- Ryan Takeshita 初
- The Huffington Post Japan
- Editor-in-Chief
Ryan Takeshita is the Editor-in-Chief of Huffington Post Japan. His goal is to encourage individuals who take risks in a collective society like Japan, to speak out to change the world. One of his amazing projects include "Ladies Be Open" a campaign to publish numerous stories that focus on women who tell their personal stories about their bodies & health. He was a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Stanford University Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2014-15. Prior to joining HuffPost Japan Takeshita worked as a news reporter for The Asahi Shimbun, the national leading newspaper in Japan. He also led the Billiomedia project in Japan during the 2012 general election, which was the first time for mainstream media in Japan to analyze public opinion using social media.
Session:
10/17 14:10-15:00