The speaker of First Wednesday December 2020 session is Mr. Shigetoshi Ikeyama, The Councillor of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Japan.
The speaker of First Wednesday November 2019 session is Mr. Atsuhi Omatsu, The Director, The managing executive officer and the manager of Urban development sector of NIKKEN.
The speaker of First Wednesday the next October 2019 session is Mr. Yoshimitsu Kobayashi, The chairman of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation, The former representative manager of Japan Association of Corporate Executives.
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2019 session is Mr. Masaya Tochio, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.
The speaker of First Wednesday July 2019 session is Mr. Zhang Renjiu, The Vice President of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office.
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2019 session is Mr. Yusuke Takahashi, NHK Commentator.
The speaker of First Wednesday February 2019 session is Mr. Kyohei Noguchi, The Executive officer of LIXIL Corporation Professor of The Graduate School of Project Design.
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2018 session is Mr. Katsuhisa Furukawa, Journalist.
The speaker of First Wednesday July 2018 session is Mr. Narushige Michishita, The professor of GRIPS.
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2018 session is Ms. Kyoko Nishi, The Manager of Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Japan.
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2018 session is Mr. Kosuke Kuji, The 5th generation Kuramoto, president of Nanbu Bijin Brewery.
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2018 session is Mr. Masafumi Ishibashi, Senior Managing Executive Officer of Nestlé Japan.
The speaker of First Wednesday January 2018 session is Mr. Song Yaoming, Minister of Chinese Embassy in Japan.
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2017 session is Mr. Uichiro Niwa, The former Japanese Ambassador to People's Republic of China The Chairman of Society of Global Business/The Chairman of The Japan-China Friendship Association.
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2017 session is Mr. Fumihide Tomizawa, The president & CEO of SoftBank Robotics Corp.
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2017 session is Mr. Shirou Kondou, Executive Chairman of RICOH Corporation.
The speaker of First Wednesday May 2017 session is Mr. Yasuyuki Tanabe, The CEO of Airbnb Japan.
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2017 session is Mr. Mikio Haruna, Visiting Professor, Graduate School of Political Science, Waseda University.
The speaker of First Wednesday January 2017 session is Mr. Mikio Sugano, Editorial Writer of The Nikkei.
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2016 session is Mr. Tetsuya Shoji, The CEO of NTT Communications Corporation.
The speaker of First Wednesday November 2016 session is Mr. Hiroshige Sugihara, The CEO of Oracle Corporation Japan.
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2016 session is Mr. Haruaki Deguchi, The Chairman and CEO of LIFENET INSURANCE COMPANY.
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2016 session is Mr. Ray Zhang, The Executive Director, Industry Solutions Group, Intel Japan Asia Pacific Japan Energy & Utility Sector Director.
The speaker of First Wednesday May 2016 session is Mr. Ritsuya Oku, The Chief Researcher of DENTSU Inc.
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2016 session is Mr. Masatoshi Muto, The former Japanese Ambassador to South Korea.
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2016 session is Mr. Carsten Cramer Director of Borussia Dortmund
The speaker of First Wednesday February 2016 session is Prof. Kazuhiko Togo, Former Director-General, Treaty Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Former Director-General, Europe and Asia Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Former Ambassador to the Netherlands, Embassy of Japan. The Professor of Faculty of Law in Kyoto Sangyo University.
The speaker of First Wednesday January 2016 session is Ms. Kumi Yokoe, The Representative of PACIFIC21, the former senior researcher of Heritage Foundation.
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2015 session is Ms. Kaori Kawakami, The head of Hat research institute Mr. Kishin Okada, Muso Co.,Ltd.
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2015 session is Mr. Shin Nimura, The Commentary Senior Manager of Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK)
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2015 session is Mr. Tamotsu Hiiro, The President of Johnson and Johnson K.K.
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2015 session is Mr. Paul Yonamine, The General Manager of IBM Japan
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2015 session is Dr. Michael Doludda, The President of Nippon Aerosil Co., Ltd.
The speaker of First Wednesday May 2015 session is Mr. Yoshiyuki Tanaka,The President of Du Pont Kabushiki Kaisha.
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2015 session is Mr. Hirotsugu Koike, Head of Kwansei Gakuin Global Policy Research Center (Former vice chief editorial writer of Nikkei Inc.)
The speaker of First Wednesday February 2015 session is Mr. Mikio Haruna, International Journalist, Former chief editorial writer of KYODO NEWS.
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2014 session is Mr. Shuzo Sumi, Chairman of the Board of Tokio Marine & Nichido.
The speaker of First Wednesday November 2014 session is Mr. Hidenori Sakanaka, President of Japan Immigration Policy Institute, Former Chief of Immigration Bureau of Tokyo. Points:Why are we considering “Immigrant” now/ Falling population and becoming immigrant nation/ The way to sustain vibrant society (so-called “Big Japan”)/ Immigration policy and University reform/ Tokyo Olympic in 2020 – one chance in a million/ Vitalization of local communities/ Future accommodation of Japanese government/ Response from global media/ Abduction issue
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2014 session is Mr. ZHU Jianrong, Professor of Toyo Gakuen University.
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2014 session is Mr. Tatsuo Tanaka, Director and Chairman of Citigroup Japan Holdings Corp. Former Representative Director and Executive Vice President, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2014 session is Mr. Yoshihisa Yamada, Executive Vice President, Representative Director, and CFO of Rakuten, Inc.
The speaker of First Wednesday July 2014 session is Mr. Mikio Haruna, International Journalist, Former branch manager of KYODO NEWS Washington, Guest professor of Waseda University.
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2014 session is Mr. Ray Bremner, President and CEO of Unilever Japan
The speakers of First Wednesday May 2014 session are Mr. Eugene Kaspersky, Chairman and CEO of Kaspersky Lab, and Mr. Riaz Esmailzadeh, Associate professor of Information technology and Management in Carnegie Mellon University.
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2014 session is Mr. Robert Alan Feldman, Managing director Chief economist and General Manager of fixed income research of Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd.
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2014 session is Mr. Sanjay Panda, Deputy Chief of Mission Embassy of India
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2013 session is Mr. Kai-Uwe Seidenfuss, Member of the Board Senior Vice President of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation.
The speaker of First Wednesday September 2013 session is Mr. Yoshiaki Fujimori, President and CEO of LIXIL Corporation.
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2013 session is Mr. Kei Furuta, President and CEO of Equinix Japan.
The speaker of First Wednesday July 2013 session is Mr. Fumio Ohta, Professor, National University of Defense/Director, Intelligence Headquarters, Ministry of Defense