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March 5, 2024

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: 


January 2, 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:


July 17, 2023

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.


January 13, 2023

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:


December 16, 2022

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:


July 8, 2022

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:


November 29, 2017
Congressman Joaquin Castro (TX-20), member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and co-chair of the U.S.-Japan Caucus, issued the following statement after the news of North Korea’s launch of a ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan

February 10, 2017

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.


February 10, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (LA-03), Co-Chairs of the U.S.-Japan Caucus, released the following statement applauding the United States Senate’s passage of the North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act of 2016:


January 12, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressmen Joaquin Castro (TX-20) and Charles W. Boustany, Jr., MD (LA-03), Co-Chairs of the U.S.-Japan Caucus, released the following statement on the agreement between Japan and the Republic of Korea regarding the issue of comfort women: