The Stevie^® Awards is pleased to share that we have a new representative in Japan ahead of the opening of the 10th annual Asia-Pacific Stevie^® Awards. Entries open for the 2023 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards on October 3, 2022. We look forward to recognizing innovative companies in Japan this year.

The Stevie Awards will partner with Issei Matsui, CEO of P&A LLC, a marketing strategist who has been in the advertising industry for over 30 years. Mr. Matsui’s areas of expertise include fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), sports marketing, automotive, information technology, and consumer electronics.Many of his projects are China-based, including the Museum project in Beijing in 2000, followed by the launch of VAIO in 2001. In 2009, Mr. Matsui began working with Sony Group HQ as their official Brand Strategist and still supports their team today. Mr. Matsui expanded his services and started his own company in Tokyo, Japan in 2009, subsequently opening an office in Shanghai, China, soon after in 2011.

Since that time, Mr. Matsui has collaborated with companies in more than 15 countries, including companies like Procter & Gamble, Intel Security, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, and BMW

“We are thrilled to have Mr. Matsui on the Stevie Awards team to help recognize organizations in Japan for their innovative accomplishments. We know there are many companies and professionals in Japan who deserve recognition, and we are glad to have found Mr. Matsui to help reach this market,” said Stevie Awards President, Maggie Miller.

“More than being selected to represent Japan at the Olympic games, I am honored to have been selected to represent Japan at the Stevie Awards. I will do my best to help Maggie and her team,” said Mr. Matsui.

The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards is the only business awards program to recognize innovation throughout the entire Asia-Pacific region. The competition is open to all organizations across 29 nations of the Asia-Pacific region: large and small, for-profit and non-profit, public and private.

Some of the Asia-Pacific region’s most innovative organizations have won Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, including ABS-CBN Global, Cisco Systems, Delta Air Lines, Dentsu, DHL Express International (Thailand) Ltd., EventsAIR, Freelancer.com, Google, Great Eagle Holdings, Globe Telecom, HLC Group, Hong Kong Tourism Board, HP Inc., KEB HANA Bank, KEPCO, KT, MSLGROUP China, Ooredoo, PT Petrokimia Gresik, Seoul Metropolitan Government, Singapore Power, SM Supermalls, Sony, Strategic Public Relations Group Limited, Telkom Indonesia, VNPT Vinaphone Corporation, Viettel, Xiaomi, and more.

The Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards focus on recognizing innovation in all its forms, wherever it is achieved in the workplace. Entries are accepted in eight languages - Chinese, English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Thai and Vietnamese.

Nominations will be accepted in the 2023 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards starting October 3, 2022. 

Complete entry details are available at http://Asia.StevieAwards.com.