U.S.-Japan Council of the Japanese American National Museum, who had been working with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to introduce Japanese American leaders to Japan through the Japanese American Leadership Delegation. Hirano Inouye is now the President of USJC. In 2012, the U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) was created to support the administration of the TOMODACHI Initiative. In 2013, U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) became a Public Interest Corporation ("Koeki Zaidan Hojin"). President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe praised the work of the U.S.-Japan Council in supporting the U.S.-Japan relationship in a Joint Statement issued during their April 2014 Summit. The Joint Statement particularly
Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful the tracks Norman Granz mixed for the unreleased album "Ella In Nippon". Disc One: Recorded January 19, 1964 at Hibiya Public Hall, Tokyo, Japan. Disc Two: Recorded January 22, 1964 at the Hotel Okura, Tokyo, Japan. Disc 2 Disc One: Tracks 1 to 12; Tracks 13 to 16; Disc Two: Tracks 1 to 6; Tracks 7 to 10; Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful Ella in Japan: 'S Wonderful is a 1964 live album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, recorded in Tokyo, Japan. Norman Granz sold the Verve label to MGM Records in 1961, but continued to manage her