Anna KreshchenkoCompany Kyoto University, Faculty of Law Background Born in Odessa, Ukraine. Recipient of the scholarship from the Ukraine Government for Distinguished Academic Achievement 2015-2017. Received a B.A. from the National Odessa University, majoring in International Relations. In 2017 received a scholarship from the Japanese government to pursue a LL.B degree in Kyoto University. Finalist…
Shigeo KohigashiCompany Enishia, Inc. Background After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Osaka University, I experienced Tokai Bank (now MUFJ), Asahi Arthur Andersen (now PwC), sole proprietor, KPMG, and Kyoto City Industrial Tourism Bureau. Kyoto University MBA. Visiting researcher at Kwansei Gakuin University Global Entrepreneurship Education Research Center. Certified by Japanese association of Medical…
Tetsuya HashimotoCompany TSUTAYA co.,ltd Internet Company , Entertainment Devision Online Game Unit Background Started career from banking machine operator. Turned into a sales company, then started a company that operates advertising media in the internet domain. Involved in company management for about 11 years. After paying off the corporation, he joined TSUTAYA Co., Ltd., where…
Koichi Imanishi I will open a cafe in December. This experience will be useful for my cafe.
Kimi Onishi I would like to cook a heart- and body-friendly and satisfying meal.
Hiromi Ogishi I will do my best to provide a satisfying meal for everyone.
Go Okui He graduated from the State University of New York at Albany in 2007. While working in the private sector, he studied philosophy on his own and enrolled in Kyoto University Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability in 2014. Since then, he is specialized in the political philosophy of Hannah Arendt. As…
Kyohei TayamaCompany Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation Infrastructure Solutions and Agricultural Materials Div. Background Kyohei Tayama is planning a new business of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. He was dispatched to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries from 2017 to 2019. He was in charge of planning a policy on R&D of agriculture, forestry and fisheries and…
Ling XiaoCompany Fujifilm Corporation Research and Development headquarter Analysis Technology Center Background Research and development of DDS and Regenerative medicine at Fujifilm Corporation. JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientist. PhD in Applied Physics, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. Born in Beijing, China. Came to Japan with family at the age 7. Social Issues…
Yoshiro FujiiCompany Nissha Co., Ltd Product Development, Product & Business Development Office Background Mr. Fujii has been engaged in developing outdoor wireless sensor. He has worked on developing touch panel products in Nissha Co., Ltd. He also worked on circuit design for ten years in semi-conductor manufacturing company. He received a master’s degree in Energy…
Yukihisa KarakoCompany OMRON Corporation AI Control Lab., Intelligent System Research Center, Technology and Intellectual Property H.Q. Background Since 2015, Karako has been engaged in technical development for industrial robots in Omron. In collaboration with the University of Tokyo in 2018, he developed robot control technology that realizes “high-speed and precise autonomous assembly”. Demo video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=SdOSM3R2lXo…
Hidetaka DoiCompany Ajinomoto Co., Inc. Chief Researcher, Breeding Group, Process Development Section, Research Institute for Bioscience Products and Fine Chemicals Background Doi has a BSc in Plant Biology from The University of Tokyo (Japan), Ph.D. in Biological Science from The University of Tokyo. Doi has 14 years’ experience as a metabolic engineer in Ajinomoto. Doi…
Sotaro InomataCompany FUJIFILM Corporation Research & Development Management Headquarters Synthetic Organic Chemistry Laboratories Background Education Ph.D. in Department of Organic and Polymeric Materials, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2013. Employment 2013-pres, Fujifilm Corporation. Development of Membrane Technology. Development of Surface Modification of Silicone Rubber Technology. Social Issues and The Theme of My Business Social Issue: Pollution…
Atsushi KawataniCompany Tokio Marine Holdings,Inc Business Strategy & Innovation Group Strategy and Synergy Dept. Background 2009: Graduated from Waseda University Political Science and Economics Department 2009: Joined Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd 2009-2013: Gifu Automobile Industry Production Dept. 2013-2019: Health Care & Welfare Sector Dept. 2019~: Tokio Marine Holdings Business Strategy &Innovation…
Yoshiko KoizumiCompany DAIKIN Industries, Itd. Technology and Innovation Center Background Dr. Koizumi currently is engaged in the development of surface modification materials that are used in the field of regenerative medicine. Formerly she taught in a university and worked as a researcher in RIKEN. Before that, she worked in a chemical manufacturer. Throughout the time…
Yuichi YoshimuraCompany NISSHA Co., Ltd. Industrial Materials Business Unit Background Born in Fukui Prefecture. Graduated from Master’s Program in Electrical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology. After that, I joined Ricoh Co., Ltd., and has been engaged in electronic circuit design for Electric white board and so on for about eight years.…
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 &…
Oki Matsumoto Founder Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Monex Group, Inc. Japan Representative Director & President, Monex, Inc. Japan Born in 1963. BA in Law from the University of Tokyo (1987). Began his career at Salomon Brothers and joined Goldman Sachs in 1990. He was the head of their fixed income and currency business in…
Tomy Kamada Founder Dr. Kamada is co-founder of ACCESS Co. Ltd. (listed in Tokyo Stock Exchange: 4813), a global software company for mobile and beyond-PC markets. Dr. Kamada received a Doctorate in Computer Science from the University of Tokyo. He is also renowned as the inventor of “Compact HTML” for mobile phones, enabling successful mobile…
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Sachiko Kuno Executive Director and Founder Dr. Sachiko Kuno is the co-founder and Chair Emeritus of Halcyon, a nonprofit dedicated to the power of human creativity. Kuno also serves as CEO of S&R Evermay (formerly S&R Foundation), a 501(c)(3) she co-founded in 2000 to support talented individuals with great potential and high aspirations in the…
Izumi Kobayashi Founder Former Executive Director Director and a member of the Board, ANA Holdings, Mitsui & Co. and Mizuho Financial Group. 2008-2013 CEO and EVP of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), the political risk insurance arm of the World Bank Group. 2001- 2008 Representative Director and CEO of Merrill Lynch in Japan.
