JASC 77

2025

Theme

Upholding Dignity: Bilateral Harmony Through Respectful Dialogue

Kyoto

Osaka

Kumamoto

Tokyo

Sites

Roundtables

– Japan–U.S. Business Strategies

– Food, Culture, and Society

– Environmental Innovation and Entrepreneurship

– Technology, Ethics, and Happiness

– Means and Meanings of Communication

– Aesthetics in Design and Media

– International Politics in the Indo-Pacific

Special Guests

HIH Princess Takamado

Takeko Kudo, Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivor

Yoshihiro Takeda, Nagasaki A-Bomb Survivor, Former President of Kumamoto Hidankyo

Takatoshi Yoshimoto, Mayor of Kikuyo Town

Takashi Kimura, Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture

Ikuo Kabashima, Former Governor of Kumamoto Prefecture

Student Executive Committee (EC)

American ECs

Sam Helman, Chair, Wake Forest University

Mao Kobayashi, Vice Chair

Emile Shah, Secretary, University of California, Berkeley

Andrew Lei, Treasurer

Amy Wu, Logistics Co-Chair, Smith College

Hudson Pitchford, Logistics Co-Chair, Washington and Lee University

Rachel Collins, Co-Chair of Recruitment, Publicity, and Technology, Washington and Lee University

Brandon Rivera De Leon, Co-Chair of Recruitment, Publicity, and Technology

Japanese ECs

Mayu Kitahara 北原真悠, Professional College of Arts and Tourism

Masato Kai 甲斐聖人, Akita International University

Masahito Tadano 多田野真仁, Hokkaido University

Hanon Nozoe 野添葉音, Sophia University

Igbinedion Ray イビネディオン嶺, Meiji University

Tomoki Akase 赤瀬朋基, Gakushuin University

Shiho Ogawa 小川志穂, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Haruka Ishiga 石賀悠, Waseda University

Delegates

American Delegates (28)

Ava Aguiar, University of California, Berkeley

Lucie Freeman, University of Minnesota

Gerald Jaime Reiling, Duke University

Smeera Zaveri, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Sameer Ameen, University of California, Berkeley

Juliet Crane, Cornell University

Isabella Ferraté, Washington and Lee University

Ellery Lei, Duke University

Angela Jung, Wake Forest University

Kingwell Ma, Georgetown University

Nil Nyah, Duke University

Maya Sasaki-George, Trinity College

Maya Hsu, George Washington University

Fred Lin, Wake Forest University

Laura Salas, Williams College

Samir Singh, Carleton College

Becca Faber, Harvard University

Zoe Hoksbergen, University of California, Berkeley

Holden Tsai, Pomona College

Dan Yamaguchi, Georgetown University

Dylan Graff, Cornell University

Akiko Jindo, Williams College

Eleanor Meunier, Colgate University

Marlena Word, Smith College

Hyerin Cha, George Mason University

Ella Jiang, University of Wisconsin–Madison

Maxwell Stern, University of California, Berkeley

Giovanni Suarez, University of Southern California

Japanese Delegates (27)

Mako Imada 今田真子, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Sohma Ezoe 江副聡真, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

Mayu Misaka 美坂茉柚, Akita International University

Sonoko Mori 毛利園子, Waseda University

Hazuki Otani 大谷葉月, Rikkyo University

Nozomi Kizuki 木築のぞ美, Waseda University

Kanta Sugimoto 杉本幹太, Osaka University

Taiki Nagamine 長嶺泰己, Institute of Science Tokyo

Ryoya Tanaka 田中遼弥, Kyushu University

Soichiro Tezuka 手塚颯一朗, Keio University

Koharu Yamakawa 山川心春, Waseda University

Moeka Ono 小野萌絵佳, Waseda University

Kotaro Shimozono 下薗洸太朗, Sophia University

Haruka Mizuno 水野遥, Meijo University

Jo Takizawa 滝沢丈, National Defense Academy

Risa Ueda 上田理紗, University of Tokyo

Ren Kuboki 久保木廉, National Defense Academy of Japan

Mei Tashiro 田代明衣, Keio University

Ojiro Moriya 守屋旺次朗, Waseda University

Sawaka Date 伊達早和花, Keio University

Daisuke Tanaka 田中大輔, Waseda University

Rei Nakata 中田怜, Kyoto University

Satoko Mori 森聡子, Kyoto University

Tomonori Uga 宇賀智徳, Waseda University

Rio Ohashi 大橋莉央, Trinity College Dublin

Victoria Toko Okazaki 岡崎ヴィクトリア瞳子, Waseda University

Asuka Fushitani 伏谷飛鳥, Kyoto University

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