Megumi Avigail Yoshitomi is the President of the Japan Association for Cellular Agriculture (JACA). JACA (https://jaca.jp/en/) is a non-profit think tank based in Japan, to focus on policy-making to make food products produced by cellular-agriculture technology sellable in Japan.
JACA has 50+ membership companies and academia, mainly domestic food and industrial majors, but also includes overseas players.
JACA communicates with ministries, politicians, existing meat industry players, consumer organizations, and various business operators who are interested in this area.
JACA is the administrator of the "Cellular Agriculture Working Team" under the Food-tech Public-Private Council, hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.
Megumi is one of the advisory boards for the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry’s strategy to promote the biotechnology industry in Japan. Megumi is awarded Forbes Japan 30 Under 30 in 2020.