Mitsuru Claire Chino is the Managing Executive Officer of ITOCHU Corporation, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. She was previously president and CEO of ITOCHU International, the company’s New York-based North America-focused subsidiary. In 2013, she became the first female executive officer of any major trading company in Japan. Before joining ITOCHU, she practiced as a lawyer at an international law firm in the United States and in Hong Kong at Graham & James. Asia Legal Business recognized her as a “Top 25 In-House Counsel in Asia,” and the Financial Times named her the “Asia Pacific’s Innovative Lawyer” and included her on the “FT Global General Counsel 30” list of the world’s top in-house lawyers. She has also been a Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum and a Yale University Maurice R. Greenberg World Fellow. She is a classically trained singer and has given solo performances at venues like the Weill Carnegie Hall and the Suntory Hall.
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Ashok Malik in the Economic Times: “India needs the trade deal with the U.S. and it needs energy access at reasonable prices.”
October 24, 2025
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India’s challenge is to sustain its delicate diplomatic equilibrium. As Ashok Malik of The Asia Group told Bloomberg, “India needs ...
Han Lin Speaks to the NYT on China’s Response to the U.S. Government Shutdown
October 23, 2025
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Nirav Patel on CNBC Live: “We are in a period of intense diplomatic flexing in the U.S- China relationship.”
October 23, 2025
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Spotlight: Indo-Pacific Market Readiness for SMR Partnerships