We aim to increase the network of Leaders & Readers through interviews with key people at top international companies and with ambassadors to Japan.
We seek to promote mutual understanding, exchanges and commercial connections between Japan and the rest of the world by appreciating the outlooks of people outside such careers.
Building a global Panasonic compliance network
Laurence Bates
Patient and persistent, Laurence Bates navigates complex laws and policies
Persevering at the junction of trade and climate
Jan Adams
Australian envoy Jan Adams oversaw FTAs, international climate partnership
Mark Choon, general manager of The Peninsula Tokyo, learns from unexpected
Mark Choon
From small town to big city to new age of clean tourism
Tourism expert balances people, planet and profit
Joy Jarman-Walsh
Joy Jarman-Walsh showcases people’s efforts on live talk show
Taking long-distance view of Japan’s global future
Christopher J. LaFleur
German ambassador lives out childhood dream
Ina Lepel
Ina Lepel, first female envoy, keeps up diplomacy throughout pandemic
Tokyo alternative school TIPS builds avenues to success
Lyn Sato
Businessman ambassador opens Panama connections
Carlos Pere
Shaped by U.S. life and military school, Pere once had nation’s ‘coolest job’
Mixing love of numbers and the personal touch
Balazs Krizsanyik
Desigual manager focuses on promoting fashion brand’s sustainability
Envoy hopes Cuba studies Japan’s development path
Miguel A. Ramirez
Japanese culture had a strong influence on Ramirez and his generation
Move to Japan proves opportune for law partner
Michael Mroczek
European Business Council’s Michael Mroczek on living childhood dream
Ongaeshi and food security in the midst of COVID-19
Charles McJilton
Volunteers, flexibility vital for Second Harvest CEO Charles McJilton
