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James Kondo

Chairman of the Board, International House of Japan
James Kondo is an executive in the social, technology and policy arena.

He is currently Chairman of the Board at International House of Japan, an independent foundation that contributes to building a free, open, and sustainable future.

James is also a Trustee at US-Japan Foundation, Senior Advisor at OpenAI, a Global Trustee and Co-Chair of Japan Center at Asia Society, and a Trustee at Keio University.

He was previously Vice President of Growth Strategy at Twitter Inc. and Chairman of Twitter Japan, Special Advisor at the Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government, and a consultant at McKinsey.

James has been selected Fellow of the US-Japan Leadership Program, Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum, Asia 21 Fellow of Asia Society, Inamori Fellow of Inamori Foundation, and Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy.

He was a visiting student at Brown University, a graduate of Keio University and Harvard Business School, a World Fellow at Yale University, and a Visiting Scientist at MIT Media Lab.