October 1, 2020

October Newsletter
JASDFW NEWSCORPORATE MEMBERS

PLATINUM | $5,000[Online Event] U.S.-Japan Networking Night
Thursday, October 8
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm CDT
Tickets: FREE
Co-presented with the Japan-America Society of Georgia
The Japan-America Societies of Dallas-Fort Worth andGeorgia are teaming up for a night of mingling for all
Japan-America members across the United States.
Participants of the Grassroots Exchange Network Japan(GEN-J), who recently returned to Japan after 2 years ofcultural exchange in the U.S., will also be present. We
cordially invite you to partake and meet your fellow
Japan-America members.
To learn more and to RSVP, please click here.

[Online Event] A
Conversation on
Leadership with
Mitsuru Claire Chino
Wednesday, October 14
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm CDTTickets: JASDFW/Japan
Society Members FREE |Non-members $10​Co-presented with Japan Society (New York)
Mitsuru Claire Chino, Managing Executive Officer ofITOCHU Corporation (“Itochu”), a Fortune Global 500
company headquartered in Japan, and President & CEOof ITOCHU International Inc., a subsidiary of Itochu inNew York, is the first female executive trading officer ofany major trading company in Japan. We invite you tojoin your fellow JASDFW members and the general public
for an exciting discussion with Ms. Chino as she speaks
on her experiences, her historic position, and advocacy
for workplace diversity and effective leadership.
For more information and to RSVP, please click here.

[Online Event] Celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of the Japan-America Society ofDallas/Fort WorthThursday, October 29
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm CDT
FREE Livestream via YouTube
This will be an entertaining program including remarks bydignitaries and celebrities, a special video chronicling ahalf-century of history, performances by North Texas
musicians, a silent auction, and even an interactive trivia
contest. Check the website for details and the viewing link
will be available in a couple of weeks.
Guests Include:
Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Ambassador of Japanto the United States (2008-2012)
Amy Hofland, Senior Director, Crow Museum ofAsian Art of UT Dallas
Ambassador Ryozo Kato, Ambassador of Japan tothe United States (2001-2008)
Shogo Kamei, President, Kamei Corporation (19932003), Dallas-Sendai Friendship Cities Leader
Ronald Kirk, Mayor of Dallas (1995-2002), U.S.
Trade Representative (2009-2013)
Norman Mineta, U.S. Secretary of Commerce(2000-2001), U.S. Secretary of Transportation(2001-2006)
Tetsuo Ogawa, President and CEO, Toyota Motor
North America
Mayor Besty Price, Mayor of Fort WorthAmbassador Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador ofJapan to the United States (2012-2018)
Nobuko Sasae, Chair and Moderator, The Nobuko
ForumAmbassador Thomas J. Schieffer, Ambassador ofthe United States to Japan (2005-2009)
George Takei, Actor and Japanese American
community advocate
For more information online, click here.

COMMUNITY EVENTS & RESOURCESCORPORATE MEMBERS

GOLD | $2,500

Job Opportunity:
IBM Cloud Advanced
Customer Support
Team - Bilingual
Technical SupportEngineers
The IBM Cloud
Advanced Customer
Support (ACS) team inDallas, TX is seeking bilingual (English/Japanese)
Technical Support Engineers who are well-organized,
action-oriented team players with exceptional time
management and exceptional communication skills todrive customer facing support issues in a fast-pacedenvironment.
We are expanding our team by adding intermediate &senior-level engineers, who can focus on improving
overall customer experience by quickly identifying andresolving problems in a global, carrier class network. Youwill collaborate with team members, other IT
organizations, key stakeholders and business partners tomeet the needs of the business as well as that of thecustomers.
If you love technology, tackling complex challenges, andleveraging your technical expertise to help others, wewant you as part of our talented worldwide technicalsupport team. We have several roles open for various
backgrounds and skill levels. We are looking for several
areas of expertise which include: networking, compute,virtualization, fabric, security and storage.
You can review the job postings and apply
here: http://ibm.biz/Cloud_AdvancedCustomerSupport_Hiring

[Online Event] Asian Chamber of Texas: 2020
Annual Business Conference Series & Awards
Wednesday - Thursday, October 7 - 8
1:00 pm - 3:30 pm CDT
Tickets: Varies
This year's business conference will reflect on thecircumstances and challenges of this year in relation tocommunity and the economy. Anne Chow, CEO of AT&T
Business, will deliver the keynote address. The Honorable
Hideo Fukushima, Consul-General of Japan in Houston,will also deliver remarks. Tickets and sponsorship options
are available for purchase now.
To learn more and to RSVP, click here.

[Online Event] Japan Society: Japanese
History through the Lenses of Arts, Design& Pop Culture
Friday, October 9 - Saturday, December 5
8:00 am CDT
Tickets: General Public $100 ($25 per session) |​FREE for Educators
Divided across four immersive sessions, this course will
explore the different mediums and visual forms used frompre-modern to contemporary Japanese history to equip
participants to develop their own lesson plans for social
studies and art classes at the middle and high schoollevel.
To learn more and to RSVP, click here.

[Online Event] Japan Society:
The 2020 U.S. Presidential Election How Will It Affect U.S.-Japan Relations?
Tuesday, October 20
8:00 am - 9:30 am CDTTickets: FREE
In this webinar, a panel of U.S. and Japanese experts will
explore the 2020 presidential election between incumbent
Donald Trump and former-Vice President Joe Biden andhow it will affect major domestic and international
relations issues. Speakers include Anne Gearan, WhiteHouse Correspondent, The Washington Post; Toshihiro
Nakayama, Professor of American Politics and Foreign
Policy, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University;
Candi Wolff, Managing Director & Head of Global
Government Affairs, Citi; and moderator, Dr. Joshua W.
Walker, President and CEO, Japan Society.
To learn more and to RSVP, click here.

[Online Event]
SMU Tower Center:The Business
Reinvention of Japan
Thursday, October 22
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm CDT
Tickets: FREE
Co-presented with the Sun &Star Program on Japan andEast Asia at SMU's John G.
Tower Center for Public
Policy and InternationalStudies
As China's economic rise continues, how have Japanesecompanies reacted to the loss of their competitive
advantage? In Ulrike Schaede's newest book, The
Business Reinvention of Japan: How to Make Sense ofthe New Japan and Why it Matters, she introduces andexplores the concept of the “aggregate niche strategy” toshow how Japan has adapted.
To learn more and to RSVP, click here.

50th Anniversary Celebration Sponsors

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Events Calendar
UPCOMING EVENTS:

NEW MEMBERS
Individual/Family
Jennifer Burgin
Harvey & Jackie Mette
Donna Walker

October 8 | [ONLINE EVENT] U.S.-Japan Networking NightOctober 9 - December 5 | [ONLINE EVENT] Japan Society –Japanese History through the Lenses of Arts, Design &Pop Culture
October 14 | [ONLINE EVENT] A Conversation onLeadership with Mitsuru Claire ChinoOctober 20 | [ONLINE EVENT] Japan Society – The 2020
U.S. Presidential Election: How Will It Affect U.S.-Japan
Relations?
October 22 | [ONLINE EVENT] SMU Tower Center - The
Business Reinvention of Japan
October 29 | [ONLINE EVENT] Celebrating the 50th
Anniversary of the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort
WorthOctober 30 - November 1 | [ONLINE EVENT] Japan
Connects Hollywood Film Festival
November 5 | [ONLINE EVENT] Japan-America Society ofSouthern California – 7th Annual Women’s LeadershipCounts Conference: Activating Your Kaizen Mindset
November 12 SMU Tower Center - China and the JapaneseMultinational: Politics and the Risk of Doing BusinessNumerous events throughout the DFW area have been postponeddue to COVID-19. We will update this section accordingly as thesituation develops.

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