Asia Web3 Alliance Japan (AWAJ) Inaugural Press Conference at FCCJ

About the Event:

Asia Web3 Alliance Japan (AWAJ) will be holding its first Press Conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan. The Press Conference will unveil the launch of Asia Web3 Alliance Japan. The speakers will detail the mission, objectives, and role as an alliance, along with board members’ profiles and future prospects upon which the platform is founded. 

Japan’s utmost efforts to drive Web3 adoption through “Rise Japan Again”, Asia Web3 Alliance Japan will turn that wheel into practical application through this alliance.

Asia Web3 Alliance Japan will be connecting Blockchain, Crypto, DeFi, NFT, Decentralization, Metaverse, and Web3 companies and startups. The association has received more than 162 company registration applications, and its target is to connect 5,000 companies by the end of 2024.

The speakers will also introduce the Student Exchange Program with 300+ universities and schools for students from all prefectures of Japan, especially the Western part of Japan.

Event Details

Date: 11 December 2023

Venue: The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan, Tokyo 

Time: 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM (JST)

Agenda:

11:30 Introduction to Speakers and Asia Web3 Alliance Japan

Presenter: Hinza Asif (Founder of AWAJ)

11:35 Announcing the new Board Members and their significance to AWAJ

Presenter: Hinza Asif (Founder of AWAJ)

11:45 Briefing on the vision, mission, and objectives for AWAJ 

Presenter: Hinza Asif (Founder of AWAJ)

11:55 How AWAJ benefits Japan’s future economy for Blockchain

Presenter: Taketo Nakanishi (Board Member)

12:05 Stablecoin Subcommittee Announcement: Why is connecting the world 

with Japan and the Asia markets important?

Presenter: Yuma Tanimoto (Advisory Member)

12:15 How AWAJ will work with private and public sectors?

Presenter: Hinza Asif (Founder of AWAJ)

12:20 Board Member Remarks

12:25 Student Exchange Program in Japan Announcement

Presenter: Hinza Asif (Founder of AWAJ)

12:30 Q&A Session & Wrap Up

See the full agenda here.  

Speakers

Hinza Asif

is the President of Asia Web3 Alliance Japan. She is also the CEO of NFTStudio24, a decentralized Web3 media platform. Hinza has 8+ years of experience in digital marketing and 5+ years working as a professional in the Blockchain and Web3 industry.  

Within the AWAJ framework, Hinza aims to promote Web3 to the world by empowering through collaboration, innovation, and inclusivity in Japan and Asia’s ecosystem with the rest of the world.

中西威人TAKETO NAKANISHI

Taketo Nakanishi is the Co-Founder of CROSSTECH and CROSS Value Chain, a decentralized autonomous distributed storage integrated public blockchain suitable for true digital asset creation and value exchange. 

Taketo brings his experience having relations with various government officials, corporate companies, and associations to advise them on adopting blockchain infrastructure, especially in Egypt, the USA, and Middle Eastern countries.

谷本祐真 YUMA TANIMOTO  

Yuma Tanimoto is the Co-Founder of CROSSTECH and CROSS Value Chain. He began his career as a university lecturer and then switched from becoming a Creative Director to an Entrepreneur with a keen focus on branding and business growth. He is the founder of Oomph Inc., a Tokyo-based concept development company. 

Yuma is now building on CROSS Value Chain as a Chief Strategy Officer. He is widely known for his high-profile projects in Japan and IoT venture in Rwanda. 

Asia Web3 Alliance Japan: Board Members

• Leo Mizuhara, CEO and Founder of Hashnote
• Taketo Nakanishi, co-founder of CROSSTECH
• Sandy Carter, COO of Unstoppable Domains and Founder of Unstoppable Women of Web3
• Luke Soon, Partner at PwC Singapore
• Aishwary Gupta, the Global Head of Payment & FinTech/Ecosystem BD Head, India, at Polygon Labs
• Brian McGleenon, a well-known Anchor and Journalist at Yahoo! Finance and host for The Crypto Mile series
• Nicole Chan, Honorary Chair of the Taiwan Association for Blockchain Ecosystem Innovation and former Chairwoman of the National Communications Commission (NCC), Ministry of Taiwan
• Morten Rongaard, CEO and co-founder of Reality+
• David Palmer, Chief Product Officer at PairPoint and Blockchain Lead at Vodafone
• Jamie Kingsley, COO & co-founder of The PR Genius

Media Attending:

• NHK
• ITmedia News
• ITmediaビジネスオンライン
• ITmedia Enterprise
• ＠IT
• EnterpriseZine
• 日経xTech／日経コンピュータ
• 日経xTech／日経Network
• 日経xTech
• 週刊BCN
• アスキー編集部
• クラウドWatch
• IT Leaders編集部
• マイナビニュース編集部
• ZDNet Japan編集部
• 日本経済新聞
• 朝日新聞
• 電波新聞
• 金融経済新聞
• 日本金融通信
• 化学工業日報