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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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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The Rotary Club of Downtown Los Angeles holds a special presentation by Mrs. Masako Unoura Tanaka, survivor of the March 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6:30 – 8:00 pm at Los Angeles Athletic Club, 431 West Seventh Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014. Renowned architect and the creator...
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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles and Japan America Society present “Restoration of Fukushima from 3.11” lecture on Thursday, Jan. 24 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm at the Japan Foundation, 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036. Free admission, but registration is required. For reservation, visit www.jflalc.org. “Restoration of Fukushima from 3.11” will...
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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles presents disaster-themed Japanese film “WANKO” on Jan. 16 at noon at its auditorium in Miracle Mile, Los Angeles. No RSVP Required 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100, Los Angeles, CA 90036 Street Parking is available http://www.jflalc.org/about-us.html#parking Wednesday, Jan. 16 at Noon “WANKO, The Story of Me, My Family and My Dog”...
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Christmas Educational Tour of Japan December 17-31, 2012 15 Days Ten lectures at various universities, and tour: Minami sanriku and Ishinomaki (sites of tsunami damage), Sendai, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Kyoto. $2,000 tuition which includes, airfare, rail tickets, hotels, some meals. Partially subsidized by Terasaki Family Foundation. Limited...
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The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles will present documentary films after 3/11 tsunami as a October program of JAPANEMA: MATINEES series in its auditorium. JAPANEMA (evening screening) and JAPANEMA: MATINEES film series are open to the public and free admission. The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles is located at 5700 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036 ...
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