GLOBAL CONNECTIONS

9/11 US Sec. of Transportation & Former Sec. of Commerce - Norm Mineta

Governor of Hiroshima - Hidehiko Yuzaki (Microsoft Chairman - John Thompson in background)

Ambassador John Roos - U.S. Ambassador to Japan 2009-2013

South Korean Army General (retired) - Richard Yeom; Korea Working Group Director at Harvard Belfer Center - John Park; Diplomats from the Philippines and South Korea; Representation from the World Bank and US Navy

Addressing Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike

Prime Minister of Japan - Shinzo Abe meets with Silicon Valley leaders

Masami Iijima - Chairman of the Board of Directors, Mitsui & Co.

Professor Emeritus Daniel Okimoto - Stanford University APARC

Yasuo Tanabe - Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, in charge of Governments & External Relations, Hitachi, Ltd.

Former Ambassador and Senior Vice President of JICA - Hideaki Domichi

Houston Mayor Annise Parker - 2010-2016; Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike; Female Members of Japanese National Diet

US Ambassador to Japan - Caroline Kennedy - 2013-2017 with City of Houston Leadership

Stem Cell Nobel Prize Winner Shinya Yamanaka

Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with Harvard Kennedy School delegation

US-Japan Council President and CEO - Irene Hirano Inouye; Dr. Elisa Choi; APAICS President & CEO - Floyd Mori

CEO of Reykjavík Energy - Bjarni Bjarnason; and Director at Reykjavík City - Hrönn Hrafnsdóttir

President of Iceland - Dr. Guðni Jóhannesson