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Regular Member
Ken Isaji
Nippon Television Network Corporation
Ken Isaji joined NTV in April 1989, starting his career as a journalist. After covering various corruption cases for the Social News Division, he was assigned to Political News Division in 1993. He mainly covered the Prime Minister's Office as a reporter. He was dispatched to cover PM Koizumi's second visit to North Korea. From 2005 he worked at the London Bureau as correspondent and bureau chief until 2009, when he returned to Japan as Chief Producer of popular news program NEWS ZERO. He was assigned as Chief Editor at Political News Division from 2014 to 2017, appeared on NTV's Bankisha! as a political news commentator. In 2022, he was assigned President, News, and has made several appearances on NTV's News Every program.
Professional/Journalist Associate Member
Fuminari Kitamura
Shufu To Seikatsu Sha Co., Ltd.
Education: Department of Political Science and Economics, College of Law, Nihon University, Tokyo (March 2017)
Experience: April 2017 – February 2018: Journalist, the Izu Shimbun, in charge of covering the police and fire department, city life and natural disasters.
March 2018: Photographer, SHUFU TO SEIKATSU-SHA SHUKAN JOSEI
Associate Member
Takuro Abe
JERA Co., Inc.
Takuro Abe started his career in 1996 as the first Japanese professional American football player, playing for NFL Europa in the Netherlands and one pre-season game for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL. He then joined Mitsubishi Corporation to work in the energy business for 13 years and moved to Saudi Aramco to engage in energy trading at Aramco Trading Company in Saudi Arabia as a senior trading manager. After his 13 years with Saudi Aramco, he joined JERA Global Markets Pte. Ltd. in Singapore as Vice President.
Takuro holds a B.A. in Agricultural Economics from Kyoto University and an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Associate Member
Noriko Ikeda
CEO, GCAT, Inc.
Associate Member
Asako Ichisaka
EN Global LLC
As the Founder and Managing Director of a successful business intelligence and investigations firm, Asako has two decades of industry expertise, and her commitment to excellence has cultivated a robust global network, allowing her to deliver high-quality services across diverse domains.
Her career is rooted in her upbringing with over 20 years living in India, Lebanon, Panama, Spain, and the United States, where she absorbed a wealth of international experiences. Asako's professional voyage commenced in the banking industry, moving on to pivotal roles in global operations, investigations, and consulting at esteemed organizations. A Certified Fraud Examiner, Asako possesses analytical acumen and an understanding of business landscapes in the APAC and Japan regions. Her mission is to empower clients and partners, guiding them toward success and helping them surmount challenges.
Asako resides in the Portland suburbs and spends a third of her time in Tokyo. In the spring and summer seasons she enjoys hiking in the Columbia Gorge trails, mountain biking in central Oregon, and in the winter heads over to the snow-covered Mt. Hood for snowshoeing. After a day of exploration, she typically stops at tasting rooms or breweries to unwind with Willamette Valley's finest pinot noir or local IPAs.
Associate Member
Motoaki Ueno
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.
March 1990: Graduated from Keio University (Faculty of Economics)
Business Experience
April 1990: Sales Promotion, Domestic Sales, Tokyo Office, Sales＆Marketing June 1991
Sales Promotion, Domestic Sales, Tokyo Office
March 1995: Planning＆Management, Administration, Flight Operations Headquarters July 1998
Planning＆Promotion, Administration＆Development, Flight Operations Headquarters March 1999 Dispatched to The Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry
April 2001: Investor Relations
April 2003: Manager, Investor Relations
July 2006: General Affairs Manager, Shanghai Office April 2010 Manager, Shanghai & Hangzhou Office December2010
Manager, Finance Team, Finance
July 2011: Director, Finance Team, Finance April 2012 Director, Finance Team, Finance
Manager, Investor Relations
April 2013: Director, Finance Team, Finance, Accounting & Investor Relations, ANA HOLDINGS INC.
April 2014: Deputy General Manager, New York Office
April 2020: Vice President, General Administration, ANA HOLDINGS INC. Vice President, General Administration
April 2023: Executive Vice President, Customer Experience Management Planning
Associate Member
Koshiro Nishiumi
CEO of K-FLEX JAPAN & TenAsa Corporation
Nishiumi is from Kobe, Japan and graduated with a Faculty of Science and Engineering of Waseda University in 1981- 1985. The same year he joined Mitsubishi Corporation as in charge of plastics and products then stationed in Jakarta 1990-1996.
In 2006, he joined L'ISOLANTE K-FLEX S.p.A. (Italy) and set up a subsidiary in Japan and became its Head. K-FLEX is a rubber foamed insulation material which is good for clean room applications like semiconductor factory, data center, beverage, food processing, and pharmaceutical factories because rubber foam is the only material which does not cause dust. In addition to that. Its extremely low vapor permeability gives long life of the insulation performance itself and frame.
Besides that, TenAsa has an exclusive agency of Lenzing Jacketing (by Lenzing Plastics GmbH & Co KG, Austria) . Lenzing Jacketing is a plastic based cladding & tape which can be replaced from metal jacketing. Its advantages compared with metal jacketing are ① Super light (weigh is only 1/6) ② Quick installation ③ Strong salt and chemical resistance ④ Good weatherability (UV resistance) ⑤ Recovery from dynamic pressure.
Lenzing Jacketing can be used with any kind of insulation materials however combination with K-FLEX is good to save manpower and time, namely the best solution to cover manpower shortage on site.
