General Partner, MPower Partners | Former Vice Chair, Goldman Sachs Japan | WOMENOMICS advocate | Farmer’s daughter, cancer survivor, Tokyo resident, mom of two
Am I right that Japanese women Olympians earned 40 of Japan’s record-breaking 58-medal haul, or 69% of the total?! Since women represented 48% of Team Japan, I’d say they punched way above their weight!💪🥇
日本代表が獲得した58メダルの内40個(69%)が女子選手が獲得したのか?! 凄い!
11月25日の株主総会で(株)ファーストリテイリングの初女性及び外国籍の社外取締役に就任いたしました。
Honored to join Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. (UNIQLO) as the first female and foreign external director.
After 26+ unforgettable years, my Goldman retirement day has come. I’m heartened to see progress in 2 areas where we devoted much of our research: corporate governance and womenomics/diversity. Deeply grateful to all of my colleagues and clients who supported me throughout!🙏
20 years ago, I received my breast cancer diagnosis. GS colleagues made this ‘Thousand cranes’ during my toughest phase of chemo, which still gives me strength today🙏
丁度20年前に乳がんを診断されたが、GS同僚達が作った千羽鶴がいまだに力になっています。感謝の気持ちしかありません❤️
Web3と言えば
@Sota_Web3
です。彼が考えている未来はまさに「新しい資本主義」と思います!
Web3 pioneer entrepreneur, Sota Watanabe, is only 26, but is definitely someone who can help realize Japan’s vision of “New Capitalism!”
Blessed to run in my parents’ Nara-ken, honoring my great Uncle, Sakagami Mitsuo, coach of Japan’s mens bronze medal volleyball team at the 1964 Olympics!
無事に両親の奈良県で聖火リレー走って来た!思ったより重かったが一生の思い出になった
#OlympicTorchRelay
#みんなの聖火リレー
来日中のヒラリークリントンと貴重な意見交換。もし2016年の大統領選が違う結果になったら今のアメリカはどうなっているのでしょう…
Great meeting
@HillaryClinton
in Tokyo and exchanging views on
#Womenomics
, Right to Choose, US politics and foreign policy. Loving her TV series Gutsy!
Hard to believe it’s
#30
!💘 Fond memories of our California/Germany nuptials... Blessed to have this crazy German by my side all these years💕
あっという間に結婚30周年!カリフォルニアと北ドイツの結婚式の思い出懐かしい…これからも一緒に頑張ります❣️
Along with my co-founders, Yumiko Murakami and
@miwaseki
, as well as Eriko Suzuki, we’re thrilled to announce our launch of Japan’s first ESG-focused global venture capital fund, ‘MPower Partners!’🚀
The nation of Japan is in shock having lost one of its strongest leaders today. Our deepest condolences and prayers to Akie-san and the Abe family.
There are many opinions about PM Abe’s track record, but in my view, his government demonstrated leadership in two key areas…
おかげさまでMPower Partnersが3歳の誕生日を迎えました‼️🎉
MPower Partners turns 3 today!🎊So grateful for our amazing team, inspiring portfolio companies, incredible LPs, and everyone in the startup ecosystem for
your continuous support!🙏
Onwards and upwards!🚀
After 26+ years, I’ll be retiring from GS at year-end. Nothing but gratitude for my colleagues and clients around the world who’ve supported me over many years.🙏 年末でGSを退社します。26年間世界中の同僚とお客さんにお世話になり、感謝の気持ちしかないです。
おかげさまでMPower Partnersが2歳の誕生日を迎えました!🎉
@MPower_Partners
Partners has turned 2!🎂 So grateful to our wonderful, hard-working team, inspiring portfolio companies, incredible LPs, and everyone in the startup ecosystem for your warm, continuous support!🙏
Congratulations to
@fumino810
& team for an incredible
#TRP2023
parade!🌈
Japan is still the only G-7 country that doesn’t recognize same-sex marriage, and with its demographic tsunami, Japan cannot afford to remain the outlier…
#変わるまで続ける
#MarriageForAllJapan
Some of our Dad’s favorite things: fishing, flying (secretly got his pilot’s license without telling Mom), In-N-Out burgers, and helping students realize their dreams, just as many helped with his. Miss you Daddy❤️
Wishing everyone on earth and in heaven a blessed Christmas🙏
Following
#Mori
’s sexist comments, I looked into Japan’s Olympic gender track record. 1) Japan’s ratio of female athletes is HIGHER than the world avg, and 2) since 1964 Olympics, the ratio of Japanese female medalists > male. Is this what he means by ‘Women are too competitive?’
Making history! Congratulations to Russell Cummer, Riku Sugie and the entire
@PaidyJP
team for the largest acquisition of a Japanese startup!㊗️ Proud of what you all have built, and look forward to Paidy’s next growth chapter!
The world has lost a legend. Secretary Norman Mineta was interned as a boy in a Wyoming camp, but he became the first Japanese American to serve in Cabinet posts-for both the Clinton and Bush administrations. I’ll never forget Norm’s passion for justice and sense of humor.
“And ladies, don’t let anybody tell you that you are past your prime”
Congratulations to Michelle Yeoh - first Asian to win an Oscar for Best Actress!🏆
Our new jazz opera drops today!🎵
Angela's Ring: An Opera Revue of the European Debt Crisis
Listen @
A dramatic recounting of seminal moments from the crisis which
#AngelaMerkel
navigates.
#AngelasRing
#JazzOpera
#kabirsehgal
International Women’s Day started on March 8, 1946, when feminists in Italy chose the mimosa flower as a symbol of strength, sensibility and sensitivity.
#EveryDayIsWomensDay
#毎日は女性デー
📣 Excited to welcome
@heralbony
to the
@MPower_Partners
family! Heralbony is an art agency for artists with intellectual disabilities.
We look forward to working with co-founders,
@heralbony_twins
& team on their global expansion and ESG journey!🚀
ENG:
Great seeing such a diverse and record-breaking crowd of 15,000 at Japan’s largest startup event,
#IVS2024Kyoto
! 1/3 of participants were women and many foreigners attended as well.
But this doesn’t happen naturally.
Kudos to
@tanakaakio
@toshi_ivs
and team for promoting
Gaiatsu at work! Hoping this becomes official (and clearer) soon so we long-term foreign residents can leave and re-enter like every other G-7 nation
私を含む260万人の在留資格者の再入国を「9月から全面緩和」期待しています!
Devastated by the passing of legendary artist, Sakamoto Ryuichi. Loved YMO, his compositions and films, plus this quote:
芸術長く、人生は短し
Art is long, life is short
Praying for his family🙏
Rest in Peace Ryuichi Sakamoto.
Your long battle with cancer was a tremendous fight but now you're able to rest in heaven alongside with Yukihiro Takahashi.
Moment of silence for one of the best musicians God have put on Earth
Honored to be the commencement speaker at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology. OIST ranks
#1
in Japan and
#9
globally for its research and 45 countries are represented by the student body and over half its doctoral candidates are female!💪
Proud to see
@MPower_Partners
cited in this WEF article on why ESG integration is critical for startups!
なぜスタートアップにESG実装が大事なのかを世界経済フォーラムの記事です。弊社のことも記載されていることを感謝しています!
「人材戦争」を勝つためには報酬ガバナンスが不可欠だ。
#G1
経営者会議
I previously wrote a report, ‘No Pay(n), No Gain,’ but would’ve never guessed that compensation governance would become a Japanese conference topic… An important ESG topic for large companies and startups!
A must-read interview of the brilliant and beautiful
@minjinlee11
!
May the Lord continue to bless you and your family!
What Min Jin Lee Wants Us to See via
@NewYorker
小錦の来日40周年記念。外国人初の大関、日米の架け橋、歌もとても上手い!
Celebrating Konishiki’s 40th anniversary in Nippon! Arrived from Hawaii to Japan at age 18 and the first foreigner to attain the Ozeki sumo rank - such a legend!
It was long said that ‘If Hitachi can change, Japan will change,’ and Nakanishi-san transformed Hitachi. Praying for his family and may he rest in peace.