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4/06/09
Story by Peggy Graham

Japan and United States in the 21st Century

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – The National Association of Japan-America Societies, the Heart of America Japan- America Society and Johnson County Community College are co-sponsoring a forum entitled Challenges and Opportunities for the U.S.-Japan Relationship in the Midst of the Changing Political and Economic Environment at 7 p.m.  Tuesday, April 21, in the Hudson Auditorium of the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art at JCCC. The forum is free and open to the public.

Speakers include the Minister of Public Affairs Hideo Fukushima from the Embassy of Japan, William Farrell, chairman of the consulting firm Dynamic Strategies Asia, and Edward Lincoln, director of the Center for Japan-U.S. Business and Economic Studies at New York University.

For more information, contact Carolyn Kadel, program facilitator, International Education, 913-469-8500, ext. 3496, or ckadel@jccc.edu.