Researcher

Visiting Professors, Visiting Research Fellows

(January 1 2026 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
    Board Chirman General Incorporated Association, Okinawa Transformation
  • Tadakazu FUKUTOMI
    Professor, School of Letter, Department of Journalism, Senshu University
  • Norio MURAKAMI
    President, International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo

Senior Visiting Research Fellow

  • Hiroyasu AKUTSU
    Professor, Rabdan Academy
  • Yoichi IIDA
    Minister’s Special Policy Advisor, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Japan
  • Shuji INABA
    President, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS X,Inc
  • Izumi OKOSHI
    Senior Vice President, CHANGE Holdings, Inc.
  • Akiko ORITA
    Professor, College of Interhuman Symbiotic Studies Department of Communication, Kanto Gakuin University
  • Tadamasa KIMURA
    Professor, College of Sociology, Department of Communication and Media Studies, Rikkyo University
  • Ryoji KOIKE
    CEO, Aerial Innovation LLC.
  • Jiro KOKURYO
    Emeritus Professor, Keio University / Institute for Business and Finance, WASEDA University / Kyoai Gakuen University
  • Toshiya JITSUZUMI
    Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University
  • Akihiko SHINOZAKI
    Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyushu University
  • Yoshitaka SUGIHARA
    Director for Public Policy, Netflix GK
  • Yoshio TANAKA
    Director,Things and System Research Institute
  • Yasuhiko TANIWAKI
    President / Co-CEO & COO, 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 & Consulting Co., Ltd. / Representative Director, Smart City Institute Japan
  • Mitsuhiro MAEDA
    Professor, Advanced Institute of Industrial Technology
  • Shunichi MARUYAMA
    Executive Producer, NHK ENTERPRISES,INC / Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Social Design Studies, Rikkyo University
  • Masato MIYAKE
    Vice President, Ritsumeikan University
  • 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
  • Shoji WATANABE
    Former Director General, Cabinet Secretariat/Former Director General for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy, Cabinet Office
  • Karen Ejersbo Iversen
    Chief adviser, The National ICT Council Secretariat, Ministry of Finance, Denmark

Visiting Research Fellow

  • Susumu AKIYAMA
    President, Principle Consulting Group
  • Takao ASANO
    Director of pop culture, City Development policy planning bureau, Policy planning department,City of Sapporo
  • Noriko IGARI
    Circular Society Innovation Institute, NTT EAST, Inc.
  • Junichi IKEDA
    Consultant, FERMAT Inc.
  • Shinichiro ISAGO
    Director, New Business Preparation Office, Generative AI Division, LINE Yahoo Corporation / Executive, Works Mobile Japan
  • Mitsuhiko IDA
    Operating Officer, Policy & Public Affairs, Japan Lead, Pfizer Japan Inc.
  • Akira IDE
    Professor, Institute of Liberal Arts and Science, Kanazawa University / Visiting Professor, Faculty of Asian and African Cultures, University of Warsaw
  • Akito INOUE
    Associate Professor, Department of Image Arts and Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Masahiro IBARAGI
    Creative Research Consultant, Marketing Headquarters Intellectual Property & Design Center xD Department, 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
  • Kazuhiro OHASHI
    General Manager, Solution Business Development Division Digital Technology Promotion Dept., Itoki Corporation
  • Makoto OKADA
    Solution Transformation Unit Cross-industry Division, Fujitsu Japan Limited
  • Ken OGISO
    Writer
  • Ryo ONOZUKA
    Employee, Pharmaceutical Consulting & Development Group, Planet Pharma Solutions Inc.,
  • 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
    Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Department of Data Science, Tohoku Gakuin University
  • Kei KOMURO
    Delivery Analyst, DX.div, Deloitte Tohmatsu akt Co., Ltd.
  • Yosuke KONDO
    Mayor of Yonezawa City
  • Kenji SAITO
    Professor, Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University
  • Masayoshi SAKAI
    Senior Researcher for Consumer Policies, METI
  • Hirohide SAKAGUCHI
    Faculty of Economics, Keiai University
  • Hiroaki SASO
    Fellow, The Institute of Actuaries of Japan
  • Akira SATO
    Data & Security Research Laboratory, Fujitsu Limited
  • Masanori SHIZUKA
    Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Tokyo Fuji University
  • Yuka SHIRATSUCHI
    Associate Professor, Bunkyo University Faculty of Information & Communications Department of Media and Communications
  • Atsuhiro SUZUKI
    General Manager, Education Business Department, NTT DX Partner Inc.
  • Ken SUZUKI
    Co-Founder and Executive Chair of the Board, SmartNews, Inc. / Project Researcher, The University of Tokyo
  • Kensuke SUZUKI
    Professor, School of Sociology, Kwansei Gakuin University
  • Masayuki SUZUKI
    Okazaki city policy planning department / Regional Informationization Advisory, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
  • Koji SUMITOMO
  • Keiko TANAKA
    Assistant Professor, The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics Tokyo Satellite / Cyber Kyoto Lab
  • Shinnosuke TANABE
  • Tsukasa TANIHARA
    Associate Professor, College of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University
  • Yasunori TAMAKI
    General Editor-in-chief：Area Love Walker, KADOKAWA　ASCII　Research Laboratories, Inc.
  • Hidehiko TAMURA
    FUROSHIKI-YA 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
  • 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
    Professor, Faculty of political science and economics, Yamato University
  • Masayuki HAYASHI
    Evangelist / Senior Expert, IOWN Taskforce Innovation Center, NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS, Inc.
  • Izumi HARADA
    Honorary, Crisis & Risk Management Society of Japan
  • 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
    Researcher(Non-Full-Time), Center for Artificial Intelligence Research University of Tsukuba
  • Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO
    Board of Education, Inzai City
  • Kaori MIZUKOSHI
    Founder & CEO, Edvisage LLC
  • Shunsuke MIYACHI
    Research Associate, Faculty of Tourism and Community Development, Department of Tourism and Community Development, Kokugakuin University
  • Yasuhiro MEKARU
    CEO, Next System Consulting Co., Ltd.
  • Gaku MORIYA
    Director, Digital Economy Division, Commerce and Information Policy Bureau, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
  • Mika YASUOKA
    Associate Professor, Sustainable Digitalization, 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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