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2023/6/12 – 6/21 : Online Auction for Japanese American Cultural & Community Center’s 42nd Anniversary Celebration, June 12-23

LOS ANGELES (Cultural News: Forwarded for Japanese American Cultural & Community Center) – JACCC’s 42nd Anniversary Celebration is quickly approaching! We are excited that you can now bid on our Online Wine/Spirit items and preview our Live Auction items ( e.givesmart.com/r/mRQdeWm2d8nVL/e/w2E/ ). The online GiveSmart auction is now (June 12) open and will close on Thursday, June 22nd at […]

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2023 / Memorial Ceremony March 10 streaming live on YouTube, for lives lost in the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, exactly 12 years ago

Los Angeles, March 8, 2023 – This Friday, March 10, at 7 pm (Pacific), Shinto Shrine of Shusse Inari in America will hold an Irei-sai (memorial ceremony) 東日本大震災 慰霊祭 for the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Tōhoku, on our YouTube Channel “ShintoInari.” The ceremony will be in English. We will pray for peace […]

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2022 / Five selected buyo performances are online video by Nihon Buyo Kai of California, Nov. 13-19

The Nihon Buyo Kai of California, a nonprofit charitable organization whose mission is to promote, preserve, and present Japanese classical dance, is pleased to present “Virtual Autumn Japanese Classical Dance” on its website from Sunday, November 13 to Saturday, Nov. 19. This 70-minute program can be viewed free of charge at https://nihonbuyokai.org/virtual-dance-program-autumn-2022/ and includes short […]

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2022 / Virtual program “What is Nikkei Food?” seeking answers from Brazil, Australia, Japan, and Los Angeles, Feb 26 at 3PM, Pacific Time

LOS ANGELES – Discover Nikkei, a web-based project of The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) focused on promoting connections and understanding among the global Japanese diaspora partners with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Brazil-Japan and Nikkei Australia for a free virtual program, “What is Nikkei Food?,” that will explore Nikkei food and the role that it […]

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2022 / Virtual Roundtable / Emerging scholars of Japanese studies to discuss about “Japanese Tradition in the 21st Century” Feb 22, 4:00PM, Pacific Time

UCLA Terasaki Center Junior Faculty Roundtable Series 2021-22 UCLA Tersaki Center for Japanese Studies announces that the Junior Faculty Roundtable Series is back again this year. This series brings together eminent and emerging scholars from around the world for focused and unscripted dialogue on contemporary concerns in interdisciplinary Japanese Studies, broadly conceived. Given the myriad challenges […]

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2022 / JAPAN HOUSE to present webinar with Japanese film director of 2022 Academy candidate and Japanese study’s scholars, Feb. 1, 5:00-6:15PM, Pacific Time

Webinar Event: MA in Japanese Film – In Conversation with Film Director Ryūsuke Hamaguchi Date: Tuesday, February 1, 2022 Time: 5:00PM – 6:15PM (PST) Admission: Free Sign Up: https://japanhousela.swoogo.com/ma-in-japanese-film JAPAN HOUSE’s the fourth and final webinar in the Rethinking of MA Webinar Series will examine the role of MA in Japanese film. The guest will […]

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2022 / JAPAN HOUSE Webinar / Striking Cords: Kumihimo Silk Braids as Fashion Statements in Japan Past and Present, Jan. 26, 5:00-6:00PM, Pacific Time

JAPAN HOUSE Los Angeles presents a webinar “Striking Cords: Kumihimo Silk Braids as Fashion Statements in Japan Past and Present” on Wednesday, January 26, from 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm, Pacific Standard Time. This is free event. For sign up the webinar, visit https://japanhousela.swoogo.com/striking-cords-kumihimo-silk-braids-as-fashion-statements Braided silk cords called kumihimo have been made in Japan for […]