Flushing, NY – Last Thursday, Assemblywoman Nily Rozic (D,WF-Fresh Meadows) and Queens College President Félix V. Matos Rodriguez toured Townsend Harris High School with Ambassador Reiichiro Takahashi, Consul General of Japan in New York. The Ambassador’s visit commemorates the United States’ first Consul to Japan, Townsend Harris, whose mission paved the way for today’s strong diplomatic relationship. The visit also continues to build on the longstanding and productive friendship between THHS and its Japanese sister school, Shimodo High School.