At an extraordinary Board Meeting in March 2024, I took over the duties of the outgoing BMC Chairman Yoshihisa Suzuki and was appointed Acting Chairman of the BMC.
The year 2023 was a year in which the foundations were laid for strengthening cooperation between the UK and Japan, including in the economic field, and third country cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, with the issuance of the UK-Japan Hiroshima Accord at the G7 Hiroshima Summit in May and the UK's decision to join the CPTPP in July. I believe that the UK-Japan partnership will expand in all areas in the years ahead.
I was stationed in the UK from 2013-16 and am familiar with the country. I have also been involved in the development of waste-to-energy and other clean energy sources in the UK.
I would like to take over the activities to deepen the ties between the UK and Japan, for which our predecessors have worked so enthusiastically, and together with our members and the British Embassy in Japan, I would like to contribute to the development of the BMC, our members and economic relations between and the UK and Japan.
We look forward to your continued support.
