Featured Archive: UK-JP 2024
Well-being
London, United Kingdom
In our 2024 UK-JP Conference, we focus on well-being, a growing priority for the younger generations seeking better work-life balance. Amid rising “Deaths of Despair” and increasing loneliness, our 9th annual conference highlights the need for healthier approaches to work and mental health. Aiming to explore well-being through a multidisciplinary lens, comparing strategies in both the UK and Japan, and encouraging participants to propose practical solutions. Encouraging intercultural exchange, examining the intersection of Western individualism and Eastern spiritual balance. This inclusive and timely theme promoted global dialogue and action on mental and emotional health issues.
Featured Speaker
Misato Nagakawa
Executive Board Member, Wake Up Japan
2023
Exploring National Identity
With a background of living in several countries including the United States, South Korea, and China where Ms. Misato obtained a double master's degree at Peking University and University of Tokyo, she has been working on multiple projects and initiatives to promote mutual understanding among the people in East Asian countries.
Ms. Misato is also a senior associate at the English MBA program for GLOBIS University, and is currently the adjunct lecturer at Musashi University. She has also served as executive board member for non-profit organisation Wake Up Japan since 2018, and was chosen as Davos 50 in 2023.
