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| | Press Release Archive: JAPAN'S CORPORATE GIANTS CONTRIBUTE $1 MILLION TO HELP CREATE JAPAN-U.S. RELATIONS CHAIR AT GW'S ... |
 | | The Chair will be established in memory of the late Gaston Sigur, a longtime representative of the Asia Foundation, former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia, and GW Distinguished Professor of East Asian Studies. |
 | | Harding said, "We are deeply grateful to Ambassador Matsunaga and the 46 Japanese corporate contributors, to GW President Trachtenberg, and to former GW President Lloyd and Betty Elliott for endowing a strong Elliott School Japan studies program." |
 | | The Japanese promoters of the Japan-U.S. Relations Chair were: Toyota Motor Corporation, Nippon Electric Industry Company (NEC), Sony Corporation, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Asahi Breweries, Federation of Economic Organizations (Keidanren), The Fuji Bank, Hitachi, ITOCHU Corporation, Keio University, Mitsui and Company, Nippon Steel Corporation, Toray Industries, Toshiba Corporation, Waseda University, and The Yomiuri Shimbun. |
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