●Ms. Yuri Hayashi
Deputy Mayor of Shijonawate City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
March 2003 Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Policy Management
April 2003 - September 2013 Recruit Co.,Ltd.
March 2017 Credits from Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance Doctoral Program
October 2017 Appointed Deputy Mayor of Shijonawate City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan (until now)
●Dr. Martin Pohl
Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Japan, Counsellor, Labor & Social Affairs
Dr. Martin Pohl graduated from the University of Mannheim in 1989 with a degree in Business Administration and subsequently completed his doctorate there under Prof. Dr. Wingkens (first examiner, English Studies) and Prof. Dr. Raffée (second examiner, Marketing).
Following this, he worked for ten years as a management consultant at Deutsche Eisenbahn-Consulting GmbH and IG BAU, both in Frankfurt a.M.
From 2004-06, he was also a member of the supervisory board of Lafarge-Roofing GmbH in Oberursel (12,000 employees).
In 2006, he was recruited by the German Foreign Office for the diplomatic service and transferred to the German Embassy Tokyo.
In 2010, he moved to the national 'University of Tsukuba' in the Tokyo metropolitan area as 'Associate Professor' for the subject 'Management'.
In 2014-2019, he was also a permanent advisor to the board of the publicly listed company 'Harmoic Drive Systems' in Tokyo.
In 2018, he returned to the Foreign Service and has since been working again at the German Embassy Tokyo. He is entrusted with the areas 'Labor' and 'Health'.
Dr. Pohl is interested -also privately- in the topics 'Industry 4.0' and 'Work 4.0'; 'Society 5.0' and management; business administration in Japanese-German comparison; as well as West-Eastern business ethics, especially roboethics.
●Ms. Tomoko Fujita
Manager, Corporate QA and Safety Vigilance Division, ROHTO RHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD.
Guest Researcher, Research Center for Women's Participation and Advancement,
KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY
1995- ROHTO RHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD.
After developing eye drops, contact lens solvent and analytical method of active ingredient in the product development division, she was engaged in making applications for drugs in the pharmaceutical affairs planning division.
From 2011 to 2021, she supervised raw material manufacturers and quality survey in quality management division. From 2021, she is a manager, Corporate QA and safety vigilance division.
She is also making efforts for human resources development and work-life balance of the company employees. In 2016, she got an "OSAKA SAKUYAHIME AWARD", which is given to women who were expected to perform greater roles and to be the role models of working women. Since 2017, she has been studying how to support women in the workplace as a guest researcher of Research Center for Women's Participation and Advancement, KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY. She is a pharmaceutical chemist with two children.
●Dr. Julia Muench
Secretary General, Japanese-German Center, Berlin
1998 Georg-August University of Goettingen (Japanology, Business Studies, Economic and Social Psychology)
2000-2004 Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn (Master of Arts.(M.A.)in Japanology, Business Studies and Psychology)
2004-2009 Coordinator of third-party funded project KOPRA -International Internship Program, founded by Mercator Foundation, University of Duisburg-Essen East Asian Economic Studies/ Japan and Korea
2007-2020 Excecutive Board Member, The Japanese-German Business Association (DJW)
2017 University of Duisburg-Essen East Asian Economic Studies/Japan and Korea, Dissertation (Dr, rer, oec)
2020/10-present Secretary General, Japanese-German Center, Berlin(JDZB), Berlin
