Our Committees
Executive Committee
![Profile photo of Thierry Porte](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/thierry-porte.jpg?h=39796811)
Representative Director
Thierry Porté
![Profile photo of James Kondo](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/james-kondo.jpg?h=accd1938)
Representative Director
James Kondo
![Profile photo of Rika Beppu](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/rika-beppu.jpg?h=864f576d)
Statutory Auditor & Asia 21 Co-Chair
Rika Beppu
![Profile photo of Jesper Koll](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/jesper-koll.jpg?h=76acf39e)
Policy Committee Chair
Jesper Koll
![Profile photo of Tsutomu Horiuchi](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/Tsutomu%20Horiuchi%20-%20New%20as%20of%202021.jpg?h=e8e0f321)
Arts and Culture Committee Co-Chair
Tsutomu Horiuchi
![Profile photo of Christopher Wells](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/chris-wells.jpg?h=f6377754)
Christopher P. Wells
![Profile photo of Daisuke Kan](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/daisuke-kan.jpg?h=e00fd18f)
Asia 21 Co-Chair
Daisuke Kan
Policy Committee
The Policy Committee, chaired by Jesper Koll, invites experts from political, economic and business spheres to the Asia Society Policy Salon Tokyo (ASPST) to discuss pressing issues challenging the Asia-Pacific region today. Read more »
![Profile photo of Jesper Koll](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/jesper-koll.jpg?h=76acf39e)
Chair:
Jesper Koll
![Ronald W. Y. Chan](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2022-09/Ronald%20Profile%20Pic.jpg?h=6fbe2b38)
Ronald W. Y. Chan
![Profile photo of Robert Feldman](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/robert-feldman-2021.jpg?h=2570475d)
Robert A. Feldman
![Profile photo of Glen Fukushima](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/glen-fukushima.jpg?h=dae49af9)
Glen S. Fukushima
![Profile photo of Kosei Kobayashi](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/kosei-kobayashi_0.jpg)
Kosei Kobayashi
![Profile photo of Anthony Miller](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/anthony-miller-web.jpg?h=6a6d11f7)
Anthony Miller
![Profile photo of Robert Roche](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/robert-roche.jpg?h=294b0a3f)
Robert W. Roche
Arts and Culture Committee
The Arts and Culture Committee, co-chaired by Tsutomu Horiuchi and Jenifer Rogers, organizes intimate programs, symposiums and trips inviting leaders of the arts and culture world in and outside Asia. Read more »
![Profile photo of Tsutomu Horiuchi](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/Tsutomu%20Horiuchi%20-%20New%20as%20of%202021.jpg?h=e8e0f321)
Co-Chair:
Tsutomu Horiuchi
![Profile photo of Jenifer Rogers](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/jenifer-rogers.jpg?h=c88be2d6)
Co-Chair:
Jenifer Rogers
![Headshot of Royanne Doi](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2023-07/thumbnail_IMG_0071.jpg?h=adf14af7)
Royanne Doi
![Profile photo of John Gray](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2024-04/Jon%20Gray.jpg?h=28b1239f)
Jon Gray
![Profile photo of Tomoharu Inoue](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/tomoharu-inoue.jpg?h=5570a119)
Tomoharu Inoue
![Profile photo of Yoshihisa Kawamura](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/yoshihisa-kawamura.jpg?h=32d60765)
Yoshihisa Kawamura
![Profile photo of Yoichiro Kurata](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-09/yoichiro-kurata.jpg)
Yoichiro Kurata
![Profile photo of Jacques Magnan](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/jacques-magnan.jpg)
Jacques Magnan
![Profile photo of Richard Reitknecht](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/richard-reitknecht.jpg?h=e853bcb0)
Richard Reitknecht
![Profile photo of Robert Roche](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/robert-roche.jpg?h=294b0a3f)
Robert W. Roche
![Profile photo of Christopher Wells](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/chris-wells.jpg?h=f6377754)
Christopher P. Wells
Asia 21 Committee
Under the initiative of the Asia 21 Committee (co-chaired by Rikako Beppu and Daisuke Kan), Japan Center co-hosts with I-House, workshops and annual symposiums focused on selected themes, inviting young leaders of Asia in the future. Read more »
![Profile photo of Rika Beppu](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/rika-beppu.jpg?h=864f576d)
Co-Chair:
Rika Beppu
![Profile photo of Daisuke Kan](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2021-08/daisuke-kan.jpg?h=e00fd18f)
Co-Chair:
Daisuke Kan
![Profile photo of Mitsuru Claire Chino](/sites/default/files/styles/120x120/public/2023-07/Claire%20Chino.png?h=54e918aa)
Mitsuru Claire Chino