Tadashi Furuhata

Tadashi Furuhata is responsible for Innovation and Research projects at JETRO Milan. Throughout his career at JETRO, he has worked in corporate planning at JETRO Headquarters in Tokyo and supported the overseas business development of Japanese SMEs. Most recently, he was based in Hokkaido, where he facilitated collaboration between Japanese and international companies, particularly in agrifood tech, semiconductors, and aerospace, while assisting foreign companies seeking to establish operations in the region. He currently works to strengthen open innovation and foreign direct investment (FDI) between Japan and Italy.