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| https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=CB0F235C-BBF2-434A-AA97-024228D01BA4 | Sen. Moran Invites Panasonic CEO Megan Lee to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s Joint Address to Congress | 2024-04-11 | 2024 | 2024-04 | Republican | Senate | KS | Jerry Moran | M000934 | www.moran.senate.gov | moran | https://www.moran.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases | scraper | WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today welcomed Megan Myungwon Lee, the Chairwoman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Panasonic Corporation of North America, to Washington, D.C. for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s address to a joint meeting of Congress. “As a nation, we are stronger because of our friendship and alliance with Japan, both through our defense strategies and commerce,” said Sen. Moran. “Kansas recently welcomed the Japan-based company Panasonic to build a state-of-the-art electric vehicle battery plant in De Soto. These kinds of partnerships bolster the economies of both our countries and advance our shared technological priorities. I was pleased to invite Panasonic’s CEO, Megan Myungwon Lee, to Congress to partake in this important moment in the Japan-U.S. relationship.” In November 2022, Panasonic Energy Co. began construction on a new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in De Soto. Panasonic is a multinational electronics company headquartered in Japan. | 1 | 2026-03-30T01:40:41Z | 2026-04-06T18:04:43Z |