Midwest U.S.-Japan Association to hold its trade conference in Minnesota

Next week's conference will bring Japanese businesses to the Twin Cities metro for the first time in nearly three decades, the Business Journal reports. Gov. Mark Dayton and former Vice President and Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale are among those scheduled to speak during the event at the Minneapolis Hilton Sept. 16-18.

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Updated:: Mar 8, 2018
Original:: Sep 10, 2012

Next week's conference will bring Japanese businesses to the Twin Cities metro for the first time in nearly three decades, the Business Journal reports. Gov. Mark Dayton and former Vice President and Ambassador to Japan Walter Mondale are among those scheduled to speak during the event at the Minneapolis Hilton Sept. 16-18.

In 2011, Japan was Minnesota's third largest export market -- behind Canada and China.

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Mark Dayton is heading to Japan and South Korea in his first trade mission as governor. His schedule includes plenty of meetings with company executives and trade officials. He'll also visit with Minnesota soldiers and even take in a sumo wrestling tournament.

The County Seat Theater Company, of Clouquet, has been invited to perform in the World Children's Festival of Performing Arts in Toyama, Japan later this month.

Mondale was the daughter of former Vice-President Walter Mondale. She'd been fighting brain cancer since 2005.

Gov. Mark Dayton is in line to take over the leadership of the group a year from now, after he spends this year assisting the new chair, Iowa's Terry Branstad. The group focuses on agriculture, energy, and economic issues that affect the Midwest.

That's close to one out of every three stores. The Minneapolis St. Paul Business journal says there's no word yet if any of the 16 Gap stores in Minnesota will be affected.

The daughter of former vice president and senator Walter Mondale made her mark on radio and television as a correspondent and host. She died Sept. 17. The memorial is at St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Minneapolis.

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