30
March 2016
Past Event
Grand Opening Featuring Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Grand Opening Featuring Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Past Event
Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C. Headquarters
March 30, 2016
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30
March 2016
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

On March 30th, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan visited Hudson Institute to celebrate the grand opening of our new Washington headquarters, the Betsy and Walter Stern Policy Center. Abe, Hudson’s 2013 Herman Kahn Award honoree and a longtime friend of the Institute, spoke warmly about Hudson, its leadership, and our long tradition of “thinking the unthinkable.”

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