Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation (dba Aurora Foundation) is currently accepting applications for the year 2013 Aurora Challenge Grant. You can download the application form online at www.jlsf-aurora.org The deadline is now extended again to May 15, 2013, and qualification information is as follows. 【AURORA CHALLENGE GRANT】 Applications are now being accepted for the...
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The Taishō era (1912–1926) was a brief but dynamic period in Japan’s history that ushered in a modern state with increased industrialization, shifting political parties, radical fashions, and liberal thinking in many areas. However, this era of heightened experimentation ended with the arrival of an international depression, the promotion of ultranationalism, and the country’s...
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Enka singer Jero’s family portrait (Courtesy of Jerome White, Jr.) The Japanese American National Museum, in collaboration with the USC Hapa Japan Database Project, exhibits Visible & Invisible: A Hapa Japanese American History, from April 7 through August 25, 2013. Through photos, historical artifacts, multimedia images, and interactive components, Visible & Invisible explores...
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The Nibei Foundation will feature Prof. Hitoshi Abe of UCLA as speaker of Powerful Networking Meeting Lecture Series on Tuesday, May 7 at 6:30 pm at Terasaki Foundation Laboratory Building, 11570 West Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064. Prof. Abe will talk about “Reconstruction of Japan” after the March 2011 great earthquake. Prof. Abe...
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The Yoko Awaya Koto Music Conservatory will present a charity mini-concert on May 4 from 2 pm at the Church of Perfect Liberty, 1130 West 223rd Street, Torrance, CA 90502. Special guest, Dr. Takashi Mimaki, on the Ocarina, will join koto players. Dr. Mimaki is a pediatrician and professor emeritus from Gifu...
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Torrance Sister City Association presents its 41st annual Bunka Sai on Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21 from 11 am – 5 pm at the Ken Miller Recreation Center. Free admission and parking. Delicious plate lunches with BBQ chicken, fish and beef, curry rice and yakisoba for sale with mochi. Proceeds from the...
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The Japan America Society of Southern California presents a discussion and book signing with Leslie Helm, author of “Yokohama Yankee” on Friday, April 19, from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm at the Japan Foundation Los Angeles, 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Admission free. RSVP required by April 17 at www.jas-socal.org...
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Cultural News will send “People to People Tour” to Tohoku disaster areas of Japan from April 10-14. This is a rare opportunity to meet local people and hear their first hand stories about the disaster. English translation will be provided. The tour group will stay at ryokan style Kesennuma Hotel Kanyo, and charter 10-passenger...
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A new production of Hikobae, a play about the medical staff who risked their lives following the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck Japan on March 11, 2011 will premiere in Los Angeles on March 30 and 31 and New York on April & 6. Hikobae honors the first responders and those...
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In 2011, the UCLA Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies presented an exhibition documenting the lives and stories of those affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. This year marks the second anniversary of this catastrophic disaster and UCLA hosts a two-part colloquium presented by former chair of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident investigation...
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The earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011, killed more than 18,000 people and laid waste to cities up and down its northern coast. The country’s disaster zones are nowhere near recovered. More than 300,000 evacuees live in temporary housing, including prefabricated home intended for short-term living. Permanent homes may be...
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On the second anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, the special movie screening to commemorate the victims of the earthquake and tsunami will be presented by The Japan Foundation Los Angeles and JET Alumni Association of Southern California. Live Your Dream: The Taylor Anderson Story Produced & Directed by Regge...
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