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By Bloomberg
07 December 2018   |   2:12 pm
Yoko Ishikura, professor emeritus at Hitotsubashi University, Bo Young Lee, chief diversity and inclusion officer of Uber Ltd., and Akiko Naka, founder and chief executive officer of Wanted, in conversation with Bloomberg Businessweek's Joel Weber at the Bloomberg The Year Ahead summit in Tokyo.

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