| Company Name | JIJI PRESS GLOCAL SERVICES INC. (Abbreviated name: JPGS) |
| Established | 1st November, 2023 |
| Location | 5-15-8 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo（Scheduled to be relocated and registered in the Isumi district of Chiba Prefecture in 2024.） |
| Capital | 10.0 million yen (Shareholder: Jiji Press 100%) |
| Employees | 11【3 full-time (1 permanent, 2 seconded, etc.), 8 part-time (8 outsourced)】 |
| President | Ichiro Sugimoto |
| Cooperating local authorities Department in charge | Chiba Prefecture (regional Coordination of cooperation, advice and provision of information) Katsuura City Tourism, Commerce and Industry Division (regional consensus coordination within Katsuura City) Isumi City Fisheries, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division (regional consensus coordination within Isumi City) Otaki Town Commerce, Industry and Tourism Division (regional consensus coordination within Otaki Town) Onjuku Town Industry and Tourism Division (regional consensus coordination within Onjuku Town) |
| Cooperating businesses | Jiji Press Co.(Establishment of a corporation / Collection of advanced examples from other local governments / Establishment of contacts with central government ministries and agencies / Matching and business arrangement with private companies) Japan Countryside Stay Association (Practical promotion of tourism and farmstay business/arrangement and matching with private companies in the tourism business) General Incorporated Association Naigai Josei Chousa Kai (Collection of best practices from other prefectures and basic municipalities/interviews/lectures) The Japan Association for Local Administration and Finance (JLAF) (Collection/interviewing of best practices of other prefectures and basic local governments) Central Research Services, Inc (support for survey projects) (support for research projects). Albergo Diffuso International Far East Branch (support as an international certification organisation) (Support as an international certification organisation). Japan Association of Residential Accommodation (Tourism DX strategy planning cooperation/OTA collaboration) Katsuura City Tourism Association (Cooperation in tourism business in the region). Tourism Isumi (Tourism business collaboration in the region) Otaki Town Tourism Association (regional tourism business collaboration) (Cooperation in tourism business in the region) Co.,Ltd. Wakuwaku Company Otaki (Cooperation in tourism business in the region) Onjuku Town Tourist Association (Cooperation in tourism business in the region) |
| Contact for enquiries | info@jpgs.jp |
| Company website | https://jpgs.jp |
Executive career
President (CEO) Ichiro Sugimoto
Auditor, General Incorporated Association for the Study of Internal and External Situations
Director, Local Administration and Finance Research Association
Secretary General, Japan Farmstay Association
| 2012 | Chief of Chiba Bureau, Jiji Press, Ltd. Organiser of the Minami Boso Wide-Area Tourism Symposium |
| 2015 | Director, Business Strategy Department, President’s Office, Jiji Press, Ltd. |
| 2018 | Head of Osaka Branch, Jiji Press, Ltd. |
| 2020 | Assigned to the President’s Office, Jiji Press, Ltd. |
| 2021 | Director of Jiji Press, Ltd. |
| Currently | Director of Jiji Press, Japan Current position In charge of Operations Bureau (department in charge of regional development projects, etc.) In charge of System Development Bureau |
CMO Yasuhiro Kamiyama
President and Representative Director, Hyakusenrenma Co.
Representative Director, Japan Farmstay Association
Representative Director, Japan Residential Accommodation Association
Representative Director, Far East Branch of Albergo Di Fuzo International
Member of the Expert Group on the Use of Historical Resources, Japan Tourism Agency
Tourism Agency Expert on castle stays
Part-time lecturer, Tokyo Metropolitan University
CFO Takashi Yonemochi
Director General, Japan Farmstay Association