Maiko Meguro is Director for International Data Strategy and International Affairs at Digital Agency of Japan. She represents the Agency for G7, OECD and other bilateral strategic partnerships as well as policy matters regarding international data governance/Data Free Flow with Trust. Previously, as Director of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), she led the G7 Digital Track and Data Free Flow with Trust during the G7 Japanese presidency. From 2018 to 2021, she served as a legal officer at DG CONNECT, the European Commission. She is also a research fellow of public international law and legal theories at University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. She publishes from major American, European and Japanese legal journals on international law, international economic law, and law & technologies.