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On September 6 (U.S.), USJC held a webinar titled “Nature-based Solutions for Addressing Climate Change: An Outlook for Japan and the Asia-Pacific” which explored how Nature-based Solutions (NbS) are emerging…
The “Japanese Americans & Japan: Legacies” series continued with an interview of Tracey Doi, Chief Financial Officer and Group Vice President of Toyota Motor North America. During the interview, Ms. Read More
Happy Earth Day! As we review the readouts from the ongoing Leaders Summit on Climate, we can already take great inspiration, ambition and motivation from last week’s summit between President… Read More
The “Japanese Americans & Japan: Legacies” series continued with an interview of Colbert Matsumoto, Chairman of Island Holdings, Inc. During the interview, Mr. Matsumoto shared stories about his childhood, career and… Read More
In February and March, the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth held the “3/11 Resilience Series,” a series of virtual events commemorating 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. Read More
Recently, out for a walk along a narrow road on Cape Cod, I passed a family wearing no masks. I asked them, “Where are your masks?” The father turned to… Read More
This is a series in which USJC President & CEO Suzanne Basalla shares her thoughts directly with the USJC community. This week marks one year since the devastating loss of… Read More
One of the U.S.-Japan Council’s (USJC) newly-formed member-led initiatives, the Shin-Issei group, held a formal kick-off event on March 9. This event brought together about 150 USJC Leaders and guests across… Read More
“Bridging Japan and U.S. relations on many fronts is important from the government to the individuals in businesses and nonprofits to lift up the economies for their communities.” -Donna Fujimoto… Read More
(L-R) Kazue Inoue (Daniel K. Inouye’s relative), Keiichi Kakuda (Yame City Council Chairman), Tsuneyuki Mitamura (Yame City Mayor), Masaru Eguchi (Fukuoka Prefecture Vice Governor) and John C. Taylor (Principal Officer,… Read More
The Japan Perspectives webinar series returned on March 16 for its third and final installment, which examined how the coronavirus pandemic has drastically altered the ways in which we work… Read More