U.S.-Japan Parliamentary Exchange Program

The 2001 Diet delegation visited Washington, D.C. for a series of meetings with top politicians, policymakers, analysts, and journalists, then traveled to Seattle, Washington, to learn about the U.S. aviation and IT industries. The trip included visits with Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; Senator Craig Thomas, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Representative Jim Leach, Chairman of the House International Relations Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, and staff of the National Security Council; and experts on security policy and international economics at Washington think tanks.

Program report

Participants