srrccEs rDD nnr,'.Rl(s:
lfl
were rrectina you
"velcome.
it
r
But since we
the Ha{dian
ir waslnhaton,'i11. Prino rhnister, I sould sav
de
ln
lawrii I ihinl it is
i
more approp.iate to sav
trry: (aloha.r
rAloha( is ona ol the hrppiest
dd vdmest
rvdrds tn my
better tbm my lnglish wod cm, it conveys the spirit
l$g!age. iluch
ofllien&hip, goodsill,
arxl allection Nhich has lorg choacterizcd thc rclations beh{aenJa!an md the
Uniled States. so we location
fo.
de es?ecially
glad
thttihe
lRdd ol aloh! should be
tlE
these inport@t meetinss over thc n€xl hvo aaJ6
We chose gonolulu
s
the slie tor thi6 con{ercnce
becdse geosEalhically it is mutualty convenient. Bul pdate because lt is
t
place wh€re our two culturcs
are Hawaiirs largest slngle nation.lif,y 8!oup,
inpat,
t1
also seemed appro-
heet - Jaldese_Americds
ad J3rro
aizable sharc ol thi6 State's tnvesineni, trad€ and
of course,
accounis for
tou sE
rYerv
Eawaiirs
Lieutenant Gov€rnor (G?o4e Ariyoshi) and hatl its delegation in Congres6 (S?nator Inouye
dd
whjcn giye6 you
a
nepresentative ilaisunags)
de
oI Jrpmese baclground
idea oI the l€adership role these people plav in this
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com unitv.