17Vol.

November 1, 2019

Report 1WS
On May 28, 2019, Honorary Member Workshop was held by Kathy
Matsui, Vice Chairman of Goldman Sachs Securities Co. Ltd., Honorary Member. Ms.Matsui, who advocated womenomics in 1999 sayingthat women's advancement insociety would lead to economic
development, talked about
women's advancement in Japanese society. Currently, as aresult of the duty of companies
to disclose information, it has
been revealed that the more

women leaders there are, the better the company's performance. However, it is pointed out that the number of women leaders is still small,and she suggested that it is needed to change the mindset of privatecompanies and Japanese society to to improve this situation. She also
indicated the trend of social change by mentioning that ESG investment has attracted attention from an investment perspective and thatmillennials have a high interest in work-life balance regardless ofgender. After Ms. Matsui's talk, meaningful discussions were held
about the deduction of full-time housewives, issues with the childcare
leave system, the values of millennials, changes in women's consciousness, work-life balance, relationships with partners, and so on.

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2-wa y Se m in ar

Wes t Japan S pecial

On April 18, 2019, Chikako Morimoto,who joined Recruit Human Resources
Center (currently Recruit Career) as a sales
employee after graduating from university
and founded morichi Co., Ltd. in 2017
while working at Recruit (she left recruitment afterward) talked about how executives are working to create an ideal career. She talked about the importanceof increasing the value as an individual rather than being a person in anorganization, having multiple specialties such as sales and human resources, engaging in management while having a specialty, branding yourself,
expanding personal connections, and so on. You talked about the importance. After the lecture, JAFE members actively asked questions and the
2-way Seminar became lively.

It wasn’ t easy for JAFE members living or working
in the Kansai area, for reasons such as relocation forwork, to participate in JAFE Seminars since they areoften held in Tokyo. Therefore, we set up a special
Western Japan Session as an opportunity for everyone in the Kansai region to meet Kabuki actor
Mr.Ganjiro Nakamura. On the day, we had a goodtime with everyone while
having a delicious meal at
Mr. Nakamura'sfavorite restaurant.

Introduction of Members

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WAW! / W20

Ms.Kuniko Takasaki

JTB Executive Officer,
in charge of Work Style Reform and Diversity Promotion
Joined Japan Transport Service Co., Ltd in 1986. In 2005,
she became General Manager of Public Relations Office,
JTB West Japan Sales Headquarters. In 2006, General
Manager of Public Relations Office, JTB West Japan Co.
Ltd. In 2013, General Manager of CSR Promotion
Division, JTB West Japan Co. Ltd. In 2016, General Manager of Educational Travel in Kobe Branch, JTB WestJapan Co. Ltd. Incumbent from 2018.

On March 23 and 24, 2019, the 5th International Women's Conference WAW!, hosted
by the Government of Japan, and W20(Women 20) meeting, which is to makerecommendations to the G20 for the purpose for women's economic success, were
held at the same time. Haruno Yoshida, who
is a JAFE Honorary Member, spoke as theco-representative of the W20 and handed
over to Prime Minister Abe the recommendations of the W20 for the G20 Osaka
Summit, which is held in June of the same

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year. This proposal was made by several
discussions by W20 members around theworld. A reception was held on the eveningof the 23rd, and JAFE members and W20
members from various countries deepened
friendship.