SEUS-Japan

The Japan-U.S. Southeast Association was established in December 1975 to promote trade, investment, understanding and friendship between Japan and member states of the southeast U.S., Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. In 2007, the State of Mississippi joined the Association.

The Japan-U.S. Southeast Association and the Southeast U.S./Japan Association have held 30 annual joint meetings since their establishment, with the venue altering between the southeast U.S. and Japan. The meetings provide opportunities to renew old friendships and forge new ones and attract over 500 participants from the U.S. member states and Japan, including representatives of private and public sectors and state governors of the member states.

The 34th annual joint meeting was be held in Nashville, TN, over four days from Saturday, October 16, to Tuesday, October 19, 2010, co-chaired by Mr. Hiromasa Yonekura, Chairman of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., and Mr. Jack O. Bovender, Jr., Retired Chairman and CEO of Hospital Corporation of America.

For more information about this year's SEUS Japan meeting and its activities, please visit www.seusjapan2010.com.