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Thank you for joining us for the first session of the Spring 2025 Kim Koo Professional Series! Special shoutout to our speakers @emmachanlettave and Joshua W. Walker for providing expert insight on U.S.-Korea-Japan trilateral relations. ↪️ Missed it? Watch here: youtube.com/live/ByeWItul9…

What started as a committee to welcome two 🇯🇵 naval ships to New York City in 1907 is now a vibrant organization whose exchanges in education, culture, business, and policy connect people and strengthen 🇺🇸🇯🇵 ties. Great to hear about the Japan Society’s ambitious plans from

1907年、日本の軍艦2隻をニューヨークに迎える委員会として発足したジャパン・ソサエティーは、今や教育、文化、ビジネス、政策といった多岐にわたる分野で交流を促進しており、日米関係強化の要となる活気ある団体へと発展しました。ジョシュア・ウォーカー理事長から、今後の意欲的な取り組みについ

Great meeting ジョージ・グラス駐日米国大使 Glass —generous with his time and rich in insight. Just 6 weeks in Tokyo, but already moving fast with deep experience from his prior post for President. Excited to work together on security, economy, and deepening US-Japan kizuna. 🇺🇸🇯🇵 #USJapan #Kizuna

Tokyo Gov. 小池百合子 in NYC = 🔥 From Cool Biz to convincing men to carry sun umbrellas (👀☂️), she’s redefining climate leadership with style. As she said: “Tokugawa built the rivers. The Reiwa Lady is taking them into the future.” Let’s go 🇯🇵🌍 Asia Society Japan Society

Nothing I love better as a Dosanko-American than to see ジョージ・グラス駐日米国大使 Glass and Hokkaido Governor 鈴木直道（北海道知事） meeting for the first time in my hometown of Sapporo than when they both happen to be friends! Looking forward to even more U.S.-Japan cooperation & leadership!

Japan PM Ishiba resigns after LDP’s bruising election losses—ending a summer of discontent, but leaving bigger questions ahead. Next leader must be an LDP insider and a coalition-builder to restore trust. With a snap election possible, don’t sleep on Tokyo—the stakes are global!

PM Ishiba’s resignation raises big questions for Japan 🇯🇵—but the U.S.–Japan relationship must go beyond politics. It’s up to all of us who care to keep building the bridge. 🌏 My latest in The Japan Times 👉 japantimes.co.jp/commentary/202… #USJapan #IndoPacific #Leadership

Busy day as we hosted Foreign Minister MOFA of Japan Iwaya at @JapanSociety, Cabinet Secretariat w/ Ken Shibusawa and Gender Minister Mihara (三原じゅん子) along with speaking at the UN and other global engagements — tired but energized by what’s ahead! 🌍🙌 #USJapan #UNGA

Japan should use soft power to develop the relationship w President Trump. Joshua W. Walker being an #Aikido practitioner, emphasized the importance of not going force-to-force, but redirecting the strong force. Myself also practicing #Aikido resonate strongly with Joshua-san’s comment.

When we helped launch the #GZeroSummit in Tokyo nearly a decade ago, we knew the world was headed toward greater uncertainty — but we didn’t expect Japan to be this central to it. 🇯🇵 Honored to be back where it all began, hearing ian bremmer’s Eurasia Group State of the World 👇

🇯🇵🍱 #OnlyinJapan… Cabinet politics explained like a restaurant menu. PM Takaichi as the chef, the foreign minister as the waiter, and the defense minister as the security guard. 👩‍🍳🌏👮‍♂️ Maybe politics everywhere would be easier to digest if it came with cartoons like this. 😅

畏友、Joshuaのインタビュー。的を射ている⇒課題は、個人的な距離を縮められるかだ。トランプは直接的なつながりを重視する。石破氏は官僚や側近任せも目立ったが、高市氏は必要となれば夜中だろうと電話をかけるだろう。そうした積極性が大事だ nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…

🇯🇵 トランプ大統領、再び東京へ。 President Trump is back in Japan — and it feels like déjà vu diplomacy. 🇺🇸 Same stage: audience with the Emperor, meeting with PM Takaichi, visit to Yokosuka’s 7th Fleet, and talks with business leaders. 🎥 My quick take from Tokyo 👇

【覇者なき世界で日本は生き残れるか？】 世界一の地政学コンサル 「ユーラシアグループ」元日本部長が明かす 波乱の国際社会で日本が果たすべき役割。 ✅JAPAN IS BACK 高市政権は転機か ✅日本人が知らない日本の本当の強み ✅「次の大谷翔平」各界でどう育成

道産子アメリカ人ことジョシュア・ウォーカーさん（ジャパンソサエティ理事長）との対談です🎙️ 今朝の日経新聞にもジョシュアさんのインタビューが出ていましたが、より幅広いトピックについてのお話を耳で楽しみたいという方はぜひ！ Huge thanks for the insightful talk! Joshua W. Walker