We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Council (joined in May 2025):
Hawaii
- Liann Ebesugawa (Honolulu, HI)
Associate General Counsel, Hawaiian Electric Industries - Ryne Umemoto (Honolulu, HI)
Associate Financial Advisor, Darrow Wealth Group
Japan
- Haruki Kato (Gifu, Japan)
Administrative Management Assistant, Japantown Task Force - Hidekazu Oki (Tokyo, Japan)
Senior Security Engineer, Woven by Toyota, Inc. - Hiroshi Takahashi (Hiroshima, Japan)
Director, Kakeru Legal Office - Tomohiro Yamazaki (Tokyo, Japan)
CEO, earthsolar, Inc.
New England
- Raymond Hunt (Boston, MA)
Private Equity Associate, TA Associates
New York & Vicinity
- Akiko Imai (New York, NY)
Global Head of New Sales, Virtu Financial - Charles Neumann (New York, NY)
Political Researcher, Consulate General of Japan in New York
Pacific Northwest
- Joshua Ishibashi (Mill Creek, WA)
Construction Program Manager, American Bridge Company - Eric Kawabata (Seattle, WA)
Senior Sustainability Manager, International Public Policy, Amazon - Michael Rawding (Seattle, WA)
Founding Partner, GeoFusion
Southern CA & Southwest
- Kyoko Adachi (Long Beach, CA)
Former Strategy Director, EssenceMediacom
Washington, DC & Vicinity
- Kyomi Cabral (Arlington, VA)
Delivery Analyst, Accenture Federal Services - Neal Murata (Washington, DC)
Deputy Director for East Asia and Pacific Affairs, U.S. Department of State - Kentaro Orita (Washington, DC)
Counsellor, Embassy of Japan in the USA