Arkansas governor to pitch the state to Japan, South Korea on ‘trade mission’ • Arkansas Advocate
Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders next week will travel to Japan and South Korea alongside state economic development officials to try to recruit additional international investment in Arkansas. The March 6-14 trade trip will be Sanders’ second overseas after a visit to Europe last year, and she’ll be joined by Commerce Secretary Hugh McDonald and Economic […]
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Mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya Asks Halloween Revelers to Stay Away
The mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya district asked Halloween partygoers to avoid its streets this year, fearing the post-pandemic return of tourists may lead to chaotic mobs and crowd crushes like the fatal incident in Seoul last year. “This year we are making it clear to the world that Shibuya is not a venue for Halloween,” […]
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Ripple: Mayor of Japan’s 6th Largest City Visits Ripple’s Headquarters
On Friday (August 19), Emi Yoshikawa, Ripple’s VP of Corporate Strategy and Operations, reported a meeting with the mayor of Fakuoka City and his team at Ripple’s headquarters. Fukuoka is the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture in Japan. It is also Japan’s sixth-largest city with a population of around 1.6 million (as of June 2021). […]
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Nagasaki Mayor Warns Of ‘Crisis’ On Atom Bomb Anniversary
Bells rang out and doves were released during the sombre memorial at Nagasaki’s Peace Park STR Text size Nuclear weapons present a “tangible and present crisis” after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the mayor of Nagasaki said Tuesday, the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing that destroyed the Japanese city. On August 9, 1945, Nagasaki was […]
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Nara mayor searching for way to commemorate Abe month after slaying
Nara Mayor Gen Nakagawa is searching for the best way possible to commemorate former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who was fatally shot in the western Japan city last month. On Monday morning, flowers were placed at the traffic island near a train station where Abe was shot at close range during a campaign speech on […]
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Duluth Mayor to accept historic letter from sister city in Japan
DULUTH, MN. (KBJR 6) –Mayor Emily Larson will be presented with a letter from 1954 on Tuesday. It will be presented by Barbara Auerbach, the daughter of former Duluth Mayor George D. Johnson. The letter was sent to Johnson by the mayor of Ohara, Japan in 1954. The letter is about the Japanese Peace Bell’s […]
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