Committees ＆ Chairpersons
As of June 3, 2025
[1] Chairman Initiatives
Policy Coordination Committee
Vice Chairperson in charge ■ IWAI Mutsuo(Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.)
HODO Chikatomo
(Representative Director, Bayhills Co., Ltd.)
KAMO Masaharu
(Senior Advisor, McKinsey & Company, Inc.,Japan)
MATSUE Hideo
(Managing Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu LCC)
TAKASHIMA Kohey
(Representative Director, CEO, Oisix ra daichi Inc.)
YOSHIMATSU Tetsuro
(Representative Director, Chairperson & CEO, istyle Inc.)
∟Future of Capitalism Project Team
NODA Tomoyoshi
(Chairperson & President, Graduate School of Leadership & Innovation, Shizenkan University)
∟Dialogue with Philosophers Project Team
IWAI Mutsuo
(Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.)
HAYASHI Reiko
(Director & Deputy President, BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
∟Think Tank Function Development Project Team
MATSUE Hideo
(Managing Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu LCC)
Collaborative Capitalism Committee
TAKASHIMA Kohey
(Representative Director, CEO, Oisix ra daichi Inc.)
INOUE Yukari
(Managing Director, KELLOGG (JAPAN) G.K.)
ONISHI Kensuke
(Chairperson / CEO, Peace Winds Japan)
HODO Chikatomo
(Representative Director, Bayhills Co., Ltd.)
Talent Activation Committee
MINEGISHI Masumi
(Representative Director & Chairperson, Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Economic, Fiscal, Financial, & Social Security Committee
YAMAGUCHI Akio
(General Manager & President, IBM Japan, Ltd.)
IWASAKI Masato
(Senior Executive Fellow, IGPI Group, Inc.)
FUKASAWA Yuji
(Chairman (Director), East Japan Railway Company)
FUKUTOME, Akihiro
(President & CEO, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.)
MATSUE Hideo
(Managing Partner, Deloitte Tohmatsu LCC)
MUTO Shinsuke
(President, Tetsuyu Institute Medical Corp.)
Startup Promotion General Committee
TSUJI Yosuke
(Representative Director, President & CEO, Money Forward, Inc.)
IZUMO Mitsuru
(President, Euglena Co., Ltd.)
KIHARA Masahiro
(President & Group CEO, Member of the Board of Directors, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.)
∟Startup Network Committee
MINAMI Soichiro
(CEO, Visonal, Inc.)
TANAKA Yoshikazu
(Founder, Chairman & CEO, GREE Holdings, Inc.)
HOMMA Masahiko
(General Partner & Co-Founder, Incubate Fund Co.,Ltd.)
Committee for Promotion of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
TASHIRO Keiko
(Member of the Board, Deputy President, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.)
YASUBUCHI Seiji
(President & CEO, AXA Life Insurance Co., Ltd.)
[2] Policy Research Committees
Corporate Transformation Committee
YAMAGUCHI Akio
(General Manager & President, IBM Japan, Ltd.)
KAWASAKI Tatsuo
(Chairman, Co-Founder &Partner, Unison Capital, Inc.)
HIRANO Hirofumi
(CEO - Japan, KKR Japan Ltd.)
YOSHIDA Kenichiro
(Director & Executive Chairman, Representative Corporate Executive Officer, Sony Group Corp.)
Leading SME Revitalization Committee
TERADA Kohei
(President, Warehouse TERRADA)
Service Industry Revitalization Committee
KIKUCHI Tadao
(Chairman, ROYAL HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.)
Regulatory Reform Committee
MASHITA Naoaki
(Group CEO & Founder, V-cube, Inc.)
HIROTA Yasuhito
(Chairman & CEO, Representative Director, ASICS Corp.)
TAKEKAWA Setsuo
(CEO, Medical Corporate Body KEN IKU KAI)
TODOROKI Maiko
(President & CEO, Poppins Corp.)
Political & Administrative Reform Committee
SHINSHIBA Hiroyuki
(Group CEO, OKASAN SECURITIES GROUP INC.)
OYAMA Akira
(Representative Director, President and CEO,Ricoh Company, Ltd.)
KOZU Takashi
(President & CEO, The Securities Analysts Association of Japan)
HIROSE Shinichi
(Chairman of the Board, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co.,Ltd.)
Sustainable Energy Committee
KITANO Yoshihisa
(President & C.E.O., JFE Holdings,Inc.)
KENGAKU Shin-ichiro
(Chairman & Member of the Board, NTT Anode Energy Corp.)
HYODO Masayuki
(Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sumitomo Corp.)
HIRAI Yoshinori
(Representative Director, President & CEO, AGC Inc.)
[3] Policy, Research & Study Committees
Business Conditions Research Committee
SUMINO Toshiaki
(Representative Director, President, The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd.)
Corporate DX Promotion Committee
ITO Joichi
(Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer & Chief Architect, Digital Garage, Inc.)
UENOYAMA Katsuya
(Representative Director, PKSHA Technology Inc.)
SUZUKI Kunimasa
(Senior Advisor, Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
MIYAZAWA Gen
(Executive Corporate Officer, LY Corp.)
Advanced Science & Technology Strategy Committee
NAMBU Toshikazu
(Director, Vice Chairman, Sumitomo Corp.)
KAWAZOE Katsuhiko
(Representative Member of the Board, Senior Executive Vice President, NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE Corp.)
KITANO Hiroaki
(Chief Technology Fellow, Sony Group Corp.)
YUKAWA Hideaki
(CEO/CSO, Utilization of Carbon Dioxide Insutitute Co.,Ltd.)
Geoeconomics Committee
SHIBATA Hidetoshi
(President & CEO, Renesas Electronics Corp.)
SUZUKI Jun
(Senior Advisor, TEIJIN Ltd.)
IKEDA Junichiro
(Director, Chairman of the Board, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.)
OSHIMA Masahiko
(Chairman & Representative Director, Ares Management Asia Japan KK)
TANAKA Takashi
(Chairman, KDDI Corp.)
KOSHIBA Mitsunobu
(Co-Founder, Cdots, LLC)
[4] Action Committees
Corporate Executives' Visit to School Program
HIIRO Tamotsu
(Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.)
∟ Collaboration with Higher Educational Institutions Project Team
HIIRO Tamotsu
(Senior Vice President & Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.)
Entertainment Industry Enhancement Committee
KITAHARA Yoshikazu
(Representative Director, Chairman ＆ CEO, TOKYO DOME Corp.)
HAGA Bin
(Chairman of the Board, Representative Director,JCOM Co., Ltd.)
Social Revitalization Through Sports and Culture Project Team
YAMAGUCHI Eiichi
(Representative Director, ART POWERS JAPAN ASSOCIATION)
KIMURA Koki
(President, Representative Director, Senior Corporate Officer, CEO, MIXI, Inc.)
[5] Management Talent Development Academy
Seminar on Current Affairs
NIINAMI Takeshi
(Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Ltd.)
SUZUKI Jun
(Senior Advisor, TEIJIN Ltd.)
EDA Makiko
(Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Corp.)
Liberal Arts Program
IWAI Mutsuo
(Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.)
HORIUCHI Tsutomu
(Director, Tama University)
Leadership Program for CEO C&idates
IWAI Mutsuo
(Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.)
YASUDA Yuko
(Executive Vice President, Board Advisors Japan, Inc.)
Leadership Program for Middle Management
YAMAUCHI Masaki
(Adviser, YAMATO HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.)
YASUBUCHI Seiji
(President & CEO, AXA Life Insuarance Co., Ltd.)
[6]Regional Exchange & Dialogue Promotion Business
Regional Co-Creation Committee
DATE Miwako
(President & CEO, MORI TRUST Co., Ltd.)
JIGE Seiji
(President & Chief Executive Officer, Development Bank of Japan Inc.)
NODA Yumiko
(Chairman & Representative Director, Veolia Japan GK)
[7]Promoting Dialogues with Foreign Leaders
Vice Chairperson in charge ■ MIKE Kanetsugu (Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.)
Japan-Americas Relations Committee
MOGI Osamu
(Director, Senior Executive Corporate Officer, Kikkoman Corp.)
Japan-Europe Relations Committee
HIROTA Yasuhito
(Chairman & CEO, Representative Director, ASICS Corp.)
MOGI Osamu
(Director, Senior Executive Corporate Officer, Kikkoman Corp.)
Japan-Asia Relations Committee
IMAI Seiji
(Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.)
WATANABE Kazufumi
(Director, Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Japan-China Relations Committee
IKEDA Junichiro
(Director, Chairman of the Board, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.)
INOUE Shinichi
(President & CEO, All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.)
Japan-South Korea Relations Committee
TAMATSUKA Genichi
(President & CEO, Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.)
MIYAZAWA Gen
(Executive Corporate Officer, LY Corp.)
Japan-India Relations Committee
MAEDA Tadashi
(Chairman of the Board of Directors, Japan Bank for International Cooperation)
TANAKA Shigehiro
(Corporate Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Government Affairs Officer, NEC Corp.)
Japan-Middle East/Africa Relations Committee
SHIBUSAWA Ken
(CEO, Shibusawa & Company, Inc.)
IDE Tatsuya
(Senior Vice President & Representative Director, Fujita Corp.)
[9]Discussion Groups
Industrial Research & Study Group
Vice Chairperson in charge ■ SUZUKI Jun (Senior Advisor, TEIJIN Ltd.)
YUKAWA Tomoko
(Vice President, Utilization of Carbon Dioxide Insutitute Co., Ltd.)
UCHIDA Shiro
(CEO, Community Mesh Corp.)
New Members Discussion Group
YOSHIMATSU Tetsuro
(Representative Director, Chairperson & CEO, istyle Inc.)
SAKURAI Denji
(President & CEO, Nippon Information & Communication Corp.)
∟ Management Terakoya
YOSHIMATSU Tetsuro
(Representative Director, Chairperson & CEO, istyle Inc.)
Management Discussion Group
KATOH Hiroshi
(Managing Partner, IBM Japan, Ltd.)
KIMURA Josuke
(Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Suntory Holdings Ltd.)
Trustee Forum
MIKE Kanetsugu
(Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.)
[10]Membership Groups
Structural Reform Committee
TAMATSUKA Genichi
(President & CEO, Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Membership Review Committee
HAYASHI Nobuhide
(Chairman, Japan Economic Research Institute)
TACHIBANA Masaki
(President, Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Co., Ltd.)
YASUDA Yuko
(Executive Vice President, Board Advisors Japan, Inc.)
Member Engagement Committee
TAMATSUKA Genichi
(President & CEO, Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.)
YUKAWA Tomoko
(Vice President, Utilization of Carbon Dioxide Insutitute Co., Ltd.)
YOSHIMATSU Tetsuro
(Representative Director, Chairperson & CEO, istyle Inc.)
Treasury Committee
KIKUCHI Tadao
(Chairman, ROYAL HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.)
HAYASHI Nobuhide
(Chairman, Japan Economic Research Institute)
