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
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. |
