Member
Anju Ishiyama
Representative Director, Public Meets Innovation (General Incorporated Association)
Representative Director, Sharing Economy Association of Japan (General Incorporated Association)
President & CEO, Public Borders, Inc.
Platforms
Information and Communications
Urban Development
Human Resources
Technology
Population Decline
Carbon Neutrality
Geopolitical Trends
Born in 1989. After graduating from International Christian University (ICU), she worked at Recruit and CrowdWorks before taking on her current roles. She works to bridge government bodies, local authorities, private companies, and startups in order to bring new industries and lifestyles — including the sharing economy — into practical social use, driving regulatory reform, policy advocacy, public opinion formation, and public-private partnership projects.
In 2018, she founded the general incorporated association Public Meets Innovation. She serves as an Outside Director at U-NEXT Holdings (the youngest woman on the Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange). She appears as a social entrepreneur commentator on numerous programs, including Fuji TV's Mr. Sunday and Nippon TV's Shinsō Hōdō Bankisha! and Shu-ichi!. She has been selected as one of Forbes JAPAN's "30 Japanese Rule-Makers."
Recent Publications and Seminars
Books
Share Life: A New Way of Living in a New Society
Multi-Base Life: A Dispersed Way of Living
Public Roles
Sharing Economy Evangelist, Digital Agency of Japan
Regional Information Advisor, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
Committee Member, "Subcommittee on Resource Circular Economy, Industrial Technology and Environment Subcommittee, Industrial Structure Council," Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Committee Member, "Study Group on Supply Chain Initiatives in the GX League," Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Committee Member, "Circular Society Division, Central Environment Council," Ministry of the Environment
Committee Member, "Study Group on New Forms of Collaboration between Local Communities and Businesses in Disaster Prevention," Cabinet Office
And others
Topics of Specialty
Rulemaking / Public Affairs
Sharing Economy and New Industrial Policy
Solving Social Issues through Public-Private Partnerships
Regional Revitalization / Relational Population / Dual-Area Living
Circular Economy and Sustainable Society
Values and Lifestyle Changes among the Younger Generation
Media Theory / Public Opinion Formation / Media Communication
Career Development
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