Dear SSJ-Friends,

We are pleased to invite you to the next GRIPS Forum at the National
Graduate Institute for Policy Studies on November 14.

*Please register at Registration Form
r/> by November 11 (Fri)17：00.

*If you can’t open the registration form, please send an email to
gripsforum@grips.ac.jp with your name,
affiliation, job title, phone number or email address without changing the
title.

*If you are arriving by a private car, please let us know the car
information

(type, color, and number) in advance so that we can register it for campus
entry permission.

Date: Monday, 14 November, 2016
Time: 16:40-18:10

Venue: GRIPS　Sokairou Hall, 1st Floor

Speaker: Mr. Yuichiro Takenami, Vice President and Senior Officer,
Bridgestone Corporation

Theme: Bridgestone's Global Management and Innovation Strategy

Language: Japanese (English simultaneous interpretation provided)

Bridgestone, the world's top manufacturer of tires and rubber, is pursuing
management reform and innovation towards becoming a "truly global company".

Speakers’ Profile:

Mr. Yuichiro Takenami graduated from Kyoto University Graduate School with a
master’s degree in 1981 and Stanford University Graduate School with a
master’s degree in 1986. Beginning in 1981, he served in the Ministry of
Economy, Trade and Industry, including secondment to the Japan External
Trade Organization (JETRO) Chicago Center and the New Energy and Industrial
Technology Development Organization (NEDO). Through this service, he
acquired firsthand policy-making experience in areas including technology,
IT, standard certification, intellectual property, and international trade
affairs. At the Ministry, he was appointed to the positions of Director of
the Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Policy
Division; Director of the Industrial Science and Technology Policy Division;
and Director-General of the Trademark, Design and Administrative Affairs
Department of the Japan Patent Office. He joined Bridgestone Corporation in
2009. At present, he is in charge of areas including innovation, the Olympic
and Paralympic Games, and IT.

*** GRIPS Forum ***

Since its establishment in 1997, the National Graduate Institute for Policy
Studies (GRIPS), as the only graduate school in Japan specializing in policy
research, has promoted education and research on a wide range of policy
issues.

Utilizing our vast policy network, this Forum invites leaders from various
fields including government, academia and business, as well as staff from
our own faculty, to deliver lectures on current policy concerns.

The Forum welcomes attendance of GRIPS faculty and students as well as
participants from outside the university. Simultaneous interpretation will
be available (Japanese/English).

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For registration and inquiries, please contact: Ms. Oshikawa
gripsforum@grips.ac.jp

http://www.grips.ac.jp/

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