Onigiri Action 2018

Anyone up for an onigiri party?

World Food Day is celebrated every year on October 16th to commemorate the 1945 founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization by the United Nations.

This year, we honor World Food Day from October 10th - November 20th by making and enjoying “Onigiri (Rice Ball)”

Participating is easy:

1. Acquire onigiri.

2. Photograph making it, eating it, yourself dressed up as it, or just the onigiri itself!

3. Post it here and on social media.

4. Tag your post with #onigiriaction

For every onigiri photo, 5 school meals will be provided.

More details can be found at https://onigiri-action.com/en/

Let's change the world with onigiri!

Working Effectively with Japanese

October 16, 2018

9:00 am - 4:30 pm

Courtyard Chicago Arlington Heights/South - Marriott 100 West Algonquin Road Arlington Heights, IL 60005

There will be a professional seminar October 16th in Arlington Heights on effective strategies and practices when doing business with the Japanese.

Interested in more details and joining? Check out the event here.

Japan and Evolving Trade in the Asia Pacific

Thursday, October 18, 2018

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Masuda, Funai, Eifert & Mitchell, Ltd., 203 N. LaSalle Street, 25th Floor (Conference Room), Chicago, IL 60601

$20 (non-member)

Event

This has been a period of rapid change in economic relationships. This session on Japan and Evolving Trade in the Asia Pacific will address those changes. It will include topics such as the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the U.S. departure, and its reincarnation as the CPTPP. It will discuss irritants and possibilities in the trading relationship between the United States and Japan, as well as prospects for other regional initiatives, such as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) or warming ties between Japan and China.

Speaker

Phil Levy is Senior Fellow on the Global Economy at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and teaches in the Strategy Department at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. Previously he has taught at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs, and Yale University’s Department of Economics. From 2003 to 2006, he served first as senior economist for trade for President Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers and then as a member of Secretary of State Rice’s Policy Planning Staff, covering international economic matters.

Register here.