The images of Japan following last month’s tsunami have been devastating and for many Utahns, they’ve hit close to home. Salt Lake City has a sister city in Matsumoto, Japan and there is an effort underway to raise funds to benefit the people of Matsumoto affected by the natural disaster. Etsuko Freeman of the Salt [...]
Damian Smith, Attorney with Tech Law Ventures, PLLC writes the World Trade Center Utah: I just returned from Japan. I am sending you a little report about my observations. I missed the actual quake in Japan. I arrived in Japan the Wednesday evening before the Friday quake. I had meetings with clients on Thursday morning in Japan. We [...]
Utah businesses have considerable trade with Japan, and last week’s devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan will undoubtedly have an economic impact here.
Ms. Sachie Tanaka, Assistant Manager, Tourism and Convention Bureau, Kobe City Government (Japan), visited Salt Lake City August 8-11, 2010 as a guest of the U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, administered locally by the Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy. Ms. Tanaka is a highly regarded local city official responsible for Kobe’s international [...]
(SALT LAKE CITY) – Mr. Takeru Hamaura from the International Affairs Department of the Matsumoto (Japan) Chamber of Commerce and Industry paid a courtesy visit last week to the Salt Lake Chamber, Sister Chamber of the Matsumoto Chamber. The Matsumoto Chamber is 5,000-members strong and is providing services to its members in business development, education [...]







