On October 9, 2025, Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) Chair, Mr. Ryoji Noritake participated in the Expo Special Edition of the 12th NIKKEI FT Communicable Diseases Conference, organized by Nikkei Inc, and held in a hybrid format at the Expo Theme Week Studio of the Expo 2025 Osaka.

This session highlighted the key points from four main topics explored during the 12th Nikkei-FT Infectious Disease Conference plenary: “International Collaboration,” “Innovation,” “Strategic Resource Allocation,” and “Information and Communication,” each presented by its session chair, followed by an exchange with students who will shape the future of infectious disease control to discuss the challenges ahead.

Mr. Noritake, chair of the “International Collaboration (Agenda1 – Improving Global Health Security through Broad-ranging Collaboration)” session, commented that infectious disease control extends beyond the realms of global health and international cooperation, and is directly linked to both national and international security. He emphasized the importance of building cooperative frameworks involving civil-military collaboration and public-private-academic partnerships, alongside the utilization of wastewater surveillance, to achieve a more effective and inclusive infectious disease crisis response. Mr. Noritake also underlined the need for open discussion and expressed hope for emerging debates that incorporate humanities perspectives into the discourse on infectious disease control.

[Overview] (titles omitted) *Regarding the affiliation, please refer to the list of lecturers for the 12th NIKKEI FT Communicable Diseases Conference.

• Date & Time: Thursday, October 9, 2025; 13:55-14:25 JST
• Program: Session 1 “Towards the Social Implementation of Communicable Diseases”

Moderator
Nahoko Shindo (Unit Head, Bio-risk management and Biosafety, Epidemic and Pandemic Threat Management, WHO Health Emergencies Programme)

Panelists (in no particular order)
Ryoji Noritake (Chair, Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI))
Izuru Makihara (Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo)
Michikazu Koshiba (Director – Healthcare / Well-being, Advisory Services Division, Public Sector Advirosy, KPMG AZSA LLC)