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JAPAN–U.S. BUSINESSMEN’S CONFERENCE • 125
Association of Corporate Executives, the Kansai Economic Federation,
and the Japan Foreign Trade Council.
In April 1971, the United States formed the Advisory Council on
Japan–U.S. Economic Relations (ACJUSER) under the chairmanship
of Najeeb E. Halaby, the chairman of Pan American World Airways.
Japan responded to this development by establishing the Japan–U.S.
Business Council under the joint leadership of Kogoro Uemura,
chairman of the Federation of Economic Organizations; Shigeo
Nagano, chairman of the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
Kazutaka Kikawada, chairman of the Japan Association of Corporate
Executives; and Yoshizane Iwasa, chairman of Fuji Bank. In 1985,
the ACJUSER became the U.S.–Japan Economic Council, and in
1989 it took on its present name, the U.S.–Japan Business Council.
Membership in the USJBC is open to executives from U.S. companies
doing business in Japan; leading consulting, accounting, and law
firms; and other major service providers.
The JUSBC has five major goals:
1. To make proposals on basic, long-term business policy to the
Japanese and U.S. governments, and to other governments
around the world.
2. To study current and possible future business issues involving
the U.S. and Japan.
3. To promote an exchange of business opinions between the two
countries and to reach constructive agreements with the
U.S.–Japan Business Council.
4. To make timely recommendations to the Japanese and U.S.
governments with the U.S.–Japan Business Council in respect
of Japan–U.S. business issues and common concerns.
5. To promote all activities necessary to achieve the purposes of
the Japan–U.S. Business Council.
JAPAN–U.S. BUSINESSMEN’S CONFERENCE. The Japan–U.S.
Businessmen’s Conference is a private-sector conference that brings
together business-world representatives from the United States and
Japan to exchange opinions on economic issues of interest to both
countries. The first conference was held in 1961, followed by eight
more by the end of 1971. After the ninth conference in 1972, the