Committees ＆ Chairpersons for FY 2024
As of January 1, 2025
[1] Chairman Initiatives
List of committee chairs (as of January 1, 2025)
Policy Coordination Committee
IWAI Mutsuo
(Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.)
∟ Future of Capitalism Project Team
NODA Tomoyoshi
(Chairperson & President, Graduate School of Leadership & Innovation, Shizenkan University)
∟ Coexistence With Foreign Nationals Engagement Project Team
NAGAO Yutaka
(Representative Director,Executive Officer & President,YAMATO HOLDINGS CO.,LTD.)
∟ Sounding Board Conference Taskforce
(TBD)
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.)
YASUBUCHI Seiji
(President & CEO, AXA Life Insurance 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)
MATSUE Hideo
(Managing Partner,Deloitte Tohmatsu LCC)
Business Conditions Research Committee
KURIHARA Mitsue
(Chairman of the Board, Value Management Institute, Inc.)
Startup Promotion General Committee
KIHARA Masahiro
(President & Group CEO, Member of the Board of Directors, Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.)
TSUJI Yosuke
(Representative Director, President & CEO, Money Forward, Inc.)
IZUMO Mitsuru
(President, Euglena Co., Ltd.)
Open Innovation Committee
MINAMI Soichiro
(CEO, Visonal, Inc.)
TANAKA Yoshikazu
(Founder, Chairman & CEO, GREE Holdings, Inc.)
HONMA Masahiko
(General Partner & Co-Founder, Incubate Fund)
Committee for Promotion of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
TASHIRO Keiko
(Member of the Board, Deputy President, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.)
HOSHINO Asako
(Executive Officer, Executive Vice President, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.)
YASUBUCHI Seiji
(President & CEO, AXA Life Insurance Co., Ltd.)
Public Relations Committee
TAKASHIMA Kohey
(Representative Director, CEO, Oisix ra daichi Inc.)
Structural Reform Committee
TAMATSUKA Genichi
(President & CEO, Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.)
[2] Policy Research Committees
List of committee chairs ( as of December 26, 2024 ).pdf
(1) Resurgent Dynamism
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
(Chairman & CEO, Sony Group Corp.)
Leading SME Revitalization Committee
TERADA Kohei
(President, Warehouse TERRADA)
Service Industry Revitalization Committee
KIKUCHI Tadao
(Chairman, ROYAL HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.)
MIZUTOME Koichi
(Special Advisor, Member of the board, FOOD & LIFE COMPANIES LTD.)
Sports Entertainment Business Revitalization Committee
KITAHARA Yoshikazu
(Representative Director, Chairman & CEO, TOKYO DOME Corp.)
HAGA Bin
(Chairman of the Board, Representative Director, JCOM Co., Ltd.)
HIROTA Yasuhito
(Chairman & CEO, Representative Director, ASICS Corp.)
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
(Representative Director & Chairman,Intel K. K.)
Regulatory Reform Committee
MASHITA Naoaki
(Group CEO & Founder, V-cube, Inc.)
TAKEKAWA Setsuo
(CEO,Medical Corporate Body KEN IKU KAI)
TODOROKI Maiko
(President & CEO, Poppins Corp.)
MUTO Shinsuke
(President, Tetsuyu Institute Medical Corp.)
Political & Administrative Reform Committee
SHINSHIBA Hiroyuki
(Group CEO, OKASAN SECURITIES GROUP INC.)
KOZU Takashi
(President & CEO, The Securities Analysts Association of Japan)
(2)Transformation to Sustainable Society
Global Sustainability Committee
HAYASHI Reiko
(Director & Deputy President, BofA Securities Japan Co., Ltd.)
TAKAHARA Takahisa
(Representative Director President & CEO, Unicharm Corp.)
HIRAI Yoshinori
(Representative Director, President & CEO, AGC Inc.)
Energy Committee
KENGAKU Shin-ichiro
(Chairman & Member of the Board,NTT Anode Energy Corp.)
HYODO Masayuki
(Chairman of the Board of Directors,Sumitomo Corp.)
Advanced Science & Technology Strategy Committee
NAMBU Toshikazu
(Director, Vice Chairman, Sumitomo Corp.)
ISHIGURO Fujiyo
(Outside Director, Pegasus Tech Holdings, K.K.)
KITANO Hiroaki
(Executive Deputy President & CTO, Corporate Executive Officer, Sony Group Corp.)
HIGUCHI Yasuyuki
(President & CEO, Panasonic Connect Co., Ltd.)
YUKAWA Hideaki
(CEO/CSO,Utilization of Carbon Dioxide Insutitute Co.,Ltd.)
[3] Policy, Research & Study Committees
List of committee chairs (as of August 8, 2024)
Geopolitical Risk Study Committee
SUZUKI Jun
(Senior Advisor, TEIJIN Ltd.)
OSHIMA Masahiko
(Chairman and Representative Director, Ares Management Asia Japan KK)
TANAKA Takashi
(Chairman, KDDI Corp.)
Economic Security Committee
SHIBATA Hidetoshi
(President & CEO, Renesas Electronics Corp.)
KOSHIBA Mitsunobu
(Co-Founder, Cdots, LLC)
[4] Action Committees
List of committee chairs (as of July 1, 2024)
Corporate Executives' Visit to School Program
HIIRO Tamotsu
(President & CEO, Representative Director, McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.)
∟ Collaboration with Higher Educational Institutions Project Team
HIIRO Tamotsu
(President & CEO, Representative Director, McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.)
Sports-&-Art-Driven Community Revitalization Committee
YAMAGUCHI Eiichi
(Representative Director, ART POWERS JAPAN ASSOCIATION)
KIMURA Koki
(President, Representative Director, Senior Corporate Officer, CEO, MIXI, Inc.)
[5] Management Talent Development Academy
List of committee chairs (as of October 29, 2024)
Archive Distribution
TERADA Kohei
(President, Warehouse TERRADA)
Seminar on Current Affairs
EDA Makiko
(Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Corp.)
Liberal Arts Program
IWAI Mutsuo
(Chairperson of the Board, Japan Tobacco Inc.)
HORIUCHI Tsutomu
(Director, Center for Sustainability Management of Tama University)
Leadership Program for CEO Candidates
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.)
[6]Regional Exchange & Dialogue Promotion Business
List of committee chairs (as of July 1, 2024)
Regional Co-Creation Committee
YAMASHITA Yoshinori
(Representative Director, Chairperson, Ricoh Co., Ltd.)
JIGE Seiji
(President & CEO, Development Bank of Japan Inc.)
NODA Yumiko
(Chairman & Representative Director, Veolia Japan GK)
Tourism Strategy Committee
DATE Miwako
(President & CEO, MORI TRUST Co., Ltd.)
YAMANO Tomohisa
(CEO, Founder,ASOVIEW, Inc.)
[7]Promoting Dialogues with Foreign Leaders
List of committee chairs (as of July 1, 2024)
Vice Chairperson in charge ■ MIKE Kanetsugu (Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.)
Japan-Americas Relations Committee
MOGI Osamu
(Representative Director, Senior Executive Corporate Officer, Kikkoman Corp.)
Japan-Europe Relations Committee
MOGI Osamu
(Representative Director, Senior Executive Corporate Officer, Kikkoman Corp.)
Japan-Asia Relations Committee
HIRAKO Yuji
(Senior Advisor, ANA HOLDINGS INC.)
IMAI Seiji
(Member of the Board of Directors, Chairman,Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.)
Japan-China Relations Committee
IKEDA Junichiro
(Director, Chairman of the Board, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.)
Japan-South Korea Relations Committee
TAMATSUKA Genichi
(President & CEO, Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.)
Japan-India Relations Committee
MAEDA Tadashi
(Chairman of the Board of Directors, Japan Bank for International Cooperation)
TANAKA Shigehiro
(Corporate Senior Executive Vice President, NEC Corp.)
Japan-Middle East/Africa Relations Committee
SHIBUSAWA Ken
(CEO, Shibusawa & Company, Inc.)
IDE Tatsuya
(Senior Vice President & Representative Director,Fujita Corp.)
[8]Discussion Groups
List of committee chairs (as of July 1, 2024)
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 Corporation)
Management Discussion Group
OIKAWA Kenichiro
(Senior Managing Executive Officer, Marubeni Corp.)
KATOH Hiroshi
(Managing Partner, IBM Japan, Ltd.)
[9]Membership Groups
List of committee chairs (as of July 1, 2024)
Membership Review Committee
TACHIBANA Masaki
((President,Sumitomo Mitsui Finance & Leasing Co.,Ltd.)
HAYASHI Nobuhide
(Chairman,Japan Economic Research Institute)
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
HAYASHI Nobuhide
(Chairman,Japan Economic Research Institute)
DST Support Project
TADA Soichiro
(President & CEO, Future Society Innovation Co., Ltd.)
