Jean-François BENCE Head of Unit, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee

Sandy BOYLE Vice-President of the Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee

Paolo CARIDI Policy Officer European Commission

Noriko CARPENTIER-TOMINAGA Director Comité d'Echanges Franco-Japonais

Teresa COSTA MACEDO Member European Economic and Social Committee

Vladimíra DRBALOVÁ Member European Economic and Social Committee

Filip HAMRO-DROTZ President of the Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee

Jonathan HATWELL Head of Unit, DG for External Relations European Commission

Martin HEINEMEYER Researcher European Institute for Asian Studies

Dobromir HRISTOV Former exchange student in Japan Center for the Study of Democracy, Bulgaria

Noriyuki INOUE Dean of the Law Faculty Kobe University

Masanobu ISHIKAWA Professor, Non-Profit "Gomi-Japan” Kobe University Shada ISLAM Senior Programme Executive European Policy Center

Silviu JORA Policy Officer, Innovation, DG for Enterprise and Industry European Commission

Krzysztof KAMIENIECKI Member European Economic and Social Committee

Ayako KAWAMURA Director Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation

Yukako KINOSHITA Corporate Responsibility and EU Policy Research Manager Hitachi Corporate Office, Europe

Marzena KISIELEWSKA Administrator, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee

Sahoko KITO Special Researcher/Advisor Mission of Japan to the EU

Ichiro KOKUBO

Erika KOLLER Member European Economic and Social Committee

Kaori KURODA Civil Society Organization Network Japan

Eddy LAURIJSSEN Special Advisor European Institute for Asian Studies

Paul LIM Senior Academic Advisor European Institute for Asian Studies Florence LIOU Japan Desk Officer, DG for External Relations European Commission

Henri MALOSSE President of the Employers Group European Economic and Social Committee

Norio MARUYAMA Head of Political Section Mission of Japan to the EU

Hisakazu MATSUSHIGE Dean of the School of International Public Policy Osaka University

Marco MIGLIARA Trainee, Conferences and Interpretation Unit European Economic and Social Committee

Jaroslaw MULEWICZ Member European Economic and Social Committee

Alida NADEJDE Desk Officer, Delegation for relations with Japan European Parliament

Yuichi NAKAYAMA Former Intern of the EESC

H.E. Nobutake ODANO Ambassador Mission of Japan to the EU

Emilie ONO Researcher at European Institute for Asian Studies European Institute for Asian Studies

Anja OTO-KELLENS Executive Director Belgium-Japan Association & Chamber of Commerce

Eve PÄÄRENDSON President of the Contact Group on Japan European Economic and Social Committee Krzysztof PATER Member European Economic and Social Committee

Jonathan PEEL Member European Economic and Social Committee

Jaroslaw PIETRAS Director-General Secretariat-General of the European Council

Marie-Christine PONCIN Japan Economic Desk Officer, DG for External Relations European Commission

Beatriz PORRES Administrator, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee

Anne RANDERSON Managing Director Cross Cultural Horizons

Jette ROSSEN Conferences and Interpretation Unit European Economic and Social Committee

Triin SAAG Trainee, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee

Madi SHARMA Member European Economic and Social Committee

Akiko SUZUKI Associate Director for Research Osaka University

Toshiro TANAKA Director, EU Studies Institute Keio University

Ewa TOMASZEWSKA Administrator, Section for External Relations European Economic and Social Committee Xavier VERBOVEN President of the Labour Market Observatory European Economic and Social Committee

Dirk WESTENDORP Member European Economic and Social Committee

Elisabeth WOLFF Conferences and Interpretation Unit European Economic and Social Committee

Masahiko YOSHII Vice-President, European Institute in Japan-Kansai Kobe University