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Executive Committee

Ken JIMBO

Ken JIMBO

Managing Director
(Representative Director)
President, Asia Pacific Initiative

JIMBO Ken is Professor at the Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University. He served as a Special Advisor to the Minister of Defense, Japan Ministry of Defense (2020) and a Senior Advisor, The National Security Secretariat (2018-20).

His main research fields are in International Security, Japan-US Security Relations, Japanese Foreign and Defense Policy, Multilateral Security in Asia-Pacific, and Regionalism in East Asia. He has been a policy advisor for various Japanese governmental commissions and research groups including for the National Security Secretariat, the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His policy writings have appeared in NBR, The RAND Corporation, Stimson Center, Pacific Forum CSIS, Japan Times, Nikkei, Yomiuri, Asahi and Sankei Shimbun.

[Concurrent Position]
Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University

Takaaki UMADA

Takaaki UMADA

Visiting Senior Fellow
Director

UMADA Takaaki is Director of FoundX, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he has engaged himself in supporting startups and educating on entrepreneurship since 2019. Prior to that, he worked for Microsoft Japan and Hongo Tech Garage at The University of Tokyo. He graduated from University of Toronto.

[Concurrent Position]
Director, FoundX, The University of Tokyo

Advisory Board

Ichiro ASAHINA
Ichiro ASAHINA

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Aoyama Shachu Co., Ltd.

Tasuku KUWABARA
Tasuku KUWABARA

Partner and Head of Infrastructure Japan
EQT Partners Japan KK

Lin KOBAYASHI
Lin KOBAYASHI

Chair of the Board, United World College ISAK Japan

Hiroki KOMAZAKI
Hiroki KOMAZAKI

Chairman and CEO of Florence Group
Chairman of Florence, a certified non-profit organization

Chizuru SUGA
Chizuru SUGA

Director of the Information Economy Division at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry / Councillor at the Digital Agency

Retsu FUJISAWA
Retsu FUJISAWA

Representative Director of the General Incorporated Association RCF / Director of the Fukushima 12 Municipalities Migration Support Center

Yutaka MATSUO
Yutaka MATSUO

Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo

Gen MIYAZAWA
Gen MIYAZAWA

Senior Executive Officer, Head of Generative AI Division, LINE Yahoo Corporation

Secretariats

Takaaki UMADA

Director
Takaaki UMADA

UMADA Takaaki is Director of FoundX, The University of Tokyo, Japan, where he has engaged himself in supporting startups and educating on entrepreneurship since 2019. Prior to that, he worked for Microsoft Japan and Hongo Tech Garage at The University of Tokyo. He graduated from University of Toronto.

Program Officer
Natsumi EBITANI

After engaging in consulting work at Industrial Growth Platform, Inc., she became involved in startup support activities at the University of Tokyo's FoundX. She assumed her current position in March 2024.
She completed her graduate studies at the University of Tokyo.

Program Staffs
Michiko SHOJI

Kazunori NOZAWA