The United States and Japan: Reassessing 3-11
Date: March 8, 2016
To commemorate the fifth anniversary of the “3-11” triple disaster now known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, Sasakawa USA in coordination with the U.S.-Japan Council hosted a discussion on the disaster and the joint response to it.
Tags: 3.11, disaster response, earthquake, event, fifth anniversary, Fukushima, goshi hosono, Great East Japan Earthquake, Nuclear, Operation Tomodachi, Tohoku, triple disaster, tsunami, u.s.-japan council
The Role of JET Alumni in U.S.-Japan Cooperation: A Tohoku Tomo film screening and panel discussion
Date: March 11, 2016
On the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Sasakawa USA and JETAADC co-hosted a special screening of Tohoku Tomo 東北友 and panel discussion.
Tags: 3.11, andy anderson, documentary, earthquake, education, event, film screening, Great East Japan Earthquake, jet, jet alumni, jetaa, jetaadc, matthew fuller, montgomery dickson, monty dickson, sheila smith, shelley fredrickson, tamaki tsukada, taylor anderson, tohoku tomo, wesley julian
Episode 03: Ambassador James Zumwalt remembers 3/11
Categories: Asia on Air, Energy and Technology, Sasakawa USA Blog
Join us for Episode 3 of Asia on Air as we sit down with Sasakawa USA CEO Ambassador James Zumwalt to discuss the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, which changed the face of Japan six years ago this week, on March 11, 2011. When the disaster struck, Amb. Zumwalt was serving as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, where he coordinated the United States’ support for the Japanese Government’s response to the crisis.
Tags: 3.11, 3/11, asia on air, disaster, earthquake, embassy, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Great East Japan Earthquake, march 11, Nuclear, nuclear disaster, podcast, tsunami
Chairman’s Message: The future of the U.S.-Japan alliance
Author: Admiral Dennis Blair
Categories: Chairman's Message
In this edition of the Chairman’s Message, Admiral Dennis Blair looks back on forty years of experience with U.S.-Japan relations and explains why, with this long and deep perspective on the Alliance, he can say without qualification that it is the strongest it ever has been — and how to continue to grow the relationship into the future.
Tags: 3/11, 9/11, admiral dennis blair, chairman's message, China, Dennis Blair, earthquake, Great East Japan Earthquake, intelligence, Japan, jasdf, jgsdf, jmsdf, JSDF, Korea, military, navy, North Korea, pacific command, Russia, Senkaku, Shinzo Abe, South Korea, speech, trump, tsunami, us-japan alliance, us-japan link npo, us-japan relations, Yokosuka
Video: Leadership Innovation in Crises and Lessons from 3.11
Categories: Energy and Technology, Sasakawa USA Blog
This video is a compilation of footage from the Great East Japan Earthquake and its aftermath and clips from a Sasakawa USA – U.S.-Japan Council conference earlier this year examining the disaster and the joint response to it. The video was shown recently at USJC’s Annual Conference.
Tags: 3.11, 3/11, annual conference, disaster response, earthquake, Fukushima, Great East Japan Earthquake, Nuclear, tsunami, US-Japan Council, USJC, video