Welcome Reception in Honor of Leaders from the National Diet of Japan

May 2, 2018
Washington DC
A coalition of US-Japan groups headed by JCIE and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation hosted a reception at the US Capitol to welcome 11 visiting Diet members to Washington. The gathering attracted about 150 leading figures in US-Japan relations, including members of Congress, their staff, government officials, Japan experts and other policy analysts, business leaders, foundation leaders, journalists, and NGO representatives. Congressman Mark Takano offered welcoming remarks to start the event off, followed by a greeting from Minister of Education Yoshimasa Hayashi and a toast by recently appointed Ambassador Shinsuke Sugiyama.
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Remarks

Hon. Mark TAKANO, Member, US House of Representatives

Hon. Yoshimasa HAYASHI, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology; Member, House of Councillors of Japan

Amb. Shinsuke SUGIYAMA, Japanese Ambassador to the United States

Guests of Honor

Hon. Yukihisa FUJITA, Member, House of Councillors

Hon. Kuniko INOGUCHI, Member, House of Councillors

Hon. Shinichi ISA, Member, House of Representatives

Hon. Shuhei KISHIMOTO, Member, House of Representatives

Hon. Hiroe MAKIYAMA, Member, House of Councillors

Hon. Masaharu NAKAGAWA, Member, House of Representatives; former Minister of Education

Hon. Motohiro ONO, Member, House of Councillors

Hon. Keisuke SUZUKI, Member, House of Representatives

Hon. Naokazu TAKEMOTO, Member, House of Representatives

Hon. Kozo YAMAMOTO, Member, House of Representatives; former Minister of State for Regional Revitalization

The reception was organized in cooperation with The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, the Japan–United States Friendship Commission, CULCON (U.S.-Japan Conference on Cultural and Educational Interchange), the U.S.-Japan Council, and the US Association of Former Members of Congress Congressional Study Group on Japan.

The Japan Center for International Exchange consists of two independent sister organizations.

JCIE/Japan is one of Japan’s leading nonprofit, nonpartisan foreign affairs institutes.
JCIE/USA is a US nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening US-Japan relations and collaboration on shared challenges. 

For half a century, the two organizations have been working together to facilitate policy dialogues, research, and exchange  on key issues affecting peace and prosperity in our two countries, the Indo-Pacific region and the world.

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