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IAG NOV 2021年11月 亞博匯 76 11-25 PRESIDENT AND CEO Japan Racing Association 理事長兼行政總裁 日本中央競馬會 CLAIMS TO FAME 名成事跡 POWER SCORE 權能指數: 1,305 POSITION LAST YEAR 去年排名: 13 A 46-year veteran of the Japan Racing Association across numerous roles • • 這位資深業界代表在日本中央競馬會工作長達46年，曾出任多個職位 MASAYUKI GOTO 後藤正幸 11 AS WITH OTHER major Asian horse racing markets in Hong Kong and Australia, the massive, world-beating Japanese racing market has held its own over the course of the pandemic, offering the industry much solace amid retreats in pachinko revenue and the declining fortunes of Japan’s integrated resort campaign. Japan Racing Association (JRA) President and CEO Masayuki Goto therefore presides over one of the most important pandemic and post-pandemic-era industries in the region. And like the Hong Kong Jockey Club, the JRA is a key generator of public revenue. In the top job since 2014, the Tokyo native’s long period of service to the JRA started in 1975, and in the 46 years since he has worked in a wide range of roles for the association. In the last 15 years these have included a stint as director in charge of planning and finance, and executive director responsible for policy, stables and breeding. He was also posted to the JRA’s New York office as chief representative for three years in the 1990s, giving him precious hands-on international experience. So it comes as no surprise that Goto’s reputation and the Japanese market’s prestige have been further enhanced by his recent election as co-vice chair of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA). Goto’s three-year term began on 5 October. 與香港、澳洲等 亞洲主要賽馬市場一樣，規模龐大、全球首屈一指的日本 賽馬市場在疫情期間穩固了自己的地位，在彈珠機收入下降及日本綜合度 假村競標一片零落的情況下，為行業提供了慰藉。 而日本中央競馬會（JRA）的理事長兼行政總裁後藤正幸就掌管著 該地區無論疫情期間還是疫情後的最重要的行業之一。與香港賽馬會一 樣，JRA亦是公共收入的主要來源。 後藤正幸來自東京，自1975年開始就職於日本中央競馬會，並在此後 的46年間出任了多個不同領域的職位。他自2014年起擔任日本中央競馬 會理事長一職。 過去的15年間，他曾擔任過負責企業規劃及財務的主管、及賽馬管理 政策、馬廄和養殖事務常務理事。 1990年代，他還曾被派往JRA紐約辦事處擔任首席代表三年，獲得了 寶貴的國際實踐經驗。 後藤正幸於近期當選了國際賽馬組織聯盟（IFHA）的聯合副主席，令 其無論是自身聲譽還是日本市場的威望皆進一步獲得提高。後藤的三年任 期從10月5日開始。