December 12, 2008

Brad Glosserman, Executive Director, Pacific Forum CSIS spoke on the current U.S. regional security and political scene, analyzing the U.S. security alliances in the North East Asia.

December 10, 2008

The Kansai American Center presented Gustavo Romero's hommage to Gershwin in collaboration with Resona Bank.

November 13, 2008

Tosh Minohara, Professor of International History, Graduate of School of Law, Kobe University, discussed "Post-Presidential Election Analysis" at the Kansai American Center.

October 3, 2008

Robert Pekkanen, Professor of University of Washington, spoke on the current U.S. political scene, analyzing the structure and impact of the 2008 Presidential Elections vis-a-vis current Japanese political movements at the Kansai American Center.

September 26, 2008

Meredith Fuchs, General Counsel to the National Security Archives of The George Washington University (Right) discussed "The Freedom of Information Act" at the Kansai American Center.

September 11, 2008

The Kansai American Center presented "Effective Strategies in NGO/NPO Management" in collaboration with Kansai NPO Alliance at Hotel Hankyu International. Mr. Fujiwara of Resona Bank and Mr. Uo of Fundrex joined as panelists. Attended by 50 guests, Ms. Forman discussed about key to successful fundraising activities with the audience.

June 29, 2008

Consul Smeller delivers keynote speech to the Ehime-Hawaii Association.

June 2, 2008

David Halpern presented "Understanding Global Climate Change: A Decade of Progress" at the Kansai American Center. He (second from right) visited the Osaka District Meteorological Observatory with Consul Ida Heckenbach (third from right).

May 23, 2008

Russell K. Uyeno (Center) presented "Tourism Development in Hawaii" at the Kansai American Center.

April 24, 2008

Orr and Fussner discussed "U.S. Presidential Election" at the Kansai American Center.

April 15, 2008

The Kansai American Center held "the Asia and Pan-Pacific Economic Seminar" at the Osaka International Convention Center.

March 19, 2008

Carol Fishman Cohen (Left) spoke on "Resuming a Career After Extended Leave" at the Dawn Center.

March 6 - 8, 2008

Kansai American Center Reference Service participated in the Business Information Fair at Nakanoshima

Kansai American Center Referece Service participated in the Business Information Fair at Nakanoshima and promoted reference and outreach services.

March 4, 2008

Sommers Pierce, Information Resource Officer at American Embassy, Tokyo, spoke on "The Library Profession in the United States" at the Kansai American Center.

February 7, 2008

McGann presented "American Think Tanks" at the Kansai American Center.

January 31, 2008

Kamphausen discussed "The Rise of Chinese Military" at the Kansai American Center.