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Glen Fukushima Suggested as Next Ambassador to Japan
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By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer
As President-elect Joe Biden puts together his Cabinet and other leaders in his administration, leaders in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community are asking for representation.
One name that has come up is Glen S. Fukushima senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for Japan and China as a possible candidate for U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Glen Fukushima
In a Nov. 18 opinion piece titled “Japan welcomes end of Trump era but has its doubts over Joe Biden-led U.S.” in the
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