My name is Akikazu Shimomura. I assumed the Presidency of Japan Textile Federation January, 2009. This year, I would like to remain in Presidency of JTF and make wholehearted commitments for the development of Japan’s Textile industry. I appreciate the continued support of all those concerned.

Following is the Action Policy for Fiscal 2010:

• 　Action Policy for Fiscal 2010 (pdf)

JTF marked its 40th anniversary in January, 2010.
We thank everyone engaged in textile industry over many years, so that we could manage for 40 years.

JTF was established in January, 1970. At that time, the textile export of Japan became an international trade problem. After 40 years of those days, the environment that surrounded the textile industry of Japan accomplished dramatic variations. Moreover, in its 40-year history, the role of JTF has changed greatly from a domestic industrial lobbying group to an international federation of “proposal and practice”, but our stance of sending the insistence of Japanese textile industry at home and abroad to consolidate forces from upstream, midstream and downstream still holds.
It sincerely wishes the activity to unite, and to be promoted as JTF so that any neither industry nor organization lack and Japan textile industry remains for the next ten years.