{"id":1983,"date":"2017-12-18T08:46:41","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T08:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.internationalhubportmanatee.com\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2025-11-13T10:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T15:23:59","slug":"port-manatee-and-japan-strengthening-commercial-connections-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/port-manatee-and-japan-strengthening-commercial-connections-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Port Manatee and Japan strengthening commercial connections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/japan_visit-1024x685.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"japan_visit\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/japan_visit-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/japan_visit-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/japan_visit-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/japan_visit-e1518093527171.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element \" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>SeaPort Manatee and Japan are strengthening commercial connections with the visit today [Dec. 15] of the Asian nation\u2019s top Florida-based official to the port and its global trade hub.<\/p>\n<p>Following a luncheon presentation at the International Trade Hub at SeaPort Manatee and meetings with area business leaders, Ken Okaniwa, Consul General of Japan in Miami expressed his interest in learning more about the area and promoting business ties with Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Japan already is the No. 2 source of imports coming into Florida, with the more than $6.5 billion in Japanese goods entering the Sunshine State trailing only China among trade partners. Also, Japan has historically been the No. 1 country for foreign direct investment in Florida. Nearly 200 Japanese companies combine to account for about 24,200 Florida jobs, according to Okaniwa.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=\"1959\" img_size=\"large\" add_caption=\"yes\" alignment=\"center\"][vc_column_text]SeaSeaPort Manatee and Japan are strengthening commercial connections with the visit today [Dec. 15] of the Asian nation\u2019s top Florida-based official to the port and its global trade hub.<\/p>\n<p>Following a luncheon presentation at the International Trade Hub at SeaSeaPort Manatee and meetings with area business leaders, Ken Okaniwa, Consul General of Japan in Miami expressed his interest in learning more about the area and promoting business ties with Japan.<\/p>\n<p>Japan already is the No. 2 source of imports coming into Florida, with the more than $6.5 billion in Japanese goods entering the Sunshine State trailing only China among trade partners. Also, Japan has historically been the No. 1 country for foreign direct investment in Florida. Nearly 200 Japanese companies combine to account for about 24,200 Florida jobs, according to Okaniwa.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1986,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1983\/revisions\/1986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.internationalhubseaportmanatee.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}