*Speaker titles are as of the date of the presentation.
The speaker of First Wednesday November 2024 session is Mr. Nicholas Szechenyi (Vice President, Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and Senior Fellow, Japan Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies)
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2024 session is Mr. Tsuneo Watanabe (Senior Fellow, Security Studies Program, Sasakawa Peace Foundation)
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2024 session is Mr. Umio Otsuka (Chief Priest of Yasukuni Shrine; Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Djibouti; Director General, Director, Defense Intelligence Headquarters of Ministry of Defense)
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2024 session is Ms. Akiko Kamei (Member of the House of Representatives, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday July 2024 session is Mr. Tamotsu Hiiro (Representative Director, President and CEO, McDonald’s Holdings Company (Japan), Ltd.)
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2024 session is Mr. Mikio Sugeno (Managing Executive Officer, Chair of Editorial Board, Nikkei) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday May 2024 session is Mr. Yoshihisa Furukawa (Member of the House of Representatives; Former Minister of Justice) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2024 session is Dr. Masashi Yanagisawa (President, S'UIMIN Co.; Director, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine, University of Tsukuba) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2024 session is Professor Tsai Jaw Shen (Professor, Tokyo University of Science; Team Leader of the Superconducting Quantum Simulation Research Team, RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS)) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday February 2024 session is Mr. Hideo Tamura (Senior Columnist, Sankei Shimbun)
The speaker of First Wednesday January 2024 session is Mr. Akio Fujii (Executive Chair of Editorial Board, Nikkei) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speakers of First Wednesday Special Trip December 2023 are Tetsuya Takada (Rear Admiral, 5th Air Group, Maritime Self-Defense Force); Masahito Yajima (Lieutenant General, Southwestern Air Defense Force); Koji Matsunaga (Major General, 15th Brigade Group)
The speaker of First Wednesday November 2023 session is Mr. Jean-Marc Gilson (President and Representative Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corporation)
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2023 session is Dr. Kiyoshi Kurokawa (Chairman, Health and Global Policy Institute) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2023 session is Mr. Hiroki Sugita (Columnist, Kyodo News)
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2023 session is Mr. Akihiro Nikkaku (President and Representative Director, Toray Industries, Inc.)
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2023 session is Mr. Hisahiro Ichikawa (General Manager, Good Conditioning Promotion Office, Yahoo Japan Corporation, President, Work & Wellness Corporation) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday May 2023 session is Ms. Miki Oikawa (President and Representative Director, POLA Inc.) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2023 session is Mr. Atsushi Tanaka (Representative Director, JTOWER Inc.)
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2023 session is Mr. Hiromi Yamaji (President and CEO, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. Next CEO of Japan Exchange Group, Inc.)
The speaker of First Wednesday February 2023 session is Ms. Kyoko Nishi (Deputy Director-General, Regional Development Promotion Office, Secretariat of the Council for the Realization of Vision for a Digital Garden City Nation, Government of Japan, Cabinet Secretariat) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday January 2023 session is Mr. Tetsuya Kusayanagi (Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Kracie Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2022 session is Mr. Noriyuki Shikata (Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs)
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2022 session is Mr. Stephen Dunbar-Johnson (President, International of The New York Times Company)
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2022 session is Ms. Reiko Kojima (Director, Chief Well-being Officer (CWO), Marui Group Inc. General Manager, Wellness Promotion Department, Full-time Industrial Physician, Doctor of Medicine)
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2022 session is Mr. Masahiro Iwakura (Representative Director, President & CEO, Kracie Holdings)
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2022 session is Mr. Yoshinori Komiya (Managing Executive Officer and General Manager, Advanced Information Management Division, IHI Corporation)
The speaker of First Wednesday July 2022 session is Mr. Masazumi Kikukawa (Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lion Corporation)
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2022 session is Mr. Toyo Ito (President, Toyo Ito Architects & Associates)
The speaker of First Wednesday May 2022 session is Mr. Yutaka Kobayashi, President and Representative Director, Kureha Corporation
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2022 session is Mr. Shinya Tamura (Director, Executive Officer, TOTO Ltd. (In charge of Housing Equipment Business in China and Asia, Housing Equipment Business in the US, and Europe)
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2022 session is Mr. Shigeru Yamamoto, General Manager, Hydrogen Strategy Division, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.
The speaker of First Wednesday February 2022 session is Mr. Takayuki Inagawa, General Manager, Innovation Division, NTT DOCOMO, INC. (Former President and Representative Director, NTT DOCOMO Ventures, Inc.)
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2021 session is Mr. Jun Furuta (Director, Senior Vice President, Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) , Meiji Holdings Co., Ltd.)
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2021 session is Mr. Israel Strulov, Minister and Deputy Chief of the Embassy of Israel in Tokyo.
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2021 session is Mr. Makoto Enomoto, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), NEC Corporation.
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2021 session is Dr. Tsuyoshi Abe, Vice President & General Manager, Marketing HQ, Yokogawa Electric Corporation.
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2021 session is Mr. Minoru Okamoto, Honorary Advisor of Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
The speaker of First Wednesday July 2021 session is Mr. Tatsuo Tanaka, Senior Advisor and Former Chairman of Citigroup Japan Holdings G.K.
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2021 session is Mr. Shinjiro Sato, President and CEO, Terumo Corporation.
The speaker of First Wednesday May 2021 session is Mr. Koki Igarashi, Head of APAC and Japan, Dropbox K.K.
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2021 session is Mr. Hiroshi Omata, CDMO, CIO, SOMPO Holdings, Inc.
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2021 session is Mr. Akitaka Saiki, Director, Mitsubishi Corporation Former Vice-Minister, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The speaker of First Wednesday February 2021 session is Dr. Kiyoshi Yamada, President, Tokai University.
The speaker of First Wednesday January 2022 session is Mr. Hsieh Chang-ting, Representative of Taipei Economic and Culture Representative Office in Japan
The speaker of First Wednesday January 2021 session is Mr. Mikio Haruna, Former Kyodo News Washington Office Chief Editor
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2020 session is Mr. Toshihiro Toyoshima, President, Mercuria Investment co. Ltd.
The speaker of First Wednesday November 2020 session is Mr. Takaaki Kato, Representative Director, MMT Global.
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2020 session is Mr. Hisaoki Kamei, Former Director General, National Land Agency, Japan.
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2020 session is Mr. Shiro Kambe, the Executive Vice President, Sony Corporation.