Japanese American Leadership Delegation Meets with Prime Minister Hatoyama

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama welcomed the 2010 Japanese American Leadership Delegation at his office in a rare meeting between the country’s highest ranking government official and a select group of Japanese American leaders on March 3, 2010.  

Read the press release here.

Photo by Charlie Allcock

During the trip, delegation members also met with Her Highness Princess Takamado, Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada, State Secretary Koichi Takemasa, Ambassador John Roos, leaders from Nippon Keidanren, Kankeiren, Keizai Doyukai and Forum 21.

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