| Incumbent |
President, Congress Corporation
President, Okinawa Congress Corporation
President, Congress Corporation (Shanghai) Ltd.
Member of the Board of Directors, Okayama Convention Center |
| Profile |
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| 1931 |
Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan |
| 1956 |
Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University School of Law and Politics |
| 1956 |
Joined Sumitomo Bank (now, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation)
Handled the promotion of business development program, participated in the launch of the Sumitomo VISA Card, and was appointed the sales manager of the company
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| 1991 |
Appointed President of the Congress Corporation
Produced the 23rd General Assembly of the Japan Medical Congress in Kyoto-the largest domestic conference in Japan, which was attended by 32,000 participants
Directed the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in Nagoya |
| 1994 |
Directed the 10th International Conference on AIDS/International Conference on STD in Yokohama, the international conference held in Japan, which had an unprecedented attendance of more than 12,000 participants
Directed the World Conference on Natural Disaster Reduction in Yokohama |
| 1995 |
Assisted in holding the Osaka APEC Meetings
Produced the 24th General Assembly of the Japan Medical Congress in Nagoya |
| 1996 |
Founded the Congress Institute, Osaka |
| 1997 |
Founded the Congress Institute, Nagoya
Directed the 30th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors in Fukuoka
Directed the 3rd Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations' Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP-3) in Kyoto |
| 2000 |
Assisted in holding the G8 Summit Kyushu/Okinawa 2000
Founded Space Media Japan Co., Ltd., a company that specializes in exhibitions and trade shows
Founded the Congress Institute, Tokyo |
| 2001 |
Co-founded the Okayama Convention Center with the Okayama City Office and was appointed Director of this center |
| 2002 |
Established the Representative Office in Beijing, China |
| 2003 |
Founded the Okinawa Congress Corporation and was appointed President
Produced the 26th General Assembly of the Japan Medical Congress in Fukuoka |
| 2004 |
Founded the Congress Corporation (Shanghai) Ltd. and was appointed President |
| 2005 |
Scheduled to direct the United Nations World Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe
Scheduled to direct the 46th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of IDB in Okinawa |
| Designations in other organizations |
Vice-chairman of the Committee for the Creation of Beautiful Osaka, Kansai Association of Corporate Executives
Former Chairman of the Convention Planners Association of Japan |
| Hobbies |
Plays go, shogi (Japanese chess), and golf; Enjoys reading |
