Moriyama Mirai selected as 2013 Cultural Ambassador and to be sent overseas for 1 year

The Agency for Cultural Affairs announced on 22 May that Moriyama Mirai has been selected as one of the eight 2013 Cultural Ambassadors who will promote Japanese art and culture overseas. In conjunction with his appointment, Moriyama will suspend his acting career for 1 year from October this year and spend the time in Belgium and Israel with the local theatre groups  there and perform in their productions. He will be embarking on this trip alone thus his family will be remaining in Japan. With regard to this, Moriyama announced on his official website on 23 May that he is deeply honoured by this appointment and hopes to promote Japanese culture overseas, bring back the essence of other countries' culture to Japan as well as become a bridge between Japan and other countries.

Source: Sponichi / Nikkansports