Nichi-Bei News

News and Information from the Japan-America Society of Washington DC

January 03, 2007

Annual Dinner is Set for January 22

Preparations are well underway for the Society's Annual Public Affairs Dinner, which will be held at the JW Marriott Hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue on Monday, January 22.

The guest speaker will be the Honorable Daniel K. Inouye, United States Senator from Hawaii and the next chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Technology, and Transportation.

Senator Bob Dole, the Republican Presidential Candidate in 1996, has agreed to serve as the Dinner's Honorary Co-Chairman, together with the Honorable Norman Mineta.

The co-chairs for the dinner are Tetsuo Kadoya of Toshiba and Nao Matsukata of Alston Bird.

The dinner will be preceded by a cocktail reception and silent auction.

Further information is available at the Society's website, at www.us.japan.org/dc .