U.S.-Japan Young Political Leaders 16th Japanese Delegation to the United States (2001)

The eight-member Japanese delegation visited Washington, D.C., Oklahoma and southern California from April 21-May 5, 2001. In Washington, D.C. they met with members of the House of Representatives, political party staff, and NPO staff. In addition to discussing the foreign relations policy of the new Bush administration and the prospects for the U.S.-Japan relationship, they were briefed on elections in the U.S. and political funding.

In Oklahoma, the delegation were able to meet with state senators and lobbyists with the assistance of ACYPL alumna Kalyn Free, District Attorney of Pittsburgh and Haskell Counties, and they were briefed on the roles of the federal and state governments. They visited the Chicksaw Nation to learn about Native American culture and the tribal government system, and were briefed on the judicial system on a visit to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

In Orange County, California, they met with local politicians and government officials to discuss the relationship between the federal, state, county, and municipal governments.

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