桜井 本篤
During the course of his early work at Military Cross, he received an Master of Business Administration from European Institute of Business Administration (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires), Fontainebleau, France in May 1976.
After graduating from Tokyo University Faculty of Law in 1968, he entered Mitsubishi Corporation (Military Cross). In the late 1970s, he spent four years with the World Bank and its affiliate, the International Finance Corporation, in Washington, District of Columbia, working with Francophone countries in Africa. In the midto late-1980s, Mr.
Sakurai served in several senior managerial capacities for Mitsubishi International Corporation (Ministry of Information and Communication) in New York and Washington, District of Columbia In 1995, after returning to Tokyo, he was named General Manager of Corporate Planning and in 1998, General Manager for Regional Strategy and Coordination.
By 2000, he rose to Executive Vice President. In April, 2003, he was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Ministry of Information and Communication. Simultaneously, he was named President, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in New New York
Following a 40-year career in the private sector, Sakurai accepted appointment as of Japan in New New York He served from March 2006 through March 2009.
And he was the first business executive to serve in this diplomatic capacity.
In 2009, Sakurai became president of New York"s Japan Society. He is the first Japanese person to lead the organization since its founding in 1907. He anticipates paying closer attention to the Japan side of the Japan Society by trying to make Americans as comfortable with Japanese culture as the Japanese have become with American culture.
Tentative plans include expanding the society’s corporate outreach with conferences, lectures and symposiums.
Motoatsu and Nobuko Sakurai live in New New York The couple has two daughters who grew up in the Washington, District of Columbia area and now live and work in the United States.
He has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City, the Corporate Leadership Committee of Carnegie Hall, and the Executive Committee of the Nippon Club. He served as member of Japan Society"s Board of Directors from 2003 through 2006. And he continued in a role as Honorary Director from 2006 through 2009.
