When Sucheta Rawal told a friend of her plans to write a book on Japanese culture, Kazumi Fukumoto was wary. “I was a little bit afraid,” Ms. Fukumoto said, in part because the Japanese are notoriously particular about how their nuanced culture is portrayed by outsiders. While Japan’s people shares many near-universal values like respect Read more
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Kubota’s $1 Million Gift to Lanier Technical College to Provide State-of-the-Art Equipment
The $1 million donation from both Kubota Manufacturing of America (KMA) and Kubota Industrial Equipment (KIE) to the Lanier Technical College Foundation is to reinforce the college’s job placement rate for its graduates, Ray Perrin, president of Lanier Technical College, told Global Atlanta. It will do so, he said in a phone interview, by enhancing the Read more
Lake Lanier to Host Global Dragon Boat Championship
Since 1996 when the Olympic rowing, canoeing and kayaking events were held at Lake Lanier, the venue’s prestige has grown exponentially. Now known as Lake Lanier Olympic Park, it has drawn a host of prestigious events including U.S. national championships in all three sports. Two years ago it was the site for the Pan-American Championships drawing Read more
Asia Conference in Atlanta Exposes Trade Tensions
The Symposium on Asia-U.S. Partnership Opportunities has carved out a niche as one of the South’s largest Asia conferences largely by convening constituencies to discuss how best to work together across borders. But this year, the Kennesaw State University-sponsored event gave a glimpse into how the U.S. trading relationships across the region are fragmenting, little Read more
‘The Women Series’ to Celebrate Its 5th Anniversary With a Reception That’s Already Sold Out
For Rose Catherin, it began at the board meetings where often she would look around and see mostly men. As a long-standing member of the board of the French American Chamber of Commerce Atlanta-Southeast, she was determined to discover a way to galvanize the professional women with whom she was engaged through her work and Read more
The Lancaster Brothers Successfully Rode the 1980s Japanese Investment Wave into Georgia
Georgia kaolin, forestry and other natural resources along with real estate have been actively sought by overseas firms over the years. Yet Japanese companies were the ones that really put the state of Georgia in the running as a recipient of foreign direct investment, especially during the 1980s when the word got out that the Read more
Three Honored at American Korean Friendship Society Dinner Where Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy Delivers a ‘Surprise’ Trumpet Solo
Three Korean Americans were honored during a ceremonial dinner hosted by the American Korean Friendship Society Inc. on Feb. 23 at the Le Meridien Hotel Perimeter during which some 200 guests feasted on a menu of both steak and halibut. The location for the dinner seemed particularly fitting since Le Meridien had just opened only Read more
Georgia Exports Recover as Import Growth Leads to Record Trade Numbers
Georgia’s total exports grew by 4 percent to $37.2 billion in 2017, reversing the previous year’s steep decline but not yet returning global sales to their peak of $38.5 billion in 2015. Meanwhile, the combination of recovering exports and increased imports propelled the state to its highest overall trade volumes ever. Georgia companies imported Read more
Dean of Major University in Tokyo Sees Potential Japanese Support for U.S. Infrastructure Initiatives
Because of inclement weather last week, Shujiro Urata, the dean of the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies, at Japan’s Waseda University in Tokyo, had to cancel visits to Charlotte, N.C., and East Lansing, Mich., but he told Global Atlanta that he still felt the timing of his current visit to the United States was appropriate Read more
Japan-Owned OFS to Spend $138.9 Million in Georgia Expansion
Japanese subsidiary OFS is spending $138.9 million to expand two facilities in Gwinnett and Carroll counties. The investment is set to create 200 jobs between the factories in the cities of Norcross and Carrollton as growing bandwidth needs are fueling optimism in OFS’s core business: fiber-optic cable.
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