Yuka Aiuchi, the Cool Beauty Anchor of “WBS,” Smiles with KDDI’s President

Under the gorgeous lighting, smiling at the cameraman in front of her is Yuka Aiuchi, 38, an announcer at TV Tokyo. The gentleman in a suit smiling beside her is Makoto Takahashi, 62, CEO of KDDI.

On September 18, Mitsubishi Corporation, Lawson, and KDDI held a joint press conference to discuss Lawson’s proposal for the “convenience store of the future. After the conference, Aiuchi interviewed CEO Takahashi individually.

Popular as the main anchor of WBS

Aiuchi became the main anchor of “WBS (World Business Satellite)” in April this year. She returned to this program, which she once served for 10 years, for the first time in three years. While working as a station analyst, Aiuchi enrolled as a working adult in Waseda University Business School in 2008, and obtained an MBA (Master of Business Administration) in March 2011. Using this knowledge, she has been well received on “WBS” for her incisive questioning in interviews with business executives.

At the joint press conference, he asked President Sadanobu Takemasu (55) how Lawson would specifically change.