CONFIRMED SPEAKERS
The Twenty-first Edition of Roundtable Japan
Tokyo, 17 - 18, February 2026
Managing a convergence of changes: Economy, Politics, Geopolitics
Katayama Satsuki, Minister of Finance, Government of Japan
Fujii Akio, Executive Chair of Editorial Board, Nikkei Inc.
Ito Ren, Co-Founder & COO Sakana AI
Kamikura Takayuki, Acting President, The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management, Chairman, Imagineer Co., Ltd.
Momma Kazuo, Senior Economist at Mizuho Research, Former BOJ Executive Director
Porté Thierry, Managing Director and Vice Chairman at JC Flowers.USA
Saito Ken, Member of the House of representatives, former Minister of Justice
Sato Osama, Political Editor, Nikkei Inc.
Sekine Toshitaka, Graduate School of Economics, Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Shirai Sayuri, Advisor for Sustainable Policies, Asian Development Bank
Smadja Claude, Chairman and Founder, Smadja & Smadja Strategic Advisory, Switzerland
Tamaki Rintaro, President of Japan Centre for International Finance (JCIF)
Taniguchi Tomohiko, Chairman Nippon Kaigi, Specially Appointed Professor at the University of Tsukuba and a special advisor to the Fujitsu Future Studies Center
Venugopal (VG) Ganapathi, Founding Partner, Axilor Ventures, India
Yoshida Masaroni, Executive Officer, Global Chief, Japan Exchange Group, Inc.
