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Report of General Meeting of the Japan Association of Classical Music Presenters
 The regular annual meeting of the Japan Association of Classical Music Presenters for fiscal 2006 was held on Monday, June 5. A report on last year's projects, including their final accounts and a project plan and budget for the current year were discussed and approved. These final accounts and relevant information will be posted on the Association's home page within the next several days (in Japanese).

No one holding an executive position was reelected for the current year. A separate announcement gives the personnel now responsible for running the Association's affairs.

International Activities
The following three items were included in this year's project plan:
1. Use projects like the Agency for Cultural Affairs International Performing Arts Festival (IPAF) as a vehicle for greater involvement with Asian cultural organizations. Establish an Asian classical music projects network.
2. Increase cooperation with the International Artist Managers' Association (IAMA).
3. More international promotion of musicians based in Japan.
Board members of The Japan Association of Classical Music Presenters
Chairman
Mitsunori Sano
(President & CEO of the Crystal Arts. Inc.)
Vice Chairmen
Masayuki Sekita
(President of the Japan Arts Corporation)
Kingo Nakayama
(Managing Director of the Niki-kai)
Executive Director
Hideki Tokunaga
(President of the 1002 Co.,Ltd)
General Director
Toshio Yoshizumi
(JACMP)
Directors
Masashi Nitta
(Director of the Tokyu Bunkamura, Inc.)
Katsunori Kusakabe
(President of the Harmony Japan Co.,Ltd)
Hiroaki Kurokawa
(President of the Osaka Artists Agency)
Shuetsu Satoh
(CEO of the Concert Imagine)
Toru Murata
(Senior Managing Director of the TV Man Union Inc.)
Hiroshi Yanai
(Chairman & CEO of the Pia Corporation)
Taisuke Ohnishi
(Advisor of the Sony Music Foundation)
Junichi Itoh
(Managing Director of the Izumi Hall (Sumitomo Life Social Welfare Services Foundation) )
Yoshiyuki Tanaka
(The Applause)
Naoki Ema
(Board of Director, Executive Secretary of the Tokyo Opera City Cultural Foundation)
Taeko Nagai
(Executive Vice President of the Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) )
Inspectors
Genroh Hara
(CEO of the Pro Arte Musicae Co., Ltd.)
Shinsuke Kuribayashi
(attorney)
Ryoko Nagayoshi
(CEO of the Orange Note Co.,Ltd)

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