U.S.- Japan International Exchange and Tourism Symposium 2023
Rebuilding and strengthening exchange and tourism between the U.S. and Japan in the post-pandemic period

  • Symposium etc.
  • Tourism

Supported by 日本財団 THE NIPPON FOUNDATION

Date / Time Fri, Mar 24,2023 4:00~ 7:00 AM(JST)
Thu,Mar 23,2023 3:00~ 6:00 PM (EST)
Venue Willard InterContinental Hotel (1401 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA) (Zoom Online Webinar is also available)
Language:Japanese/English Simultaneous Translation
Theme Opening Remarks:Masafumi SHUKURI
Chairman, Japan International Transport and Tourism Institute, USA (JITTI USA)
Chairman, Japan Transport and Tourism Research Institute (JTTRI)



Greetings by Guest of Honor : Koji TOMITA
Ambassador of Japan to the United States



Keynote Speeches: J. Thomas SCHIEFFER
Former Ambassador of the United States to Japan
Takashi SHIRAISHI
Chancellor, Kumamoto Prefectural University
Former President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies



Lectures: Kent CALDER
Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies,
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
Satoshi SEINO
President, Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)



Panel Discussion:
<Panelist>
Mark KEAM
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism, Industry and Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
(Curt COTTLE, Senior Policy Analyst, National Travel and Tourism Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, participated in the panel discussion in the place of Mark KEAM.)
Koichi AI
Minister,Embassy of Japan in the U.S. (General Affairs,Public Information and Culture)
Kazuyo KATO
Executive Director, Japan Center for International Exchange, USA (JCIE USA)

<Moderator>
Kent CALDER

Event Summary

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Program

Program of the seminar is as the following

Opening Remarks
Masafumi SHUKURI<br> Chairman, Japan International Transport and Tourism Institute, USA (JITTI USA)<br> Chairman, Japan Transport and Tourism Research Institute (JTTRI)<br>

Masafumi SHUKURI
Chairman, Japan International Transport and Tourism Institute, USA (JITTI USA)
Chairman, Japan Transport and Tourism Research Institute (JTTRI)

bio

Greetings by Guest of Honor
Koji TOMITA<br> Ambassador of Japan to the United States

Koji TOMITA
Ambassador of Japan to the United States

bio

Keynote Speeches

J. Thomas SCHIEFFER
Former Ambassador of the United States to Japan


bio

Takashi SHIRAISHI


Chancellor, Kumamoto Prefectural University Former President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
bio
Lectures

Kent CALDER
Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies


bio
file

Satoshi SEINO
President, Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO)


bio
file
Panel Discussion

<Panelist>
Mark KEAM
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism, Industry and Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce
bio
(Curt COTTLE, Senior Policy Analyst, National Travel and Tourism Office, U.S. Department of Commerce, participated in the panel discussion in the place of Mark KEAM.)

file

Koichi AI
Minister,Embassy of Japan in the U.S. (General Affairs,Public Information and Culture)

bio

Kazuyo KATO
Executive Director, Japan Center for International Exchange, USA (JCIE USA)

bio
file                  

<Moderator>
Kent CALDER