2021 Japan Currents: COVID-19 Recovery-Public Health and Resumption of Travel
Broadcast on February 24, 2021 via Zoom Webinar.
Thanks to the generous support of the Embassy of Japan and the National Association of Japan-America Societies, attendance for this event was free and open to the public.
On Wednesday, February 24 at 3:30pm (HST), JASH hosted experts from the U.S. and Japan to share their country’s experiences, policies, and plans moving forward regarding COVID-19 recovery in the public health and travel sectors.
Speaking on public health, we welcomed Lt. Gov. Josh Green, physician and 14th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, and Dr. Norio Ohmagari, director of AMR Clinical Reference Center and director of Disease Control and Prevention Center of National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) in Japan. Presenting the latest information on the resumption of travel, we welcomed Mr. John De Fries, president and chief executive officer of the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority (HTA), and Mr. Eric Takahata, managing director of Hawaiʻi Tourism Japan (HTJ). The program will be moderated by Ms. Barbara Tanabe, owner and founder of Hoʻakea Communications, LLC (a public affairs company) and JASH board director.
