Posted at 5:39 p.m., Thursday, August 16, 2007
U.S., Japan mayors to meet here next week
Advertiser Staff
Mayors from throughout the United States and Japan will meet in Honolulu from Sunday to Tuesday for the Ninth Japan-U.S. Mayors Fellowship Exchange Meeting."It's an honor to welcome my colleagues from Japan and the United States," Mayor Mufi Hannemann said. "We'll be exchanging ideas on environmental challenges, including solid waste, facing our municipalities, as well as other matters of mutual concern."
The two top leaders of the U.S. Conference of Mayors will be participating: President Douglas H. Palmer, mayor of Trenton, N.J.; and Tom Cochran, executive director of the conference.
Hannemann is on the advisory board of the conference, a nonpartisan 1,100-member organization. He is also chairman of its Tourism, Arts, Parks, Entertainment and Sports Committee.
