Presentations
Lectures
Nikkei Fintech&Regtech Summit 3-6.9.2019
The Canon Institute for Global Studies Seminar 7.23.2019
Silicon Valley - New Japan Summit 2019 Tokyo 7.1.2019
New Economy Summit Tokyo 2019 (NEST TOKYO 2019) 6.20.2019
“Silicon Valley at Present: What Tokyo can learn from its business innovation.”
Annual Meeting of the Trilateral Commission Paris, 6.14 -16, 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Intelligence Augmentation (IA), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI): Frontier Research and Policies for Navigating the Future Together 5.21.2019
Nikkei AI Summit 4.22-24.2019
“How do AI Startups Solve Societal Issues in Japan”, “AI x Enterprise”
The Canon Institute for Global Studies Seminar 4.16.2019
AI, Silicon Valley-Style Value Creation, and Japanese Companies
Silicon Valley-New Japan (SVNJ) Public Forum Series 1.28.2019
Innovative Japanese Companies Harnessing Silicon Valley - Part 2
The Canon Institute for Global Studies Seminar 12.12.2018
5th R&D Management Committee 12.13.2018
Lessons for Japanese firms from Silicon Valley: Avoiding Worst Practice Behavior
Silicon Valley-New Japan (SVNJ) Public Forum Series 9.27.2018
Harnessing Silicon Valley: The Strategies, Structures, and Activities of Innovative Large Japanese Firms in Silicon Valley
The Canon Institute for Global Studies Seminar 4.24.2018
Kenji Kushida Seminar on: Efforts by Japanese Companies to Harness the Silicon Valley Ecosystem
The Canon Institute for Global Studies Seminar 12.19.2017
Kenji Kushida Seminar on: AI Disruption and the Line between Illusion and Truth
Silicon Valley-New Japan (SVNJ) Public Forum Series 2.7.2017
Public Panel Discussion for NHK Broadcasting Series 3.4.2016
Stanford Experts Discuss Innovation on NHK Television Program
Silicon Valley-New Japan (SVNJ) Public Forum Series 12.2.15
Silicon Valley-New Japan (SVNJ) Public Forum Series 9.29.15
University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada. 10.31.14
Abenomics Two Years in: Successes, Failures, and Transformations
Media
“Silicon Valley D-Lab Report” (in Japanese), comments featured, 4.26.2019
”US Democracy and Recent Trends in US Politics Full Presentation Report” (in Japanese) Canon Institute for Global Studies, 4.19.2019
"Industry Disruption and New Value Creation in the Automobile Industry as Seen From Silicon Valley" 4 Part Series (in Japanese) Canon Institute for Global Studies, 3.22.2019
"Building Relationships with US Startups" (Japanese) Asahi Shimbun Digital, 3.12.2019
"Lessons from a Stanford Researcher: How Japanese Firms Can Utilize the Silicon Valley Ecosystem" (Japanese) Asahi Shimbun Digital, 2.25.2019
"The AI Revolution from Silicon Valley: Japanese Firms' Worst Practices and Ways to Avoid Them" (Japanese) published by the SV Startups 100, 1.16.2019
"Harnessing Silicon Valley: 10 Worst Practices by Japanese CVC" (Japanese) published by the SV Startups 100, 12.19.2018
"Is the Lack of 'Unicorns' in Japan good news or bad news?" NIRA (also available in Japanese), 11.13.2018
Silicon Valley - New Japan Summit 2017 Keynote Address (in Japanese), 11.2.2018
New piece on the potential of Regtech published in the NIRA Regtech Report (in Japanese), 5.4.2018
Interview piece with Musashi Sakai Driving School president, Aki Takahashi, on various ways of how to work in Nikkei Business (in Japanese), 3.12.2018
"A Framework for Thinking of AI Diffusion: Finding the value added for Japan" (in Japanese), 1.16.2018
"RegTech's Great Potential: Avoiding the "Weapons of Math Destruction" pitfall" (in Japanese) (1.15.2018)
"Silicon Valley: The accelerating algorthimic/AI revolution..." Weekly Economist (in Japanese), 1.2.2018
"Harnessing Silicon Valley: 10 Worst Practices by Japanese Companies - the sequel" (in Japanese) published by the SV Startups 100, 10.14.2017
Interview piece on the challenges facing large Japanese companies attempting to harness the technology and economic dynamism of Silicon Valley, Shukan Toyo Keizai (in Japanese), 8.26.2017
US policymaking and foreign policy after Steve Bannon left the White House, Nihon Keizai Shimbun (in Japanese), 8.19.2017
Several Japanese startups with potential for global expansion, Shukan Economisuto (in Japanese), 8.1.2017
"Silicon Valley, Japan, and How they Can Harness One Another's Strengths" (in Japanese) video article Fuji Media Group via Lyve, 3.31.2017
"Harnessing Silicon Valley: 10 Worst Practices by Japanese Companies" (Japanese) published by The SV Startups 100, 2.20.2017
New column on CIGS website (in Japanese), 1.10.2017
New column on CIGS website (in Japanese), 12.28.2016
Interview with NHK Radio (in Japanese), 12.11.2016
Interview with Logstar, 8.10.2016
Interview with Logstar, 6.28.2016
Quoted in, "Yahoo Japan's Future Still Looks Bright - Unlike it's US Counterpart." SF Chronicle, 5.13.2016
"The Algorithmic Revolution that is Transforming Human Activities" (Japanese Only). Nikkei Business Column, 2.29.2016
Interview in Tech Tsushin, 2.2016
New column on CIGS website, 2.16.2016
"Silicon Valley and Japan." Panel, New Economy Summit, Tokyo Japan. (in Japanese), 5.2015
KQED "Forum" appearance about Fukushima, 9.5.2013
PBS NewsHour appearance about Fukushima, 9.3.2013
PBS NewsHour appearance about Fukushima, 8.8.2013