JASWI Launch Event Highlights Opportunities for Collaboration The Japan America Society of Wisconsin (JASWI) held a successful launch event on February 27, bringing together key business leaders and representatives from…
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(LAKE GENEVA, WI) Milton “Mick” Neshek passed away peacefully on January 5, 2025, at his winter home in Naples, FL. Son of an immigrant father, August and Laura (Charnesky) Neshek,…
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This fall a delegation of high school students and cultural leaders visited from Japan through the Chiba-Wisconsin Association. After a five-year pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this visit marks…
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Currently based in Washington DC at the Embassy of Japan as the Defence & Naval Attache, Rear Admiral Takaaki Hayamizu of the Japan Maritime Self-Defence Forces visited Madison for three…
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ICJLE 2024 held in Madison from August 1 – 3, 2024 The International Conference for Japanese Language Educators (ICJLE) 2024 was hosted from August 1st – 3rd on the beautiful…
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Representatives from Wisconsin participate in the annual MidWest Japan Association Conference. This year the 54th conference will be hosted in Columbus, Ohio on September 8 – 10, 2024 with the…
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In September 2023, John Garnetti, Managing Director of the Office of Business Engagement at UW Madison, was invited to Japan to explore and promote mutually beneficial opportunities between Japanese companies…
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To the sound of massive Japanese taiko drums and the background of a traditional Shinto ceremony, Kikkoman, the world’s leading producer of traditionally brewed soy sauce, ushered in a new…
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The Kato family are aiming to complete 1000 performances in all 50 states across the US. They visited Wisconsin for 3 performances in September 2023.
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Gov. Tony Evers today visited Japan’s sister state of Chiba Prefecture, where he met with Gov. Kensaku Morita and the Chiba Prefectural Board of Education and toured the original Kikkoman…
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