AsiaGate continues to develop its broad network of advisors who find routes to the "right people" in the complex environment of the Japanese marketplace. Among our most active advisors:
 

Mr. Norio Hattori

Mr. Norio Hattori is currently an advisor at Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company (about 14,000 employees). Before that he was a senior advisor at All Nippon Airways (ANA). Until 2001 and for more than 30 years, Mr. Hattori has served in various senior positions in the Japanese National Police. Mr. Hattori is a graduate of Tokyo University and has MBA of Harvard Business School.

Mr. Takeshi Ogata

Mr. Ogata is a board member and advisor of many ventures. His diverse career includes the position of managing director of Itochu Machinery and Information groups, and senior auditor of Koseido Co. Ltd. He has founded many successful ventures such as Itochu Techno Science (CTC), Innotech, J-SAT and NTT. Mr. Ogata is a graduate of Tokyo University in Public Law.

Dr. Nobuo Inami

Mr. Inami is a graduate of Tokyo Institute of Technology in Applied Physics, and owns 7 Japanese patents and two US Patents. He is a semiconductor process expert. At New Japan Radio Ltd. he was responsible for CMOS, Bip and BiCMOS process development and long-term process development planning. He has also worked at Seiko Instruments and Nihon Precision Circuit, where he led the plant layout of a new start-up for wafer fab. Mr. Inami managed Global Alliance (www.g-alliance.co.jp ) for 9 years. In 2006 he established a consulting company called Interdesign (www.interdesigninc.jp )

Mr. Roger Kuniyoshi

Mr. Kuniyoshi is the president of Catalyst Associates, a consulting firm that provides services to public and private companies. He was the managing director of John Swire & Sons Ltd. Japan and the president and CEO of Transtech Inc. (IT products and analytical instruments). Mr. Kuniyoshi is a graduate of Tokyo University in economics, and has completed an executive program at Stanford University.