March 3, 2021

March Newsletter
JASDFW NEWSCORPORATE MEMBERS

PLATINUM | $5,0002022 Japan Currents Symposium:
Logistics and Supply Chains in U.S.-Japan
Business and Trade
Wednesday, March 9, 2022
FINAL REMINDER (RSVP by noon on Friday, March 4)
11:30 a.m. Registration, 12:00 p.m. Lunch andProgram, 2:00 p.m. Panel
Irving Convention Center - 500 West Las Colinas
Boulevard, Irving, TX 75039$35 Members, $45 Nonmembers, $70 Ticket +Membership, Limited free tickets for Shogun Circle
Presented by the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort
Worth and the Sun & Star Program on Japan and East
Asia at SMU's John G. Tower Center for Public Policy andInternational Affairs
The annual Japan Currents Symposium returns as inperson event. For 2022, the conversation will focus onlogistics and supply chains, which represent bothchallenges and solutions to recent global trade shortages.
As the COVID pandemic has drastically affected theavailability of key products and resources, the U.S. andJapan have been looking to innovative models to secure
their economic security. Moreover, Japan is the U.S.’
fourth largest trading partner and the U.S. is Japan’ssecond largest partner, accounting for approximately$206 billion of cross-border exchange. Speakers include:
Scott Price - President, UPS International
Kantaro Takenaka - General Manager, Logistics
Strategy Department, Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc.
Tim Feemster - CEO and Managing Principal,
Foremost Quality Logistics

Mollie Haney Bailey - Vice President, International
Logistics, Transplace, an Uber Freights Company
Masaru Uchida - Director, Cargo Planning andSales (The Americas), Japan Airlines
Dr. Hiroki Takeuchi (moderator) - Associate
Professor of Political Science and Director of Sun &Star Program on Japan and East Asia, SMU TowerCenterRegister HereTo learn more about the Japan Currents Symposium,click here.

Sogetsu Dallas Ikebana - Explore Japan
Tuesday, March 22 - Thursday, March 24, 2022
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. daily
Gleneagles Country Club - 5401 West Park Boulevard,
Plano TX 75093
Various ticket prices - discount for 3-day pass
Learn in this introduction to Japanese art and culture
including Ikebana, Haiku, Tea Ceremony, Koto music,
Calligraphy, and more. This event is presented bySogetsu Ikebana Dallas Branch. Promotional andregistration assistance provided by the Japan-America
Society of Dallas/Fort Worth. Daily workshops anddemonstrations will explore new creations and materials.
Register HereTo learn more about this event, click here.

Japan-in-a-Suitcase Presentations FREE through March 10
Do you want to learn more about Japan? Then sign-up
today for our Japan-in-a-Suitcase program (JIS)! JIS is acultural educational program that offers students
opportunities to learn about Japanese culture andtraditions through interactive and hands-on presentations.
The program has over 20 years of experience and has
been actively serving the Dallas/Fort Worth community.
We are currently offer on-site and online. We are offering
free presentations through March 10. Please click above
to enjoy our new promotional video!
Lean More and Book Today

Destination Japan Summer Camp registration now OPEN
Monday, June 6 - Friday, June 10
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. CDT
JASDFW office Building - 500 North Central
Expressway, Plano TX 75074 (MAP)
Tickets: $175 Members, $220 Nonmembers,​$205 Registration + Membership
Discounts available for families registering more thanone child
Explore the wonders of Japan in the Japan-America
Society's inaugural summer camp ! This camp is forchildren (ages 8 to 12, grades 3 through 7) who areinterested in learning Japanese language, daily life, andholiday customs. Each day will be devoted to one or two
calendar months, and campers will experience what it islike to spend those months in Japan. They will engage inlanguage lessons, reading, writing, storytelling, andhands-on cultural activities that include anime drawing,calligraphy, origami folding, tea ceremony, sushi rolling,
and more!
Register HereTo learn more about our Summer Camp, click here.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS & RESOURCESCORPORATE MEMBERS

GOLD | $2,500[ONLINE EVENT] Japan Society New York Sacred Screens and Scrolls: Decoding
Buddhist Symbols in Shikō Munakata’s Prints​Thursday, March 8
5:00 p.m. CDTTickets: FREE

In this virtual walkthrough of Shikō Munakata: A Way ofSeeing, D. Max Moerman, professor and chair of Asian& Middle Eastern Cultures at Barnard College, delves
into the artist’s rich Buddhist roots, unveiling key
philosophies, motifs and figures at the heart of
Munakata’s oeuvre. In conversation with Japan
Society’s Chief Program Officer Ramona HandelBajema, Ph.D., Moerman discusses the religious
significance of works such as Eulogy to Shōkei (1945), asix-panel screen containing 24 individual prints, and The
Ten Great Disciples of Buddha (1939/1948), a set of 12
expressive, black-and-white hanging scrolls, as well as
several calligraphic works.
To learn more about this event, click here.

[ONLINE EVENT] Japan-America Societies ofBoston, Georgia, and Houston - Ouchigohan!
Japanese Home Cooking with Table for Two​Saturday, March 19
4:00 p.m. CDT
Tickets: FREE
Join for Round 2 of Ouchigohan!, a family friendly
cooking event hosted by The Japan Society ofBoston, The Japan-America Society ofGeorgia and Japan-America Society ofHouston utilizing Table for Two’s innovative foodprogram Wa-Shokuiku: Learn. Cook. Eat
Japanese! Make simple, healthy homestyle Japanesefood to enjoy with your friends and family. Special
recipes have been selected to introduce participants toJapanese food philosophy and preparation techniques.
To learn more about this event, click here.

Discount for Imperial Hotel Tokyo
Members can enjoy discounted rates at the Imperial
Hotel in Tokyo, courtesy of the National Association ofJapan-America Societies. This historic hotel opened in
the 1880s and it sits just to the south of the Imperial
Palace grounds, overlooking Hibiya Park, and theYurakucho and Ginza neighborhoods. Rooms startat ¥27,500 ($238) per night and are only available
through contacting a Japan-America Society member
office. Please write to us at info@jasdfw.org or call469-573-6880 if you would like to take advantage of thisoffer.

Events Calendar
NEW MEMBERS
Individual/Family
Joshua Cana
Kadane Clark
Charles Griner
Carolina Galeiras Marin
Steve Myer

UPCOMING EVENTS:
March 9 | 2022 Japan Currents Symposium: Logistics andSupply Chains in U.S.-Japan Business and Trade
March 22-24 | Ikebana and Japanese Culture Workshops
April 23-24 | Fort Worth Japanese Festival
April 30 | Fort Worth Sister Cities International JapaneseChildren's Day
May 3 | SAVE THE DATE - 52nd Annual Meeting andMembers' Social
May 26 | Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner469-573-6880 | info@jasdfw.org | www.jasdfw.org​​​​​