The speaker of the First Wednesday October 2026 session is Mr. Hiroyuki Kotake (Senior Staff Writer and Editorial Writer, Nikkei, Inc.)
The speaker of the First Wednesday September 2026 session is Dr. Takayuki Furuta (General Manager, Future Robotics Technology Centre, Chiba Institute of Technology)
The speaker of the First Wednesday August 2026 session is Mr. Shinya Tamura (President, Representative Director, TOTO Ltd.)
The speaker of the First Wednesday July 2026 session is Mr. Senri Tanida (President and CEO, Tanita Corporation) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of the First Wednesday June 2026 session is Mr. Hirotaka Wakamoto (Representative Director, Chairperson and CEO, Pasona Group Inc.)
The speaker of the First Wednesday May 2026 session is Mr. Hiroshi Shiragami (Director, Representative Executive Officer & Executive Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer (CIO), and Supervision of Research and Development, Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)
The speaker of the First Wednesday April 2026 session is Mr. Atsuhiko Hirano (Representative Director and Executive Vice President, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.)
The speaker of the First Wednesday March 2026 session is Ms. Yoko Fujita (Vice President & Executive Officer, Business Strategy Headquarters, Yokogawa Electric Corporation)
The speaker of the First Wednesday February 2026 session is Mr. Katsuhiko Kawazoe (Chief Executive Fellow, Former Executive Vice President, NTT Corporation)
The speaker of the First Wednesday January 2026 session is Mr. Shinsuke Sugiyama (Former Japanese Ambassador to the United States)
The speaker of the First Wednesday December 2025 session is Mr. Eiji Sakamoto (Senior Editorial Writer, Nikkei, Inc.)
The speaker of the First Wednesday November 2025 session is Mr. Yutaka Sasaki (Representative Director, President and CEO, NTT Data)
The speaker of the First Wednesday October 2025 session is Ms. Naoko Shoji (Marketing Senior Director, Marketing Strategy & Operations Division, NEC Corporation)
The speaker of the First Wednesday September 2025 session is Mr. Tomoyoshi Maruyama (CEO & Founder, XPERISUS Inc.)
The speaker of First Wednesday August 2025 session is Mr. Naofumi Iwai (Co-founder, Director, and CSO, Peatix Japan K.K.)
The speaker of First Wednesday July 2025 session is Akifumi Takaori M.D., Ph.D. (Director, Kyoto University Hospital) Jointly hosted by the Integrated Healthcare Initiative
The speaker of First Wednesday June 2025 session is Mr. Hideyuki Kurata (Representative Director, Executive Vice President, CTO, General Manager of the Technology General Division, AGC Inc.)
The speaker of First Wednesday May 2025 session is Mr. Christopher Eoyang (Senior Partner and head of Macro, Pamalican Asset Management)
The speaker of First Wednesday April 2025 session is Prof. Tatsuya Nishida (Professor, School of Political Science and Economics Department of Political Science, Tokai University)
The speaker of First Wednesday March 2025 session is Mr. Hiroshi Sakurai (Chairman, DASSAI, Inc.)
The speaker of the First Wednesday February 2025 session is Mr. Yasuhide Mizuno (Representative Director, Chairperson and CEO, Sony Honda Mobility Inc.)
The speaker of First Wednesday January 2025 session is Mr. Hideo Tamura (Senior Columnist, Sankei Shimbun)
The speaker of First Wednesday December 2024 session is Mr. Tadao Kikuchi (Chairman of the Board of Directors, Royal Holdings Inc.)
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 April 2023 session is Mr. Atsushi Tanaka (Representative Director, JTOWER Inc.)
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 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 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 February 2021 session is Dr. Kiyoshi Yamada, President, Tokai University.
The speaker of First Wednesday October 2020 session is Mr. Hisaoki Kamei, Former Director General, National Land Agency, 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.