Pence, other governors meet with Japanese trade officials

Governors from five Midwest states joined Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad on Monday in meetings with Japanese governors, officials, and company executives for the annual gathering of the Midwest U.S.-Japan Association.

The group, founded in 1967, meets yearly to discuss the growth and progress of economic relations of the American Midwest and Japan.

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, along with governors from Nebraska, Missouri, Michigan and Wisconsin, planned to give speeches Monday morning in Des Moines. The Japanese ambassador and the consulate general from Chicago attended the meeting.

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