Investment Financial Company METROPOL has sponsored a dedicated musical program on Russian-Japanese friendship “May There Always Be Sunshine” held in Moscow on Friday, August 27 on the stage of New Opera Theater. The concert was organized by Bunkyo Civic Orchestra Tokio supported by the Japanese Embassy in Russia and the Embassy of Russian Federation in Japan.

The event was attended by Head of METROPOL Group М.V. Slipenchuk accompanied by his Japanese partners. Guests of the event were also representatives of Russian and Japanese state authorities, including the previous Prime Minister of Japan Yukio Hatoyama, businessmen from both countries, prominent public figures, including the Rector of Moscow State University V.A. Sadovnichy and the former Minister of Culture of Russian Federation М.Е. Shvydkoy, international mass media, and numerous art lovers.

The concert featured some well-known Japanese performers, such as conductor Isao Matsusita, Taiko drummer Eitetsu Hayashi, pianist Kikuo Watanabe, and Bolshoi Theater Ballet performer Morihiro Iwata.