66th Japan-America Student Conference Reception
August 20, 2014
Ambassador's Residence
On August 20, 2014 the Embassy of Japan in the US hosted a reception for the delegates of the 66th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC).
The reception included remarks by Deputy Chief of Mission Izumi, remarks by the 66th JASC chairpersons Anna Zeng and Yohei Komatsuzaki, and a toast by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs at the Department of State Kurt Tong.
Members of the US Department of State, business professionals, education professionals, JASC alumni, and many other honored and distinguished guests attended.
About JASC: The Japan-America Student Conference (JASC) is a student-led exchange program, initiated in 1934 by university students concerned by the breakdown of bilateral relations prior to the Second World War. Today, an equal number of students from the U.S. and Japan are competitively selected each year to spend one summer month together, studying and analyzing Japan-U.S. relations while visiting four diverse regions in the host country. JASC alternates its host country every year, emphasizing the personal connections between two distinct cultures gathered together in one place.
