From left: Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Sekiguchi, Ms. Ikeda, Dean of the Faculty of Tourism Uchiyama. At the Tour Conductor of the Year 2025, organized by the Japan Tour Conductor Association, Ms. Kanae Ikeda (then a 4th-year student in the Faculty of Tourism) received the Excellence Award. An award ceremony was held on June 17th at the Chiba Tokigane Campus. At the ceremony, Mr. Akio Sekiguchi, Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of Hankyu Travel International Co., Ltd. (General Manager of East Japan Sales Division), presented Ms. Ikeda with the certificate of commendation. Ms. Ikeda will graduate from our university in March 2026 and is currently working at Tokyu Corporation's Nakameguro Station (Meguro Ward, Tokyo). The Tour Conductor of the Year is an award system that recognizes outstanding tour conductors who strive daily to enhance customer satisfaction as directors of valuable travel experiences, in addition to itinerary and safety management, in their tour operations. The Tour Conductor of the Year 2025 selects tour conductors who were active and made achievements between April 2024 and March 2025. The recipients were decided as a result of a rigorous selection process by the selection committee. Ms. Ikeda receives the award from Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Sekiguchi (left). Ms. Ikeda participated in the "Student Tour Conductor Program" conducted by our university and Hankyu Travel International Co., Ltd., and passed the Chief Itinerary Manager examination in September 2023. She began her tour conducting duties in November of the same year. In 2025, she served as a tour conductor for day trips to Gunma and Nagano prefectures, achieving high customer satisfaction ratings in customer surveys. Her sincere and motivated approach to her duties as a student tour conductor was recognized, leading to her recommendation for this award by the company. Comment from Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Sekiguch