Ambassador to Japan Comes to UCSD, Discusses U.S.-Japan Partnership
What San Diego can gain from Japan
01/09/2013
Jonathan Horn,
U-T San Diego
Tourism. Jobs. Exports. And the human relationship.
Those are the key gains San Diegans can make from fostering a relationship with the Japanese.
The opportunity to do so will be stronger than ever, thanks to daily nonstop service from San Diego to Tokyo beginning in March on Japan Airlines.
Those were key points made by U.S. Ambassador to Japan John Roos during a brief visit Wednesday at the University of California at San Diego. Roos is on a four-city tour, including Denver, Seattle and the Bay Area. Roos, appointed by President Obama in 2009, is promoting the relationship between the two countries, both here and in Japan.
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With the advent of the new JAL direct service to Japan—the first-ever direct service from San Diego to any destination in Asia—and several other new non-stop flights between the U.S. and Japan, U.S. Ambassador John Roos is leading the first-ever U.S.-Japan Outreach Tour to increase awareness among American companies of opportunities to increase trade, investment and tourism as well as on-going and future U.S.-Japan technology collaboration.
