Consulate-General of Japan, Nashville
Consulate-General of Japan, Nashville 在ナッシュビル日本国総領事館 | |
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Location | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
Address | 1801 West End Avenue, Suite 900 |
The Consulate-General of Japan, Nashville (在ナッシュビル日本国総領事館, Zai Nasshubiru Nippon-koku Sōryōjikan) is a diplomatic facility of Japan. It is located in Suite 900 of Palmer Plaza in Nashville, Tennessee. Its jurisdiction includes the U.S. states of Tennessee, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Mississippi.[1]
History
The consulate was originally the Consulate-General of Japan, New Orleans (在ニュー・オルリンズ日本国総領事館, Zai Nyū Orurinzu Nippon-koku Sōryōjikan). It first opened in 1922.
Yutaka Horiba, an economics professor at
The Japanese government prepared the move of the consulate for over one year. During that time lawmakers from Louisiana unsuccessfully asked the Japanese government to keep the consulate in New Orleans. The Japanese government had plans to assign an
For the first nine months of 2007, Japan took over $2 billion worth of Louisiana-origin goods, making it the state's second largest export market. Zeh-Noh Grain Corp., a U.S. subsidiary of Zen-Noh, operates one of the largest grain elevators in Louisiana. As of 2007 many Japanese tourists visit Louisiana for the music.[2]
See also
- Tennessee Meiji Gakuin High School (a Japanese international senior high school in Tennessee)
- Consulate-General of Japan, Atlanta
- Consulate-General of Japan, Detroit
- Consulate-General of Japan, Honolulu
- Consulate-General of Japan, Houston
- Diplomatic missions of Japan
References
- ^ "Map." () Embassy of Japan in Washington DC. Retrieved on May 6, 2013. "1801 West End Avenue, Suite 900, Nashville, Tennessee 37203, U.S.A."
- ^ The Times-Picayune. November 30, 2007. Accessed June 21, 2008.
- Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C.Retrieved on March 7, 2010. "New Orleans Consulate-General of Japan, Suite 2050, One Poydras Plaza, 639 Loyola Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana 70113, U.S.A."
- ^ "Another hit for Nashville: Japan's consulate." Automotive News. December 11, 2006. Volume 81, Issue 6233. p. 42. Available at ProQuest, Document ID 219505818.
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