South African Tourism has appointed Bradley Brouwer, country manager Japan, to regional manager for Asia Pacific as of December 1. He is now in charge of markets of Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong. The appointment was notified in time with the opening of China Office to be inaugurated in January 2010, and Brouwer is going to move to Beijing but is supposed to visit Japan frequently thereafter. As to his absence from Japan and its implications to the market, he says it does not pose a problem because he has been away from Tokyo every now and then on his business trips to South Africa and Korea. With his departure, Yuka Kondo, staff member in Tokyo Office, becomes Trade Relation Manager.

Brouwer released his message that Japan is a hopeful market to South Africa as its soccer team has qualified for the World Cup in 2010 and that he would exert himself to work closely with the Embassy in Tokyo as Japan and South Africa celebrate next year the 100th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations.


(Note: This article translated from Japanese into English)