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About Japan Fintech Week

An inaugural Japan Fintech Week 2024 will be held from Monday, March 4 to Friday, March 8 with FIN/SUM2024 as one of the core event. FIN/SUM 2024 and a variety of fintech-related events will be held around the core week, bringing together global fintech global community to engage, connect, and collaborate on issues relating to the development of financial services, public policy and technology. In cooperation with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and other local governments, embassies, and fintech-related organizations such as BGIN (Blockchain Governance Initiative Network), Fintech association of Japan, FINOLAB, Elevandi Japan, Plug and Play, the events will feature panel discussions, round tables, and booth exhibitions at various locations in Tokyo

Speakers

Fumio Kishida

Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister

Shunichi Suzuki

Minister of Finance Minister of State for Financial Services Federal Reserve Financial Services

Teruhisa Kurita

Commissioner of the Financial Services Agency

Verena Ross

Chair European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Markets Authority (ESMA)

Masahiko Kato

Chairperson, Japanese Bankers Association President and CEO, Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Mizuho Bank

Yukari Hashimoto

Aflac Life Insurance Japan Ltd.

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Takao Iwai

Corporate Senior Vice President Managing Director of Financial Solutions Division 名古屋大学

Takashi Ogura

President and Representative Director, Re-Tex Corporation Re-Tex Corporation

Daisuke Kitakaze

Managing Executive Officer / General Manager, Consulting Division, BayCurrent Consulting , Inc. BayCurrent Consulting

Norihisa Tsuruta

Director, Financial Service Industry Business Unit Amazon Web Services Japan G.K. Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Makoto Umemiya

Member of the Board of Directors Deputy President and Senior Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer) Group Chief Digital Officer (Group CDO) of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Mizuho Financial

Akio Isowa

Group Chief Digital Innovation Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) Senior Managing Executive Officer and Head of Digital Solution Division, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation

Atsushi Itaya

Executive Managing Director of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. Daiwa Securities Group

Satoshi Murabayashi

Representative Director, President, DeCurret DCP Inc. Executive Vice Presidents, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. Internet Initiative Japan Inc.

Keiji Minami

President and CEO, Representative Director, Sony Bank Inc. Sony Bank

Nobuaki Ninomiya

Executive Director Rockrose Executive Search

Jeroen Hölscher

Global Head, Payments Services, Capgemini Capgemini

Joichi Ito

President of Chiba Institute of Technology Co-founder, board member of Digital Garage Digital Garage

Yutaka Matsuo

Professor, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Engineering Graduate School of Engineering

Tatsunori Ibayashi

State Minister of Cabinet Office (Financial Services)

Junichi Kanda

Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Cabinet Office Cabinet Office

Hirofumi Yoshimura

Governor of Osaka Prefecture

Masaaki Matsuhashi

Seven Bank, Ltd. Seven Bank

Hiroshi Takiyasu

Senior Manager. BayCurrent Consulting , Inc. BayCurrent Consulting

Toru Shiomitsu

SUMITOMO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY SUMITOMO LIFE

Takafumi Watanabe

Executive Managing Officer and CFO

Kaya Kanamori

Chief Fintech Stragegist, Head of DX Business Planning Dept., Sony Bankc Inc. Sony Bank

Tomohiro Kozakai

General Manager, Systems Development Division, Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank

Yuichiro Sunakawa

Okinawa Financial Group, Inc. The Bank of Okinawa, Ltd. The Bank of Okinawa, Ltd.

Takaki Fujiwara

Executive Officer, IT Division, The Tokyo Star Bank, Limited Tokyo Star Bank, Ltd.

Ryohei Sakai

The Ehime Bank, Ltd. The Ehime Bank

Norifumi Inoue

Senior Director, Financial Systems Department

Dr. Junichi Shukuwa

Teikyo University, Faculty of Economics, Professor and Doctor of Economics. Teikyo University

Kazuhiro Tokita

Senior Managing Excutive Officer and Business Management, DeCurret DCP Inc. DeCurret DCP

Hiromi Yamaoka

Board Director, Future Corporation Chairperson, Digital Currency Forum Future Corporation Chairperson

Masashi Namatame

Managing Executive Officer, Group CDO (Chief Digital Officer), Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. Managing Executive Officer, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. CEO, Tokio Marine Resilence, Co. Ltd. BlackRock

Hitoshi Matsubara

Professor, The University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo

Noriyuki Yanagawa

Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo The University of Tokyo

Takashi Sano

Chief Investment Officer, MUFG Innovation Partners Co., Ltd. MUFG Innovation Partners

Hatsuko Matsumoto

Principal FSI Innovation Specialist, Amazon Web Services Japan Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Masayuki Takanashi

Executive Officer, Group CSuO (Chief Sustainability Officer), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation – SMBC Group

Katsutoshi Matsushita

Executive Officer, SMBC Venture Capital SMBC Venture Capital

Eihiro Saishu

President and CEO, Groovenauts, Inc. Groovenauts

Junichi Taguchi

General Manager, Investment Department No.2, Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co.,Ltd Mitsubishi UFJ Capital Co.,Ltd

Ayumu Wada

Executive Partner, BayCurrent Consulting , Inc. BayCurrent Consulting

Masakazu Kikuchi

Founder and CEO, Secured Finance AG Secured Finance AG

Akihisa Taketa

Chief Manager, Nippon Life Insurance Company Nippon Life Insurance Company

Takeaki Sanda

Sales Manager, Helpfeel Inc. Helpfeel

Isao Otokita

Managing Executive Officer Deputy Division Director of Digital Transformation Business Unit,TIS Inc. TIS Inc

Daimei Inaba

Founder, Japan Open Chain CEO, G.U.Technologies Inc. Japan Open Chain

Hidekazu Kondo

Founder, Japan Open Chain CTO, G.U.Technologies Inc Japan Open Chain

Haruhiko Matsui

CEO/funder, GrowShip Partners GrowShip

Takahiro Chiba

CEO, TRUSTDOCK Inc. TRUSTDOCK Co., Ltd.

Bénédicte Nolens

Bank for International Settlements, Innovation Hub Centre Head, Innovation Hub Hong Kong Centre Innovation Hub Centre Head

Naomi Takeda

Director-General, Payment and Settlement Systems Department, Bank of Japan Industrial Bank of Japan

Mamoru Yanase

Deputy Director-General, Strategy Development and Management Bureau Financial Services Agency of Japan (JFSA) Financial Services Agency of Japan

Hiroshi Okada

Deputy Director-General Supervision Bureau, Japanese Financial Services Agency (“JFSA”) Financial Services Agency of Japan

Masanori Kusunoki

Digital Agency Digital Agency Network (DAN)

Masaki Bessho

Head of FinTech Center, Bank of Japan Industrial Bank of Japan

Mikiharu Noma

Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University Hitotsubashi University

Yuko Seimei

Representative Executive Officer and CEO, Monex Group, Inc. President, Monex, Inc. Monex Group, Inc

Rikiya Nakashima

CEO, Agent Tech Consulting Inc. Tech Consulting Inc.

Amanda Wick

Principal, Incite Consulting Incite Consulting

Chang Li

VP, Fintech/Insurtech Director, Fintech Association of Japan Fintech Association of Japan

Takuro Okada

President

Takao Tajiri

Project Leader at Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc. Sony

Naho Nakakubo

CEIO(Chief ESG Innovation Officer), Cierpa & Company Cierpa & Company

Chloe White

Independent Advisor, Riskmastery.xyz Riskmastery.xyz

Seihaku Yoshida

CEO, HashPort Inc. HashPort Inc

Madhusudan Ekambaram

Co-Founder and CEO, Kreditbee Kreditbee

D Venkatesh

Founder and CEO, Lentra Lentra

Ankit Agrawal

Co-Founder and CEO, InsuranceDekho InsuranceDekho

Naoya Ariyoshi

Partner, Nishimura & Asahi (Gaikokuho Kyodo Jigyo) Nishimura & Asahi

Sumito Sugata

Senior Director, Technology Strategic Unit

Tatsuya Saito

Founder and CEO

Yutaka Hyodo

President and Representative Director CEO , PayPay Insurance Service Co. PayPay Insurance Service Co.

Ryota Hayashi

CEO / Co-Founder, Finatext Holdings Ltd. Finatext Holdings Ltd.

Toshio Taki

Money Forward, Inc. Money Forward

Kenichi Saito

Senior Director, Sozo Ventures Director, Fintech Association of Japan Fintech Association of Japan

Yukihiro Osugi

General Manager,TOKYO OFFICE Start-up Support Division, THE SHIZUOKA BANK,LTD. THE SHIZUOKA BANK,LTD.

Hayato Watanabe

HAMAMATSU IWATA SHINKIN BANK MANAGER HAMAMATSU IWATA SHINKIN BANK

Fernando Vazquez

CEO, SBI Digital Asset Holdings SBI Digital Asset Holdings

Takehiko Eguchi

The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited The Dai-ichi Life Insuranc

Hiroki Fujimoto

Senior Executive Officer,General Manager Next Business Planning Dept.,Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. SUMITOMO LIFE

Shota Matsuzawa

Co-founder, Decima Fund Decima Fund

Aya Shimada

Founder and Representative Director, CULTURELABS K.K. CULTURELABS K.K.

Yasutoshi Tanaka

Managing Director, Head of Digital Service Planning Division, Planning Department, MUFG Bank,Ltd MUFG Bank,Ltd.

Yasushi Sasajima

Ibaraki University - Professor

Hiroshi Kobayashi

Junichi Maekawa

Vice President, Digital Service Planning Division, Planning Department, MUFG Bank,Ltd. MUFG Bank,Ltd.

Hideo Iwano

Managing Director Head Of Growing Industries Support Office, MUFG Bank, Ltd. MUFG Bank,Ltd.

Hidenori Tsuruoka

Assistant General Manager, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Westpac Banking Corporation

Yuta Hagiwara

Founder and CEO, PREVENT Inc.

Naoto Egawa

FonesLife Corporation FonesLife Corporation

Satoru Someya

Executive Officer and COO and CMO and Head of Marketing and Sales Dept. TradeWaltz Inc. TradeWaltz Inc.

Shuji Kobayakawa

Professor, School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University Meiji University

Hajime Tomura

Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University Waseda University

Saiko Nakagawa

Director for Assset Management Business, FSA Financial Services Agency of Japan

Takashi Hashimoto

Director, Financial System and Bank Examination Department, Bank of Japan Industrial Bank of Japan

Keita Sekiguchi

Fintech Editor ,Nikkei Inc. Nikkei Inc

Sawako Oiwa

Senior Staff Writer Nikkei Inc Nikkei Inc

Akiko Sugimoto

Local Area Business Editor, Regional News Center, Editorial Division

Jemima Kelly

Columnist, The Financial Times The Financial Times