February 7, 2019

February Newsletter
JASDFW NEWSCORPORATE MEMBERS

PLATINUM | $5,000

Japan Update Symposium
Friday, February 15 @ 11:30
Dallas/Plano Marriott at Legacy Town Center (Map)Interested in joining your fellow JASDFW members,
business professionals, academics, and government
officials as Dr. Mieko Nakabayashi of Waseda
University and Dr. Gene Park of Loyola Marymount
University explore the U.S.-Japan relationship's current
challenges at this year's luncheon? CLICK HERE for
more information on this year's Japan Update and to join
our waiting list in case a seat frees up!

Save-the-Date:2019 Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner
Monday, May 13
Omni Frisco Hotel (Map)
Join us as we honor outstanding supporters of the U.S.Japan relationship. Ms. Irene Hirano Inouye, president ofU.S.-Japan Council, will receive the Sun & Star Legacy
Award for her lifelong contributions to bilateral relations
on multiple levels and in many realms, especiallythrough her leadership at the Japanese American
National Museum and U.S.-Japan Council.
Dallas Kiyari Daiko will receive the Bridges-toFriendship Award in recognition of its many years ofsharing Japanese culture in North Texas. CLICK HERE
for more information.

Dallas-Sendai Young Ambassadors Program:
Host a Student from Sendai!
Program Dates: August 7 - 14
Open your heart and home to a Japanese student fromSendai! Being a host family is as rewarding for you as it
is for the Japanese student you bring into your home.
You will learn about another culture, provide a once-in-alifetime experience for a teenager (age 15-18), and form
a relationship that will stay with you and your family
forever!
Applications will open soon! Please contact Madoka atMadoka@jasdfw.org for more information.

29th Sendai International Half-M arathon:
M eet Dallas Runners for 2019!
We would like to announce the results of the selection
process of the Dallas-Sendai Sports Exchange. Thesetwo terrific runners will be representing the city of Dallasat the 2019 Sendai International Half Marathon- Jeremy Kieser and Jessica O'Neil Smith. They
shined as both runners and ambassadors of Dallas.
Please congratulate them and help them prepare to facesome very tough competition from all over the world!!

COMMUNITY EVENTSCORPORATE MEMBERS

GOLD | $2,500

Fort Worth JapaneseSociety:
Do-it-Yourself SukiyakiLunch
Sunday, February 17​@ 12:30 PM
Join your friends in Fort

Worth as Chef Julia Dunaway will lead everyone inmaking this Japanese classic. Each table will selectone individual to assist in cooking! For venue
information and RSVPs, please email Harvey
Yamagata at inquiries@fwjs.org by Monday,February 11. For more information on ticket
pricing, CLICK HERE.

TCU Dept. of Political
Science:
How to Survive andThrive in Disaster:Lessons from Japan
Monday, February 18@ 6:30 PM
PALKO 130 (Map)
Nearly 20,000 lives were lost in the Great East Japan
Earthquake of 2011. Nearly half a million refugees
were created and energy policies for nuclear facility
management changed across the world as a result of
the nuclear meltdown. In this special public talk, Dr.
Daniel Aldrich will explore the role of social capital andnetworks to examine how some communities in thewake of the earthquake thrived in their recovery efforts
while others lagged behind. For more information,
CLICK HERE.

JETRO:
Sake Educational
Session & BusinessM eetings in Dallas
Food & Beverage Professionals Exclusive Event
Thursday, February 28 @ 12:30 PMSushi Rock - 7601 Campbell Road SuiteDallas, TX 75248
Are you in the food and beverage industry and do you
want to learn more about sake? Guilherme "William"de Macedo, a certified sake sommelier, will be
conducting an informational seminar on sake,including sake from different regions of Japan, wineand sake comparisons, and sake and cheesepairings. Later, free tasting and business meeting
sessions will be arranged with sake breweries. To
register, CLICK HERE.

Tower Center @ SM U:
Sun & Star | Exploring
U.S.-Japan Economic
RelationsThursday, March 7​@ 5:30 PM
Mack Ballroom (Map)
Join your friends at the Tower Center as Dr. Motoshige
Itoh, Professor Emeritus at the University of Tokyo andProfessor at Gakushuin University, joins Dr. Hiroki
Takeuchi, Director of the Sun & Star Program on East
Asia, for a conversation on U.S.-Japan Economicrelations. For more information and to register, youcan CLICK HERE.

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Events Calendar
NEW MEMBERS
Individual/Family
Simon Xu
Akihiro Yoshida
Jonathan Patterson
Steve Charters
Jennifer Lin
Erica SnookJohn Garza
Darrin New comer
Trenton Alexander
Elias Baron
Ethan Belanger
Aaron WerntzMegan Thomsen
Kaw ai Elsborg
Steven Trine
Mark Kerby

UPCOMING:
February 15 | 2019 Japan Update Sym posium
February 17 | FWJS - DIY Sukiyaki Luncheon
February 21 | Ikebana International Dallas Chapter 13 The Art of Renka
March 7 | Sun & Star - Exploring U.S.-Japan Econom ic
Relations @ The Tow er Center
March 20 | Sun & Star - U.S. Navy and Japanese Maritim e
Self-Defense Force since the end of WWII @ The Tow erCenterMay 13 | Sun & Star Legacy Aw ard Dinner

ONGOING:

Holiday Drawing
Winner:Now - February 16 | Conduit Gallery: Hidenori Oi - RisingLand
Now - February 24 | Arlington Museum of Art: Hiroshige
Exhibition
Now - April 14 | Crow Museum of Asian Art: Jacob
Hashim oto - Clouds and Chaos

Hiroki Fukuyama

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