Homeland Security Under Secretary Visits Tokyo

July 30, 2007

Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer (right) welcomes Jay Cohen, Under Secretary of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Homeland Security Dept., to Tokyo on July 30 at the Embassy
Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer (right) welcomes Jay Cohen, Under Secretary of the Science and Technology Directorate of the Homeland Security Dept., to Tokyo on July 30 at the Embassy.

Ambassador Schieffer welcomed Jay Cohen, Under Secretary of the Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Tokyo on July 30. Under Secretary Cohen is visiting Japan to encourage closer cooperation with the Government of Japan in science and technology for homeland security.

The Under Secretary will exchange views with scientists working in the field and with officials from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. He will also participate in workshops with the private sector and academic community, and present a program at the Tokyo American Center.