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Takaaki ASANO
Deputy General Manager, Senior Analyst, Sumitomo Corporation
Global Research
Takaaki ASANO is a senior analyst at Sumitomo Corporation Global
Research (SCGR). He monitors political and economic developments inNorth and Latin America, and also follows global geo-economic trends.
Prior to joining SCGR in 2017, he was a research fellow at Tokyo
Foundation, where he followed Japanese economic diplomacy andJapan-U.S. relations. From 2005 to 2011, he was a policy research
manager at the Japan Association of Corporate Executives (JACE, or Keizai Doyukai), an
influential business organization in Japan, where he was responsible for JACE’s international
programs and edited various policy proposals.
Prior to joining JACE, he was the senior research analyst at the Representative Office of theDevelopment Bank of Japan in Washington, DC, where he authored policy reports on a wide
range of issues, from politics to financial and economic policy.
Earned M.A. in political science at New York University, and received B.A. in sociology at the
University of Tokyo.

Naoyuki HARAOKA
Executive Managing Director
Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
Mr. Naoyuki Haraoka has been Executive Managing Director of theJapan Economic Foundation (JEF) since 2007. After graduating the
University of Tokyo in 1978 (Bachelor of Economics), he joined MITI
(Ministry of International Trade and Industry) of Japanese government.
Having been posted in the industrial policy section and the international
trade policy section for a few years, he was enrolled in a two year MPA(Master of Public Administration) programme at Woodraw Wilson School of Princeton
University in the US on a Japanese government sponsorship. After having acquired MPA at
Princeton, he rejoined MITI in 1984 as an economist. Since then he had been posted as Deputy
Director and Director of a number of MITI divisions including Research Division ofInternational Trade Policy Bureau. He was also posted in Paris twice, firstly, Principal
Economist of Trade Bureau of OECD (Organization of Economic Cooperation andDevelopment) from 1988 to 92 and secondly Counselor to Japanese Delegation of OECD from1996 to 99. After coming back to MITI from his second stay in Paris, at the occasion of thegovernment structural reform in 2001 when MITI was remodeled as METI (Ministry of
Economy Trade and Industry) he joined the efforts to found METI research institute, ResearchInstitute of Economy Trade and Industry as its Director of Administration. He became Chief
Executive Director of JETRO San Francisco in 2003 and stayed in San Francisco until 2006. He
was Director-General of METI Training Institute from 2006 until July, 2007 when he left METI
permanently.

Tobias HARRIS
Senior Vice President, Teneo Intelligence
Tobias Harris is an expert on Japanese politics, and the author of The
Iconoclast: Shinzo Abe and the New Japan, the first English-language
biography of Japan’s longest-serving prime minister. From 2006-2007
Tobias worked on the staff of Keiichiro Asao, at that time a member ofthe upper house of the Japanese Diet and shadow foreign minister for
the Democratic Party of Japan, for whom he conducted research on foreign policy and Japan’s
relations with the United States. He earned an MPhil in International Relations from the
University of Cambridge and a bachelor’s degree in Politics and History from Brandeis
University. Tobias has also conducted graduate research at the Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology and, from 2011-2012, at the Institute for Social Science at the University of Tokyo
as a Fulbright scholar. Tobias has written about Japanese politics for publications including the
Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and Foreign Affairs and regularly provides on-air analysis
for CNBC, Bloomberg, and other networks. He was the Fellow for Economy, Trade, andBusiness at Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA from 2014-2020.

Kazumasa KUSAKA
Chairman and CEO
Japan Economic Foundation (JEF)
Mr. Kazumasa Kusaka has been Chairman and CEO of the Japan
Economic Foundation (JEF) since April 1, 2013, and is also a Professor
at University of Tokyo Graduate School of Public Policy. He previously
served for 36 years in Japan’s Ministry of International Trade andIndustry (MITI), rising to become vice-minister for international affairs

in the reorganized Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in 2004. During his longcareer in public service, Kusaka was seconded to the International Energy Agency (IEA)/OECD
and was Japan’s senior official for Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). He played acentral role in Asia’s economic integration, promoting FTAs in the region as well as serving asa senior official negotiating the Doha development agenda of the WTO. He was head of Japan’s
Energy Agency and held director-general positions in technology and environmental policy inaddition to trade and investment-related areas within METI. He was also instrumental in
finalizing the Kyoto Protocol, and developing Japan’s energy and environment policies. Among
many other posts Kusaka has held are Special Adviser to the Prime Minister on Global
Warming, senior vice president of Mitsubishi Electric, executive adviser to Dentsu Inc., andpresident of the Japan Cooperation Center for the Middle East.

Phil LEVY
Chief Economist, Flexport
Dr. Phil Levy serves as Chief Economist at Flexport. Dr. Levy comes to
Flexport with over two decades of experience researching and forming
global trade policy. Prior to joining Flexport, Dr. Levy served as Senior
Fellow on the Global Economy at Chicago Council on Global Affairs
and Adjunct Professor of Strategy at Northwestern Kellogg. Previously,
Dr. Levy served on the President's Council of Economic Advisors as
Senior Economist for Trade and as a member of the policy planningstaff for the U.S. Department of State. He has testified before numerous congressional
committees and has written regularly for Forbes, The Hill, and Foreign Policy. He has alsotaught global economic policy and international trade at Georgetown, Columbia, the Universityof Virginia, and Yale. Phil holds a Ph.D in Economics from Stanford University.

Michael MOSKOWDistinguished Fellow, Chicago Council on Global Affairs
Michael H. Moskow is the vice chair and distinguished fellow, global
economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. From 1994-2007, heserved as president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve
Bank of Chicago. In that capacity, he was a member of the Federal Open
Market Committee, the Federal Reserve System's most importantmonetary policymaking body. Moskow's career includes service in thepublic and private sectors, as well as academia. During the course of his career, he has been
confirmed by the Senate for five US government positions.
The beginning of his career was spent teaching economics, labor relations, and management at
Temple University, Lafayette College, and Drexel University. From 1969 to 1977, he held anumber of senior positions with the US government, including Under Secretary of Labor at the
US Department of Labor, Director of the Council on Wage and Price Stability, Assistant Secretaryfor Policy Development and Research at the US Department of Housing and Urban Development,
and Senior Staff Economist with the Council of Economic Advisers.
In 1977, Moskow joined the private sector at Esmark, Inc. in Chicago and later held senior
management positions at Northwest Industries, Dart and Kraft, Inc., and Premark International,
Inc., a spin-off from Dart and Kraft. In 1991, President George H.W. Bush appointed Moskow
Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of ambassador. He was responsible fortrade negotiations with Japan, China, and Southeast Asian countries as well as industries such as
steel, semiconductors, and aircraft. Moskow returned to academia in 1993, joining the faculty of
the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was professorof strategy and international management at the time of his appointment as president of the
Chicago Reserve Bank.
Moskow is active in in numerous professional and civic organizations. He is former chairman of
the Japan America Society of Chicago, former chairman of the Economic Club of Chicago, andserves as a director of World Business Chicago. He is a board member and former chairman of
the National Bureau of Economic Research, a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, afellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and an emeritus trustee of LafayetteCollege.
Since leaving his position at the Federal Reserve, Moskow joined the boards of directors of
Discover Financial Services, Commonwealth Edison (a subsidiary of Exelon), the National
Futures Association, Northern Funds (2008-2013), Taylor Capital Group (2008-2014), andDiamond Management & Technology Consultants (2008-2010). He is a member of the advisoryboards to the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Edgewater Funds, and Promontory Financial Group.
Moskow was born in Paterson, New Jersey. He received an AB in economics from LafayetteCollege and a PhD in business and applied economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He
has received honorary doctorate degrees from DePaul University, Dominican University,
Lafayette College, and Lewis University. In 2019 the Prime Minister of Japan bestowed on
Moskow "The Order of the Rising Sun; Gold and Silver Star." He's married to Suzanne KoppMoskow and has three children and seven grandchildren.

Takehiko NAKAO
Mr. Takehiko Nakao is currently the Chairman of the Institute at Mizuho
Research Institute Ltd. Concurrently, he teaches as Visiting Professor at
the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) and Graduate
School of Public Policy, the University of Tokyo.
From April 2013 to January 2020, Mr. Nakao served as President of the
Asian Development Bank (ADB), which is based in Manila withmembership of 68 countries including 46 regional developing countries.
Mr. Nakao was the Vice Minister of Finance for International Affairs
between 2011 and 2013, and in charge of foreign exchange markets, G20 and G7 processes,
ASEAN+3 financial cooperation, and bilateral financial relations with the US, Asian countries
and European countries.
Mr. Nakao has gained extensive experience in international finance and development since hejoined the Ministry of Finance in 1978. He was assigned as Minister at the Embassy of Japan in
Washington D.C. between 2005 and 2007, and worked as advisor at IMF's Policy Development
and Review Department between 1994 and 1997.
He has published books and numerous papers on financial and economic issues both in Japaneseand English. He took an initiative and was a “lead editor” for the ADB’s recent publication of“Asia’s Journey to Prosperity”, a comprehensive account of Asia’s development history in theseseveral decades. He was a Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo in 2010 and 2011.
Mr. Nakao holds a BA degree in Economics from the University of Tokyo (1978) and a Masterof Business Administration from the University of California-Berkeley (1982).

Tishihiro NAKAYAMA
Toshihiro Nakayama is a Professor of American Politics and Foreign
Policy at the Faculty of Policy Management at Keio University. He is
also an Adjunct Fellow at the Japan Institute of International Affairs. He
was a Special Correspondent for the Washington Post at the Far Eastern
Bureau (1993-94), Special Assistant at the Permanent Mission of Japanto the United Nations in New York (1996-98), Senior Research Fellow
at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (2004-06), Associate
Professor at Tsuda College (2006-10), and Professor at Aoyama Gakuin
University (2010-14). He was also a CNAPS Visiting Fellow at the
Brookings Institution (2005-06). He received his M.A.(1993) and Ph.D.(2001) from Aoyama
Gakuin University. He has written two books and numerous articles on American politics,

foreign policy and international relations. He appears regularly on Japanese media and writes amonthly column for Japan News. He was the recipient of Nakasone Yasuhiro Award (Incentive
Award) in 2014.

Ulrike SCHAEDE
Professor, University of California, San Diego
Professor of Japanese Business; Director, Japan Forum for Innovation
and Technology
Ulrike Schaede is an internationally recognized authority on Japanesebusiness organization, strategy and management. Her main researchinterest is to analyze and juxtapose different systems of capitalism andways of organizing business, and to identify the social and economic
efficiency consequences of these differences.
She is an expert on current affairs of Japanese companies and industry dynamics, as well as
policy initiatives and the historical background to ongoing reforms. She has looked at Japanese
corporate strategies in light of Japan’s financial market organization, regulation andgovernment-business relationships, corporate governance and takeovers, antitrust, employment
practices, innovation policies and entrepreneurship.
Professor Schaede is also the founding director of the (JFIT), the Japan Forum for Innovation
and Technology, and the faculty coordinator of the International Management track at GPS.
Schaede teaches GPS’s international management capstone class, Strategy and Negotiation, as
well as Japan Focus classes, including “Business and Management in Japan”. At JFIT, she runs
a weekly webinar series called JAPAN FORUM, where she discusses contemporary Japan with
global scholars, business leaders and industry experts.
She has published seven books, including in “The Business Reinvention of Japan: How to Make
Sense of the New Japan and Why It Matters” (Stanford University Press 2020) and “Creating
Ambidextrous Organizations: Exploration and Exploitation for Overcoming Inertia” (両利きの組織をつくる: 大企業病を打破する攻めと守りの経営, Eiji Shuppan 2020). She has
authored more than 50 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters and company case studies. Her
website, www.thejapanologist.com features a blog on contemporary topics in Japanese business,
society and political economy.
Professor Schaede is trilingual (English, German, Japanese), and has spent more than nine yearsof study and research in Tokyo, Japan. She has been invited as a visiting professor toHitotsubashi University, as well as the research institutes of the Bank of Japan, Japan's Ministryof Finance, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, and the Development Bank ofJapan. She has also been a visiting professor at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley andthe Harvard Business School, and a visiting scholar to the Hoover Institution at Stanford
University. She serves on the advisory board of the IN-EAST program at the University ofDuisburg-Essen in Germany, as is a member of the Advisory Board of two incubator/accelerator
organizations in Japan, the “Innovation Network for Co-Creating the Future” at Mitsubishi
Research Institute, as well as the Life Science Innovation Network Japan (LINK-J).

Stephanie SEGAL
Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Stephanie Segal is senior fellow of the CSIS Economics Program, where
her research interests include economic competitiveness, U.S.-China
economic relations, and the role of international financial institutions in
the global economy. Until 2017, Ms. Segal served as codirector of theEast Asia Office at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Prior toTreasury, she was senior economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), where shecovered a range of emerging market and advanced country economies. Earlier in her career, Ms.
Segal served as an economist in the Western Hemisphere, South and Southeast Asia, andInternational Monetary Policy offices at Treasury; as an adviser to the U.S. director at the IMF;
and as an analyst and associate in mergers & acquisitions at J.P. Morgan in New York. She
earned her master's degree from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
and her undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Masaaki SHIRAKAWA
Masaaki Shirakawa was previously Governor of the Bank of Japan. He
was appointed as Governor in April 2008, and left the Bank in March
2013. He was also Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bankfor International Settlements—an organization often described as thecentral bank of central banks—between January 2011 and March 2013.
Currently, he is Distinguished Guest Professor at Aoyama-Gakuin
University and a member of the Group of Thirty—a private, non-profit,
international body composed of senior policymakers from central banks, supervisory agencies,
the financial sector, and academia.

Masaaki Shirakawa joined the Bank of Japan in 1972. At the Bank, he held various key
positions, including the Bank's Chief Representative in the Americas and Executive Director in
charge of monetary policy. Other professional experiences include professorship at the Kyoto
University School of Government from July 2006 to March 2008.
Masaaki Shirakawa was born in Kitakyushu-city, Fukuoka prefecture in September 1949. He
studied economics at the University of Tokyo (B.A.) and at the University of Chicago (M.A.).

Urakami KENICHIRO
Director of Policy Planning and Coordination, Trade Policy Bureau,
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan
Mr. Uramaki has served as Director of Policy Planning and
Coordination, one of key positions in the Government of Japan (GOJ) to
design and implement international trade policy, since August of 2020.
As a principle director of the Trade Policy Bureau, Mr. Urakami
oversees the Ministry’s international operations. He has contributed torealize the completion of variety of international trade agreements including Comprehensive
and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) and others.
Mr. Urakami previously served as Director of Americas from 2017 to 2020. As a coordinator of
public and private sectors, he played a key role to manage US-Japan economic relationship in
Trump administration era. Most notable contributions as a negotiator with US counterparts wasto conclude the US-Japan Trade Agreement.
Since joining METI in 1995, Mr. Urakami has assumed a variety of positions in charge ofindustrial policies. From 2015 to 2017, Mr Urakami served as Director of Nuclear Energy
Policy Planning at Agency for Natural Resources and Energy. From 2013 to 2015, he has served
as a Director of public Relations, a chief spokesperson of the Ministry. From 2011 to 2012, heserved as Special Assistant of the Prime Minister.
Between 2002 and 2006, he served as trade attaché at the Embassy of Japan in Washington DC.
Mr. Urakami holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Tokyo and a LL.M. inInternational Law from Georgetown law Center.
He was born in June 26, 1972 in Japan.