Connect with Top Leaders from the United States and Japan at Virtual Bilateral Boardroom

Online event presented by the U.S.-Japan Council and supported by a grant from CPB Foundation will focus on crisis management and the U.S.-Japan relationship

HONOLULU, HI | September 14, 2020 – The U.S.-Japan Council (USJC) will hold a virtual Bilateral Boardroom to convene key decision-makers from business, government, and the civil sector in the United States and Japan. Discussions will be on the theme of “Leadership Through Crisis, Lessons Learned” and will examine the impact of the coronavirus pandemic from a social and economic perspective through the lens of leadership during past crises, as well as identify avenues in which the United States and Japan can collaborate to realize a mutually prosperous future.

Prime Minster Shinzo Abe will offer video remarks, filmed prior to his resignation announcement. A fireside chat will bring Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. together with USJC's Board Chair Phyllis Campbell to address timely leadership issues including disruptions to international banking and the global economy, community investments, equity and inclusion and more. Paul Yonamine, Executive Chairman of Central Pacific Bank and Chair-elect of USJC’s Board of Directors, will share views on the importance of the U.S-Japan relationship and taking it to the next level. The program will also include a tribute from Japan’s Minister of Defense Taro Kono to USJC’s former president, the late Irene Hirano Inouye, who founded USJC alongside other prominent Japanese American leaders, including her husband, Senator Daniel Inouye.

Announced speakers: 

• Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister of Japan
• Suzanne Basalla, President & CEO, U.S.-Japan Council
• Phyllis Campbell, Chair, Pacific Northwest Region, JPMorgan Chase &
• Jamie Dimon, Chairman & CEO, JPMorgan Chase &
• Tracey Doi, CFO and Group Vice President, Toyota Motor North America
• Tomoko Kizawa, Partner, Deloitte LLP
• Yuriko Koike, Governor of Tokyo
• Taro Kono, Minister of Defense
• Nobuyuki Hirano, Chairman, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,
• Fred Katayama, Content Producer / Anchor, Reuters News Agency
• Kathy Matsui, Vice Chair and Chief Strategist, Goldman Sachs (Japan)
• Tsuyoshi Nagano, Chairman of the Board, Tokio Marine Holdings,
• Julia Nesheiwat, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant to the President for Homeland Security & Resilience, National Security Council, White House
• Takeshi Niinami, CEO, Suntory Holdings Limited
• Judy Sakaki, President, Sonoma State University
• Darren Walker, President, Ford Foundation
• Christophe Weber, President and CEO, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company
• Paul Yonamine, Executive Chairman, Central Pacific Bank

Media Information

Date: September 16, 2020 (U.S.)
Time: 1 pm – 3 pm HST
Language: English, with simultaneous Japanese interpretation available
Press Registration: Press registration is complimentary. Click here to register. 

About the U.S.-Japan Council (USJC)

The U.S.-Japan Council develops and connects global leaders to create a stronger U.S.-Japan relationship. It is an organization whose members believe people-to-people relationships are a powerful way to bring together leaders in the U.S. and Japan to address and create solutions to mutual concerns. The Council is a 501(c) 3 nonprofit educational organization that was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Washington, DC with staff in California, Hawaii and Tokyo. In 2012, the U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) was created and in 2013, it became a Public Interest Corporation (koeki zaidan hojin). The U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) maintains an office in Tokyo, Japan.