The 26th International Conference for Women in Business

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Line Aune

Minister Counsellor, Chargé d’Affaires
Norwegian Embassy in Tokyo

Asako Aoyama

VP and Chief Financial Officer, Global Business Unit, NEC Corporation

Rikako Akita

General Manager
Quality Promoter of advertising and packaging expressions, QA Division
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Michiko Achilles

Senior Advisor, SAP Japan
Special Advisor, the City of Yokohama
Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
Co-Chair, G20/EMPOWER Japan

Maheen Adamjee

Co-Founder of Pakistani education startup Dot & Line

Reiko Abe

Chairperson, Oriental Consultants India Private Limited.

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Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire

CEO, 50/50 Women on Boards
CEO, Berkhemer Clayton Retained Executive Search

Nicholas E. Benes

CEO, The Board Director Training Institute of Japan
Proposer of Japan’s Corporate Governance Code and its principle about diversity and gender

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Sayuri Daimon

Journalist, former executive operating officer and managing editor of The Japan Times

Rafael Diez de Medina

Chief Statistician and Director, Department of Statistics, International Labour Organization

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Seiko Hashimoto

President
The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Tomoko Hayashi

Director-General
Gender Equality Bureau
Cabinet Office, Japan

Pereric Högberg

Swedish Ambassador to Japan

Keiko Honda

Adjunct Professor and Adjunct Senior Research Scholar, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs

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Mami Ito

President & CEO, Nihon Dento Kougyo Co., Ltd.

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Shannon Kalayanamitr

CEO and Founder of 5G Catalyst Technologies Co., Ltd.
Advisor/ Partner at Gobi Partners

Yuriko Koike

Governor of Tokyo

Keiko Kojima

Essayist and visiting researcher
Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies
University of Tokyo

Mikako Kotani

Sports Commentator

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Shie Lundberg

Director, Privacy Governance Programs & Operations, Google LLC

Julia Longbottom

British Ambassador to Japan

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Kathy Matsui

General Partner, MPower Partners

Oki Matsumoto

Chairman & CEO
Monex Group, Inc.

Yumiko Murakami

General Partner, MPower Partners

Ken Mogi

Neuroscientist, Writer, and Broadcaster

Takayuki Morita

President and CEO , NEC Corporation

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Chandran Nair

Founder and CEO, Global Institute for Tomorrow (GIFT)

Rika Nakazawa

Group Vice-president, NTT New Ventures & Innovation
Co-founder and chair, Strides AI

Tomoko Nagano

Newscaster, Journalist

Soichi Noguchi

Astronaut, Ph.D.

Seiko Noda

Liberal Democratic Party
Executive Acting Secretary-General
Member of the House of Representatives

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Momona Otsuka

Chief Environmental Officer, BIG EYE COMPANY Co., Ltd.

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Melba Pría

Ambassador of Mexico

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Gabriela Ramos

Assistant Director-General for the Social and Human Sciences of UNESCO

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Hiroko Sakurai

Executive Managing Director, Head of Private Banking, Head of Call Center, Head of Mass Affluent Marketing.
Daiwa Securities Co.Ltd.

Kaori Sasaki

Founder & CEO, ewoman, Inc.
Founder & CEO, UNICUL International, Inc.
Founder & Chair, International Conference for Women in Business

Chika Sato

General Manager, People and Organization Development Division,
NEC Corporation

Yuka Shimada

HR & GA Director - Japan
Unilever Japan Holdings K.K.

Touko Shirakawa

Specially Appointed Professor of Sagami Women’s University
Visiting professor of Center for General Education, Showa Women’s University
Visiting professor of Center for General Education, Showa Women's University

Nahoko Shindo MD, PhD

Senior Advisor
WHO Health Emergencies Programme
World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

Jackie F. Steele

Founder & CEO, enjoi Japan KK

Miwa Seki

General Partner, MPower Partners

Akiko Sonobe

Nomura Holdings, Inc.
General Manager, Sustainability Development Department.

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Minori Takao

Executive Producer, NHK World

Yuki Takahashi

CVO,CLO,Executive Vice President of Bears Co. Ltd.
A pioneer and leading company in the housekeeping service industry.

Wakana Tanaka

Industry Lead, Google Japan

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Wanjiru Waweru Waithaka

Co-Founder of FunKidz, a Kenyan kids furniture manufacturer
Founder of FunHomes , a home and garden lifestyle brand

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Yosuke Yagi

Representative Director, people first Ltd.
Director, Member of Board, ICMG Co., Ltd.
Chairman and Representative Director, IWNC Co., Ltd.

Hiromi Yasui

Correspondent Kyodo News Kabul Bureau

speakers

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Line Aune

Asako Aoyama

Rikako Akita

Michiko Achilles

Maheen Adamjee

Reiko Abe

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Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire

Nicholas E. Benes

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Sayuri Daimon

Rafael Diez de Medina

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Seiko Hashimoto

Tomoko Hayashi

Pereric Högberg

Keiko Honda

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Mami Ito

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Shannon Kalayanamitr

Yuriko Koike

Keiko Kojima

Mikako Kotani

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Shie Lundberg

Julia Longbottom

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Kathy Matsui

Oki Matsumoto

Yumiko Murakami

Ken Mogi

Takayuki Morita

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Chandran Nair

Rika Nakazawa

Tomoko Nagano

Soichi Noguchi

Seiko Noda

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Momona Otsuka

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Melba Pría

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Gabriela Ramos

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Hiroko Sakurai

Kaori Sasaki

Chika Sato

Yuka Shimada

Touko Shirakawa

Nahoko Shindo MD, PhD

Jackie F. Steele

Miwa Seki

Akiko Sonobe

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Minori Takao

Yuki Takahashi

Wakana Tanaka

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Wanjiru Waweru Waithaka

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Yosuke Yagi

Hiromi Yasui

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