日本はまだ梅雨明けもしていないようですが、アメリカ南部は毎日うだるような暑さですね。皆さん、暑中お見舞い申し上げます。
さて、ワシントンD.C. 大使館よりJapan便りが入りました。
Japan in the News
Rui Hachimura recently became the first Japanese player to be selected in the first round of the NBA Draft. Hachimura, who previously played with Gonzaga University in Spokane, will now join the Washington Wizards in DC. In a recent article, Ambassador Sugiyama expressed his excitement about Hachimura coming to Washington DC. “I know that his presence here will help to grow the strong sports and culture ties between Japan and the U.S., particularly with the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic games coming next summer,” he said. Fans should look out for Hachimura in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics playing on Japan’s basketball team!
バスケットボール選手の 八村 塁（Rui Hachimura)さんが、Washington Wizards に加入しました！秋からのNBAから目が離せません！皆さんで八村選手を応援しましょう！
G20 Osaka Summit
World leaders congregated in Japan for the 2019 G20 Summit in Osaka. Prime Minister Abe served as the chair of the meeting, which included themes such as Innovation and Women’s Empowernent. The Summit came to a close with the adoption of the G20 Osaka Leaders’ Declaration. On the sidelines of the G20 Summit, Prime Minister Abe held meetings with G20 attendees, including a Japan-US-India trilateral summit meeting with President Trump and Prime Minister Modi.
G20 Osakaが終わりました。安倍首相、トランプ大統領、そしてインドのモディ首相との会談もありました。詳しくはサイトをご覧ください。
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Strengthening Economic Ties
“The Select USA Summit has become a key opportunity to continue building strong Japan-US economic ties, and I hope tonight was the start to many new projects.” Ambassador Sugiyama was pleased to host the Select USA Reception at his Residence, an event focused on growing Japan-US business partnerships. Such partnerships have created more than 860,000 direct jobs as of 2016. Many business and government leaders were in attendance, including US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, who gave remarks.
杉山大使は、日米のビジネスパートナーシップの拡大に焦点を当てたイベント、Select USA Receptionを開催しました。イベントには米国商務長官のWilbur Ross氏も参加。
Japanese Shochu
You may know Japanese sake, but have you heard of shochu? it is a distilled alcoholic beverage unique to Japan. Kagoshima Prefecture is one of Japan’s largest shochu producers. A recent event at the Old Residence brought Kagoshima distillers and local DC mixologists together to present exciting new shochu creations for our guests to sample. Local chefs provided original dishes to compliment the variety of shochu being served.
ワシントンDC、Old Residence での最近のイベントでは、地元レストランシェフと共に、鹿児島の焼酎と地元DCのミクソロジストが一緒になって新しい焼酎の飲み方を披露されたそうです。
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