page_title: Motoatsu Sakurai
hierarchical_section_title: Motoatsu Sakurai
caption_attribution_description: Motoatsu Sakurai, during the Madison Avenue BID Uchimizu Ceremony. © Rubenstein, photographer Martyna Borkowski
context_page_description: Motoatsu Sakurai is a Japanese businessman, a corporate executive in the private and public sectors, a diplomat, and president of the Japan Society in New York.
  After graduating from Tokyo University Faculty of Law in 1968, he entered Mitsubishi Corporation. During the course of his early work at MC, he received an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France in May 1976. In the late 1970s, he spent four years with the World Bank and its affiliate, the International Finance Corporation, in Washington, D.C., working with Francophone countries in Africa.
context_section_description: Motoatsu Sakurai (桜井 本篤, Sakurai Motoatsu) (born May 24, 1944) is a Japanese businessman, a corporate executive in the private and public sectors, a diplomat, and president of the Japan Society in New York.
  After graduating from Tokyo University Faculty of Law in 1968, he entered Mitsubishi Corporation (MC). During the course of his early work at MC, he received an MBA from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France in May 1976.   In the late 1970s, he spent four years with the World Bank and its affiliate, the International Finance Corporation, in Washington, D.C., working with Francophone countries in Africa.
caption: Sakurai in August 2009
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