The Montana-Japan Connection: Reflections on the KAKEHASHI Project 

Tuesday, April 25, University Center Room 326. 12:30pm - 1:20pm
with Participants in the 2016 KAKEHASHI Project study tour of Japan 

Montana and Japan have long shared strong ties, from Montana Senator Mike Mansfield’s decade as the U.S. Ambassador to Japan to Montana’s Japanese sister-city of Kumamoto. Last fall 23 UM students had the chance to travel to Japan on the KAKEHASHI Project. Participants will share what they learned about the economic, political, and cultural ties between Japan and Montana and Japan and the U.S. Part of the Mansfield Center's Brown Bag Lecture Series