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Foley Exchange Meeting: May 2017

Nine members of Japan’s National Diet were in Washington for the third round of the new Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Thomas S. Foley Legislative Exchange. The delegation included House of Councillors members Yukihisa Fujita (Democratic Party, DP), Iwao Horii...

Foley Exchange Meeting: February 2017

U.S. Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner (Republican-Wisconsin) and Joaquin Castro (Democrat-Texas) arrived in Tokyo for the start of the first Asia trip under the new Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Thomas S. Foley Legislative Exchange. The first day of the...

Foley Exchange Meeting: May 2016

The Mansfield Foundation and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) welcomed the first delegation of legislators to visit Washington under the new Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Thomas S. Foley Legislative Exchange.  Seven members of Japan’s National Diet and...

Foley Exchange Meeting: April 2015

The Foundation hosted the third Foley Exchange delegation that included Masako Mori (House of Councillors, LDP); Akihisa Nagashima (House of Representatives, DPJ); and Masahiko Shibayama (House of Representatives, LDP). Participants served as expert panelists at a...

Foley Exchange Meeting: September 2014

The five members of the second delegation to Washington, D.C. included Toru Ishizaki (House of Representatives, LDP); Takaaki Katsumata (House of Representatives, LDP); Shingo Miyake (House ofCouncillors, LDP); Ken Saito (House of Representatives, LDP); and Yuji...