The mayor of Japan’s Fukuoka prefecture visited Ripple’s headquarters.
Emi Yoshikawa, Ripple’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Operations, reported that he held a meeting with the mayor of Fakuoka City and his team at Ripple’s headquarters.
Visit to Ripple Headquarters from the Japanese Mayor
Emi Yoshikawa, who has been a Ripple employee for nearly 6 years, announced on Twitter that Fukuoka mayor Soichiro Takashima and his team visited Ripple’s headquarters in San Francisco.
We welcomed Fukuoka City Mayor Soichiro Takashima and his team at @Ripple HQ today! Fukuoka is a leading city in #Web3 initiatives in Japan 🇯🇵.
本日、福岡市の高島市長と国際部門等の方々がRipple本社を訪問くださいました！Web3に積極的に取り組んでいる福岡市、大変期待しています。👏 pic.twitter.com/IMlrwY7JTY— Emi Yoshikawa {X} (@emy_wng) August 19, 2022
Ripple employee Yoshikawa wrote in his tweet that Mayor Soichiro Takashima and his team visited Ripple’s headquarters:
“We welcomed Fukuoka Mayor Soichiro Takashima and his team at Ripple HQ today! Fukuoka is a leading city in Web3 startups in Japan. Today, Fukuoka City Mayor Takashima and people from the international department visited Ripple’s headquarters! I have high hopes for Fukuoka City, which is actively working on Web3. “
Ripple highlighted Emi Yoshikawa’s qualifications and experience in the past months, noting that in December 2021, Yoshikawa appeared on Forbes Japan with a group of women to discuss their collaborative experience in the blockchain space. Ripple’s trust in Yoshikawa could pave the way for new collaborations with Japan.
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