Annual Report 2024 2025

World Economic Forum Japan The Tokyo office supports the Forum’s work in all areas and has substantially strengthened its strategic engagement with partners and constituencies in the past year, despite the broader backdrop of persistent geopolitical tensions and economic uncertainty. In terms of working with political leaders, it balanced its engagement throughout Japan’s political spectrum, engaging ruling and opposition leaders and parties alike. During the reporting period, it successfully re-established relationships with government ministries and expanded connections with local governments. The office strengthened its engagement with business leaders through several events, including the One Forum in Tokyo in October 2024 – its largest meeting in Japan to date – focused on accelerating industrial transformation and the decarbonization of energy and transport. In February 2025, the office supported a two-day regional event in Tokyo, Japan: Climate and Nature Leadership in the Intelligent Age, which strengthened the connections between the country and the broader Asia-Pacific region. Other meetings included an AI workshop emphasizing Japan’s shift to “safe innovation”, practical deployment of AI agents and ethical integration; a meeting of leaders and experts involved in the Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution’s space workstream to discuss issues like the competitiveness of Japan’s space sector; and a meeting of the Japan arm of the Chief Legal Officers Community to discuss the role of legal leaders in Japanese business. Annual Report 2024-2025 Our Organization59