2024 / Weekly Cultural News / July 29 – August 4 / Cultural News asks your help to sustain Japanese heritage in the U.S.
To forward the Japanese heritage in the U.S. to the next generation, the Cultural News Association asks the public to donate to CAN’s mission.
About 100 years ago when the relationship between the U.S. and Japan was deteriorated, 12,000 dolls were gifted to Japan from the U.S., and 58 ichimatsu dolls were sent to the U.S. from Japan for the response.
Called Japanese Friendship Dolls, more than 40 dolls survived and were preserved in museums and universities in the U.S. now.
In 2024, Cultural News likes to focus on sustaining Japanese heritage in the U.S. such as the Japanese Friendship Dolls. Any culture and heritage could be endangered species unless they would be sustained with efforts.
At the same time, the Cultural News Association works on building up the website of Cultural News and Hiroshima & Nagasaki atomic bomb survivor as the database for the future generations.
Cultural News was born in 1998 to review and promote numerous Japanese cultural events that take place in Southern California and beyond the region. In the spring of 2019, the non-profit Cultural News Association was formed to support the missions of Cultural News.
The Cultural News Association set the fund-raising goal at the amount of $30,000, annually.
Details in budget: Basic Operation $15,000 (Web hosting, email blast app subscriptions, communications, and office rental) Editorial Work $5,000 (Editing articles for Weekly Cultural News, and posts in www.culturalnews.com, and email-blast) Travel & Research $15,000 (covering Japanese cultural events in Los Angeles locally, US nationwide, and Japan)
The Cultural News Association, would appreciate your donation, in any amount, to sustain Japanese heritage in the U.S.
Sincerely,
Shige Higashi
Cultural News Editor & Publisher
President of Cultural News Association
Email: higashi@culturalnews.com
Cell: (213) 819-4100
Cultural News – Donation Application
Please send this application to:
Cultural News Association
328 ¼ South Alexandria Ave., Los Angeles, A 90020-2673
Please make your check payable to:
Cultural News Association
Online: Please visit https://www.culturalnews.com/donation
