- 両陛下、海外日系人とご交流(産経新聞)
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/culture/imperial/091014/imp0910142009002-n1.htm - About the Convention of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad (The Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad)
http://www.jadesas.or.jp/EN/taikai/index.html
Information that may be useful/benefitial for teahers of Japanese language in the U.S. (Some of the contents may rather be aginst language education, which I hope you will use to think about your counter argument.)