Hiroki Matsuo, Cabinet Office for the Government of Japan, provided an update on the state of quantum development in Japan as part of the "National Quantum Updates" during the Global Cooperation learning track at Quantum World Congress 2023.

Mr. Matsuo is the Vice-Minister and Secretary General of Science, Technology And Innovation Policy for the Government of Japan. After serving as First Secretary at Embassy of Japan in China. In September 2021, he assumed his current position at the Cabinet Office.