Researcher

Visiting Professors, Visiting Research Fellows

(September 1 2024 version)

Visiting Professor

  • Noritaka UJI
    Representative Director, Japan Association of Technology Executives
  • Sota KATO
    Research Director, The Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research
  • Iwao KIDOKORO
    Adviser, Makino Law Office/ Attorney at Law In NY and DC
  • Waichi SEKIGUCHI
    President, MM Research Institute, Ltd. (MMRI)
  • Hiroshi NAKAJIMA
    Okinawa DX
  • Tadakazu FUKUTOMI
    Professor, School of Letter, Department of Journalism, Senshu University
  • Norio MURAKAMI
    Professor, Graduate School of Urban Management, Osaka Metropolitan University

Senior Visiting Research Fellow

  • Shuji INABA
    President, NTT Smart Trade Inc.
  • Izumi OKOSHI
    Senior Vice President, CHANGE Holdings, Inc.
  • Tadamasa KIMURA
    Professor, College of Sociology, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Rikkyo University
  • Ryoji KOIKE
    Co-founder, CEO, Aerial Innovation, LLC.
  • Jiro KOKURYO
    Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
  • Toshiya JITSUZUMI
    Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University
  • Akihiko SHINOZAKI
    Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University
  • Yoshitaka SUGIHARA
    Director / Head of Public Policy, Netflix Japan, Netflix G.K.
  • Yoshio TANAKA
    Representative Director, Institute of Things and Systems
  • Yasuhiko TANIWAKI
    Executive Vice President, Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
  • Akira NAGASHIMA
    Vice Director, Haptics Research Center, Keio University
  • Takehiko NAGUMO
    Senior Managing Executive Officer, Research & Innovation Division, Mitsubishi UFJ Research and Consulting Co., Ltd.
  • Masayo FUJIMOTO
    Professor, Institute of Information Security
  • Mitsuhiro MAEDA
    Professor, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology Master Program of Innovation for Design and Engineering
  • Shin YASUNOBE
    President, Japan Federation of Software Producers’ Association
  • Hajime YAMAGUCHI
    Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
  • Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
    Professor, Faculty of Global Media Studies, Komazawa University
  • Kou YUKAWA
    Professor, Faculty of Information and Management, Department of Information and Management, Tokyo Online University
  • Karen Ejersbo Iversen
    Chief adviser, The National ICT Council, Ministry of Finance, Denmark

Visiting Research Fellow

  • Susumu AKIYAMA
    President, Principle Consulting Group
  • Hiroyasu AKUTSU
    Professor, Rabdan Academy
  • Takao ASANO
    Director for Project Affairs, City Development Policy Planning Bureau Policy Planning Department, City of Sapporo
  • Noriko IGARI
    Circular Society Innovation Institute, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation
  • Junichi IKEDA
    FERMAT Inc.
  • Shinichiro ISAGO
    Director, New Business Preparation Office, Generative AI Division, LINE Yahoo Corporation / Executive, Works Mobile Japan
  • Mitsuhiko IDA
    Corporate, External and Legal Affairs / Director, Government Affairs, Microsoft Japan
  • Akira IDE
    Professor, Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Kanazawa University
  • Akito INOUE
    Associate Professor, Department of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Masahiro IBARAGI
    Creative Research Consultant, Marketing Headquarters, Yokogawa Electric Corporation
  • Tamami IMADO
    Representative Director, General Incorporated Association Media education lab
  • Kotaro IYANAGA
    Senior Consultant, AI Sector, ABeam Consulting Ltd.
  • Takuya OIKAWA
    Technology Enabler, Tably Inc.
  • Sawako Ohi
    Executive Consultant, Ivory co.,ltd
  • Hidetaka OSHIMA
    CTO, Integrity, Inc.
  • Kazuhiro OHASHI
    General Manager, Itoki Corporation
  • Makoto OKADA
    Fujitsu Japan Limited
  • Ken OGISO
    literary profession
  • Ryo ONOZUKA
    Employee, Pharmaceutical Consulting & Development Group, Planet Pharma Solutions Inc.,
  • Akiko ORITA
    Professor, College of Interhuman Symbiotic Studies Department of Communication, Kanto Gakuin University
  • Dainichiro KAKEI
    Vice President&Representative Director, Future Sessions Inc.
  • Tomoki KAMO
    Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University
  • Yoshiyuki KAWANO
    Assistant Professor, Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • Masanori KUSUNOKI
    Director-General, Digital Agency, Government of Japan
  • Tatsuya KUROSAKA
    Kuwadate, Inc. / Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
  • Teppei KOUGUCHI
    Shizuoka University
  • Nobushige KOBAYASHI
    Associate Professor, Tohoku Gakuin University
  • Kei KOMURO
    Delivery Analyst, DX.div, Deloitte Tohmatsu akt Co., Ltd.
  • Yosuke KONDO
    Former Deputy Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
  • Kenji SAITO
    Professor, Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University
  • Masayoshi SAKAI
    Associate Professor, iU, Japan. / Senior Researcher for Consumer Policies, METI
  • Hirohide SAKAGUCHI
    Faculty of Economics, Keiai University
  • Hiroaki SASO
    Fellow, The Institute of Actuaries of Japan
  • Akira SATO
    Fujitsu Research, Fujitsu Ltd.
  • Masanori SHIZUKA
    Senior Lecturer, Tokyo Fuji University
  • Yuka SHIRATSUCHI
    Assistant Professor, Bunkyo University Faculty of Information & Communications Department of Media and Communications
  • Atsuhiro SUZUKI
    NTT DX Partner Corporation
  • Ken SUZUKI
    Co-Founder and Co-CEO, SmartNews, Inc.
  • Kensuke SUZUKI
    Professor, School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University
  • Masayuki SUZUKI
    Digital promotion department, Okazaki city
  • Koji SUMITOMO
  • Keiko TANAKA
    Assistant Professor at Tokyo Satellite, The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics
  • Tsukasa TANIHARA
    Associate Professor, College of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Yasunori TAMAKI
    KADOKAWA ASCII Research Laboratories, Inc.
  • Yoshiko TSUWAKI
    Executive Director, Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO Los Angeles) / Special Advisor, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI)
  • Takehito TOKUDA
    CEO, DFC-partners
  • Satoshi NAKANO
    Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics, Meiji Gakuin University
  • Ryosuke NISHIDA
    Associate Professor, Institute for Liberal Arts / School of Environment and Society,Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Masayuki HATTA
    Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, Surugadai University
  • Atsuko HATTORI
    Visiting Professor, Doshisha University
  • Masayuki HAYASHI
    Evangelist, Cloud & Network Services, NTT Communications Corporation
  • Izumi HARADA
    Honorary, Crisis & Risk Management Society of Japan
  • Izumi HINATA
    Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation
  • Nao FUKUSHIMA
    VP of Public Policy, Fast Doctor Inc.
  • Daisuke FURUTA
    President, Media-Collab.inc
  • Akinori MAEMURA
    Chief Policy Officer, Japan Network Information Center (JPNIC)
  • Tomoe MAKINO
    Representative Director, Foundation for Meta Tourism
  • Fumihiko MAKIYAMA
    Department of Information Systems, Incorporated Educatinal Institution, Nansei Gakuen Sci.Tec.College NAHA
  • Hirokazu MATSUMIYA
    Associate Professor, Faculty of Social and information Studies, National University Corporation GUNMA UNIVERSITY
  • Kyohei MATSUMOTO
     
  • Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
    Board of Education, Inzai City
  • Masato MIYAKE
    Eminent Research Professor, Open Innovation & Collaboration Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University
  • Shunsuke MIYACHI
    Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies, University of Tokyo
  • Yasuhiro MEKARU
    CEO, Next System Consulting Co., Ltd.
  • Gaku MORIYA
    Digital Economy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  • Mika YASUOKA
    Associate Professor, Department of People and Technology, Roskilde University, Denmark
  • Takuya YAMAGATA
    Yamagata Takuya Design Office / Code for Japan 
  • Kazuko YUMA
    Chief Fellow, Research Division, Institute for International Socio-Economic Studies
  • Hiroyoshi WATANABE
    Founder, AnalyseG.K.
  • Tuukka TOIVONEN
    Reader in Regenerative Creativity – Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London
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