Takatoshi Ishikawa Fujifilm Holdings Corporation Executive Adviser Entered Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd. In 1978 (Currently Fujifilm Corporation) and was assigned to work in R&D in charge of developing and commercialization of photo processing systems. In 2003, led the establishment of semiconductor business and assumed the position of General Manager hereof and became Corporate Officer…
Keiko Honda Keiko is Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, where she teaches ESG Investing to graduate students. Keiko also serves as a board member of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Recruit Holding, and a board member and chair of nomination committee of AGC (ex Asahi…
Tsuyoshi Nagano Chairman of the Board of Tokio Marine Holdings April 1975 Joined The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (“Tokio Marine”) June 2010 Senior Managing Director of Tokio Marine & Nichido June 2011 Senior Managing Director of Tokio Marine Holdings Feb. 2012 Senior Managing Director and General Manager of International Business Development Dept…
Kenichiro Sasae President, The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) Kenichiro Sasae joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs after graduating from The University of Tokyo in 1974. His distinguished and illustrious diplomatic career includes prestigious assignments as Executive Assistant to the Prime Minister, Director-General of the Economic Affairs Bureau, Director-General of the Asian &…
Atsushi Horiba Chairman & Group CEO HORIBA, Ltd. Atsushi Horiba is Chairman & Group CEO of HORIBA, Ltd., an analytical instruments manufacturing company located in Kyoto Japan, with 48 group companies and nearly 8,000 employees spread across the world. In 1971, Mr. Horiba joined OLSON-HORIBA Inc. USA, (later reformed as HORIBA Instruments Inc.) as an…
Juichi Yamagiwa Juichi Yamagiwa was born in 1952 in Tokyo, Japan. He obtained his Doctor of Science degree from Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Science. He has served as a visiting researcher at the Karisoke Research Center in the Republic of Rwanda, a research fellow at the Japan Monkey Center, an assistant professor at Kyoto…
Takashi Mitachi Takashi Mitachi is currently a Senior Advisor and was a Co-Chairman of the Japan office (2005-2015) at Boston Consulting Group. Prior to joining BCG in 1993, he worked for JAL for 14 years. He is also a Chief Executive Director for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Japan, a board member for the Ohara…
Kohey Takashima Kohey Takashima is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Oisix, an online grocery store that has built its business delivering organic foods to individuals throughout Japan. The company went public in the Mothers section of Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2013. May 2015, “TOKUSHIMARU Inc.” became wholly owned subsidiary of Oisix. TOKUSHIMARU…
Shiro Kuniya Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners, Managing Partner Attorney at Law, admitted in Japan and New York 1986 Georgetown University Law Center (Master of Law, LL.M.) 1980 Kyoto University (LL.B.) 2011-2012 President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association 2008-2012 Chairman of International Relations Committee, Japan Federation of Bar Associations June 2016-present Member of the Board, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company…
Hiroko Ota Hiroko Ota, Professor of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), received her B.A. from Hitotsubashi University in Sociology in 1976. She was Associate Professor at Saitama University in 1996, and then at GRIPS in 1997. She became Professor at GRIPS in 2001. From 2004-05 Ms. Ota served as Director General for…
Akiko Naka Akiko Naka is founder and chief executive officer of Wantedly, a social-networking service for professionals. Following its official launch in February 2012, Wantedly grew to 2.5m monthly active users and 30,000 corporates, and has become the leading professional social-networking service in Japan. Prior to founding Wantedly, Ms Naka was a growth co-ordinator at…
Makiko Shinoda Makiko Shinoda served for ten years as CFO and board member of Hobonichi, which was listed on JASDAQ March 2017. She co-translated “The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age” by Reid Hoffman et al. Prior to Hobonichi, Makiko held finance leadership positions at Novartis and Nestle after her experience at McKinsey &…
