Kazuko Kojima
Professor of Faculty in Law, Keio University

Ms.Kojima is Professor of Faculty in Law and Chair of Center for Contemporary Chinese Studies at Keio University. She spent several years as Visiting Scholar at the Japanese Embassy in Beijing (1998-2000) and Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies at Harvard University (2015-2017). Before joining Keio University, she taught at University of Tsukuba (2002-2012). Her research interests focus on bureaucratic institutions and state-society relations in contemporary China. Her major work is Workers' Organization and Unification of the People in China: Central and Local Political Dynamics over Gonghui (Keio University Press, 2021, in Japanese). Her scholarly works in English include China’s Trade Unions.

Ke Long
Senior Fellow, the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research

Senior Fellow, the Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research (TKFD)
Project Professor, Global Center for Asian and Regional Research, University of Shizuoka
Visiting professor, Graduate school, Tama University
Major: Chinese Financial System study and Macro Economic Policy-making

EDUCATION:

• 1992

  B.A. in Law and Economics, Aichi University

• 1994

  M.A. in Economics, Nagoya University

PUBLICATIONS:

• 2021

  The Changing Face of China Risk: A Non-Hegemonic Strategy for Global Dominance), Keio University Press

Atsushi Ijuin
Lead Economist, Japan Center for Economic Research

Lead Economist, Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)
After joining Nikkei in 1985, Mr. Ijuin has been assigned in various important domestic and oversea posts including Seoul Bureau, Deputy Manager of Political News Department, China Headquarter Chief and senior staff writer before assuming the current position. He has also served as a visiting scholar at George Washington University. Recent publication includes "The Latest Risk Analysis of East Asia" (co-editor).

Yukari Suzuki
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO

Melanie Brock is one of Japan's best-known APAC specialists. She uniquely combines language skills, high level political, media and business networks, and practical commercial business leadership. She consistently delivers on business, regulatory and partnership outcomes for Japanese and Australian corporations in both a global and domestic context.

Melanie Brock
Chair Emeritus, Australia & New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Tokyo etc.

Melanie Brock is one of Japan's best-known APAC specialists. She uniquely combines language skills, high level political, media and business networks, and practical commercial business leadership. She consistently delivers on business, regulatory and partnership outcomes for Japanese and Australian corporations in both a global and domestic context.