kazuo Kodama received the annual Energy Charter Award which was presented during the 28th Energy Charter Conference held in Ashgabat on 28-29 November 2017. It was presented by the Chairman of the Conference, Babayev Maksat Mammetsaparovich together with the Energy Charter Secretary-General Dr. Urban Rusnák.  

Ambassador Kazuo Kodama is the Ambassador of Japan to the European Union and was the Vice-Chair of the Energy Charter Conference in 2017. Due to his experience and expertise, Ambassador Kodama played a vital role during the Chairmanship of Japan at the 27th Energy Charter Conference.