Ms. Kojima holds her M.A. in Public Policy from Waseda University, and is a LL.M. candidate at Georgetown University. At the Ministry of Finance, she has served in the Customs and Tariff Bureau, and engaged in international trade negotiations and domestic litigations. She has also served in the Prime Minister’s Cabinet Secretariat as a Head Officer of Domestic Affairs. She has also contributed to the launching of the Headquarters for the Realization of Work Style Reform, and led the pre-planning of the New National Stadium for Tokyo Olympics 2020. During the 2018-19 academic year at Harvard, Ms. Kojima will conduct research on human rights, focusing in particular on civil rights for the LGBTQ community and minorities.