Retta Prontakänen, Press and Cultural Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in Japan

Tomasz Gvozdowski, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Japan

Melba Pria, Ambassador of Mexico to Japan

Malaysian Ambassador to Japan Dato' Syahrir Effendi Abdul Ghani

Ichiya Nakamura, President of iU (Information, Management and Innovation University)

Seiichi Shimada, Chairman of Tsuda University

Aoyama Gakuin Educational Corporation Chairman Nobuya Hotta

Hiroshi Suzuki, Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo

iU President Ichiya Nakamura

Nihon University President Takeo Sakai

Rikkyo University President Renta Nishihara

Keiji Shibai, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Kansai University Educational Corporation

Masao Yamazaki, Chairman of Meiji Gakuin Educational Corporation

His Excellency Manlio Cadelo of the Republic of San Marino

Ivana Golubović Duboka, Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the Embassy of Serbia in Tokyo

Yoshio Kaneko, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and President of Kanagawa University

Minoru Tsuzuki, Vice President and Professor, Nippon Pharmaceutical University

Goto Educational Foundation (Tokyo City University) Chairman, Toru Takahashi