Post-Expo Interview Series with Consulates-General and Consulates in Kansai

Expo 2025: Achievements, Outlook, and Future Collaboration in Kansai

　Following Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan, METI-Kansai (Kansai Bureau of conomy, Trade and Industry) aims to further strengthen and deepen relationships with Consulates-General and Consulates in the Kansai region.
As part of this post-Expo interview series, we express our appreciation for the cooperation extended during the Expo and review initiatives advanced in connection with Expo-related events, while also exploring future prospects, upcoming initiatives, and needs in Kansai.
This page features interviews with consuls-general and consuls who actively participated in Expo-related events and initiatives and agreed to be interviewed. Articles are published on METI-Kansai’s website and shared via social media to highlight consular activities and encourage future collaboration in Kansai.

Please note that the information in each article reflects the circumstances at the time of the interview (November 2025 to February 2026).

Featured Interviews with Consuls-General and Consuls

(※in alphabetical order)

British Consulate-General in Osaka
Consul General
Michael Richard BLYTH

Consulate of Canada in Nagoya
Consul
David PERDUE

Consulate General of the Federal
Republic of Germany in Osaka-Kobe
Consul General
Melanie Kristin Maria-Teresia SAXINGER

Consulate of Hungary in Osaka
Head of Consulate
KEREKES Andras

Consulate-General of the Republic of
Indonesia in Osaka
Consul/Minister Counsellor
Dody S.Kusumonegoro

Consulate-General of Italy in Osaka
Consul General
Filippo MANARA

Consulate-General of Mongolia in Osaka
Consul
Oktyabri Tserenjargal

Consul General of Consulate-General
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
in Osaka and Commissioner-General
of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
at Expo 2025 Osaka Kansai
Marc Kuipers

Consulate-General of the Republic
of Panama in Kobe
Consul General
Alejandro DE LEON DE LA GUARDIA

Consulate-General of the Republic of
the Philippines in Osaka
Consul General
Voltaire Dela Cruz MAURICIO

Consulate of Switzerland in Osaka
Consul
MOESNER Felix Michael

Royal Thai Consulate-General in Osaka
Consul General
Akrapong CHALERMNON

Consulate-General of the Republic of
Türkiye in Nagoya
Consul General
Damla GUMUSKAYA

Consulate-General of the Socialist
Republic of Viet Nam in Osaka
Consul/Vietnam Trade Office in Osaka
Chief
QUYEN THI THUY HA

Contact Information

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Kansai Bureau
International Affairs Division
Address: 1-5-44 Otemae, Chuo-ku, Osaka, 540-8535
Phone：+81-6-6966-6031
E-Mail：bzl-kin-kokusaiinfo@meti.go.jp