Shoko Takeda is a Director overseeing all IT, financial, energy, environment and security industries project at GR Japan. She is an expert on Japanese government’s digital policies related to the semiconductor industry, AI, Digital Transformation (DX), platform services, web3, and blockchain, with experience supporting the government relations and advocacy of many IT companies. Prior to joining GR Japan, she worked as a policy secretary for Diet members and assisted in legislative activities, including policy making and intelligence analysis for the deliberation of bills. She was deeply involved in the decision-making and legislative process of Japan’s ruling party. She is a certified policy secretary for Diet members. Ms. Takeda graduated from the Faculty of Law at Kyo to University and holds a Juris Doctor from Waseda Law School She also received an M.A. in Socio-Information and Communication Studies from the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Interdisciplinary Information Studies and conducted research on media theory and election reporting.
