Governor O’Malley greets high school students from Kanagawa Prefecture on the steps of the State House. March 24, 2008
Maryland English Teachers Working in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, August 2008
For almost 20 years now, Kanagawa Prefecture has hosted a Maryland teacher
to teach English conversation for adults. In August, six of the teachers
met to welcome home Libby Reid (left) and wish good luck to Peter Kidwell
(right). Peter will be teaching at Kanagawa International Foundation for
the 2008 – 2009 academic year. Libby and Peter are joined by John Sisson,
Mendy Nitsch, Diane Merriam, and Beth Volk (left to right). |
FACTS:
Population: 8.748 million
Governor: Shigefumi Matsuzawa
Capital: Yokohama
Major Cities: Kawasaki, Kamakura, Yokosuka
Executive Committee Chair: Kikko Okajima Murray, Merrill Lynch
Map: Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
MOU: Agreement signed 1981
Did you know Baltimore City and Kawasaki, Japan celebrate 30 years of
friendship this year? In honor of this historic event, Kawasaki has sent
their best youth baseball team to play a friendly game against a Baltimore
all-star team! The Baltimore students come from various programs out of
Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks and City Little League
teams. Please come and support our students while we celebrate this
tremendous international experience!
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July 10, 2008. Students from the Tayama Business School in Kanagawa Prefecture
visited Baltimore for a morning of study focusing on local economic development trends. Members of the Maryland – Kanagawa Sister
State Committee, staff from the Department of Business and Economic Development, the Office of the Secretary of State,
and the Kanagawa Prefecture Office in Maryland met the students at the Baltimore Development Corporation where BDC staff hosted
the meeting and a walking tour of the downtown area.
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