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EXPORTS COMPOSITION OF EXPORTS 14+9+7+19+t $20.1 billion goods and services exports to Japan $12.3 billion Goods Exports to Japan 24+

Japan share of 19% Japan share of total MACHINERY total state exports to Asia 7% $1.2 billion state exports to the world CHEMICALS FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS (40 countries) $1.2 billion $1.1 billion TRANSPORTATION MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT $1.1 billion $1.7 billion AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS COMPUTERS $808.4 million & ELECTRONIC OTHER PRODUCTS $2.4 billion JOBS FROM EXPORTS $2.9 billion 65,227 Jobs directly supported by exports to Japan + 63,266 Jobs indirectly supported by exports to Japan

Total Jobs Supported by Exports to Japan 128,493 $7.8 billion Services exports to Japan

JAPANESE STUDENTS INVESTMENT IMPACT

4.2% $172 million 655 Japanese majority owned firms in the state Japan’s share of all Japanese student contribution international students to state economy 110,800 American workers at Japanese-owned firms

TRAVEL & TOURISM JAPANESE-AMERICANS

$2 billion 280,432 0.74% of the state population Contribution to state economy by Japanese visitors Total Japanese 5.60% of state Asian American population Americans in California 140,575 people who speak Japanese at home

EXCHANGES & CONNECTIONS

MORE EXCHANGES JAPANESE GARDENS CITIES WITH CHERRY JAPAN AMERICA SOCIETIES SISTER CITIES COLLEGES WITH JAPAN ON THE BLOSSOMS DONATED BY JAPAN STUDIES PROGRAMS BACK Oroville - Chinese Temple Sacramento | San Francisco, San Diego | Gardena | San Prefecture - State of Chico - California State Univ. Garden | Muir Beach - Green which also has a cherry Francisco California | : Takeo - at Chico | Arcata - Humboldt Gulch Farm Zen Center | blossom festival. | Cupertino Sebastopol | Ibaraki : Kamisu State Univ. | Kentfield - College Granite Bay - Myo-wa-en | | Saratoga | Los Angeles | San - Eureka | : Omachi of Marin | Davis - Univ. of St. Helena - Newton Vineyard Diego - Mendocino | Kagawa : Sakide California-Davis | Fairfield - Japanese Garden | Lodi - - Sausalito | Iwate : Otsuchi Solano Community College Micke Grove Park and Zoo | (Town) - Fort Bragg | Ibaraki : | South Lake Tahoe - Lake Berkeley - Berkeley Botanical Toride - Yuba | Aichi : Inuyama Tahoe Community College | Gardens | - Davis | Yamanashi : Nirasaki Sacramento - California State - Fairfield | Univ. at Sacramento |

SOURCE: Exports (2013), Jobs (2013), and Travel & Tourism (2013): Estimated by the Trade Partnership (Washington, DC), US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Japanese Firms: Uniworld Business Publications (accessed January 2015). Employment at Japanese Firms (2012): US Bureau of Economic Analysis. Japanese Americans (2013): US Bureau of the Census American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Students from Japan and Economic Contributions from Students (both 2013-2014 academic year): Institute of International Education; NAFSA (Association of International Educators). Exchanges and Connections: Sister Cities International and individual sister city partnerships; JGarden.org; National Association of Japan-America Societies; US College Search; Embassy of Japan. For definition of Asia (40 countries) and other methodology, visit www.AsiaMattersforAmerica.org/data-sources. Japan Matters for America (AsiaMattersforAmerica.org/Japan) is an interactive resource for credible and nonpartisan information, graphics, analysis and news on US-Japan relations at the national, state and local levels. Japan Matters for America is part of the Asia Matters for America initiative of the East-West Center. AsiaMattersforAmerica.org/JAPAN

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JAPANESE GARDENS SISTER CITIES COLLEGES WITH JAPAN STUDIES PROGRAMS

San Francisco - Japanese Tea Garden at Golden Aichi : Tobishima (Town) - Rio Vista | : Warabi Yucaipa - Crafton Hills College | San Bernardino - Gate Park | San Francisco - Strybing Arboretum and - El Dorado County | : Kirishima - Sonora California State Univ. | Stockton - Univ. of the Pacific Botanical Gardens | San Francisco - Wells-Fargo Bank | Hyogo : Akashi - Vallejo | : Hashimoto | Stockton - San Joaquin Delta College | Turlock | San Mateo - Japanese Tea Garden at Central Park | - Rohnert Park | Miyagi : Iwanuma - Napa | Aichi : Tsu- - California State Univ. at Stanislaus | Pleasant Hill Berkeley - Berkeley Botanical Gardens | Oakland - Lake shima - Hercules | Ehime : - Sacramento | - Diablo Valley College | San Pablo - Contra Costa Merritt Japanese Gardens | Oakland - Oakland East Saitama : Chichibu - Antioch | Yamanashi : Kofu - Lodi College | Moraga - Saint Marys College of California | Bay Garden | Hayward - Hayward Japanese Gardens | : Shizuoka - Stockton | : Kurume - San Francisco - Univ. of San Francisco | Berkeley - UC | Fresno - Shinzen Japanese Garden | San Jose - San Modesto | Hokkaido : Memuro (Town) - Tracy | Iwate : Berkeley | San Francisco - City College of San Francisco Jose Japanese Friendship Garden | Saratoga - Hakone Kitakami - Concord | Shizuoka : Shimada - Richmond | San Francisco - San Francisco State Univ. | Hayward Gardens | San Jose - Buddhist Church Betsuin | Santa | : - Pittsburg | Osaka : Osaka - California State Univ. at East Bay | Fresno - Fresno Cruz - Dominican Rehabilitation Center | Carmel - San Francisco | Fukuoka : Fukuoka - Oakland | Osaka City College | Merced - Merced College | Cupertino - De Valley - Tassajara Zen Mountain Center | San Marino : - Berkeley | Osaka : Kishiwada - South San Fran- Anza College | Santa Clara - Santa Clara Univ. | Stanford - Huntington Library Botanical Garden | Pomona cisco | : Narita - San Bruno | Osaka : - Stanford Univ. | Los Altos Hills - Foothill College | - George and Sakaye Aratani Japanese Garden at - San Mateo | : Kariwa (Town) - Half Moon Bay | Saratoga - West Valley College | San Jose - San Jose Cal Poly Ponoma | La Canada Flintridge - Descanso Fukuoka : Iizuka - Sunnyvale | : Omura - San State Univ. | Gilroy - Gavilan College | Aptos - Cabrillo Gardens | Van Nuys - Suiho-en | Covina - Citrus Valley Carlos | Chiba : - Hayward | Chiba : Yotsu- College | Monterey - Defense Language Institute Medical Center | Duarte - City of Hope National Medical kaido - Livermore | Kochi : Kochi - Fresno | : Oga | Monterey - Middlebury Institute of International Center | Irwindale - Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area - Livingston | Saitama : Fukaya - Fremont | Shimane : Studies at Monterey | Monterey - Monterey Peninsula Phase VI | Pacific Palisades - Self Realization Fellowship Izumo - Santa Clara | Ibaraki : City - Milpitas | College | Santa Cruz - Univ. of California at Santa Cruz Lake Shrine | Los Angeles - Los Angeles County Aichi : Toyokawa - Cupertino | Salinas : Wakuya (Town) | Fresno - California State Univ. at Fresno | Bakersfield - Museum of Art | Los Angeles - Japanese American - Salinas | Shizuoka : Iwata - Mountain View | Ibaraki : Bakersfield College | Santa Barbara - UC Santa Barbara National Museum | Los Angeles - Japanese American Tsuchiura - Palo Alto | : Muko - Saratoga | | San Luis Obispo - California Tech State Univ. at San Cultural and Community Center | Los Angeles - Kyoto : Nichinan (Town) - Scotts Valley | : Mizuho Luis Obispo | Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara City Grand Hotel & Gardens | Los Angeles - Theodore (Town) - Morgan Hill | : Okayama - San Jose College | Camarillo - California State Univ. Channel Roosevelt Senior High School | Los Angeles - UCLA | Kagoshima : Ichikikushikino -Salinas | Ishikawa : Islands | Claremont - Claremont McKenna College | Hannah Carter Japanese Garden | Whittier - Rose Hills Nanao - Monterey | Wakayama : Shingu -Santa Cruz | Pasadena - Pasadena City College | Claremont - Pitzer Memorial Park | Torrance - Former Epson America Hyogo : Kato - Hollister | : Takko (Town) - Gilroy College | Los Angeles - Los Angeles City College | Headquarters | Torrance - Torrance Cultural Arts | Nagano : Kawakami (Town) -Watsonville | Hokkaido : Claremont - Ponoma College | Northridge - California Center | Carson - Shinwa Garden | Long Beach - Earl Setana (Town) - Hanford | Shizuoka : Kannami (Town) State Univ. | Woodland Hills - Los Angeles Pierce Burns Miller Japanese Garden | Costa Mesa - California - Kerman | Wakayama : Arida - Delano | Hyoho : Ono - College | San Bernardino - California State Univ. at San Scenario | Corona Del Mar - Sherman Foundation Lindsay | Hyogo : Miki - Visalia | Wakayama : Wakayama Bernardino | La Verne - Univ. of La Verne | Los Angeles Library and Gardens | Escondido - The Golden Door - Bakersfield | Shizuoka : - Porterville - UCLA | Los Angeles - Mount St. Mary’s College | | Mie : Toba - Santa Barbara | Shizuoka : Mishima - Malibu - Pepperdine Univ. | Los Angeles - California Pasadena | Tochigi : Moka - Glendora | Wakayama : State Univ. | Los Angeles - Occidental College | Palm Nachikatsuura (Town) - Monterey Park | Gunam : Ota Desert - College of the Desert | Los Angeles - Univ. of - Burbank | Osaka : Higashiosaka - Glendale | Saitama Southern California | Culver City - West Los Angeles : Kasukabe - Pasadena | Tokyo : Hino- Redlands | Tokyo College | Norwalk - Cerritos College | Whittier - Whittier : Tachikawa - San Bernadino | Tochigi : Ohtawara - College | Fullerton - California State Univ. | Riverside West Covina | Shizuoka : Fujinomiya - Santa Monica - La Sierra Univ. | Riverside - Univ. of California at | Okinawa : Itoman - Redondo Beach | Aichi : Riverside | Riverside - Riverside Community College | - Los Angeles | Wakayama : Kushimoto (Town) - Hemet Torrance - El Camino Community College District | Los | Miyagi : Marumri (Town) - Hemet | Osaka : Kaizuka - Angeles - Los Angeles Southwest College | Los Angeles Culver City | Hyogo : Ashiya- Montebello | Kanagawa : - Loyola Marymount Univ. | Carson - California State Isehara - La Mirada | : Fukui - Fullerton | Saitama Univ. at Dominguez Hills | Irvine - UC Irvine | Irvine : Hanno - Brea | Miyagi : - Riverside | Shimane - Irvine Valley College | Mission Viejo - Saddleback : Gotsu - Corona | Ichikawa - Gardena | - Tor- College | Orange - Chapman Univ. | La Jolla - UC San rance | Takaishi - Lomita | Saitama : Soka - Carson | Diego | Oceanside - Mira Costa College | San Marcos - Ibaraki : Tsukuba - Irvine | Ibaraki : Mito - Anaheim | California State Univ. at San Marcos | San Diego - San Mie : - Long Beach | Aichi : Okazaki - Newport Diego Mesa College | San Diego - Univ. of San Diego | Beach | Aichi : Anjo - Huntington Beach | Shizuoka : San Diego - Point Loma Nazarene Univ. | San Diego - Fuji - Oceanside | Chiba : Futtsu - Carlsbad | San Diego State Univ. | El Cajon - Grossmont College | : Amakusa - Encinitas | Chiba : Kisarazu - Oceanside Chula Vista - Southwestern College | Fukuoka : Itoshima - Escondido | Tottori : Daisen (Town) - Temecula | Kanagawa : - Chula Vista | Kanagawa : - San Diego

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