The White House invited more than 200 guests to a state dinner hosted by President Biden for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday night, including business executives, union leaders, athletes and prominent Japanese Americans. Here is the full list of invitees provided by the White House.
President and Dr. Biden
His Excellency Fumio Kishita, Prime Minister of Japan and Ms. Yuko Kishita
Akiba Takeo, Japan's National Security Adviser
Arima Yutaka, Director General for North American Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Catalyst
World Bank President Ajay Bhanga and Ritu Bhanga
John Bass, Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs at the State Department, and Audrey Hsieh
Assistant to the President Stephen K. Benjamin and Jordan Grace Benjamin
Anthony R. Bernal, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to Jill Biden, and Brian Mosteller
Amazon founders Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez
Ashley Biden and Howard Kerin
Finnegan Biden
Naomi Biden Neill and Peter Neill
Mayor Richard D. Pisen Jr. Maui County, Hawaii and Isabella Bisen
Secretary of State Anthony J. Blinken and Assistant to the President and White House Cabinet Secretary Evan M.
Neil Bloom and Leslie Bloom
Brent Booker and Kathryn Booker, president of the Workers' International Union of North America
General Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Sharene Brown
CIA Director William J. Burns and Sarah Burns
Kurt M. Campbell, Deputy Secretary of State, and Lyell Brainard, President and Director of the National Economic Council
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
David Cohen, CIA Deputy Director, and Suzy Friedman Cohen
Apple CEO Tim Cook and Lisa Jackson
Governor Roy Cooper and Christine Cooper of North Carolina
Rep. Diana Dickett, Democrat of Colorado, and Lino Lipinski of Orlow
Robert De Niro and Tiffany Chen
Jamie Dimon, Chief Executive of JPMorgan Chase and Judy Dimon
Mike Donilon and Patricia Donilon
Ilana Emmanuel
Rahm Emanuel, US Ambassador to Japan, and Amy Rule
Zechariah Emmanuel
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers and Kathy Evers
Fred Eisner and Danny Leung
Shawn Fine, president of the United Automobile Workers, and Stella Fine
John Finer, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Adviser, and T.J
Larry Fink, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of BlackRock
Bill Freeman and Tom Loftis
Funabashi Yoichi
Funakoshi Takehiro, Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs
Susie Gellman and Michael Gellman
Xochitl Gonzalez and Daniel Lubrano
Robert Goodman and Jane Lipman
Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President Philip Gordon and Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor to the Vice President Rebecca Lissner
Adm. Chris Grady, Vice President of Joint Staff, and Christine Grady
Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of Energy, and Daniel Mulhern
John Gray and Mindy Gray
Rene Haas
Director of National Intelligence Avril D. Hines and David Daviqui
Senator Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, and Chrissy Hagerty
Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and Joan Harrell
Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff
Senator Mazie K. Hirono, Democrat of Hawaii, and Leighton Kim Oshima
Amos Hochstein, Senior Advisor for Energy and Investment, National Security Council, and Ray Ringel
New York Governor Kathy Hochul and William Hochul
Hosaka Shin, Vice Minister for International Affairs, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Hoshit Akihiko
Amos Hostetter and Barbara Hostetter
Iijima Isao, Special Adviser to the Prime Minister and Cabinet
Ikuta Lilacs
Amabel B. James and Ryan Peterson
Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and Minority Leader, and Kennysandra Jeffries
Yoko Kamigawa, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Katahira Satoshi
Katanosaka Shinya
Tony Kawai
Kobayashi Ken
Arvind Krishna and Sonia Krishna
Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel J.
Kunita Shingo
Megan Myungwon Lee and Jeff Werner
Tribal Chief Mark Maccaro and Holly Maccaro of the Pechanga Band of Lucino Indians
Meda Tatashi
Judy Marks and Chris Kearney
Rep. Doris Matsui, Democrat of California, and Roger Sant
Homeland Security Secretary Alexander N. Mayorkas and Tanya Mayorkas
David McCall and Donna McCall
Sanjay Mehrotra and Sangeeta Mehrotra
Senator Jeff Merkley, Democrat of Oregon, and Brian Merkley
Mikitani Hiroshi
Moriyama Masahido, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Hideki Murai, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary
Ellen Nakashima and Alan Cypress
By Mira Nakashima and Jonathan Yarnall
Niki Nakayama and Carol Iida-Nakayama
Bill Nelson, NASA Administrator and Grace Nelson
Ninami Takeshi
Kelly O'Donnell and J. David AK
Yuri Okinawa
Ono Keiichi, Senior Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Otsuru Tetsuya, Acting Secretary to the Prime Minister
Thomas E. Perez, Assistant to the President, and Ann Marie Staudenmeier
John De Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for Clean Energy Innovation, and May Podesta
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Eliza Leonard
Natalie H. Quillian, Assistant to the President and Vice President, and Ryan Quillian
Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce and Andy Moffitt
Special Assistants to the President Mira Robb-Hooper and Matthew Brest
Bruce N. Reed, Assistant to the President and Vice President, and Bonnie Lepart
Linda Resnick and Stewart Resnick, owners of the wonderful company
Steve Ricchetti, Assistant to the President, and Amy Ricchetti
Cecile Richards and Kirk Adams
Robert Roche and Ritsuko Hattori-Roche
Josh Rogin and Ali Rogin
Ethan Rosenzweig, Executive Director of Ethics
Michael J. Socks and carry socks
Saito Ken, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry
Jun Sawada
Kiyoshi Serizawa, Deputy Minister of Defense and International Affairs
Governor Josh Shapiro and Lori Shapiro of Pennsylvania
Alex Hideo Shibutani
Maia Harumi Shibutani
Shikata Noriyuki, Cabinet Secretary for Public Affairs, Prime Minister's Office
Shimada Takashi, Acting Secretary to the Prime Minister
Brad Smith and Gregory Smith
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Soft Bank
Robert Michael Stavis and Amy Stavis
Jake Sullivan, National Security Adviser, and Maggie Goodlander
Catherine Toye, US Trade Representative and Robert Skidmore
Rep. Mark Tagano, Democrat of California, and Glenn Fukushima
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US Ambassador to the United Nations and Lafayette Greenfield II
Reps. Jill Toguda, Hawaii Democrat, and Susan Morita
Maria D. Toller and Casey Albert
Annie Tomasini, Assistant to the President and Vice President, and Ray Tomasini
Uno Yukiko
Special Assistants to the President Pranay Vishik and Megan Wadi
Richard Verma, Under Secretary for Management and Resources and Joe Verma
Lorraine A. Volz, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President, and Ruby Smith
Kent Walker and Diana Walsh
Mark Walter and Kimbra Walter
Steven Westley and Anita Yu Westley
Eugene Woods and Lauren Wooden
Yamada Shigeo, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States
Christy Yamaguchi, former figure skater, and Yukiko Segusa
Yamamoto Takayoshi, Executive Secretary to the Prime Minister of Japan
Janet L. Yellen, Treasury Secretary and Wally Adeyemo, Deputy Treasury Secretary
David Zapolsky and Lynn Hubbard
Jeffrey D. Giants, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the President, and Mary Giants
