Host
Organizer
2022 Clarity International Conference Organizing Committee
In March 2020, the Japan Plain English & Language Consortium (JPELC) submitted to Clarity International a proposal to host the 2022 Clarity International Conference in Tokyo. The proposal was officially approved in August 2020.
In April 2021 the 2022 Clarity International Conference Organizing Committee was established to prepare for the smooth running of the conference. With the cooperation of Clarity and JPELC, the Committee has worked hard to make the conference a success.
Member
Honorary chair
Hitoshi Isahara
ISO TC37 National Committee Chair
Vice President (Data Collection & Utilization), AI Data Consortium
Professor, Faculty of Psychology, Otemon Gakuin University
Chair
Machiko Asai
Representative Director, JPELC
Japan co-representative, Clarity International
President, A&People Corporation
Vice Chair
Kyal Hill
Japan co-representative, Clarity International
Lawyer, New South Wales, Australia
Member
Kenichi Yoshikawa
ISO TC37/SC5 National Committee Member
President & CEO, BRICK’s Corporation
Member
Toshihiro Takahashi
Former Diplomat (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the Republic of Paraguay, New Zealand )
Advisor, Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
Advisor, JPELC
Member
Sakura Sakakibara
Vice Representative Director, JPELC
Director & Member of the Board, IRIS Research Institute of Trade and Industry, Co., Ltd.
Member
Yuko Sudo
Vice Representative Director, JPELC
Former governor, Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan
Member
Yusuke Horita
Advisor, A&People Corporation
Member
Sarah Ingmanson
Advisor, A&People Corporation
JPELC Founder
Secretary-General
Masumi Kitsukawa
Senior Vice President, A&People Corporation
Auditor
Masaki Saegusa
Certified Public Accountant, Saegusa Tax Accounting Office
In association with
Established in 1983 in the U.K., Clarity is an international organization that promotes plain legal language. The organization consists of 650 members including judges, lawyers, government officials, university professors and business people from approximately 50 countries.
Clarity is committed to promoting plain and accessible legal language and legal design. It issues The Clarity Journal for members biannually to communicate guidance, research, and news on plain language and legal design from around the world.
Clarity
Julie Clement, JD
President, Clarity International
Editor in Chief, The Clarity Journal (2005-2018)
Distinguished Professor Emerita, WMU Cooley Law School
Clarity Japan
Kyal Hill
Japan co-representative, Clarity International
Japan Plain English & Language Consortium (JPELC)
JPELC, the sole plain English (and plain language) organization in Japan, was established in April 2019 to promote plain English and plain language in the country.
To those who produce and distribute information, JPELC offers ideas and instruction on plain language, which is essential to realizing a global and inclusive society.
Machiko Asai
Chair, 2022 Clarity International Conference Organizing Committee
Representative Director, JPELC
Japan co-representative, Clarity International
