Fwd: State dinner for PM Abe, April 29, 2015

From:eryn.sepp@gmail.com To: john.podesta@gmail.com Date: 2015-04-24 22:54 Subject: Fwd: State dinner for PM Abe, April 29, 2015

Glen asked me to resend this to you. I am fulfilling that. Let me know if there's anything I can do/send to anyone on your behalf. Begin forwarded message: > From: "Glen S. Fukushima" <gsf1280@gmail.com> > Date: April 21, 2015 at 11:06:23 AM EDT > To: <john.podesta@gmail.com> > Cc: "'Eryn Sepp'" <eryn.sepp@gmail.com> > Subject: RE: State dinner for PM Abe, April 29, 2015 > > John, > > Another point I should add is that the Japanese government in recent years (and Abe in particular) has expressed interest in forging stronger ties with American leaders of Japanese ancestry (part of the reason Abe is visiting San Francisco and Los Angeles on his trip to the U.S. this month), and I certainly fit that category. > > Thanks, and I hope you can get me in the dinner! > > Glen > > From: Glen S. Fukushima [mailto:gsf1280@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2015 10:54 AM > To: john.podesta@gmail.com > Cc: 'Eryn Sepp' > Subject: State dinner for PM Abe, April 29, 2015 > > John, > > I’m informed that the White House will host a State Dinner for PM Abe on April 29. I haven’t been invited yet, but could you ask the WH to include me on the guest list? Reasons you can provide: > > 1. I was a member of Presidential Partners in 2011-2012, contributing over $70,000 myself to President Obama’s reelection, and I did fundraising for his election among the American business community in Japan. > > 2. I am one of the most active private sector Americans working to strengthen ties between the U.S. and Japan, having visited Japan 10 times in 2013, 7 times in 2014, and a planned 7 times in 2015. > > 3. I have been working especially to strengthen ties between the Japanese Establishment and American Democrats. > > 4. I represented American commercial interests in Japan as VP and President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan from 1993-1999, during the Clinton Administration (I did this after declining in 1993 Ron Brown’s offer to be his Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Economic Policy, the job eventually taken by Chuck Meissner). > > 5. I was the one who introduced U.S. Ambassador John Roos to Shinzo Abe in a private 3-person lunch in Tokyo in July 2011, a year and a half before Abe made his comeback as Prime Minister in Dec. 2012. > > 6. I joined the DSCC Majority Trust in Martha’s Vineyard (contributing over $32,400 to Democratic senators) in July 2014 and will join the DCCC Speaker’s Cabinet Napa Valley Weekend (contributing over $33,400 to Democratic House members) in August 2015. > > Thanks, and please let me know if you need additional information. > > Glen