Marie Kondo

Japanese Organizing Consultant & Author; One of TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" in 2015

Morinosuke Kawaguchi

Innovation & Competitive Strategy Consultant, Futurist, Author, Designer

Hideo Kojima

Japanese Video Game Designer, Screenwriter, Director, and Producer; Kojima Productions

Ichiro Fujisaki

Ambassador of Japan to the United States

Madeintyo

Hip Hop Recording Artist

Bianca Smith

Baseball Coach & Sports Exchange Advisor, Japan Exchange & Teaching Program; Hitting Coach, Great Britain Baseball; First Black Woman to Coach Professional Baseball

Shu Matsuo Post

DEI Advocate, Author & TED Speaker

Paul Pugh

Founder & Chief Designer at Airline Design; Former Vice President of Connected Fitness Products at Under Armour

Kenichi Ebina

Solo Dance Performer, America's Got Talent Winner, Multimedia Artist

Naoko Yamazaki

Astronaut Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

Takaharu Tezuka

Architect & Founder of Tezuka Architects

Sarah Birke

Tokyo Bureau Chief

Richard Lloyd Parry

Asia Editor of The Times of London, Author, International Journalist

Shu Takada

Yo-Yo Artist & Six-Time World Yo-Yo Champion

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Leza Lowitz

Author of "Up From the Sea"

Kohei Nishiyama

Founder, CEO, Cuusoo System.

Yoshito Hori

President and Dean of Globis University & Managing Partner of Globis Capital Partners

Tara Tiger Brown

Founder, CEO at KitHub, Technologist

Christel Takigawa

French-Japanese Television Announcer & News Presenter

J. Berkshire Miller

Jonathan is an international affairs professional and public intellectual with expertise on East Asian issues. He has held a variety of positions in the private and public sector. Currently, he is an international affairs fellow with the Council on Forei