The Importance of Corporate Support for the Mental Healthof Japanese Expatriates and Their Families

Speech / Hosted by Japanese Medical Society of America

Location: New York, NY
Ms. Haruka Kokaze delivered a speech at the Society’s Benefactors Appreciation Evening, reflecting on her ongoing efforts to advance workplace mental health for Japanese expatriates, their families, and locally hired employees in the United States. Drawing on both professional insights and personal experience, she highlighted the urgent need for Japanese subsidiaries to recognize and address the unique mental health challenges faced by expatriate communities. Ms. Kokaze emphasized that these challenges transcend generations and geographies, and underscored the importance of collaboration among corporate, academic, and nonprofit partners to build culturally relevant, evidence-based systems of support.


(Left to Right: Maki Kano-Lueckerath, President, Japanese Medical Society of America, Noriko Furuhata, Vice President of Corporate Planning Group, Office of Chief of Staff for the Americas, MUFG Bank, Ltd., Haruka Kokaze, Yutaka Nakabayashi, Chief of Staff for the Americas, MUFG Bank, Ltd.)