Masa led DB’s APAC LGBT+ network and launched IDAHOT campaign across eight cities, as well as starting the Indian chapter of the network. He established the training course for new graduates on LGBT+ inclusive workplace, and arranged DB’s sponsorship of LGBT+ Finance float at Tokyo Pride. Externally, Masa organized the first ever large scale event in Japanese Parliament on LGBT+ and the workplace. As a founding partner of “Work With Pride”, he also helped launch the first LGBT+ Workplace Equality Index in Japan. He co-hosted the Human Rights Watch Council Summit in Kyoto, leading discussions on LGBT+ challenges with Justice Michael Kirby, and is an active founding board member of UWC ISAK Japan, the first international boarding school in Japan using the strength of diversity as a key philosophy of the school.
