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Reports

Japanese American Social Services, Inc.

100 Gold Street, Lower Level, New York NY 10038 Phone: 212-442-1541 Em ail: info@jassi.org

Topics
1: 28th Anniversary Benefit Dinner
2: Friendly Visit
3: Sawa-Kai & Hotline
4: JCOP Grant & Workshop
5: Inside JASSI
6: Senior Events
7: Thanks to Donors!

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JASSI held its 28 Anniversary Benefit Dinner on
November 7th at The Yale Club of New York City. Over
140 guests attended the event, which commemorated
JASSI’s service to the Japanese community in the tristate area. The evening featured a performance by theviolinist Ryu Goto, accompanied by Eri Kang on piano,and short speeches by Honorable Guests H.E. Shinichi
Nishimiya, Ambassador and Consul-General of Japanand Susumu Tanimura, the president and CEO of Japan
Network Group, Inc. (TV Japan). Hiroshi Aoki, board
chairman of JASSI, presented awards recognizing thededicated and long-term support of Hamilton Madison
House, Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Mitsui USA
Foundation, and Toyota Motor North America, Inc. The
event, which raised approximately $24,000 after
expenses, received generous support from the Eisai USA
Foundation, Ernst & Young, the J.C.C. Fund of theJapanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of New
York, Inc., Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., the Mitsui USA
Foundation and Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Additional support was provided by AS Hirota CapitalManagement, LLC, Goldman Sachs, KPMG LLP, andMorgan Stanley. The evening was festive and subdued at
the same time; while there was much gratitude expressed
for all of JASSI’s friends and supporters, the many
challenges that would continue as a result of the difficult
economic climate also were acknowledged. Kaoriko
Kuge of Fujisankei Communications International acted
as the Master of Ceremony.

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Friendly Visit
フレンドリービジット
JASSI has a program for senior citizens called ”Friendly
Visit.” A volunteerFriendly
regularly visits theVisit
same senior member tohave a chat. Our intern Moe Takagi visited Ms. Miyamoto,who is the recipient of Friendly Visits for coverage. Here iswhat she found.
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entire life, as she reflected on her experiences over the years. She always put the lives of others first, using most of her
income to pay the expenses of her brother and nephew, including their school tuition. Even though she is now in her mid80s, Ms. Miyamoto still would like to help others and feels uncomfortable requesting assistance. This initially resulted inher refusal to accept the help she actually needs.
Ms. Miyamoto met Mariko Noguchi, who volunteers as a friendly visitor, about a year ago. Ms. Noguchi visits
Ms. Miyamoto once a week not only to chat, but also to provide any support she needs as an elderly person living alone.
Although they have a friendly and trusting relationship now, this was not always the case. When they first started meeting
regularly, there were uncomfortable moments for both of them because Ms. Miyamoto often refused Ms. Noguchi's offersof assistance because of the guilt she felt. Ms. Noguchi still remembers the confusion and sadness she felt because she did
not know Ms. Miyamoto well enough to gauge the real feelings behind her actions and statements. She could never haveimagined at that time the relationship she is currently having with Ms. Miyamoto because their relationship hascompletely changed. Ms. Noguchi now knows how to make it easier for Ms. Miyamoto to accept her help, and Ms.
Miyamoto trusts her and tells her how she honestly feels.
It is extremely difficult to change one's beliefs and behaviors, especially when it comes to senior citizens like Ms.
Miyamoto. However, Ms. Noguchi’s passion and desire to help moved Ms. Miyamoto and reminded her of the importanceof being able to occasionally rely on others. No one can live all alone, and everyone requires help in one way or another.
This interview was a great opportunity for me to see the power of trust, and how this allows two people to communicate
and completely understand each other.
I would like many more senior citizens to become aware of JASSI’s friendly visits, so that they may takeadvantage of the program. It’s a great opportunity to interact with people of a different generation and create heartfelt
relationships. I believe that since seniors have been taking care of us, the younger generation, for so long that it is now
time for them to rest and rely on us a little.
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Sawa-Kai（Tea Party）Letʼs drink a cup of tea together!
茶話会 ちょっとお茶飲みにいらっしゃいませんか？
A monthly tea party is provided by JASSI‘s
Friendly Visit volunteers. Please feel free to join
our monthly parties.
When: Every first Monday from 2:30pm to 4pm.
Where: Hamilton Madison House City Hall
Senior Center Dining Room (100 Gold St.,
Lower Level, New York, NY 10038)

HotlineJASSIフレンドリービジットボランティアが主催する茶話会です。どうぞお気軽にご参加下さい。 今後の活動の要望等がございましたらお聞かせ下さい。
日時：毎月第一月曜日の午後２時半〜４時
場所：ハミルトン・マジソンハウス シティーホール
シニアセンター内ダイニングルーム(100 Gold St., Lower Level, New York, NY

JASSI’s Hotline receives on average 5 calls a day. Sample cases are below.

ホットライン 相談内容は多岐に渡っていますが、以下のような相談が寄せられています。
ジャシーのホットラインは一日平均５件の生活相談を受けています。

1. “I am thinking of taking thesleeping pills that are in front ofme.” JASSI staff went to thepersonʼs home to first listen to her
and second to encourage her to
see a doctor.

1. 「目の前にある睡眠薬を飲んでしまおうかと考えている」と相談を受け、お宅まで伺って本人の話に耳を傾け、病院への受診を促す。

2. “Because of my husbandʼsviolence, either he will kill me or I
will kill him.” JASSI staff listened
to her and referred her to anagency and legal service
specializing in domestic violence.

2. 「夫の暴力でこのままいくと

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夫に殺されるか私が夫を殺すかのどちらかなんです」と相談を受け、家庭内暴力の専門機関とリーガルサービスへ照会する。

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WINTER 2009JASSI awarded JMSA JCOP Grant
米国日本人医師会のJCOPグラントを授与
JASSI received a Community Outreach Program (JCOP) grantfrom the Japanese Medical Society of America (JMSA). The
grant was accepted at the JMSA Holiday Reception on
December 11, 2009. The grant will be used to provide outreachto Japanese people in the tri-state New York area who do nothave health insurance and, through workshops and the JASSI
website, disseminate information on the health care options
available to these people.
米国日本人医師会(JMSA)の提供するコミュニティー・アウトリーチ・プログラム(JCOP) よりグラントを受けてのお知らせです。グラントは12/11に開催されたJMSAホリデーレセプションにて授与されました。このグラントは無保険者の為にNY州が提供している公的保険や、安価で診てもらえる病院のプログラム等の情報を、日本語でのワークショップやジャシーウェビサイトを通じてコミュニテティーに提供する目的で使用されます。

Elderly Asian Women Suicide Prevention Workshop
アジア系高齢女性を対象に自殺を予防するワークショップ
It is regrettable that elderly women of Asian descent have the highest suicide rate
among all female groups over age 75 in the U.S. Common triggers of suicide in Asian
communities are the inability to provide financial support to the family, family
discord, and being ostracized by loved ones. Feelings of shame and failure for being aburden to or pariah of the family are predominant emotions preceding suicidal acts.
To help address this situation, a JASSI board member, Ms. Tazuko Shibusawa of
NYU will conduct a workshop to raise community awareness about the suicide risk
for Asian elderly women. The workshop, part of the NYS Elderly Suicide Women
Prevention Awareness Campaign, will discuss culturally sensitive approaches to reachout to Asian elderly women who may be in distress. Details of workshop as follows:
Date & Time: January 2010 from 6:00 pm
Place: Hamilton Madison House City Hall Senior Center (100 Gold St., Lower
Level, New York NY 10038)
Please ASVP to JASSI at event@jassi.org or 212-442-1541 by Jan 2010.
アメリカでは75歳以上のアジア人女性による自殺の数が高いとの統計が出ています。ニューヨーク州ではその予防を呼びかけるキャンペーンを行っています。これを受けて、ジャシーではニューヨーク大学より渋沢田鶴子教授をスピーカーに迎え、日系コミュニティーに対し高齢の女性の自殺を予防するワークショップを行います。自殺はコミュニティー教育＆啓蒙活動で予防できるもの。日系の高齢女性をコミュニティーで守る為にも、年齢や性別に関係のない参加が必要だと思われます。参加ご希望の方はジャシー（212-442-1541/
event@jassi.org）までお電話／Eメールにてお申し込み下さい。
＜高齢女性の自殺を予防するコミュニティーワークショップ＞
日時：１月 日（ ）午後６時〜
場所：ハミルトン・マジソンハウス シティーホールシニアセンター(100 Gold St., Lower Level, New York, NY 10038)
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Senior Events 高齢者月例イベント
June: Strawberry Picking 6月：イチゴ狩り

JASSI’s senior members went by bus to the Alsted Farm in New Jersey. The event wassponsored by Goldman Sachs & Co.
Goldman Sachs & Co. の提供 でNJのアルステッド農場へイチゴがりに出かけました

July: Elder Law Workshop 7月: 高齢者（福祉）法ワークショップ
JASSI provided a workshop regarding elder law matters such as a Power ofAttorney, Health Care Proxy and Living Will. The guest speaker was Pauline YeungHa, esq. from Grimaldi & Yeung LLP.
ゲストスピーカーにポリーン・ヤン-ハ弁護士を迎えて、委任状、遺書、
医療委任状、に関するワークショップを開催しました。

August: Hospice Workshop 8月：ホスピスワークショップ
Workshop regarding Palliative care, Hospice care, Health Care Proxy and
Living Will was provided by a speaker, Kazuko Kobayashi, LMSW.
ソーシャルワーカーの小林和子氏をスピーカーに迎え、苦痛漢和治療、ホスピスケア、ヘルスケア・プロキシー、リビング・ウィル、遺言についてのワークショップを開催しました。

September: Funeral Planning Workshop 9月：遺言・お墓・お葬式ワークショップ
JASSI invited Oscar Straus !, esq., to provide a workshop regarding Wills,
and Burial and Funeral Planning at JAA Sr. Week.
ストラウス弁護士を迎え、遺言・お墓・お葬式ワークショップをJAAのシニアウィークにて開催しました。

JASSI Special Luncheon ジャシースペシャルランチョン

Mr. & Mrs. Sakurada at Sushi You provided special luncheon for our senior
members. The luncheon was held at Tenri Cultural Institute.
すし遊、桜田氏のご厚意で40名の高齢者メンバーがスペシャルランチの提供を受けました。場所は天理文化協会にて提供されました。

October: Ayako Oshima & Cullan Bryant Recital
10月：大島文子＆カラン・ブライアントリサイタル
Ayako Oshima (Clarinet) & Cullan Bryant (Piano) provided a classical music
recital for senior members at Tenri Cultural Institute.
クラリネットの大島文子氏、ピアノのカラン・ブライアント氏によるリサイタルが天理文化協会で行われました。

November: Shabu Shabu Luncheon 11月:しゃぶしゃぶランチ
Thanks to Mr. Yagi, owner of Shabu Tatsu Restaurant, 38 JASSI seniors enjoyeda delicious Shabu Shabu luncheon! He also contributed $2500 to JASSI.
今年もしゃぶ辰、八木氏のご厚意で38名のJASSI高齢者メンバーをしゃぶ
しゃぶランチにご招待してくださいました。又、同イベントで＄2500の寄付金もいただきました。
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Board & Staff Changes 理事＆スタッフの入れ替わり
Our New Board Member, Kozo Osaki

JASSI’s new board member, Mr. Kozo Osaki was welcomed. Mr. Osaki was born andraised in Fukuoka, Japan and studied in Japan, Spain and the United States. He
earned his BS degree in accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1976. In
1978 he joined the Japanese practice of KPMG, and was made a partner in 1989. Mr.
Osaki resigned in 2009 after a 31-year career at KPMG. In his retirement, Mr. Osaki
plans to travel the world and enjoy his hobbies, which include golf, tennis and Latin
dance. Mr. Osaki looks forward to contributing to the Japanese community in NY asa board member of JASSI.

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Our New Staff, Senior Citizen Program Coordinator, Mizue Katayama, M.A.
My name is Mizue Katayama, and I am the new senior citizens program coordinator at JASSI.
I came to the U.S. in 1998, and after studying psychology in college in Nebraska and in the Master’s program at
California State University, I worked as a community organizer at Little Tokyo Service Center, Community
Development Corporation, a non-profit social service organization in Los Angeles, California. I mainly served
Japanese and Japanese American seniors residing within Little Tokyo. With a slogan of “Making Little Tokyo abetter place to live,” I provided seniors various services and also advocated for their rights as residents.
I feel very fortunate to be given an opportunity to continue serving seniors in need after moving to New Yorkearlier this year. I enjoyed working for seniors in Los Angeles, and hope to be able to help more people in New
York. I have learned a lot from working with seniors and I hope to do the same at JASSI. I am very excited to be apart of this organization and am looking forward to meeting all of you.

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Thanks to Benefit Dinner Contributors! | !?-GH} -= D . a· ~ _• Y‘` 3 4 . 2 • ¡ 7€ • MN OP
AS Hirota Capital Management, LLC
Asian American Federation of NY
Chilmark Consultants, Inc.
Daiwa Security
Eisai USA Foundation

Japan Network Group, Inc.
J.C.C. FundKPMG LLP
Morgan Stanley
Mitsui & Co.(U.S.A.), Inc.
Mitsui USA Foundation
Nomura Security International, Inc.
Tabata Oxford Personel LLC
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Trend Pot NY LLC

Ethel & Philip Adelman Charitable Foundation

Ernst & Young LLP
Goldman Sachs
Hamilton Madison House
Japanese American Association of NY

Thanks to Donors! -寄付ありがとうございました-

JASSI would like to express our deep appreciation to the following
corporations for becoming members or renewing their membershipin Tomo no Kai (Friends of JASSI).
以下の団体に、JASSI友の会新規ご入会、更新頂きました。
この場を借りて御礼申し上げます。

Kajima USA, Inc.
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical America, Inc.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc.
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation
Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A), Inc.
Mitsui USA Foundation
Nippon Steel USA, Inc.
REDAC, Inc.
SONY USA Foundation
Sumitomo Corporation of America
Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
Wacoal America, Inc.

JASSI also wishes to acknowledge thegenerous support from:JASSIの活動をサポートして下さっている以下の団体にお礼申し上げます。
Aian American Federation of NY
Eisai USA Foundation, Inc.
EST. Yumie Saito
Japanese Medical Society of America
Japonica
J.C.C. FundMark and Anla Chen Kingdon Foundation
Goldman Sachs
Hamilton-Madison House City Hall Senior Center

East Restaurant
Shabu-Tatsu
Sushi You
Tenri Cultural Institute

We Thank Our Volunteers!ijD™ƒ.Ø に支えられて‒日常のオフィスワークから高齢者宅へのフレンドリービジットまで、JASSIはボランティアの皆さんによって支えられています。JASSI一同、深くお礼申し上げます。
JASSI’s work, both outreach and administration is made possible by its small staff only with the invaluable help of its
unsung group of volunteers who answer telephone calls update paperwork, stuff envelops and perform countless otherduties, including making friendly visits to the housebound. Some of our volunteers who have not been previously
acknowledged including the following:Michiko Appleton, Cullan Bryant, Erika Oshima, Masako Kageyama, Yasuo Kato, Kazuko Kobayashi,
Kimie Kobayashi, Hitoe Kumagai, Takako Kusunoki, Denis Lebeux, Kenji Mori, Yoneko Morimoto,
Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Esq., Miyoko Morton, Yukiyo Nagata, Miho Negrao, Mariko Noguchi, Ayako
Oshima, Kazuko Rosenberg, Hiroshi Sarumida, Esq., Oscar S. Straus !, esq, Moe Takagi, Akemi
Tomizawa, Kanji Tomizawa, Eri Yamada

Thanks to Ticket Donors!" チケットの寄付、ありがとうございましたFor free tickets that enabled groups of seniors to attend various cultural events in the city, JASSI thanks the following
donors: NPO JFCH, Kazeno Wa 911, Hemsing Associates, MidAmerica Productions, Inoue Chamber Ensemble.

ジャシーの高齢者メンバーをコンサートにご招待下さいました以下の団体に心よりお礼申し上げます。井上室内アンサ
ンブル、風の輪、非営利団体JFCH、ヘムジング・アソシエイツ、ミッドアメリカプロダクション。お陰で高齢者メンバーも素敵な余暇が楽しめました。
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Your tax-deductable donation will help JASSI continue to provide our services freeof charge. Please make your check payable to Japanese American Social Services,inc. (JASSI) and mail to 100 Gold Street, Lower Level, New York, NY 10038.
Thank you very much!

Name:Japanese American
Social Services, Inc.

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About JASSI ReportsA publication of Japanese American Social Services, Inc. a organization establishedin 1981 to address social needs of persons of Japanese ancestry in the Greater New
York area. JASSI acts as a culturally sensitive source of support and information.
Its services include help in applying for government benefits and entitlements.
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このニュースレターは1981年にニューヨーク近郊でソーシャルサービスを提供する目的で創立された日米ソーシャルサービス(JASSI)による発行。公的支援への申請のお手伝いなどを含むサービスを提供しているJASSIは、日米文化のギャップから生じる問題に対する支援先、または日系文化をふまえた情報源としての役割を担っています。

Address:
100 Gold Street, LL
New York, NY 10038
Phone:
212-442-1541
Fax:
212-442-8627
E-Mail:info@jassi.org
Website:www.jassi.org

100 Gold Street, Lower Level
New York, NY10038
Staff:!
Chiaki Torisu, Community Services Coordinator
Mizue Katayama, M.A., Sr. Citizens’ Program Coordinator
Masako Kageyama, Grant Writer
Moe Takagi, Service Coordinator Intern
Denis Lebeux, Office Volunteer

Board:
Hiroshi Aoki: Board Chair
Hiroko Hatanaka: Deputy Board Chair
Sato Iwamoto, M.S.W.
Yoshio Kano,
Ryoko Mochizuki, CBP, CCP, CPA, MBA, JD, Esq.
Kozo Osaki, CPA.
Mari Sakaji, M.P.A.
Tazuko Shibusawa, Ph.D., L.C.S.W.
Ayako Weissman

NON-PROFIT ORG.
U.S. POSTAGE PAIDNEW YORK, NYPERMIT NO. 3257