DD2030 DIGITAL DEMOCRACY SUMMIT 2026
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Saito Alex

Saito Alex

Chairperson of the Policy Research Council of the Japan Innovation Party

Born in Madrid, Spain, and raised in Osaka Prefecture.After graduating from the Faculty of Economics at Doshisha University, he engaged in M&A advisory services at a securities firm. In 2013, he entered the Matsushita Institute of Government and Management. In 2016, he participated in a one-year training program in Washington, D.C., gaining experience as an intern at a Republican U.S. House of Representatives office.Subsequently, while working at the office of Member of the House of Representatives Seiji Maehara, he also handled business planning and M&A operations at a venture company in Kyoto.In 2019, he was appointed Leader of the Shiga 1st District General Branch of the House of Representatives. He was elected for the first time in the 2021 House of Representatives general election and is currently serving his third term. He joined the Japan Innovation Party (Nippon Ishin no Kai) in 2024 and assumed the position of Chairperson of the Policy Research Council in August 2025.

Sessions
10:30–11:30 Main Hall (North Bldg. 1F) SPEAKERS TBC
Broad Listening in Practice: A View from National Politics

Session times and rooms are subject to change.