Please join the U.S.-Japan Council and other U.S.-Japan-related organizations for a special event to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. This virtual event will symbolize the United States standing together in solidarity with Japan and underscore the importance of our alliance, friendship and shared values.

Japanese simultaneous interpretation will be available.

Schedule

• Opening Remarks from Laura Winthrop Abbot, Executive Vice President, U.S.-Japan Council
• Remarks from Koji Tomita, Japanese Ambassador to the United States
• Remarks from Futoshi Toba, Mayor, City of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, 2011-present
• Panel Discussion: Tohoku, Fukushima, Crisis Management & Recovery
  * Moderator: Karen Kelley, Senior Foreign Service Officer and East Asia Bureau Senior Advisor for Diversity and Inclusion, U.S. Department of State
  * John V. Roos, United States Ambassador to Japan, 2009-2013
  * Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2008-2012
• Remarks from Ryota Konno, TOMODACHI Alumni Speaker from Tohoku
• Remarks from Joshua Walker, President, Japan Society
• Panel Discussion: The Future of the U.S.-Japan Relationship
  * Co-Moderator: Frank Jannuzi, President and CEO, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
  * Co-Moderator: Paige Cottingham-Streater, Secretary-General, U.S. CULCON Panel & Executive Director, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission
  * Caroline Kennedy, United States Ambassador to Japan, 2013-2017
  * Kenichiro Sasae, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2012-2018
  * Shinsuke Sugiyama, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2018-2021
  * Thomas Schieffer, United States Ambassador to Japan, 2005-2009
• Remarks from Miyu Sugita, TOMODACHI Alumni Speaker Speaker from Tohoku
• Remarks from Ryozo Kato, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, 2001-2008
• Remarks from William Hagerty, U.S. Ambassador to Japan, 2017-2019
• Closing Remarks from Suzanne Basalla, President & CEO, U.S.-Japan Council
• 3/11 Remembrances from U.S.-Japan Grassroots Organizations

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