Consulate Activities

　　　On January 19, a reception was held at the Consul General’s Official Residence to welcome members of the 2016 CULCON Education-Exchange Review Committee. The CULCON ERC is an advisory panel that convenes to ensure that new ideas for U.S.-Japan cultural and educational exchange are implemented as operational programs. Among the guests were CULCON co-chairs Mr. Harry Hill and Ambassador Ryozo Kato, former Ambassador to the U.S. The evening’s programs featured presentations by Governor David Ige, Chancellor Takuya Yoshimura of the Hawaii Tokai International College, and Dr. Dennis Ogawa, Professor of Intercultural & Japanese-American Studies at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.