... Yokohama from the late 1970s through the ’80s and worked in Tokyo as a diplomat twice before assuming the ambassadorship in 2019, he possesses both a rare breadth of perspective and an intimate familiarity with the capital area. During our discussion,... ... case, you now have many women as executives, including Tokyo Governor Koike, who even used to be defense minister. The former mayor of Yokohama, Fumiko Hayashi, was previously the CEO of BMW in Japan. Rengo, the trade union confederation, now has its first ...