LEAP Program
Leap Professional Fellow
FY2026: The Inaugural Cohort
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Japan
Business
Satoru OTA
Head of Value Advisory, Evangelist
Resilire, Inc.
Culture & Arts
Yoichiro YAMAGUCHI
Planning Manager
Division Deputy Corporate
The International House of Japan
Diplomacy & Security
Maiko TAKAHASHI
External Partnerships Consultant
World Health Organization
Humanities
Isami SAWAI
Associate Professor
Institute for Liberal Arts/ Department of Social and Human Sciences, School of Environment and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo
Journalism
Rihoko AKIYAMA
Correspondent and Editor
News Department
TV Tokyo
Korea
Business
Sangyeob (Max) HAN
CEO
Sopoong Ventures
Culture & Arts
Dami KIM
Associate Professor
Seoul National University
Diplomacy & Security
Bee Yun JO
Dr./Research Fellow
Sejong Institute
Humanities
Kunha KIM
Research Professor
Institute for Marine Humanities
Pukyong National University
Journalism
Jaeyeon MOON
Reporter
Hankook Daily Newspaper
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