Speaker of WebX 2026
Masaaki Taira
Liberal Democratic PartyHead of the National Cybersecurity Strategy Headquarters / Chair of the AI and Web3 Subcommittee
【Biography】
Head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) National Cybersecurity Strategy Headquarters
Acting Director-General of the LDP Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society
Chair of the LDP AI and Web3 Subcommittee, Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society
Acting Chair of the LDP Project Team on Next-Generation AI and On-Chain Finance Concepts
Chairperson of Policy Research Council, LDP Tokyo Metropolitan Federation
Former Minister for Digital Transformation
Japan’s First Minister for Cybersecurity
Former Minister for Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
Former Minister for Administrative Reform
Former Minister in Charge of the National Civil Service System
Former Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Former Minister of State for Cybersecurity
Former Chair of the LDP Fusion Energy Project Team
Third-Generation Owner of Ota Seika Market Intermediate Wholesaler Business
Former President of Junior Chamber International Tokyo
Former Lecturer at the Keio University Graduate School
Board Member, Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Foundation
Chairman of the Supporters’ Association for Tokyo Haneda Vickies (Women’s Professional Basketball Team)
Head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) National Cybersecurity Strategy Headquarters
Acting Director-General of the LDP Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society
Chair of the LDP AI and Web3 Subcommittee, Headquarters for the Promotion of a Digital Society
Acting Chair of the LDP Project Team on Next-Generation AI and On-Chain Finance Concepts
Chairperson of Policy Research Council, LDP Tokyo Metropolitan Federation
Former Minister for Digital Transformation
Japan’s First Minister for Cybersecurity
Former Minister for Digital Administrative and Fiscal Reform
Former Minister for Administrative Reform
Former Minister in Charge of the National Civil Service System
Former Minister of State for Regulatory Reform
Former Minister of State for Cybersecurity
Former Chair of the LDP Fusion Energy Project Team
Third-Generation Owner of Ota Seika Market Intermediate Wholesaler Business
Former President of Junior Chamber International Tokyo
Former Lecturer at the Keio University Graduate School
Board Member, Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Foundation
Chairman of the Supporters’ Association for Tokyo Haneda Vickies (Women’s Professional Basketball Team)
Binance Stage
07/13 11:00 - 07/13 11:40
The New Threat Landscape: How Finance and Web3 Must Rethink Cybersecurity in the AI Era
CRYL Stage
07/13 12:00 - 07/13 12:40
On-Chain Finance: Japan's Road Ahead at the Intersection of Policy, Markets, and Technology

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