LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JULIANA STRATTON IS REFLECTING ON HER RECENT TRIP TO THE JAPAN TO PROMOTE ILLINOIS. 

LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR STRATTON LED A DELEGATION TO THE MIDWEST U-S JAPAN ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE. SHE TOLD COMPANY LEADERS SHE MET WITH THAT THERE IS NO BETTER TIME TO DO BUSINESS IN ILLINOIS.

STRATTON SAYS BUSINESS LEADER SHE SPOKE WITH WERE IMPRESSED WITH ILLINOIS’ CLEAN ENERGY EFFORTS.

STRATTON SAYS JAPANESE COMPANIES SEEM TO RECOGNIZE THAT ILLINOIS HAS A SKILLED WORKFORCE AS WELL. THERE ARE ALREADY MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND JAPANESE COMPANIES WITH A PRESENCE IN ILLINOIS.