Press Release

2026.03.16 Selection of Deputy Chairperson (Executive Board Member) and Deputy Secretary General (Executive Board Member)

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition elected the following four people as Executive Board Members at its General Meeting of Members held on Monday, 16 March 2026. A new Deputy Chairperson and Deputy Secretary General were also selected at an Executive Board Meeting held on the same day.


(as of 16 March 2026)

NameAffiliation and Position
YOSHIMURA Hirofumi
(Reappointed, Deputy Chairperson (Executive Board Member))
Governor of Osaka Prefecture
YOKOYAMA Hideyuki
(Reappointed, Deputy Chairperson (Executive Board Member))
Mayor of Osaka City

(as of 1 April 2026)

NameAffiliation and Position
TAKASHINA Jun
(Reappointed, Deputy Secretary General
(Executive Board Member))
Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
Deputy Secretary General
ASAKAWA Shin
(Newly appointed, Deputy Secretary General (Executive Board Member))
Former Deputy Mayor of Osaka City