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<p>I thought this might be interesting for some of you, especially after the recent workshop on Japan. </p>
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<div style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px">David Starling
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Consulate General of Japan in Atlanta <info@aa.mofa.go.jp><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 19, 2017 10:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> David L Starling<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Japan Now April 2017</font>
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<span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size:12px"><span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size:15px"><strong>The Japan-US Economic Partnership:
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</span>Japanese companies are helping support local economies across the United States and strengthen Japan-U.S. business relations. The Japanese Auto Industry alone supports 1.5 million American jobs. </span>
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<span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size:12px">One of the recent examples of this is the $1.33 billion investment by Toyota in Kentucky. Toyota’s plan to make vehicle development more efficient will create 700 new jobs in Kentucky and is just a small part
of a $10 billion, five-year investment. Subaru also recently announced their plan to add another 600 employees to a local factory in Lafayette, Indiana.
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<span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size:12px">Japanese companies also pay higher average wages than companies from other major nations, paying an average of $80,000 per year, per worker to their American employees.
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<span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size:12px">The close partnership between Japan and the United States strengthens the U.S. Economy, and not just in the automotive industry! As the second-largest developed country in the world, Japan’s cumulative Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI) in the U.S. is second only to the United Kingdom. </span>
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<span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size:12px">In addition, there are thirty-one U.S. states that list Japan as a top 10 export destination, with more than $1 billion in exports to Japan each year.</span>
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<span class="e2ma-style" style="font-size:12px">The Japan-US economic partnership is stronger than ever! Over the last three decades, the Japan-U.S. economic and trade relationship has changed dramatically. What started as a rivalry has transformed into a working
partnership – and a profitable one at that, with over 840k U.S. jobs created directly.</span></div>
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