Yukiko TOYODA
Japan Bureau Chief, Reuters
17:00 | Welcome remarks Atsushi SUNAMI, President of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation |
17:05 | Opening remarks Tanja JÄÄSKELÄINEN, Ambassador of Finland to Japan |
17:10 | Keynote from Nordic perspective Guðni Th. JÓHANNESSON, President of Iceland |
17:20 | Keynote from Japan’s perspective Masanobu OGURA, Minister of State for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment |
17:30 | Panel 1: “Female labor market participation in the Nordics and Japan – Setting the scene” • Kjersti Misje ØSTBAKKEN (online), Research Director Work and Welfare, Norwegian Institute for Social Research • Kazuo YAMAGUCHI (in person), Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, and Visiting Fellow at RIETI • Mariko MITSUI (in person), Women's Policy Researcher, Former Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member |
17:55 | Panel 2: “What policies work? Promoting gender equality and work-life balance in the Nordics and Japan” • Karen ELLEMANN (online), Coming Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers, former member of the Danish Parliament and Minister of Gender Equality and Minister of Environment • Yumiko MURAKAMI (in person), MPower Partners General Partner, Member of the Prime Minister’s Panel for New Capitalism and former head of the OECD Tokyo Centre • Yoshihiko FUKUSHIMA (in person), Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University |
18:20 | Q&A |
18:30 | Closing remarks |
Japan Bureau Chief, Reuters
President of Iceland
Minister of State for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment
Research Director Work and Welfare, Norwegian Institute for Social Research
Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, and Visiting Fellow at RIETI
Women's Policy Researcher, Former Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly Member
Coming Secretary General for the Nordic Council of Ministers, former member of the Danish Parliament and Minister of Gender Equality and Minister of Environment
MPower Partners General Partner, Member of the Prime Minister’s Panel for New Capitalism and former head of the OECD Tokyo Centre
Professor, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University