Interviewvideo Passing on the Story,to the Future

Passing on the Story,to the Future

The Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition has created an interview video series entitled ‘Passing on the Story, to the Future’.
This series involves speaking to those involved in the Expo, including the Commissioners General and producers, to find out what they thought of it, what they discovered, the Expo’s legacy, and more besides.

Interviewees
(Honorifics omitted)

Commissioners General and Other Officials
  • Commissioner General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 
    Marc KUIPERS
  • Commissioner General of Republic of Angola 
    Albina Faria de Assis AFRICANO
  • Commissioner General, USA Pavilion 
    William E.GRAYSON
  • Commissioner General of the France Pavilion 
    Jacques MAIRE
  • Commissioner General of the UAE Pavilion 
    Shihab AL FAHEEM
  • Commissioner General for the Canada Pavilion 
    Laurie PETERS
  • Commissioner General of the Switzerland Pavilion 
    Manuel SALCHLI
  • Director of the Federative Republic of Brazil Pavilion 
    Pablo LIRA
  • Commissioner General of the 2025 World Exposition in Japan 
    HANEDA Koji
Producer/Director
  • Expo Site Design Producer 
    FUJIMOTO Sou
  • Expo Site Operation Producer 
    ISHIKAWA Masaru
  • Theme Producer 
    MIYATA Hiroaki
  • Theme Producer 
    ISHIGURO Hiroshi
  • Theme Producer 
    NAKAJIMA Sachiko
  • Theme Producer 
    OCHIAI Yoichi
  • Theme Producer 
    FUKUOKA Shin-Ichi
  • Theme Producer 
    KAWAMORI Shoji
  • Theme Producer 
    KOYAMA Kundo
  • Theme Producer 
    KAWASE Naomi
  • EXPO Events Producer 
    KOHASHI Kenji
  • Japan Pavilion General Producer and Designer 
    SATO Oki
  • “Under The Midnight Rainbow” Creative Director 
    TANAKA Naoki
BIE/Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition
  • Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) 
    Dimitri S. KERKENTZES
  • Chairperson of Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition 
    Tkazu
  • Secretary General of Japan Association for the 2025 World Exposition 
    ISHIGE Hiroyuki