Japan International Transport and Tourism Institute, USA
U.S.-Japan International Exchange and Tourism Symposium 2023
As a continuation of the Global Seminar, the symposium theme is multilayered and extensive people-to-people exchanges, which is an important perspective for building a new dimension of U.S.-Japan relations. The seminar aims to reconsider the significance of rebuilding and strengthening U.S.-Japan people-to-people exchanges to a new and higher dimension post-COVID. This hybrid symposium will be held virtually and in person in Washington D.C. and has invited speakers who are knowledgeable about U.S.-Japan relations, international people-to-people exchange, and tourism.
Schedule of Events
Opening Remarks
Masafumi Shukuri
Chairman, Japan International Transport and Tourism Institute, USA (JITTI)
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
President, 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
Panelists
Mark Keam
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Travel and Tourism, Industry and Analysis,
United States Department of Commerce
Koichi Ai
Minister (General Affairs, Public Information, and Culture), Embassy of Japan in the U.S.
Kazuyo Kato
Executive Director, Japan Center for International Exchange, USA (JCIE USA)
Moderator
Kent Calder, Director
Edwin O. Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies
Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
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