{"id":9355,"date":"2026-08-04T22:16:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/?page_id=9355"},"modified":"2026-08-04T22:16:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T03:16:28","slug":"taiichi-asano-president-skipping-stone-japan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/index.php\/taiichi-asano-president-skipping-stone-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiichi Asano, President, Skipping Stone Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='av-layout-grid-1'  class='av-layout-grid-container av-9onono-a887b162a7185a8791a700289ec32fea entry-content-wrapper main_color av-flex-cells  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling   container_wrap sidebar_right'  >\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-84znlg-55a9eaf6c01908a5aca1142d4016fb50\">\n.flex_cell.av-84znlg-55a9eaf6c01908a5aca1142d4016fb50{\nvertical-align:top;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_cell.av-84znlg-55a9eaf6c01908a5aca1142d4016fb50{\npadding:30px 30px 30px 30px !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-84znlg-55a9eaf6c01908a5aca1142d4016fb50 av-gridrow-cell av_one_third no_margin  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_cell_two_third  avia-builder-el-first  content-align-top'  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kfwvf8op-4f4aab8e66ba83ecf533bfdd236e508e\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-kfwvf8op-4f4aab8e66ba83ecf533bfdd236e508e .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kfwvf8op-4f4aab8e66ba83ecf533bfdd236e508e '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-9358 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Taiichi Asano\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano-1030x1030.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano-180x180.jpg 180w, https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano-705x705.jpg 705w, https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/250-250-Taiichi-Asano.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-8y9bq-382f0c7f3ddb6a5fb91a7bf0fcbb1adc\">\n#top .av_textblock_section.av-8y9bq-382f0c7f3ddb6a5fb91a7bf0fcbb1adc .avia_textblock{\nfont-size:16px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-8y9bq-382f0c7f3ddb6a5fb91a7bf0fcbb1adc '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Taiichi Asano,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>President, Skipping Stone Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-41zawk-ac02f0c65e189feab3fddfaf23677d4a\">\n.flex_cell.av-41zawk-ac02f0c65e189feab3fddfaf23677d4a{\nvertical-align:top;\n}\n.responsive #top #wrap_all .flex_cell.av-41zawk-ac02f0c65e189feab3fddfaf23677d4a{\npadding:30px 120px 30px 30px !important;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_cell av-41zawk-ac02f0c65e189feab3fddfaf23677d4a av-gridrow-cell av_two_third no_margin  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_cell_one_third  avia-builder-el-last  content-align-top'  ><div class='flex_cell_inner'><section  class='av_textblock_section av-2npoas-e3400f7fd345c6d34dd7ff62f5ea66b7 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Energy Industry Experience:<\/strong> 45+ years<br \/>\n<strong>Expertise:<\/strong> Infrastructure investment, business development, corporate leadership<br \/>\n<strong>Contact: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/%E6%B5%85%E9%87%8E%E6%B3%B0%E4%B8%80\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As President of Skipping Stone Japan, Taiichi Asano is responsible for leading the company&#8217;s Japan operations. Leveraging his extensive global network and business development experience, he supports Japanese companies expanding overseas and foreign companies entering the Japanese market.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout his career, he has successfully developed and executed major infrastructure projects across the transportation, energy, and utilities sectors while building long-term partnerships with global investors, developers, and industrial companies worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, he has focused on renewable energy and energy transition opportunities, including solar, offshore wind, green hydrogen, battery energy storage, corporate PPAs, and data center developments. He combines strategic vision with hands-on execution experience across the full project lifecycle, from origination and investment to commercialization and growth.<\/p>\n<p>Against the backdrop of the rapid expansion of AI and cloud computing, Mr. Asano is committed to creating new value at the intersection of energy and digital infrastructure, contributing to the sustainable growth of clients and society.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/index.php\/peter-weigand-ceo\/\">Peter Weigand<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/index.php\/greg-lander-coo\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Lander<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/index.php\/eric-alam-president-na\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Eric Alam<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9355","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Taiichi Asano, strategic vision for the future<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Combining strategic vision with hands-on experience to build long-term partnerships with global investors, developers, &amp; industrial companies worldwide.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/skippingstone.com\/index.php\/taiichi-asano-president-skipping-stone-japan\/\" \/>\n<meta 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