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File #: 0169X-2023    Version: 1
Type: Ceremonial Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/7/2023 In control: Hardin
On agenda: 9/11/2023 Final action: 9/13/2023
Title: To Celebrate the Kurary Company and the Strong Partnership Between Japan and Central Ohio
Sponsors: Shannon G. Hardin, Nicholas Bankston, Lourdes Barroso De Padilla, Mitchell Brown, Rob Dorans, Shayla Favor, Emmanuel V. Remy

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To Celebrate the Kurary Company and the Strong Partnership Between Japan and Central Ohio

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WHEREAS, the Kurary Company is active in the City of Columbus through its subsidiary, the Calgon Carbon Corporation; and

WHEREAS, products made by the Kurary Company and Calgon Carbon help provide purified drinking water through the use of innovative technologies such as activated carbon filtration; and

WHEREAS, the partnerships of the people of Columbus and Central Ohio with the people of Japan has greatly increased economic productivity and cultural understanding; and

 

WHEREAS, Columbus has one of the largest Japanese populations of any Ohio city and Central Ohio’s Japanese population is among the largest in the Midwest; and

 

WHEREAS, Japanese businesses frequently invest in and collaborate with Columbus based companies, sharing best practices and forging mutually beneficial partnerships; and

 

WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is proud to support cultural exchanges between Columbus and Japan through institutions such as Ohio State, the Franklin Park Conservatory, the Columbus Japanese Language School, and the Midwest U.S. Japan Association; and

 

WHEREAS, the City of Columbus hopes to deepen the cultural and economic ties between Central Ohio and Japan and recognizes the important rule of the Kurary Company in promoting those bonds; now, therefore

 

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS: That this Council celebrates the Kurary Company and the strong partnership between Japan and Central Ohio.