Episode 18 of the podcast CrossWorld Puzzles is now out!
I was incredibly honored to welcome the wonderful Glen S. Fukushima. A highly respected and renowned Japanese American leader, he needs no introduction for those of us in the U.S.-Japan space! (I met him through the U.S.-Japan Council, where he is a member of the Board of Councilors.) He is a Visiting Fellow at Stanford University, Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and Vice Chair of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation. His previous roles include serving as Director for Japanese Affairs and promoted to Deputy Assistant USTR for Japan and China at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, a senior business executive for five multinational corporations, and President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan. Aside from USJC, he is also active in the Japanese American Citizens League and the Japanese American National Museum, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and of the Global Council of the Asia Society as well as co-founder of the Asia Society Japan Center. He is a philanthropist to music, art, film, and education, especially programs promoting U.S.-Japan ties.
We discuss Glen’s upbringing as a Japanese American growing up in postwar Japan and California; the many different types of Japanese Americans; how he has supported U.S.-Japan relations through his many roles in government, business, and think tanks; and his philanthropy and support for education and the arts.
I am very grateful to Glen for taking the time to talk with me amid his busy schedule of moderating discussions, writing books and articles, and supporting stakeholders in the U.S.-Japan space. I enjoyed hearing the way he embraces his unique identity, and learned that we can be authentic even while being selective of which aspects of ourselves we show to others. I also love how he’s always pursued a wide range of fields that interest him, and enjoyed the anecdotes of his friendship with other well known leaders in U.S.-Japan relations.
The video podcast is below, but for more information on Glen, please see photos (and the episode transcript) here: https://crossworld-puzzles.com/episode18-glen/.
ポッドキャスト「CrossWorld Puzzles」の最新エピソードです。
今回は、大変光栄なことに、グレン・S・フクシマ氏にご登壇いただきました。多くの方にとってご紹介する必要がないほど著名な日系アメリカ人リーダーですが、今はスタンフォード大学の客員研究員、Center for American Progressの上級研究員、証券投資家保護公社の副会長を務めておられます。これまでは、米国通商代表部（USTR）において日本担当部長、その後通商代表補代理（日本・中国担当）を務め、5つの多国籍企業で経営幹部として活躍し、在日米国商工会議所の会頭なども歴任されました。米日カウンシル、日系アメリカ人市民連盟、全米日系人博物館、外交問題評議会、アジア・ソサエティでも活躍されています。音楽、芸術、映画、教育などに大きく貢献されてきたフィランソロピストでもいらっしゃいます。
本エピソードでは、戦後日本とカリフォルニアで育った日系アメリカ人としてのグレンさんの生い立ち、多様な日系アメリカ人の姿、政府・企業・シンクタンクにおける数々の立場から日米関係に行ってきた支援、教育・芸術分野を中心とした慈善活動について伺いました。
大変お忙しい中時間を割いてくださったグレンさんに深く感謝しています！ご自身のユニークなアイデンティティについてどのように考えていらっしゃるのか、とても興味深く伺いました。幅広い分野を常に追求されてきた姿勢や、日米関係の著名なリーダーたちとの逸話も、多くの方の刺激になるかと思います。ぜひご覧ください！
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