Join us for a rare and exciting opportunit y to hear from a panel of emerging leaders from Japan led by the Deputy Cab inet Secretary Ishigaki Tomoaki. The panel of four specialists working in d iverse fields will discuss various topics\, including Japanese sense of hum or and beauty through Kyogen\, Japanese companies\, astronomy and Japan\, a nd Japanese food education.
Speakers:
Tomoaki Ishigaki
Tomoaki Ishigaki\, Deputy Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs and Director of Global Communications of the Prime Mini ster’s Office\, has served for over 20 years in the Japanese Ministry of Fo reign Affairs. He has undertaken various responsibilities in international trade\, legal affairs\, U.S.-Japan security policy\, Japan’s security and d isarmament policy at the United Nations and climate change negotiations. He also worked as Counsellor of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau (2010-2013) an d Executive Assistant to Prime Minister Abe’s Economic and Fiscal Policy Ad visor (2006-2007). He currently oversees international media relations and public outreach programs at the Prime Minister’s Office and also manages it s social media platforms. He is a graduate of Amherst College and studied l aw at the University of Tokyo before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affair s.
Tokuro Miyake the 10th
Ms. Miyake is the se cond daughter of the 19th head master of one of two traditional families of the Izumi school of Kyogen performers\, and is only the second woman to pe rform Kyogen professionally in Japan. She was born in 1972 and first appear ed on stage at the age of three. In 1989\, she inherited her grandfather's stage name\, Tokuro Miyake\, and received a letter of appreciation from the Minister of Education\, Culture\, Sports\, and Technology. She has perform ed Kyogen in the U.S. and ten other countries.
Ms. Miyake would like to talk about the Japanese sense of humor and beauty through Kyogen.
Yuko Chujo
Ms. Yuko Chujo currently lives in Tokyo a nd works as a banker at an American financial institution. She started her career at a Japanese government-owned bank\, where she was engaged in the b ank’s fundraising activities as well as the provision of loans to support J apanese companies’ overseas ventures.
Ms. Chujo would like to talk ab out the hidden strength of Japanese companies based on her experiences work ing at both Japanese and U.S. companies.
Yoshiki Hatta
Mr. Yoshiki Hatta is a PhD student specializing in asteroseismolog y\, a branch of stellar physics\, at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan. He is interested in how stellar internal structures can be mathem atically related to their oscillations\, and aims to become an asteroseismo logist in the near future. Prior to the PhD program\, he was an active coll ege football player. The sport taught him the importance of working togethe r as a team\, and he believes that this experience will be very helpful in his future career.
Mr. Hatta would like to talk about the strength an d significance of Japan’s expertise and the possibility of Japan-U.S. coope ration in the field of astronomy.
Aya Sakai
Ms . Aya Sakai is a student at the Department of Child Education at Japan Wome n’s University. She has experience studying abroad for a month in Australia and for seven months in the U.S. During her time in the U.S.\, she volunte ered at a public elementary school in addition to her university studies. S he also plays the saxophone and is a member of a local symphonic wind orche stra club.
Ms. Sakai would like to talk about how Japanese food educa tion and the school lunch system contribute to children's’ health and longe vity of the people of Japan.