Kazuaki Hiraishi joined the Mitsubishi Research Institute in 1984 after graduating from the University of Tokyo where he received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, majoring in regional planning.

Yukiko Umeno Saito is an Associate Professor at Waseda University, Japan since 2018 and a Senior Fellow at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, Japan since 2014, and was a Fellow from 2012-2014. Prior to that, she was a Researcher at the Fujitsu Research Institute, Japan from 2002 to 2012.