Futures Industry Association of Japan
Futures Industry Association of Japan
FIA Japan Summer Party 2025
FIA Japan is pleased to announce that we will be hosting a Summer Party as follows. We look forward to welcoming you to this special occasion, which will be an excellent opportunity for networking among our members.
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Date: Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 3:00pm - 7:30pm
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Reception Special Guest :Mr.Amane Oshima CEO of JICT
Participation & Fees
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Part A (Panel Discussions) Free of charge. Open to all (members and non-members). Please limit participation to two persons per company. If more wish to attend, please contact us in advance.
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Part B (Reception) Members: Up to 2 participants per company free of charge; from the 3rd participant, ¥3,000 per person Non-members: ¥5,000 per person
Program Overview (Tentative)
Please note that the following program is tentative and subject to change without prior notice.
Panel sessions will be conducted in Japanese.
Part A: Panel Discussions
15:00–15:30 Reception Desk for Panels Opens
15:30–16:30 Panel 1: “Post-trade Challenges and Industry Standardization” (FIAJ Operations Committee)
16:30–17:30 Panel 2: “Overview of the Electricity Futures Market in Japan”
Part B: Reception
17:30–18:00 Reception Desk for Reception Opens
18:01–18:05 Welcome and Opening Remarks by FIA Japan Chairman, Clairmont
18:05–18:20 Remarks by Mr. Amane Oshima, President & CEO, JICT
18:21 Kanpai (toast) and networking begins
19:30 Closing Remarks
Panel Agendas
PANEL 1 (Japanese Language)
“Futures Post-Trade: Challenges and Industry Standardization Initiatives” (FIAJ Operations Committee)
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Japan Futures - Global Significance and Market Revitalization:
Discussing the critical role of the Japanese market in the global financial landscape.
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Current Post-Trade Challenges:
Why Post-trade is particularly a challenge? A comparative examination of domestic vs international post-trade practices. Presenting diverse perspectives from CCP, FCM, Trust bank and FinTech.
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The Way Forward:
Outlining the strategic direction and proposed next steps for addressing post-trade challenges and fostering industry standardization.
PANEL 2 (Japanese Language)
“Overview of the Electricity Futures Market in Japan”
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Overview of Japan's Electricity Market and Electricity Futures Market
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Development of Japan's Electricity Market to Date
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Differences with Other Commodity and Financial Futures
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What’s Lays Ahead for Japan's Electricity Market (Comparison with EU/US Markets, Challenges, etc.)
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Future Outlook and Expectations for Futures Market Participants
Special Guest and Panelists
Panel 1
“Post-trade Challenges and Industry Standardization”
(FIAJ Operations Committee)
Go Oyama
Panelist
Business Planning and Promotion Department, The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.
Kaori Nakajo
Panelist
Vice President, Prime Services, Futures Sales, Equities, Global Banking & Markets,
FICC and Equities, Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd.
Panel 2
“Overview of the Electricity Futures Market in Japan”
Kensuke Yazu
Panelist
General Manager, Tokyo Commodity Exchange, Inc.
Tomoyuki Abe
Panelist
Senior Expert, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Global Markets Sales and Trading Division
BIOGRAPHIES
Amane Oshima
CEO of JICT
Amane Oshima graduated from Keio University’s Faculty of Economics in 1984 and began his career at the Industrial Bank of Japan (now Mizuho Bank), where he spent over 30 years in global markets, covering bond investment, foreign currency ALM, and derivatives sales across Europe, the U.S., and Asia.
Following the 2008 financial crisis, he led foreign currency ALM and bond investment as General Manager of the International Treasury Division. From 2014 to 2018, he headed Mizuho Bank’s Global Markets Division as Managing Executive Officer.
Prior to his current role, he served as President & CEO of Mizuho-Digital Financial Technology, where he drove innovation in financial engineering, data analytics, AI, and quantum computing for three years. Since June 2021, he has been President & CEO of JICT (Japan ICT Fund), supporting Japanese companies in their global expansion within the ICT sector through a public-private fund.
In June 2024, he concurrently became Senior Advisor to Barclays Securities Japan. He has served as Auditor of ISDA Japan since 2018.
James Marsden
Managing Director, Head of Post Trade, Asia Pacific
Broadridge Japan
James Marsden leads Broadridge’s Post-Trade business across Asia Pacific, working closely with clients, partners, and market infrastructure providers to navigate regulatory change, anticipate market trends, and deliver innovative solutions that help firms achieve their strategic goals.
He previously served as Managing Director, APAC Business Development and Strategy, where he played a key role in expanding Broadridge’s footprint across the region. Prior to that, James was General Manager of Broadridge Japan for 13 years, where he transformed the business from start-up stage into one of the company’s largest operations in Asia.
A subject matter expert in post-trade workflow automation, James has extensive experience in central securities depository (CSD) and Central Clearing Party (CCP) connectivity and has led multiple market infrastructure projects across Japan, Australia, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Over the course of his career at Broadridge, he has held roles spanning project management, business analysis, architecture, and software development—contributing to the success of numerous client implementations of Broadridge’s global post-trade platform.
Based in Tokyo, James is a permanent resident of Japan and fluent in Japanese, with more than 25 years of experience living and working in the country. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Computer Science from the University of Liverpool.
Makoto Nagahori
President and CEO, Phillip Securities Japan, Ltd.
Makoto Nagahori is currently President and CEO in Phillip Securities Japan since July 2021. He joined Nomura in 1999 after graduating from Tokyo University. From 2006 to 2009, he worked for the US equity trading business for Nomura Securities International and Instinet LLC in New York. From 2009 to 2013, he was in charge of the electronic trading business in Instinet Japan Limited and Nomura Tokyo. From 2013 to 2016, he was President and Representative Director at Chi-X Japan Limited. Before joining in Phillip Securities Japan, he was running electronic trading service desk in Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities (MSET), since 2017.
Hiroshi Okuyama
President, Skipping Stone GK
1987 Graduated from Kagoshima University, Faculty of Law and Literature, Department of Economics
Joined Tokyo General Co., Ltd.
From 1988 to 1989, Studied at New York University under the corporate overseas education program
From 1991 to 2003, posted U.S. incorporated FCM, Tokyo General USA, Inc., from 1998 served as local representative. Primarily broking and clearing U.S. commodity futures and options trading for Japanese trading house clients, as well as introducing U.S. and European commodity trading advisors (CTAs) to the Japanese futures markets.
2003 Joined Aura, Inc. (US subsidiary of formerly Nihon Unicom, now Nissan Securities) to run Introducing Broker (IB) and CTA businesses
2005 Launched GH Unicom Trading, a commodities proprietary trading joint venture in Tokyo and Hong Kong with Goldenberg Hehmeyer, serving as President. Focused mainly on gold and crude oil futures trading on CME and TOCOM.
2016 Returned to Japan to work for Nissan Securities headquarters in proprietary trading and the International Business Development Division.
2020 Joined Skipping Stone GK, the Japanese affiliate of U.S.-based power and gas consulting firm Skipping Stone LLC, as Executive Vice President.
October 2023 Assumed current position
Bob Takai
President & CEO, EEX Japan K.K.
Born in Osaka in 1958, Bob graduated from Kobe University and joined Sumitomo Corporation, where he held senior roles in metals, finance, and energy divisions. He served as President of Sumitomo Corporation Global Research and later as Chief Representative in Washington D.C. He has held public roles including board member of TOCOM and committee member of Japan’s Industrial Structure Council of METI. After retiring in 2020, he joined the European Energy Exchange (EEX) Group as Senior Advisor, leading the development of Japan’s power derivatives market. In 2024, he became President of EEX Japan. He regularly contributes to Nikkei on energy and commodity topics.
Yasuhiko Tamura
Executive Officer, Japan Securities Clearing Corporation
After joining Tokyo Stock Exchange in 1995, Mr. Tamura worked in the Stock Market, Clearing and Settlement, IT Planning and Development units, as well as on secondment to Nomura Research Institute, before serving as Director of the IT Development (Equities Trading Systems) Department from April 2018 and as Director of the Human Resources Department of parent company Japan Exchange Group, Inc. (JPX) from April 2022.
As Director in charge of Equities Trading Systems, he worked on improving system resilience, and as Director of the Human Resources Department, he promoted initiatives related to human capital management.
Since April 2024, he has been serving as Executive Officer of Japan Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC), the clearing and settlement unit of JPX, and a corporation he was involved in the establishment and launch of from 2002 to 2003.
Mr. Tamura graduated from Yokohama City University with a Bachelor of Commerce.
Shun Yanagisawa
Japan Head of Futures, Clearing and FX Prime Brokerage Markets
Shun Yanagisawa is the Japan Head of Futures, Clearing, and FX Prime Brokerage within Citigroup's Markets division. With over two decades of extensive industry experience, he oversees a broad portfolio including Prime Brokerage across FX, Equities, and Fixed Income and Futures, and Futures and OTC Clearing.
Mr. Yanagisawa is a prominent advocate for the stability and development of the derivatives and clearing ecosystem. He actively participates in public roundtables and holds influential positions in various industry organizations, including serving as an elected board member and chairman of the
Operations Committee of FIA Japan, a member of the interest rate swap steering committee at JSCC, an advisory board member of Risk.net ASIA, and a member of several ISDA working groups.
Prior to joining Citi, he held sales and marketing roles at JPMorgan in Japan for over eleven years.
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