CrossWorld Puzzles

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  • Episode 16: Owning Your Superpower

      Niharika Chibber Joe is a service-oriented public diplomat with experience across government, corporate, and nonprofit sectors. She currently serves as Deputy Agency Head of the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission, an independent federal agency strengthening the U.S.–Japan Alliance through educational and cultural exchange in support of U.S. partnerships in the Indo-Pacific. Previously, she was General Manager…

  • Episode 9: Beauty Not Loudly Told

      Mari Yobp was born and raised in Japan. She grew up in Zushi City, which faces the Pacific Ocean and is about an hour away from Tokyo. She also lived in Hong Kong for a year and a half when she was 4 years old. She majored in oil painting and printmaking at Musashino Art University,…

  • Episode 6: Hometowns Everywhere

    Yuri Akahira is originally from Tokyo. With professional experience spanning the U.S., Singapore, and Japan, she currently serves as a director at a global IT company. She also leads its Employee Resource Group dedicated to fostering the next generation of female leaders. Yuri’s passion for supporting women began in her teenage years. After studying at…

  • Episode 5: Finding Joy in the Struggle

      Originally from Tokyo and now based in Seattle, Yuko Watanabe is a strategy & operations consultant who is passionate about innovative technology that tackles the world’s big problems. She has an MPA from Harvard, along with 13+ years of cross-industry experience serving big tech, startups, government agencies, and nonprofits worldwide, such as Google, Starbucks,…