Ichiro Hara is Managing Director of Keidanren (Japan Business Federation). In this role, he is responsible for foreign economic relations. He has been deeply involved in the B7/20 (business counterpart to G7/20) from the outset. He is currently serving as Vice Chair of Trade Committee of the Business at OECD (BIAC).
During over three decades of professional experience with Keidanren, he was also involved in administrative and industrial affairs. Under the Koizumi administration, he was seconded to the Cabinet Office to deal with regulatory reform.
He joined Keidanren in 1986 after graduating from Sophia University.