Achieving Economic Revitalization whilst Dealing with COVID-19

Akihiko Tanaka

President, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

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Noriko Enokido

"Nikkei Plus 10" anchor, BS TV TOKYO

Akihiko Tanaka

President, The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Akihiko Tanaka is President of the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). Before assuming the current position, he had been Professor of International Politics at the Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo, for many years. He served as President of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) from April, 2012 to September, 2015. Mr. Tanaka was also Executive Vice President of The University of Tokyo (2009-2011). He is Chairman of the Board, Japan for UNHCR and a Distinguished Fellow at the JICA Research Institute. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in International Relations at the University of Tokyo in 1977 and Ph.D. in Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1981. He has numerous books and articles on world politics and security issues in Japanese and English including The New Middle Ages: The World System in the 21st Century (Tokyo: The International House of Japan, 2002) and Japan in Asia: Post-Cold-War Diplomacy (Tokyo: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture, 2017). He received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2012 for his academic achievements.

Noriko Enokido

"Nikkei Plus 10" anchor, BS TV TOKYO

Born in Shizuoka Prefecture. After working as an announcer at Sakuranbo TV and TV Osaka, she became an economic news anchor in 2008. She is currently appearing on BS TV TOKYO "Nikkei Plus 10" (Monday through Friday from 10:00 p.m.) and "NIKKEI Sunday Salon" (Sunday from 9:30 a.m.). She has extensive experience in interviewing corporate executives. Her hobbies are running and Ukulele.