The Japan Association of Travel Agents (JATA) has appointed Yuji Hara, Representative Director and Chairman of Kaze no Ryokosha, as its 14th chairman. JATA held its 70th Annual General Meeting and Board Meeting in Tokyo and decided on a new executive structure.
The vice chairman structure will consist of three members. Eijiro Yamakita, Representative Director, President and CEO of JTB (Chairman of the Inbound Travel Promotion Committee), and Keigo Yoshida, Representative Director and President of Nippon Travel Agency (Chairman of the Domestic Travel Promotion Committee), have newly assumed the post. Jun Sakai, Representative Director and Chairman of Hankyu Travel International (Chairman of the Overseas Travel Promotion Committee), will continue in his current role. Former chairman Hiroyuki Takahashi and former vice chairman Yoshimitsu Koyano have been appointed as special advisors.
Mr. Hara was born in 1956. After graduating from the Faculty of Letters at Keio University, he worked as a Tokyo Metropolitan Government official, an elementary school teacher, and at Acro Travelers Bureau before founding Kaze no Ryokosha in 1991. Since December 2021, he has served as JATA vice chairman and chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee.
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