Decades have passed since Japan started focusing on the importance of its “globalization.” Still, not many business or political leaders in the country are able to voice their opinions in English at international conferences. Not many are invited to attend such events in the first place.

Situations are not much different even when the language they use is Japanese. A t domestic meetings, men and women often fail to deliver clear messages to other participants.

Such frustration prompted Kaori Sasaki to choose “We move the world forward” as the theme for this year’s International Conference for Women in Business to spotlight the significance of human resources with global mind-sets and to define what the often-used Japanese term “global human resources” means.