I am saddened to announce that I am being transferred back to Japan, and therefore my period as Director of Kobe Trade Information Office ended March 31st, 2018. I will be returning to Kobe. Look...
The Japan Seattle AI Innovation Meetup 7.0 event was held on January 24-26 in order to connect startups in Seattle with Japanese corporations. The meetup event was hosted by Innovation Finders Ca...
(和訳は下記にあります。) As of today (January 22, 2018), Amazon Go is open to the public! The store has been in a beta open since December 5, 2016 and available only to Amazon empl...
On January 16th, Director Sometani traveled to Manhattan, NY, in order to attend the 23rd annual Great Hanshin Earthquake remembrance ceremony being hosted by the Hyogo Club of NY and the NY bran...
Kobe Trade Information Office took part in the “Design Thinking x Japan ~ Re-imagine Japan Tourism~” event hosted by the Consulate General of Japan in San Francisco. The event took place over...
A Seattle-Kobe business seminar was held on July 27th, as part of the celebrations surrounding the 60th anniversary of the Seattle-Kobe sister city relationship. The seminar hosted a variety of s...
Kobe Trade Information Office will be hosting a Kobe Business Seminar in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Kobe – Seattle sister city relationship. Date/Time: July 27th...
We at the Kobe Trade Information Office attended the 2017 South by Southwest event, a multimedia conference held annually in Austin, TX. Our goal was to promote 078 Kobe, a similar...
The Seattle-Kobe Sister City 60th anniversary celebrations kick-off reception was held at the Consul General’s Official Residence in Seattle. On February 24th, Consul General Omura began with a...
On Monday, January 16th, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Remembrance Ceremony was held by the Seattle Kobe Sister City Association at the Kobe Bell site in Seattle Center. Follo...