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Japan’s Ambassador to U.S. to Speak at Howard
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WASHINGTON
(February
7, 2011)
– Ambassador
Ichiro Fujisaki
of Japan will
discuss his
country’s
relationship
with the United
States during
a speech at
10 a.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 16, in
the Blackburn
Center Digital
Auditorium
at Howard
University.
The ambassador
will describe
the importance
of the ties
between the
two nations
and how they
have consistently
improved and
been strengthened.
The program
is sponsored
by the Office
of the Provost
and the Department
of Political
Science.
Fujisaki served
as the political
minister of
the Embassy
of Japan in
Washington,
DC from 1995
to 1999. He
has also served
in Jakarta,
Paris, and
London as
a diplomat.
Prior to becoming
Ambassador
to the United
States, he
served as
Ambassador
to the United
Nations and
to the World
Trade Organization
in Geneva
where he served
as the Chairman
of the Executive
Committee
of UN High
Commissioner
for Refugees.
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Before
being appointed
deputy foreign
minister,
he served
as deputy
director-general
for Asian
Affairs and
director-general
for North
American Affairs
in the Ministry
of Foreign
Affairs in
Tokyo. Fujisaki
has also served
as the Sherpa,
or the personal
representative,
of Japan’s
prime minister
to G8 Summit
meetings.
Fujisaki was
a research
associate
at International
Institute
for Strategic
Studies in
London from
1987 to88.
He taught
as a lecturer
of International
Relations
at Sophia
University
in Tokyo from
1991 to 95.
Since his
arrival, he
has spoken
at Harvard,
Columbia,
Georgetown,
Stanford,
Yale, and
Brigham Young
University,
as well as
at several
think-tanks
in Washington,
such as the
Brookings
Institution,
AEI, Carnegie
Endowment,
CSIS, and
Stimson Center.
He speaks
English and
French fluently. |
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