01. Welcome: Ambassador Yoshio Karita, Leader of the Delegation, former chairman
of TBSL
02. Emcees: Miss Ui Onomi, Japanese Student, Aichi University. Miss Chidera
Obiwuma, American Student, Banneker Academic High School
03. Remarks: Ms. Esther Olavarria, Vice President of Institutional Affairs, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
04. Remarks: Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae, Embassy of Japan in the United States.
Read by Ms. Yoko Tsuge, First Secretary, Public Affairs Section
05. Remarks: Mr. Glen S. Fukushima, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress
06. Speech: Mr. Jeffrey Jenkins, American Student, Dunbar Senior High School
07. Speech: Mr. Takuya Takahama, Japanese Student, Kyoto University
08. Message: Ambassador Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan. Read by Miss Pascale Shears, American Student, Washington Latin Public Charter School
09. Message: Ambassador Yoshio Okawara, Honorary President, the America-Japan
Society, Inc. Read by Miss Tsukimi Kanazawa, Japanese Student, Chukyo University
10. Message: Ms. Sheila M. Crowley, Acting Director, Peace Corps. Read by Mr. Jonah Nguyen-Conyers, American Student, DC International Public Charter School
11. Message: Mr. Shinichi Kitaoka, President of the Japan International Cooperation
Agency. Read by Mr. Ryosuke Nakata, Chief Representative, JICA USA Office
12. Message: Ms. Chiaki Mukai, The first Japanese female astronaut. Read
by Miss Nanako Kurachi, Japanese Student, Doshisha University
