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"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.
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President and CEO, Institute of International Finance (IIF)
Timothy Adams is currently President and CEO of the Institute of International Finance (IIF). As the Institute’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr.Adams is responsible for developing and executing the Institute’s programs under the guidance of the Board of Directors.
Prior to joining the IIF, Mr. Adams served as Managing Director of The Lindsey Group, an economic advisory firm based in Washington, DC. Previously, he served as Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of Treasury. As Under Secretary, Mr. Adams was the Administration’s point person on international financial issues, including exchange rate policy, G-7 meetings, and IMF and World Bank issues. He regularly interacted with counterparts in key emerging markets including China, India, and Brazil and traveled extensively throughout Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.
Prior to assuming his post as Under Secretary, Mr. Adams had served as Chief of Staff to both Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill and Treasury Secretary John Snow. Mr. Adams also served in the White House under the first President Bush at the Office of Policy Development.
In 1993, Mr. Adams co-founded the G-7 Group, a Washington-based advisory firm. He later headed their Washington operation as Managing Director.
Mr. Adams serves on various boards and committees, including the Center for Global Development, the Center for Financial Inclusion Advisory Council, and St. Paul’s Foundation.
Mr. Adams holds a B.S. in Finance, a Masters in Public Administration, and an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Kentucky.
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Commentator, Nikkei Inc.
Mr. Kajiwara is a commentator for Nikkei. His focus is global capital markets and corporate news.
In 2007 Mr. Kajiwara became the Nikkei’s youngest editorial writer. From 2009 to 2011 he was on special assignment in New York to cover the post-crash American economy. From 2015 to 2017, he was a Hong Kong based columnist covering economic news across Asia. He returned to Tokyo in 2017.
From 2002 to 2006 he was the Nikkei’s chief New York correspondent, where he was responsible for covering capital markets and corporate news.
Previous to that, he served as a staff writer in the Capital Market and Corporate News Department in Tokyo from 1997 to 2002 and as a correspondent in the newspaper’s Seoul bureau from 1994 to 1997.
Mr. Kajiwara graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Japan’s Waseda University in 1988 and joined Nikkei in the same year. He also studied Korean at Yonsei University in South Korea from 1992 to 1993.
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