Graduated in Political Science from the Graduate Schools for Law and Politics at the University of Tokyo. Mr. Fujiwara studied as a Fulbright Scholar at Yale University in 1982. He specializes in international, comparative, and contemporary Southeast Asian politics. He held positions as Visiting Professor at the University of the Philippines Asian Center, Research Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Visiting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Received her M.S. from Sophia University and studied at Harvard School of Public Health as a Fulbright Scholar in 1988. Ms. Akatsu studied medicine at Brown University Medical School and is licensed to practice medicine in the United States. Ms. Akatsu specializes in thyroid cancer and worked as Associate Professor at School of Medicine, Stanford University. She received the Best Doctor and Top Doctor awards in the United States.

Mr. Fujiwara graduated from Tokyo Institute of Technology with a Mechano-Aerospace Engineering degree. In 2011 he studied at the University of California, Berkeley School of Business as a Fulbright Scholar, receiving his MBA. He founded UMITRON, a data service company for aquaculture. He is currently promoting a business to improve the production efficiency of aquaculture by utilizing satellite ocean observation data.

As Fulbright alumni, we will discuss the significance of studying abroad and the leadership roles that those who have studied abroad should play from their professional perspectives in Japanese politics, academia, and business in a rapidly changing international society.