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Coordination of the annual Japanese American Leadership Delegation (JALD) program. Each delegation, comprised of Japanese Americans from across the United States, travels to Japan to meet with Japanese leaders in business and government. The JALD program is funded by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership. The USJC also works to strengthen the JALD alumni network.
Each year the U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference brings leading subject experts together to further dialogue and collaboration on issue areas critical to the U.S.-Japan relationship.
The U.S.-Japan Council Emerging Leaders Program is an interactive, educational program designed to encourage the next generation of leaders to act as first movers, innovators and entrepreneurs in their professional fields. Each year a pool of young Japanese American professionals (ages 18 - 35) are chosen from across the country to attend the U.S.-Japan Council Annual Conference, which focuses on topics identified by both the U.S. and Japan as key areas for collaboration. Over time, the goal of the program is to develop a diverse pool of successful alumni who think globally, assume greater leadership roles in society and are enthusiastic about sustaining a strong partnership between the U.S. and Japan.
Coordination of the Annual Meeting of the Ambassador and Consuls General of Japan, and Japanese American Leaders. Each year, the Annual Meeting brings together Japanese Americans from across the nation to meet with Japanese government officials and international business representatives. The meeting is supported by Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
May 30th, 2011 marked the first official U.S.-Japan Council event in Japan. A delegation of U.S.-Japan Council leaders including Board Members and Council Members traveled to Tokyo for the Japan Leadership Symposium: "Defining a New Paradigm for U.S.-Japan Relations." The trip to Japan allowed Japanese American leaders to exchange information with their counterparts in Japan on the state of Japan after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and next steps for collaboration.
Development of a U.S.-Japan Executive Business Network aimed at building strong ties between Japanese executives working in the United States and Japanese American business executives.
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