Carolyn Kormann
Contributing Writer/Editor/Researcher, The New Yorker Magazine
“Farmers, Soldiers, and a Knuckleballer: North Korea, Climate Change, and the Future of Japanese Gender Politics”
Rachel Nuwer
Freelance Journalist
“How Japan Undermines Efforts to Stop the Illegal Ivory Trade: As China Cracks Down on Ivory Sales, Legal Loopholes in Japan–the World’s Largest Market–Offer Opportunities for Smugglers”
Brigid Schulte
Director, The Better Life Lab, New America
“Overwork in Japan: Causes, Consequences and Prospects for Change”
Amos Zeeberg
Freelance Journalist
“How to Invent the 21st Century’s Great Lifesaver: Stem-Cell Therapy”