Ichiro Fujisaki, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, holds up a handwritten sign praising North Dakota's virtues during a news conference on Tuesday, July 31, 2012, in the governor's conference room of the North Dakota Capitol in Bismarck, N.D. Fujisaki visited North Dakota and South Dakota on Monday and Tuesday to discuss trade issues and speak at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, N.D. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel)