WHAT THEY’RE SAYING

“The California trade delegation to Japan was highly successful in strengthening ties between the world’s third and fourth largest economies,” said Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi. As a state legislator, I represent the South Bay area of Los Angeles County, home to the largest number of Japanese businesses in the United States. Japanese business investment in California creates jobs for Californians and promotes innovation in clean energy and other important industries.  I thank Lieutenant Governor Kounalakis and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development for leading this successful trade mission.” 

“The successful trade mission further strengthened our state’s and country’s tight-knit relationship with Japan and will lead to more meaningful collaboration as we work together to enhance trade and rapidly cut planet-warming pollution from our transportation sectors, including seaports on both sides of the Pacific,” said CalSTA Secretary Omishakin. “The trip may be over, but the information gained, and the partnerships forged will pay dividends for the people of California for years to come.” 

“During our time in Japan, we celebrated the strong ties that we have within the market, visiting some of our key agricultural importers and highlighting California products to the trade,” said CDFA Secretary Karen Ross. “Our goals were to expand trade and climate collaboration to enhance opportunities for California’s farmers and ranchers in our fourth largest agricultural export market. It was a pleasure to participate in the trip and expand our strong friendship with Japan.” 

“The pioneering climate policy that we create at the California Air Resources Board is, in many ways, a call to zero-emissions technology investors and manufacturers that we are open for business,” said CARB Chair Randolph. “The California-Japan Trade Mission allowed us to share our climate story, exchange lessons learned with government leaders in Japan, and foster the clean technology partnership and investment we need both in California and around the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.” 

“For the CEC, the ‘mission’ in the trade mission to Japan was climate solutions. And this trip was a tremendous success in strengthening the collaboration between California and Japan on clean energy,” said CEC Chair David Hochschild. “It included the signing of a billion-dollar deal on California lithium, as well as productive meetings on offshore wind, transportation electrification, energy storage, hydrogen, and electric heat pumps. I would like to thank Lt. Governor Kounalakis and GO-Biz Director DeeDee Myers for their leadership in making it happen.” 

“California is open for business, and we’re eager to welcome Japanese travelers back to rediscover all our state has to offer,” said Caroline Beteta, President and CEO of Visit California. “We have a longstanding relationship with Japanese travelers that goes back decades, and there are so many new experiences to explore. The new initiatives we launched in Japan this week will reignite partnerships and showcase the best of California to travel agents, meeting planners and visitors.”  

“The California Chamber of Commerce was delighted to work alongside the Lt. Governor’s Office and GO-Biz on this important and successful mission to Japan,” said Susanne Stirling, Vice President of International Affairs at the California Chamber of Commerce. “The business leaders in our delegation greatly appreciated the unique opportunities to visit with Japanese businesses, tour factories, and learn more about Japan’s centers of innovation. The meetings we took part in brought us a renewed sense of optimism for successful partnerships with Japanese companies and supported CalChamber’s long-held goal of expanding international trade and investment to bolster California’s economy and prosperity.” 

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