Yasushi Kudo was born in 1958. After finishing a master's course at the Graduate School of Economics of the Yokohama City University, he joined Toyo Keizai, Inc., publisher of a leading business weekly magazine "Shukan Toyo Keizai," and was later appointed editor of "Financial Business," a monthly magazine specializing in financial business and "Debate: Toyo Keizai," a bimonthly issue-oriented magazine." In November 2001, Kudo set up The Genron NPO, a certified not-for-profit organization," and became its Representative.