Press

Selected Contributions

“Becoming a Good Ancestor” in Signals Spotlight 2024
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
An essay on Buddhist ethics for intergenerational responsibility and long-now thinking in a time of planetary crisis.

The Good Ancestor by Roman Krznaric (Translator & Advocate)
English-to-Japanese translation and introduction of this seminal work on long-term thinking.

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Participation

• WEF Global Future Councils - Leardership - | 2025-2026

• ONE. ORG Global Faith Council | Oct.2025

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Presentation

• Asia Next Forum 2026 (ANF) | August 8, 2026
  Talk Session：Founding the Next Asia ~When old orders fade, new ones are founded~

• July 2026 Luncheon | July 8, 2026
  Theme：Good Ancestors: A Monk’s Guide to Long-Term Leadership
  Organizer：Swiss Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan, Tokyo, Japan

• Future Days 2026 Currents of tomorrow | 10-12. Jun. 2026 | Copenhagen

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Media Coverage

• Nippon Institute for Research Advancement｜web | Augest 2026
  AI as a Mirror: Opening Our “Right View” and a New Literacy
  

• GETTY | podcast | August 2026
  Deeper Dive: A Buddhist Monk on the Value of Cleaning
  - Podcast 🎧
  - You Tube
  

• Philip Meissner -What’s Next?- | podcast | April 2026
  “Your Desk Is a Mirror The Truth About Real Resilience”
  - Podcast 🎧
  

• Baaz.nl | web | Jan 2026
  https://www.baaz.nl/werk-als-een-monnik-in-baaz-all-about-ai
  

• The Founder Spirit｜podcast｜Jan 2026
  Interbeing with Shoukei Matsumoto, The Monk Entrepreneur: On Becoming Good Ancestors 🎧
  

• World Economic Forum Report｜web｜Jan 2026
  Next Generation Leadership for a World in Transformation - Spotlight 7 -
  

• World Economic Forum Stories｜web｜Jan 2026
  What’s your ‘dojo’? Cultivating a moral compass in an age of noise
  

• Better Politics Podcast | podcast | Nov 2025

  by Better Politics Foundation
  “Becoming Better Humans in the Age of AI”
  - Podcast 🎧
  

• AWARE NOW | Magazine | Oct 2025
  “Strong Women · Beautiful Men” series
  - WEB
  - Magazine ｜p76-83
  

• Greater good Magazine｜podcast｜June 2024

  How to Unwind by Doing Mindful Yard Work🎧
  　

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Podcast

• Living Dharma | Jun 2026 - now

• voice | Dec 2024 - May 2025
  The Camphor Tree Village podcast, the 100th Anniversary Project of Musashino University.
  – Spotify / Apple Podcast / Amazon Music

  ＊Voices from conversations with….
  Roman Krznaric / Ben Skinner / David Rodin / Joshua Walker / Simran Jeet / Markus Gabriel / Stephen Batchelor / Christian Masbjerg / Joel Rosenthal / Jin Young Lim / David Kennedy / Kate Raworth / Audrey Tang / Daniel Hires