{"id":3233,"date":"2020-09-08T16:33:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T16:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/?p=3233"},"modified":"2021-03-19T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T16:37:44","slug":"welcome-consul-general-inagaki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/news\/welcome-consul-general-inagaki\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome Consul General Inagaki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3234\" src=\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/japan\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/09\/CG-Inagaki-2020.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"145\" height=\"181\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On August 21, 2020, Mr. Hisao INAGAKI arrived in Seattle to assume the post of<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><strong>Consul General of Japan in Seattle<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Consul General Inagaki joined the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1985.\u00a0 After serving as Director of Internet Public Relations Division, Minister\u2019s Secretariat, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), he was appointed as Consul General of Japan in Seattle in July 2020.\u00a0 Past assignments include postings in the U.S. three times, including in Washington D.C. and Chicago. \u00a0Having Master of Science degrees from both the Tokyo Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has an extensive career and experience in the fields of both Japan-US bilateral relations and information systems at MOFA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 21, 2020, Mr. Hisao INAGAKI arrived in Seattle to assume the post of\u00a0Consul General of Japan in Seattle. 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