Topic: US-Japan
Japanese American National Museum and Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership present Symposium New Perspectives on U.S.–Japan Relations: The Japanese American and Japanese Partnership
on Friday, July 21, 2006, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm at Millennium Biltmore Hotel, Biltmore Bowl • 506 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles.
keynote speakers
Norman Y. Mineta Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation
Yohei Kono Speaker, House of Representatives, Japan |
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Haruo Murase, President & CEO, Canon Marketing Japan Inc. and Co-Chairman of the Keidanren’s Committee on U.S. Affairs
panel discussion
New Perspectives on U.S.–Japan Relations: Pop Culture, Media and Sports
Opening Remarks
Scott Sassa, CEO/Founder of W Cubed Media and former West Coast President of NBC-TV
Taro Kono, Vice-Minister of Justice, Japan (invited)
featured panelists
Seiji Horibuchi, Founder/Co-Chairman, VIZ Media, LLC, and President/CEO, VIZ Pictures, Inc. |
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Yukiko Ogasawara , President, The Japan Times, Japan’s oldest (founded 1897) independent English language newspaper
Shiro (Sho) Inoue, President, Famima Corp., leads the expansion of hip convenience stores throughout Southern California
Jack Sakazaki, President, Japan Sports Marketing, builds U.S.–Japan relations through the universal language of sports
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Eric Nakamura, Publisher of Giant Robot and founder of Giant Robot stores, galleries, and restaurant
Panel Moderator—Frank Buckley, Anchor, KTLA–Los Angeles |
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For Symposium reservation form please go to www.janm.org/events/2006/usjapan.
Supporting organizations: The Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles, Asia Society of Southern California, and Japan America Society of Southern California
In cooperation with: Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Japan Business Association, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California, Japanese Prefectural Association of Southern California, Orange County Japanese American Association, Southern California Gardeners’ Federation, Inc., and Japanese Women’s Society of Southern California
These programs are made possible by the generous support of the Japanese American National Museum’s U.S.–Japan Network Fund supporters: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd., Canon U.S.A., Inc., Mitsubishi International Corporation, The Mitsui USA Foundation, NEC Corporation of America, Sumitomo Corporation of America Foundation, Toshiba International Foundation, and Toyota Motor North America. Special thanks to the Aratani Foundation for their ongoing support.
11:30 am – 1:30 pm • LUNCHEON with U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye
Senator Inouye will deliver a keynote address on A Global Perspective: Business, Technology, and Defense in the Biltmore Hotel’s Gold Room. Tickets $50 per person. Reservations are required.
Please go to www.janm.org/events/2006/usjapan for a reservation form.
