Longtime Commercial Relations Promote Opportunities to Form Reliable Partnerships
(WorldNews Japan)

The following answers to questions posed by the California Chamber of Commerce are from Toru Maeda, consul general, Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco. The office was established 150 years ago, on August 25, 1870. Japan-California Relations Please describe your thoughts on the unique relationship between Japan and California? Japan and California share a long history. It dates back to 1860 when the first Japanese diplomatic mission arrived in San Francisco Bay. The purpose of the mission was to exchange ratification documents for the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and the Empire of Japan. Thus, commercial interests have always played a significant role in...