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Posted inEducation
‘Transformative’ Japan Exchange Seeks Georgia Applicants for Fully Funded Program in Atlanta’s Sister City
A longstanding exchange program that has proven “transformative” for Atlanta fourth and fifth graders is seeking its next set of 11-year-old applicants for a fully funded two-week experience this July.
Posted inEconomic Development
Report: Foreign Investors Employ More Than 300,000 in Georgia
YKK is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Japan Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Japan newsletters. Some 1,500 foreign investors employ more than 300,400 people in Georgia, a third of […]
Posted inJapan
Acquisition Deepens Atlanta IT Firm’s Access to India, Japan
Atlanta-based Kaizen Analytix is acquiring an Indian information technology consultancy driving innovation in Japan.
Posted inWorld Cup
At Least Five National Teams Eyeing World Cup Base Camps in Atlanta
YKK is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Japan Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Japan newsletters. Beyond hosting eight matches, part of Atlanta’s strategy for the World Cup is to […]
Posted inDiplomacy
Diplomatic Digest: Turnover in Atlanta’s Consular Corps During 2025
Besides the fact that they provide the first touch points for Atlanta companies doing business in their respective countries, these consuls, honorary consuls and trade officials end up becoming de facto ambassadors for the city and region they’ve come to call home. The South, they find, is a region of both political and economic dynamism.
Posted inIndia
Getting Out There in 2025: Foreign Policy Lessons From Global Atlanta’s Reporting in Four Countries
Beyond local reporting, we look for the ground truth that comes only from seeing, feeling, touching a place, as well as nailing down impactful interviews with top officials that may be hard to come by back home.
Posted inSouth Korea
Weekly Briefing: The Kemp Interview
YKK is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Japan Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Japan newsletters. November 15, 2025 | v33i13 – Read online | Subscribe This issue of the […]
Posted inJapan
Kemp: Japan Trip Crucial for Georgia as Focus Shifts From Tariffs to Strategic Investments
YKK is the presenting sponsor of Global Atlanta’s Japan Channel. Subscribe here for monthly Japan newsletters. As Gov. Brian Kemp welcomed Japanese Ambassador Shigeo Yamada to the State Capitol in […]
Posted inJapan
Former Georgia Tech Professor Decorated by Japanese Government
Retired Georgia Tech Professor Brian Woodall, a political scientist with deep expertise on East Asia and three books on Japan to his credit, has received one of the Japanese government’s top honors.