President of Royal Host
Accepting award for Royal Host is Mr.Yasuhiro Kurosu Director of Royal Holdings Co.,Ltd.
Royal Host is one of the largest family style restaurant chains in Japan and launched a special “U.S. Steak Fair” promoting certified Angus beef before the Government of Japan relaxed BSE-related age restriction on U.S. beef in February 2013 (raising the age limit from 20 months to 30 months). The menu fair was a huge success and demonstrated the confidence of a major chain in the quality and safety of U.S. beef at critical juncture and ultimately led the way for many other restaurants to follow suit, featuring high quality U.S. steak on their menus. Mr. Yazaki and his staff have been building a strong relationship with the ATO and American food product suppliers for many years. Most recently, Royal Host has developed an American Menu Fair featuring both U.S. Certified Angus Beef steaks and Alaskan king crab.
President and Representative Director of Tokyo Seika Trading Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Seika Trading is a major importer of U.S. fresh produce (including cherries, oranges, lemons, grapefruit, broccoli, onions and celery) and it is currently the largest Japanese importer of fresh strawberries and raspberries from the United States and the world. The company has played an important role as a patron for agricultural trade/school missions from the United States and has supported a number of field trips to the largest fresh produce market in Japan for numerous U.S. trade missions. Since 2008, Mr. Moriya has also been the Chairman of the Japan Fresh Produce Import & Safety Association (Nisseikyo), which disseminates important information to the Japanese public about the safety of imported fresh fruits and vegetables.
Principal of Egami Cooking School
Ms. Egami and her cooking school have worked with ATO Tokyo and our industry partners for many years to promote U.S. agricultural products in a variety of settings. She has created recipes incorporating U.S. food ingredients and conducted cooking demonstrations at many of our promotional events. These recipes and demonstrations have helped educate the Japanese industry and the general public about the delicious taste and variety of U.S. agricultural products. She is the first woman to be inducted to our Hall of Fame.
