Japan Host Committee and Advisory Board

Japan Host Committee

Noriko Nakamura
Chair, Japan Host Committee; CEO Poppins, Inc.
Masako Mori
Member of the House of Councilors
Sakie T. Fukushima
President & Representative Director, G&S Global Advisors Inc.; Board Member, J. Front Retailing, Ushio Electric, Ajinomoto, and Bridgestone
Haruno Yoshida
President, BT Japan Corporation
Yoshimitsu Kobayashi
Chairman, Japan Association of Corporate Executives
Kathy Matsui
MD, Chief Japan Strategist of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Mariko Bando
President, Showa Women’s University
Yumiko Murakami
Head of OECD Tokyo Center
Kumi Sato
President and CEO, Cosmo PR

Japan Host Committee Core Members

Noriko Nakamura
Chair, Japan Host Committee; CEO, Poppins, Inc.
Masako Mori
 Member of the House of Councilors
Sakie T. Fukushima
President and Representative Director, G&S Advisors Inc.
Haruno Yoshida
President, BT Japan Corporation
Mariko Bando
President, Showa Women’s University
Mitsue Kurihara
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of DBJ
Ann Sado
Founding Director, Women Help Women (WHW)
Masako Arakane
President, Qualia Inc. and Director, NPO GEWEL
Haruko Nishida
President, Women Help Women (WHW)
Michiko Achilles
Vice President and Head of Human Resources, SAP and VP, NPO GEWEL 
Miki Tsusaka
Senior Partner & Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group

Advisory Board

Honorary Advisor–  Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo

Makiko Yamada
Director-General, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Naoko Saiki
Director-General, International Legal Affairs Bureau, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Harumi Takahashi
Governor of Hokkaido
Fumiko Hayashi
Mayor, City of Yokohama
Kumiko Bando
Commissioner, Consumer Affairs Agency
Naotoshi Okada
President and CEO, Nikkei Inc.
Aiko Okawara
Chairman, JC Comsa Corp.
Kaori Sasaki
Founder & CEO of ewoman, Inc.
Kimie Iwata
Chairman, Japan Institute of Workers’ Evolution
Kimiko Murofushi
President, Ochanomizu University
Naoko Yamazaki
Former Japanese astronaut at JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)

Support Group

Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)
Japan Association of Corporate Executives