Akio Negishi, director, president of Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Co., and Shingo Tsuji, president and CEO of Mori Building Co., were appointed as the last two of the five economic ambassadors to promote the World Forum on Sport and Culture, an international conference to be held in Tokyo and Kyoto in October to bring the world together to "co-create richness through sports and culture."
A ceremony for the ambassadors' appointment took place on Sept. 9, and a round-table discussion followed between the newly appointed ambassadors and Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Minister Hirokazu Matsuno, presided over by Kumi Fujisawa, an advisor to the ministry and the head, Office of World Forum on Sport and Culture.