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Greetings from Tokyo! 

I just recently arrived in Tokyo for a congressional delegation trip (also
known as a CODEL), and I am going to try and bring you along with me as
much as I can! 

What I want to do is check-in and hopefully be able to provide some
essential context and background information for what you’ll be seeing
about the trip for the rest of the week. 

[ [link removed] ]If you want to hear more about the CODEL trip – from a behind the
scenes look at Japan’s high-speed rail (aka Shinkansen) network, to
meetings with scientists, experts, and LBGTQ activists – click here to
sign up for more detailed updates.

What I’m so hopeful about being here is that in the U.S. – especially as a
progressive – so often I’m told that what we’re fighting for and what we
want is impossible. That it’s unrealistic, naive, and silly; that it’s not
viable, and that I’m a “child” for thinking these things are possible. 

Japan is a country that not only has universal health care, not only has a
bullet train public infrastructure system that is robust, not only has
child care, not only cares about the environment, not only cares about
cultural preservation – but is also successful. It is the third largest
economy in the world. 

It’s not to say that everything is perfect here. It’s not to say that it
is without its challenges. It’s not even to say that the U.S. should be
just like Japan. 

But it’s saying that all of these things that we’re constantly told are
impossible, are possible. They’re possible. A better world is possible. 

I’m really excited about what we have to learn here in Japan, and I'm also
particularly hopeful about the immediate possibilities for advancing LGBTQ
and women's rights on the precipice of the G7 Summit. 

Thanks again and bye from Tokyo,

Alexandria

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