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