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Please join the U.S.-Japan Council and other U.S.-Japan-related organizations for a special event to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. This virtual event will symbolize the United States standing together in solidarity with Japan and underscore the importance of our alliance, friendship and shared values.
Japanese simultaneous interpretation will be available.
This event is free with registration. Click the button below to register:
Schedule
Opening Remarks from Laura Winthrop Abbot, Executive Vice President, U.S.-Japan Council
Remarks from Joe Young, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, 2019-present
Remarks from Koji Tomita, Japanese Ambassador to the United States
Remarks from Futoshi Toba, Mayor, City of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, 2011-present
Panel Discussion: Tohoku, Fukushima, Crisis Management & Recovery
Moderator: Karen Kelley, Senior Foreign Service Officer and East Asia Bureau Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion, U.S. Department of State
John V. Roos, United States Ambassador to Japan, 2009-2013
Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2008-2012
Remarks from Ryota Konno, TOMODACHI Alumni Speaker from Tohoku
Remarks from Joshua Walker, President, Japan Society
Panel Discussion: The Future of the U.S.-Japan Relationship
Co-Moderator: Frank Jannuzi, President and CEO, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
Co-Moderator: Paige Cottingham-Streater, Secretary-General, U.S. CULCON Panel & Executive Director, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
Caroline Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Japan, 2013-2017
Kenichiro Sasae, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2012-2018
Shinsuke Sugiyama, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2018-2021
Thomas Schieffer, United States Ambassador to Japan, 2005-2009
Remarks from Miyu Sugita, TOMODACHI Alumni Speaker Speaker from Tohoku
Remarks from Ryozo Kato, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2001-2008
Remarks from William Hagerty, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 2017-2019
Closing Remarks from Suzanne Basalla, President & CEO, U.S.-Japan Council
3/11 Remembrances from U.S.-Japan Grassroots Organizations