March 20 (Sunday) 10:30 am, Zenshuji Soto Mission at Little Tokyo The Great Tohoku Earthquake Disaster: A Memorial Ceremony for the Deceased and a Prayer for a Quick Recovery from the Disaster Sunday, March 20, 10:30 am Zenshuji Soto Mission,…
Japanese Americans meet to share grief, offer prayers and raise funds Hundreds gather in L.A.’s Little Tokyo, some suffering personal anguish over friends and relatives lost, villages obliterated and an ancestral homeland devastated. By Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, March…
Torrance, CA – We are deeply saddened by the tragedy that has struck Japan and caused the loss of so many lives. Many of our students have loved ones that have been affected by this devastating disaster. In this time of need,…
March 14, 2011 Japan Business Association of Southern California President Yuichi Okura Dear Members, Friends and Colleagues of JBA: On Friday, March 11 at 2:46 PM (Japan local time), a powerful earthquake of magnitude 9 struck, with its seismic center…
March 14, 2011 Re: Japan Disaster Relief From: Toshio Handa, President Dear Friends: We, as the Japanese Chamber of Commerce Foundation, are working together with UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) in their efforts to collect for the Japan Disaster Relief…
Japan America Society of Southern California Nancy Woo Hiromoto, Chairman Douglas Erber, President Terry Hara, Co-Vice Chair & Chairman Elect Teruo Tabuchi, Co-Vice Chair We cannot thank you enough for your tremendous outpouring of donations to the American Red Cross,…
TOKYO, March 12, Kyodo A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 struck a wide area of northeastern and eastern Japan including Tokyo on Friday, triggering dozens of fires and a massive tsunami that swept away houses, cars and ships…