Manabu Ohara is the director general of the Latin America and the Caribbean Department at the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
Nobuaki Hamaguchi is a Faculty Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and a professor at the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB) at Kobe University.
Makoto Hirata is deputy director for the Central and the Caribbean Division of the Latin America and the Caribbean Department at the Japan International Cooperation Agency.
Yasushi Noguchi is assistant minister and director general of the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Yoshiyuki Yamada is ambassador and deputy director-general of the the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau and Economic Affairs Bureau (G7/G20 Sous Sherpa) for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Akira Kudo is executive director of the Japan Association of Latin America and the Caribbean (JALAC).
Ambassador Akira Yamada is the special assistant to the Japanese minister of foreign affairs.
Maki Kobayashi is the director general of the Latin America and Caribbean Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.
Itaru Motobayashi is the executive vice president of Yazaki North America, an independent Japanese automotive component maker and supplier.
Kota Sakaguchi is the director of the Central America & the Caribbean Division of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
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