In 2003, he completed his Master's degree in Health Science and Nursing at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine. He received his PhD in Health Science (thesis) in the same field.
In April 2009, he became an associate professor at the Department of Health Quality Assessment at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, and in April 2014, he became a professor (part-time from May 2015). Since May 2015, he has been a professor at the Department of Health Policy and Management at Keio University School of Medicine.

He uses data science and other sciences to challenge social change and conducts research activities with a focus on contributing to improving reality. He is involved in various practices outside of the medical field, such as the National Clinical Database, which is in collaboration with the specialist system and involves 5,000 hospitals, and the COVID-19 nationwide survey by LINE and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. At the same time, he works with various stakeholders, including not only academia but also government, economic organizations, NPOs, and companies, to create a new vision for society. One of MIYATA's visions for co-creating a society is a "resonating society" in which life resonates together to create a diverse society, where each individual shines as they experience that world together.

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FUJIMOTO Sou was born in Hokkaido in 1971. After graduating from the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, he established Sou Fujimoto Architects in 2000. Following the 2014 Montpellier International Design Competition Grand Prize (L'Arbre Blanc), he has also won top prizes in international design competitions in Europe in 2015, 2017, and 2018. In Japan, he has been appointed as the venue design producer for Expo 2025, Osaka, Kansai, Japan. In 2024, he has been selected as the basic designer for the "(tentative name) International Center Station North Area Complex Facility Basic Design Contract."
His major works include House of Music in Budapest (2021), Maruhon Maki Art Terrace, Ishinomaki City Cultural Complex (2021), Shiraiya Hotel (2020), L’Arbre Blanc (2019), Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 in London (2013), House NA (2011), and Musashino Art University. These include Art Museum and Library (2010) and House N (2008).

KUTSUNA is a landscape designer and the CEO of E-DESIGN Co., Ltd. By utilizing the techniques of landscape and environmental design of parks, plazas, roads, and rivers, mastering the use of the space, and simultaneously planning and implementing the sustainable management and system creation, he aims to realize a new public and create attractive public spaces, and has worked on numerous projects. He is also active in the field of landscape design for universities, hospitals, schools, commercial facilities, and housing both domestically and internationally. He has edited and co-authored "Illustrated Public Space Creation Method" (2021). He is currently serving as the landscape design director for Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan. His notable works include "Kindai University Senshin Garden" (2009 Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture Encouragement Award), "Urban Development of the Water City of Osaka" (2016 joint winner of the Ishikawa Prize from the City Planning Institute of Japan), "Kusatsu River Site Park (Section 5)" (2017 Urban Park Competition Special Theme Category Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award), "Tokotoko Dandan" (2018 GOOD DESIGN Award, Gold Award: Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award / 2019 Japanese Institute of Landscape Architecture Award), "Osaka Prefectural Enokojima Cultural Arts Creation Center" (2019 Regional Creation Award, Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications Award), "Daito City Public-Private Partnership Hojo Urban Development Project Morineki" (2024 joint winner of the Architectural Institute of Japan Award), and "Sea Path Park" (2024 Urban Park Competition, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Director-General's Award, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Urban Affairs Bureau Award / Land Utilization Model Grand Prize, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award).

Curator. Visiting Professor at Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University, in "Curatorial Theory and Practice"; Program Director of Art & Design at the International House of Japan; Visiting Professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature; and Professor Emeritus at Tokyo University of the Arts. Former Director of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa.
She has been honored with the Commissioner for Cultural Affairs Award (2020), the Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 2015), the Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil, 2017), and the Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France, 2024).
Hasegawa has curated numerous biennales in Istanbul (2001), Shanghai (2002), São Paulo (2010), Sharjah (2013), Moscow (2017), and Thailand (2021), and international exhibitions including Japanorama: A New Vision on Art Since 1970 at the Centre Pompidou-Metz (2017), and Fukami: A Plunge into Japanese Aesthetics in Paris (2018). Her publications include Art and New Ecology: Anthropocene as Dithering Time (Ibun-sha, 2022); Japanorama: Un Archipel en Perpétuel Changement (Centre Pompidou-Metz Éditions, 2017); and Performativity in the Work of Female Japanese Artists in the 1950s–1960s and the 1990s (Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art, MoMA, 2010).