On November 15, 2011, the first meeting of the governing board for the Japan Association for the International Horticultural Expo 2027, Yokohama, the organization which will handle operations for World Horticultural Exhibition 2027 Yokohama, was held to officially establish the Association.
A ceremony commemorating the Association’s establishment was held afterward. This was attended by special guests Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism SAITO Tetsuo and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries KANEKO Genjiro, both of whom gave addresses to those in attendance.
1. Overview of the Japan Association for the International Horticultural Expo 2027, Yokohama
(1)Chairman and Vice-Chairman
| Chairman (Representative Director) |
TOKURA Masakazu | Chairman, Japan Business Federation |
| Vice-Chairman (Director) |
ISHIWATA Tsuneo | Chairperson, Kanagawa-ken Employer’s Association |
| UENO Takashi | President, Kanagawa Prefectural Federation of Societies of Commerce and Industry President, The Yokohama Chamber of Commerce and Industry |
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| OYA Yasuyoshi | Chairperson, Keizai Doyukai – Kanagawa | |
| KUROIWA Yuji | Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture | |
| SAKURADA Kengo | Chairperson, Keizai Doyukai – Kanagawa | |
| MIMURA Aki | Chairman, Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry | |
| YAMANAKA Takeharu | Mayor of Yokohama City | |
| WADA Shinya | Chairperson, Japan Landscape Contractors Association |
（2）Office
Executive office established in the following location on November 16, 2021:
A-PLACE Bashamichi 4th floor, 4-43 Honcho, Naka-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
2. Association Establishment Ceremony
| Date and Time: | Monday, November 15, 2021 (starting at 2:30 p.m.) |
| Location: | Keidanren Kaikan, 1-3-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo |
| Attendees: | 13 officers from the Japan Association for the International Horticultural Expo 2027, Yokohama |
| Special Guests: | SAITO Tetsuo, Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) KANEKO Genjiro, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) |
| Program: |
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(chairman,
Japan Business Federation)
(Yokohama City mayor)
(president, The Yokohama Chamber
of Commerce and Industry)
(Kanagawa Prefecture governor)
(MLIT minister)
(MAFF minister)
