Japan - United States Relations
Speaker:
His Excellency, Shinichi Nishimiya, Ambassador and Consul General of Japan in New York |
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
6:00pm
– 7:00pm
Followed by a wine & snack reception
Gen Re Auditorium
Sponsored by: Japan Society of Fairfield County and the UConn Center for Globalization and Commerce
Location: University of Connecticut Stamford , GenRe Auditorium, One University Place, Stamford, CT 06901
Ambassador Nishimiya will discuss Japan-U.S. relations under the leadership of Prime Minister Hatoyama and how Mr. Hatoyama will promote further friendship between the two peoples. He will also touch on our lasting cultural ties and, in particular, the 150th anniversary of Japan’s first diplomatic mission to New York in 1860.
Ambassador Nishimiya graduated from the University of Tokyo with a Bachelor’s degree in law and joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1976. Since then he occupied various posts in Tokyo as well as at Japanese embassies in foreign countries including USA, Russia, Great Britain and China. In 2007 he was assigned Director-General of the North American Affairs Bureau of MFA. He is Ambassador and Consul General in New York since February 2009. |
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. EVENT IS FULL.
Reservation: This is a public and free event. The seats are limited to 100 people. For a reservation please contact either Marilyn Moore of the Society at mdmoore@optonline.net or (203) 329-0733 or Maureen Simeoni of UConn Center for Globalization and Commerce at Maureen.simeoni@uconn.edu or (203) 251-8510.
Parking: Free parking on the 2nd Floor of UConn Parking Garage (refer: www.stamford.uconn.edu/maps.htm)
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