On the eve of 15 February 2018, STC was requested to do the Welcome Remarks at the Formal Dinner of Japan’s Supermarket Association (NSAJ) at the Tsuru Room of the Hotel New Otani Makuhari.  PAGASA was honored to welcome participants from people in the retail industry, mainly associate members of NSAJ and Exhibitors of the Supermarket Trade Show (SMTS) and the DTS.  STC was congratulated upon finishing his speech by NSAJ Chairman of the Board Kiyoshi Yokoyama-san (with white lapel flower) and many other guests at the Event.  Prominent among them would be Masaro Ueshima-san, President of UCC Ueshima Coffee Co., Ltd. (with glasses in grey tie) and the two gentlemen who caught up with STC at the hotel lobby (doing the fist and thumbs-up sign) Hiroaki Miyamoto-san, President of the exquisite Ginza Bakery and Shuji Miyamoto-san/Pres.-Ginza Biscuit Co., Ltd. Standing out amongst the evening’s crowd was this group of young technopreneurs planning to operate unmanned supermarke...

PAGASA President Steven T. Cua was honored to have been invited to give the Welcome Remarks at the Formal Dinner held for associate members of the New Supermarkets Association of Japan (NSAJ) on the eve of 15 Feb. 2018 at the New Otani Hotel Makuhari in Chiba City, Japan.