Events

32nd Annual Meeting of the Southeast U.S./Japan and the Japan-U.S. Southeast Associations

This year, Tennessee's delegation will meet with counterparts from Japan and seven member states in the Southeast in Raleigh, North Carolina, from Sunday, October 19th through Tuesday, October 21st. Meeting sessions invite business executives and government officials from both sides to consider and discuss topics related to investment, trade, tourism and corporate opportunities.

What Is The Southeast U.S./Japan Association?

Created in 1976, the Southeast U.S./Japan Association ("SEUS/Japan") was established to promote trade, investment, understanding and friendship between Japan and member states of the southeast U.S. Member states of SEUS/ Japan are Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia and include delegates from both the private and public sectors.

SEUS/Japan has a Japanese counterpart, the Japan-U.S. Southeast Association. The Japanese organization's membership includes Japan's top business leaders and government officials. An annual conference between the two associations is held on a rotational basis in Japan and the southeastern U.S. Also, on a rotational basis, each of the eight states serves as "Host and Co-Host State" for a two-year term and assumes leadership of SEUS/Japan during that period. Florida hosted the last U.S. joint meeting in Orlando in 2006. North Carolina last hosted the event in Charlotte in 1994. Tennessee will host the meeting in Nashville in 2010; previous Tennessee meetings were held in Nashville in 1982 and Memphis in 1996.

Registration materials will be available in early August. For more information, contact Leigh Wieland or Rita Reed(615-371-6151 or jastninfo@jastn.com)