{"id":53555,"date":"2024-12-05T20:53:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T20:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=53555"},"modified":"2025-01-30T18:53:15","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:53:15","slug":"welcome-to-our-new-members","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.usjapancouncil.org\/ja\/news\/welcome-to-our-new-members\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Our New Members!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We are pleased to welcome the following new members to the Council (joined between December 2024\u2013January 2025):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hawaii<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Jason Chang<\/strong> (Honolulu, HI)<br>President &amp; CEO, The Queen&#8217;s Health Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cosmo Hirai<\/strong> (Honolulu, HI)<br>Bishop, Hawaii Todaiji Temple<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>David Jones<\/strong> (Honolulu, HI)<br>Senior Vice President Properties Division, Central Pacific Bank<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Takahiro Kuwayama<\/strong> (Kaneohe, HI)<br>Principal Architect, Google<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Japan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Christpher Blackerby<\/strong> (Tokyo, Japan)<br>Chief Operating Officer, Astroscale Holdings, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kaori Iida<\/strong> (Tokyo, Japan)<br>Deputy Chief Commentator, NHK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tomohiro Ishikawa<\/strong> (Tokyo, Japan)<br>Chief Regulatory Engagement Officer, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nicole McNevin<\/strong> (Tokyo, Japan)<br>Teaching Assistant, International Christian University<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Yoko Mitsuhashi<\/strong> (Tokyo, Japan)<br>PR Consultant, Vector Inc. 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