Mike Honda, a former member of the US House of Representatives, who as the chief sponsor of a July 2007 House resolution urged Japan to acknowledge and accept responsibility for the sexual exploitation of "comfort women," joined elected officials at the event to greet Lee and denounce those who deny history
The defense legislation eliminates geographic constraints by substituting a situational threshold (situations that "gravely affect the peace and stability of Japan") rather than limiting support to "situations in areas surrounding Japan"
公曰：“敢问何谓成身？”孔子对曰：“不过乎物。”公曰：“敢问君子何贵乎天道也？”孔子对曰：“贵其『不已』。如日月东西相从而不已也，是天道也；不闭其久，是天道也；无为而物成，是天道也；已成而明，是天道也。”公曰：“寡人蠢愚，冥烦子志之心也。”孔子蹴然辟席而对曰：“仁人不过乎物，孝子不过乎物。是故，仁人之事亲也如事天，事天如事亲，是故孝子成身。”公曰：“寡人既闻此言也，无如后罪何？”孔子对曰：“君之及此言也，是臣之福也。”
To better promote the educational exchanges, Cho and her husband founded the Handa Cultural Exchange Co in Hefei in 2006, with Cho as president