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Policy Activities

Councils

Council on COVID-19

Chair

TOKURA Masakazu
Chairman of the Board
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.

Council on Digital Transformation

Chair

TOKURA Masakazu
Chairman of the Board
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.

Special Committees

Committee on Comprehensive Strategy

Chair

TOKURA Masakazu
Chairman of the Board
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.

Committee on Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai

Chair

TOKURA Masakazu
Chairman of the Board
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.

Committee on Recovery and Restoration

Chair

TOKURA Masakazu
Chairman of the Board
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.

Chair

TOMITA Tetsuro
Chairman and Director
East Japan Railway Company

Committee on Political Affairs

Chair

KATANOZAKA Sinya
Representative Director, Chairman
ANA HOLDINGS INC.

Committee on Management and Labor Policy

Chair

OHASHI Tetsuji
Chairman of the Board
Komatsu Ltd.

Macro-Economic Policy

Committee on Economic and Fiscal Policy

Chair

KARASAWA Yasuyoshi
Director, Chairman of the Board
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Chair

SUZUKI Nobuya
Senior Advisor
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company

Committee on Social Security

Chair

KOBORI Hideki
Chairman & Representative Director
Asahi Kasei Corp.

Chair

NEGISHI Akio
Chairman of the Board
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company

Committee on Population Issues

Chair

NAGANO Tsuyoshi
Chairman of the Board
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

Chair

SHIMIZU Hiroshi
President
Nippon Life Insurance Company

Chair

INOUE Kazuyuki
President and Representative Director
SHIMIZU CORPORATION

Committee on Taxation

Chair

MIYANAGA Shunichi
Chairman of the Board
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Chair

KAKIGI Koji
President and CEO
JFE Holdings, Inc.

Committee on Economic Law

Chair

HIRANO Nobuyuki
Senior Adviser
MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Committee on Financial and Capital Markets

Chair

OHTA Jun
President and Group CEO
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Chair

HIBINO Takashi
Chairman of the Board
Daiwa Securities Group Inc.

Chair

HAYASHIDA Eiji
Senior Advisor
JFE Holdings, Inc.

Industrial Policy

Committee on Administrative Reforms

Chair

TSUTSUI Yoshinobu
Chairman
Nippon Life Insurance Company

Chair

TOKITA Takahito
Representative Director, CEO, CDXO
FUJITSU LIMITED

Committee on Industrial Competitiveness

Chair

HASHIMOTO Eiji
Representative Director and President
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

Chair

OKAFUJI Masahiro
Chairman & CEO
ITOCHU Corporation

Committee on the Creative Economy

Chair

NAMBA Tomoko
Founder & Executive Chairman
DeNA Co., Ltd.

Chair

MURAMATSU Shunsuke
Representative Director of the Board, CEO
Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

Committee on Regional Economy

Chair

NAGAI Koji
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Chair

KOBAYASHI Tetsuya
Chairman of the Board Group CEO
Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

Chair

TSUKIOKA Takashi
Honorary Advisor
Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

Committee on Agriculture

Chair

SATO Yasuhiro
Senior Advisor
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Chair

ISOZAKI Yoshinori
President & CEO
Kirin Holdings Company, Limited

Committee on Tourism

Chair

KOMODA Masanobu
President and CEO
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

Chair

NIINAMI Takeshi
Representative Director, President & CEO
SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED

Chair

TAKEUCHI Noriko
President
Congrès Inc.

Committee on Urban Policy and Housing Development

Chair

KOMODA Masanobu
President and CEO
Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

Chair

KOGE Teiji
Chairman of the Board and Director
SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.

Chair

OHKUBO Tetsuo
Chairman
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

Committee on Supply Chains

Chair

TATEISHI Fumio
Chairman
OMRON Corporation

Chair

YAMAUCHI Masaki
Executive Advisor
YAMATO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

Committee on Logistics

Chair

NAITO Tadaaki
Chairman, Director
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha

Chair

IKEDA Junichiro
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

Committee on Consumer Goods and Services

Chair

TAKAHARA Takahisa
President & CEO
Unicharm Corporation

Chair

SAWADA Michitaka
Director, Chair
Kao Corporation

Chair

AKAMATSU Ken
Chairman
Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

Committee on Ocean Policy

Chair

MITSUOKA Tsugio
Chairman of the Board
IHI Corporation

Innovation Policy

Committee on Innovation

Chair

YASUKAWA Kenji
Representative Director, President and CEO
Astellas Pharma Inc.

Chair

TANAKA Takashi
Chairman, Representative Director
KDDI CORPORATION

Committee on Startups

Chair

NAMBA Tomoko
Founder & Executive Chairman
DeNA Co., Ltd.

Chair

TAKAHASHI Makoto
President, Representative Director
KDDI CORPORATION

Chair

IZUMO Mitsuru
President
Euglena Co., Ltd.

Committee on Digital Economy

Chair

SHINOHARA Hiromichi
Executive Advisor
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation

Chair

HIGASHIHARA Toshiaki
Director, Executive Chairman,
Representative Executive Officer
Hitachi, Ltd.

Chair

ISAKA Ryuichi
President & Representative Director
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

Committee on Bioeconomy

Chair

KOSAKA Tatsuro
Senior Advisor
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Committee on Cyber Security

Chair

ENDO Nobuhiro
Executive Advisor
NEC Corporation

Chair

KANEKO Shingo
Chairman & Representative Director
TOPPAN INC.

Committee on Intellectual Property

Chair

TSUGA Kazuhiro
Chairperson, Member of the Board
Panasonic Holdings Corporation

Chair

ENDO Nobuhiro
Executive Advisor
NEC Corporation

Chair

TOKITA Takahito
Representative Director, CEO, CDXO
FUJITSU LIMITED

Committee on Space Activities Promotion

Chair

URUMA Kei
Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

Committee on Defense Industry

Chair

IZUMISAWA Seiji
President and CEO
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Environment and Energy Policy

Committee on Environment

Chair

KOBORI Hideki
Chairman & Representative Director
Asahi Kasei Corp.

Chair

NODA Yumiko
Chairman & Representative Director
Veolia Japan K.K.

Committee on Energy and Resources

Chair

SUMI Shuzo
Senior Executive Advisor
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

Chair

ICHIKAWA Hideo
Senior Advisor
Resonac Holdings Corporation

Social Policy

Committee on Responsible Business Conduct & SDGs Promotion

Chair

NAKAYAMA George
Senior Adviser
Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

Chair

YOSHIDA Kenichiro
Chairman, President and CEO,
Representative Corporate Executive Office
Sony Group Corporation

Chair

NISHIZAWA Keiji
Director - Chairman
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

Committee on Education Reform

Chair

WATANABE Koichiro
Director, Chairman of the Board
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

Chair

KOJI Akiyoshi
Chairman of the Board
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

Chair

HASHIMOTO Masahiro
Chairman of the Board, Representative Executive Officer
SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Committee on Mobility

Chair

TOKURA Masakazu
Chairman of the Board
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.

Chair

TOYODA Akio
President
Toyota Motor Corporation

Chair

ARIMA Koji
President & CEO, Representative Member of the Board
DENSO CORPORATION

Committee on Diversity & Inclusion

Chair

KARASAWA Yasuyoshi
Director, Chairman of the Board
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

Chair

UOTANI Masahiko
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
Shiseido Company, Limited

Chair

TSUGIHARA Etsuko
President
SUNNY SIDE UP GROUP Inc.

Committee on Consumer Affairs

Chair

WATANABE Koichiro
Director, Chairman of the Board
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

Chair

SUGIYAMA Hirotaka
Chairman of the Board
MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD.

Committee on Crisis Management & National Resilience

Chair

NAGANO Tsuyoshi
Chairman of the Board
Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

Chair

YASUKAWA Kenji
Representative Director, President and CEO
Astellas Pharma Inc.

Chair

WATANABE Kenji
Chairman and Representative Director
NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS, INC.

Labor Policy

Committee on Employment Policy

Chair

TANNOWA Tsutomu
Chairman of the Board
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

Chair

UCHIDA Takashi
Representative Corporate Executive Officer, President and CEO
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

Committee on Labor Legislation

Chair

TOMITA Tetsuro
Chairman and Director
East Japan Railway Company

Chair

KOJI Akiyoshi
Chairman of the Board
Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd.

Chair

YOSHII Keiichi
President and CEO
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

Foreign Policy

Committee on Foreign Affairs

Chair

KATANOZAKA Shinya
Representative Director, Chairman
ANA HOLDINGS INC.

Chair

OBAYASHI Takeo
Chairman Representative Director
Obayashi Corporation

Committee on Trade and Investment

Chair

NAKAMURA Kuniharu
Chairman of the Board of Directors
SUMITOMO CORPORATION

Chair

HAYAKAWA Shigeru
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Toyota Motor Corporation

Committee on Overseas Development Cooperation

Chair

YASUNAGA Tatsuo
Representative Director, Chair of the Board of Directors
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Chair

ENDO Nobuhiro
Executive Advisor
NEC Corporation

BIAC (Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD) Japan

Chair

INAGAKI Seiji
Representative Director, President
Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

Regional and Bilateral Relations Activities

North America

Committee on U.S. Affairs

Chair

HAYAKAWA Shigeru
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Toyota Motor Corporation

Chair

UEKI Yoshiharu
Director, Chairperson
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Committee on Canada

Chair

UEKI Yoshiharu
Director, Chairperson
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Chair

FUJIMOTO Masayoshi
President & CEO
Sojitz Corporation

Europe

Committee on Europe

Chair

HIGASHIHARA Toshiaki
Director, Executive Chairman,
Representative Executive Officer
Hitachi, Ltd.

Chair

SATO Yoshio
Senior Corporate Advisor
SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY

Asia and Oceania

Committee on Asia and Oceania

Chair

ITO Masatoshi
Senior Corporate Advisor
Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

Chair

HARA Noriyuki
Chairman
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co., Ltd.

Committee on South Asia

Chair

HIRANO Nobuyuki
Senior Adviser
MUFG Bank, Ltd.

Chair

FUKASAWA Yuji
President and CEO
East Japan Railway Company

Committee on China

Chair

SATO Yasuhiro
Senior Advisor
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

Chair

HASHIMOTO Eiji
Representative Director and President
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

Japan-Indonesia Economic Committee

Chair

KAKIUCHI Takehiko
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board
Mitsubishi Corporation

Chair

KAKINOKI Masumi
President and CEO, Member of the Board
Marubeni Corporation

Japan-Thailand Trade and Economic Committee

Chair

SUZUKI Yoshihisa
Vice Chairman
ITOCHU Corporation

Chair

SUZUKI Jun
Chairperson of Teijin Limited, Member of the Board
Teijin Limited

Japan-Vietnam Economic Committee

Chair

ICHIKAWA Hideo
Senior Advisor
Resonac Holdings Corporation

Chair

FUJIMOTO Masayoshi
President & CEO
Sojitz Corporation

Chair

HYODO Masayuki
President and CEO
SUMITOMO CORPORATION

Japan-Myanmar Economic Committee

Chair

NAKAMURA Kuniharu
Chairman of the Board of Directors
SUMITOMO CORPORATION

East Asia Businessperson's Conference Japanese Committee

Chair

IIJIMA Masami
Counselor
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Japan-Hong Kong Business Cooperation Committee

Chair

KUNIBE Takeshi
Chairman of the Board
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

Latin America and the Caribbean

Committee on Latin America and the Caribbean

Chair

KASE Yutaka
Senior Corporate Adviser
Sojitz Corporation

Japan-Mexico Economic Committee

Chair

KATANOZAKA Shinya
Representative Director, Chairman
ANA HOLDINGS INC.

Chair

KURAISHI Seiji
Chairman and Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Japan-Brazil Economic Committee

Chair

YASUNAGA Tatsuo
Representative Director, Chair of the Board of Directors
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Japan-Venezuela Economic Committee

Chair

KAKIUCHI Takehiko
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board
Mitsubishi Corporation

Japan-Colombia Economic Committee

Chair

KAKIUCHI Takehiko
Representative Director, Chairman of the Board
Mitsubishi Corporation

Middle East and Africa

Committee on the Middle East and North Africa

Chair

SATO Masayuki
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION

Committee on Sub-Saharan Africa

Chair

OHASHI Tetsuji
Chairman of the Board
Komatsu Ltd.

Chair

KARUBE Jun
Senior Executive Advisor
Toyota Tsusho Corporation

Japan-Türkiye Economic Committee

Chair

MITSUOKA Tsugio
Chairman of the Board
IHI Corporation

Chair

URUMA Kei
Representative Executive Officer, President & CEO
MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

Japan-Iran Economic Cooperation Committee

Chair

MIYAMOTO Yoichi
Chairman of the Board
SHIMIZU CORPORATION

Japan-Algeria Economic Committee

Chair

SATO Masayuki
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO
JGC HOLDINGS CORPORATION

Russia and NIS

Japan-Russia Business Cooperation Committee
Japan-NIS Business Cooperation Committee

Chair

KOKUBU Fumiya
Chairman of the Board
Marubeni Corporation

Special Activities

The 21st Century Public Policy Institute

Chair

TOKURA Masakazu
Chairman of the Board
SUMITOMO CHEMICAL Co., Ltd.

President

KUBOTA Masakazu
Vice Chairman & President
Keidanren

Committee on Mutsu-Ogawara Development

Chair

IZUMISAWA Seiji
President and CEO
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.