JCIE and a coalition of US-Japan groups co-hosted a reception on Capitol Hill during Japan’s Golden Week to welcome 17 visiting Diet members to Washington. The gathering attracted more than 150 leading figures in US-Japan relations, including current and former Congressional members, business leaders, senior government officials, and others. Representative Billy Long (R-MO), Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI), and former Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura, a member of Japan’s House of Representatives, addressed the gathering to affirm the importance of the US-Japan alliance and of maintaining dialogue among parliamentarians.
REMARKS
Hon. Billy Long, Member, US House of Representatives
Hon. Takeo Kawamura, Member, Japan House of Representatives
Hon. Mazie Hirono, Member, US Senate
GUESTS OF HONOR
Hon. Yukihisa Fujita, Member, House of Councillors
Hon. Koichiro Gemba, Member, House of Representatives; former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Iwao Horii, Member, House of Councillors
Hon. Kuniko Inoguchi, Member, House of Councillors
Hon. Takeo Kawamura, Member, House of Representatives; former Chief Cabinet Secretary
Hon. Seiji Maehara, Member, House of Representatives; former Minister of Foreign Affairs
Hon. Hiroe Makiyama, Member, House of Councillors
Hon. Akihisa Nagashima, Member, House of Representatives
Hon. Masaharu Nakagawa, Member, House of Representatives
Hon. Gen Nakatani, Member, House of Representatives; former Minister of Defense
Hon. Yasutoshi Nishimura, Member, House of Representatives
Hon. Keitaro Ohno, Member, House of Representatives
Hon. Itsunori Onodera, Member, House of Representatives; former Minister of Defense
Hon. Takashi Shinohara, Member, House of Representatives
Hon. Shunichi Suzuki, Member, House of Representatives
Hon. Keizo Takemi, Member, House of Councillors
Hon. Naokazu Takemoto, Member, House of Representatives
The reception was organized in cooperation with The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, the Japan-US Friendship Commission, CULCON (US-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange), the US-Japan Council, the US Association of Former Members of Congress Congressional Study Group on Japan, and the Sasakawa USA.
