2025.06.23
Assignment of Executive Board Members and Selection of Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons, Secretary General, Deputy Secretary General, Senior Executive Board Members and Executive Board Members
At the General Meeting of Members held on 23 June, the Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition reappointed 23 Executive Board Members whose terms of office were expiring. The Board of Directors also elected a Chairperson, Deputy Chairpersons, a Secretary General, Deputy Secretary Generals, Senior Executive Board Members and an Executive Board Members at a board meeting held on the same day.
(As of 23 June, 2025)
| Name | Affiliation and Position |
| TOKURA Masakazu （Reappointed as Chairperson and Senior Executive Board Member） | Honorary Chair, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) |
| ISHIGE Hiroyuki （Reappointed as Secretary General and Senior Executive Board Member） | Former Chairman of Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) |
| NIINAMI Takeshi （Reappointed as Deputy Chairperson and Executive Board Member） | Chairman, Japan Association of Corporate Executives |
| YOSHIMURA Hirofumi （Reappointed as Deputy Chairperson and Executive Board Member） | Governor of Osaka Prefecture |
| YOKOYAMA Hideyuki （Reappointed as Deputy Chairperson and Executive Board Member） | Mayor of Osaka City |
| ASAKAWA Chieko （Reappointed as Deputy Chairperson and Executive Board Member） | Chief Executive Director, Miraikan – The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation IBM Fellow |
| IKENOBO Senko (Reappointed as Deputy Chairperson and Executive Board Member） | Headmaster Designate, Ikenobo Vice President, Ikenobo Society of Floral Art |
| Oussouby SACKO (Reappointed as Deputy Chairperson and Executive Board Member） | Former President, Kyoto Seika University/ Emeritus Professor Tokyo Metropolitan Public University Corporation Executive Director |
| OGAWA Michiko (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Executive Officer, Government and External Relations, and Solution Partners General Manager, Technics Business Promotion Panasonic Holdings Corporation |
| Robert CAMPBELL (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | University Professor, Waseda University |
| KURIHARA Mitsue (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Secretary of Japan Association of Corporate Executives Chairman of the Board, Value Management Institute, Inc. |
| SANO Mayuko (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Professor, Graduate School of Education, Kyoto University |
| SAWADA Takuko (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Vice Chair, Kansai Economic Federation Director and Vice Chairperson of the Board, Shionogi & Co., Ltd. |
| TERADA Chiyono (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Chairperson Emeritus, ART MOVING COMPANY Co., Ltd. |
| NOZAKI Haruko (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Executive Vice-President, Kyoto University |
| NODA Yumiko (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Vice Chairman, KEIDANREN (Japan Business Federation) Chairman, Veolia Japan GK |
| HIROSE Kyoko (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Vice-Chair, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry Advisor of Business Women’s Club, Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry President, Hirose Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
| FUKUMOTO Tomomi (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | Senior Advisor, Suntory Foundation for the Arts |
| MITARAI Tamako (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | President, Kesennuma Knitting Co., Ltd. |
| YOSHINO Tomoko (Reappointed as Executive Board Member） | President, Japanese Trade Union Confederation |
| ONO Heihachiro (Reappointed as Deputy Secretary General and Executive Board Member) | Former Executive Vice President, POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Ministry of Finance, JAPAN |
| TANAKA Seigo (Reappointed as Deputy Secretary General and Executive Board Member) | Former Vice Governor of Osaka Prefecture |
| ICHINOKI Manatsu (Reappointed as Deputy Secretary General and Executive Board Member) | Former Managing Director of Kansai Economic Federation |