Former Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology Hiroshi Hase, sat down for a chat with the Japanese baseball legend Hideki Matsui, who was appointed March 21 as an ambassador for the World Forum on Sport and Culture. The discussion was moderated by Kumi Fujisawa, an advisor to the ministry and the head of the Office of World Forum on Sport and Culture.
Hideki Matsui is a retired professional baseball player who played for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan and the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Angels, the Oakland Athletics, and the Tampa Bay Rays in the U.S. Upon retirement, he received the People's Honor Award in 2013 in Japan.
Hase: Tokyo is set to become the first city in the world to host both the Olympics and Paralympics for the second time. Toward 2020 and beyond, Tokyo will become a city of diversity. The roads, facilities, everything will be universally accessible.