Former Vice President Walter Mondale addressed a symposium on US-Japan relations. The event at Macalester College was one of a series of Mondale Lectures on Public Service, a look back at the former Vice President's 50-year career.

Mondale spoke about his tenure as ambassador to Japan from 1993 to 1996, a period he described as being full of unexpected challenges....particularly a crisis involving North Korea's apparent attempts to develop nuclear weapons. He also looked ahead to the next 50 years of what he called the all-important US-Japan relationship.