Kotaro Umeda

Professional Soccer Player & Author

Shu Matsuo Post

DEI Advocate, Author & TED Speaker

Sam Mihara

Public Speaker, Personal Account of Japanese American imprisonment

Victoria Tsai

Founder & CEO of Skincare and Beauty Brand Tatcha

Hiroshi Ishiguro

Director of Intelligent Robotics Laboratory at Osaka University

The Most Humanlike Robot & Her Creator Hiroshi Ishiguro

Jikido Aeba

Chairman of the Japanese Conservative Union and a Well-Known Japanese Conservative Columnist

Eddie Jones

Head Coach, Australian National Rugby Union Team

"We know people don't particularly like England." - Eddie Jones ...

Rinko Kikuchi

First Japanese Actress Nominated for an Academy Award in 50 Years for her Work in "Babel"

Tao Okamoto

Japanese Model and Actress Who Debuted as the Female Lead, Mariko Yashida, in "The Wolverine," opposite Hugh Jackman

Ann Curry

Anchor of "Chasing the Cure;" Former NBC Today Anchor, National & International Correspondent; Former Dateline Anchor

Christi Tasker

Social Media Branding Queen and Keynote Speaker

Naoko Ishii

Chief Executive Officer and Chair, Global Environment Facility, USA

Tamlyn Tomita

Actress, Featured on "The Good Doctor"

Jolene Purdy

Jolene Aiko Purdy is a movie and television actress based in the United States. Purdy starred as Cherita Chen in the 2001 film Donnie Darko.

Richard Dreyfuss

Academy Award-Winning Actor

Erik Kobayashi-Solomon

Specialist in Climate Change Investing, Corporate Valuation, Financial Options & Behavioral Biases in Investing, Published Author & Former Morningstar Market Strategist

Ralph A. Cossa

CSIS Trustee

Brad Glosserman

Executive Director, Pacific Forum CSIS

Michael J. Green

Senior Vice President for Asia and Japan Chair

Nicholas Szechenyi

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, Office of the Japan Chair