Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus Chairs Reps. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) and Adrian Smith (R-NE) released the following statement after congressional leadership announced Prime Minister of Japan Kishida Fumio will address a joint meeting of Congress on April 11, 2024: 

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus chairs Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Adrian Smith (NE-03) issued the following statement in response to the deadly earthquake that struck Japan on January 1, 2024:

WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, July 12, U.S.-Japan Caucus Co-Chairs Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Adrian Smith (NE-03) welcomed a senior delegation from the Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) to discuss trends and opportunities for public and private-sector economic cooperation between the United States and Japan.

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Japan-Caucus co-chairs Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Adrian Smith (NE-03) and Representatives Ami Bera, M.D. (CA-06), Andy Barr (KY-06), Carol Miller (WV-01), and Dina Titus (NV-01) released the following statement on today's meeting between President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio:

WASHINGTON — Today, Congressman Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) and Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE-03), the co-chairs of the U.S.-Japan Caucus, released the following statement to express bipartisan support for Japan's new National Security Strategy, National Defense Strategy, and Defense Buildup Program:

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressmen Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Adrian Smith (NE-03), Co-Chairs of the U.S.-Japan Congressional Caucus, released the following statement on the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzō:

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Dave Reichert (WA-08), Co-Chairs of the U.S.-Japan Caucus, released the following statement on Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's visit to the United States:

"We welcome Prime Minister Abe to the United States and are pleased to hear that he had a constructive meeting this morning. Our nations' significant economic cooperation and Japan's investment in communities across the United States support jobs in so many of our Caucus members' districts.