Oct. 20: The Japan-US Partnership - Its Significance in the Global Context

A talk by Yutaka Yoshizawa, Consul General of Japan at Chicago

When: Thursday 20 October, 7:00-8:30 PM

Where: Marian College, Allison Mansion, 3200 Cold Spring Rd. Indianapolis

Since April of 2004, Mr. Yoshizawa has been Consul General of Japan at Chicago. This is Mr. Yoshizawa's third posting in the United States, having served as an economic officer at the Embassy in Washington, DC from 1985 to 1987 and as a public relations officer at the Consulate in New York City from 1993 to 1996. Mr. Yoshizawa has nearly three decades of experience in foreign service. After graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Tokyo, he entered Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He then spent two years at the University of Oxford as part of the Ministry’s training program. Other than the United States, he has served at the Japanese Embassies in New Delhi, India, Pretoria, South Africa, and Beijing, China. His assignments in Japan have included Director of the Human Rights and Refugee Division of the Foreign Ministry and Cabinet Councilor in charge of the drafting of legislation for Japan’s participation in UN Peace Keeping Operations. Until April of 2004, he was Managing Director in the General Affairs Department of the Japan Foundation, an organization in charge of international cultural exchange.

Sponsored by the Franciscan Center for Global Studies, the Japan-America Society of Indiana and the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research.