The Asia Leaders Business Summit 2015 was held on March 17 in Tokyo, Japan, and brought Japanese and Asian business leaders together to explore business opportunities.

Prof. Hidetoshi Nishimura, Executive Director of ERIA, gave the opening lecture titled 'AEC 2015 and its post 2015 Vision.'

In his opening lecture, Prof. Nishimura highlighted the priority measures of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) Blueprint that ERIA has proposed and its potential achievements in 2015, especially in how they will affect companies active in the ASEAN region. He concluded that 'in the midst of AEC process, private sectors should actively involve the development of Asia as a business chance and evolve together.'