今月のJapan Nowは杉山大使がポートランド, オレゴンに滞在。日米の文化交流の一環として、DCではお茶会を行った模様です。教育関係者による交換留学もスタートしました。
Japan in the News
“Oregon and Japan truly are connected communities.” Ahead of Ambassador Sugiyama’s recent trip to Portland for the Portland Japanese Garden’s 55th Anniversary Gala, he reflected on the Garden as a symbol of the growing partnerships between Japan and communities across the US.
Read his Op-Ed here:
Japan-Oregon Ties
A weekend trip to Portland gave Ambassador Sugiyama a chance to celebrate many aspects of the deep cultural and economic ties between Japan and Oregon! His visit included Portland Japanese Garden’s 55th Anniversary Gala, where he met with Governor Kate Brown and toured the facility, which he called “A wonderful place that transports me not just home to Japan-but to a place of timeless beauty and tranquility.”
Ambassador Sugiyama also had a chance to see up-close some of the companies benefiting from Japan-US cooperation. He started the weekend at Nike’s Portland HQ, where he visited the Japanese garden that commemorates the relationship between Nike and Japanese trading company Nissho Iwai in the company’s early days. And during visits to food company Ajinomoto and United Grain Corporation – UGC, he got a detailed look at both companies’ operations.
Washington DC Meets Japan
At the Old Residence, the inaugural #DCmeetsJapan event gave Congressional staffers a chance to experience Japan’s Tea tradition! The experience included a tea ceremony performance by Urasenke Tea Ceremony Association of DC, as well as a guided tour of the Embassy’s historic Ippakutei teahouse.
Learn more about experiencing the tea tradition during your visit to Japan:
Japan Exchange & Teaching Program Send Off
At locations around the US, including here in DC, the newest group of JET Program participants received their final briefings, got aboard airplanes, and have “taken off” to start their new experience living and working in Japan! If you want to be in this photo next year, stay tuned to the Official JET Program USA Facebook page, as the next Application Season will start this Fall.
