Biographical Data Mrs. Susanne Silber Schieffer Photo Gallery Deputy Chief of Mission

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Recent Speeches and Writings

July 3	Independence Day Message 2008: “Celebrating the Fourth of July”
May 30	Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer Discusses U.S.-Japan Relations in Online State Department Forum
May 28	Remarks Prior to the Departure of the USS Kitty Hawk
May 22	Statement by U.S. Ambassador to Japan J. Thomas Schieffer: Responding to Global Food Price Crisis
May 20	Address to The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan: "The Price of Security in a Changing World"
April 21	Ambassador Schieffer Speaks at Life Sciences Summit
April 4	Address to the Yomiuri International Economic Society
March 5	Ambassador Schieffer's Remarks to the Embassy-ACCJ Joint Seminar on Healthcare
Jan. 31	We must fight child sexual abuse
Jan. 11	Statement by U.S. Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer on Japan's Passage of a New OEF Refueling Support Law

Jan. 18	University of Southern California Marshall School of Business
Jan. 18	Japan America Society of Southern California
Jan. 15	The Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana
Jan. 14	The Japan Society of Northern California and the Asia Society of Northern California
Jan. 11	World Affairs Council of Northern California
Jan. 10	Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University
Jan. 9	Japan-America Society of the State of Washington
Jan. 4	Fort Worth Rotary Club

Dec. 25	Ambassador Schieffer's Holiday Message 2007
Oct. 24	Ambassador Schieffer Addresses Japan National Press Club
Sept. 6	Address to the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
July 2	Best Wishes for Independence Day 2007
June 15	Ambassador Schieffer Addresses Yomiuri International Economic Society
Feb. 14	Ambassador Schieffer Speaks at ACCJ

Dec. 21	Ambassador Schieffer's Holiday Message 2006
Nov. 13	Ambassador Schieffer Speaks before U.S.-Japan Business Council
Oct. 27	Ambassador Schieffer Speaks at Japan National Press Club
Sept. 11	Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer Speaks at 9/11 Commemorative Ceremony
July 5	Ambassador Schieffer holds Embassy press conference on DPRK missile launches
July 5	Ambassador Schieffer Comments on North Korean Missile Launches
July 4	Ambassador Schieffer Offers Independence Day Greetings
June 21	Statements at Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty Signing Ceremony
June 17	Ambassador Schieffer's Q&A on North Korea and Missiles
April 19	Ambassador Schieffer Addresses Research Institute of Japan
April 17	Ambassador Schieffer Meets Foreign Minister Aso to Discuss Nuclear Safety
March 17	Ambassador Schieffer Addresses Asian Affairs Research Council
March 16	Joint Press Conference with Abductee Representatives
Feb. 17	Embassy Press Conference on Feb. 17 with Ambassador Schieffer
Feb. 13	Ambassador Thomas Schieffer Speaks to Okinawa Business Leaders
Jan. 26	Ambassador Schieffer Addresses U.S.-Japan Parliamentary Friendship League
Jan. 6	Statement Regarding the Murder of Ms. Yoshie Sato in Yokosuka City

Dec. 25	Ambassador Schieffer: U.S. Nuclear-Powered Aircraft Carriers are Safe
Dec. 12	Ambassador Schieffer's Statement on Resumption of Beef Trade
Nov. 30	Ambassador Schieffer Speaks at FCCJ
Nov. 22	Reflecting on the Bush-Koizumi summit
Nov. 10	Ambassador Schieffer meets with Yokosuka Mayor Kabaya
Oct. 28	Nuclear-powered Carrier to Replace Kitty Hawk - Statement by Ambassador Schieffer
Sept. 11	Ambassador Schieffer Speaks at 9/11 Memorial Concert
July 20	Ambassador Schieffer Addresses Japan National Press Club
July 2	Ambassador Schieffer's Independence Day Message
April 18	Embassy Press Conference - April 18
April 8	Ambassador Schieffer: Statement on his Arrival in Japan
March 16	Senate Confirmation Hearing: Prepared Statement of Ambassador J. Thomas Schieffer

Dec. 15, 2004	Reflections on my Australian Journey
Aug. 20, 2004	Remarks to the South Australia Press Club
July 22, 2004	Remarks to the Federation of Automotive Products Manufacturers' 46th Annual Convention
July 16, 2004	Statement on U.S. Congressional Approval of the U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement
June 21, 2004	Statement to the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
May 8, 2004	Address to the Coral Sea Celebration - Perth
March 23, 2004	An American Perspective on National Security in a Borderless World
July 10, 2003	American Foreign Policy in an Emerging New World