Takashi Shiraishi  is Chancellor, Prefectural University of Kumamoto. 

Tetsushi Sonobe  is vice president  and professor of development economics at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). 

Keijiro Otsuka  is a professor of economics at Kobe University.

Kaoru Sugihara  is a Specially Appointed Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature.

Yusuke Takagi is assistant professor in the Graduate School of Policy Studies at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). 

Veerayooth Kanchoochate  is associate professor in the Graduate School of Policy Studies at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). 

Keiichi Tsunekawa is senior professor in the Graduate School of Policy Studies at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS). 

Yasuyuki Todo is a professor in the Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Political Science and Economics at Waseda University.