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2019年（令和元年）11月23日（土）VOICES From

THE NEW YORKERS
Sonoko Sakai to Have
Cookbook Tour in NYC
by Susan McCormac
JapaneseAmerican foodwriter and culinary instructor
Sonoko Sakai
will be in New
York the firstweekofDecember topromote her new
book, “Japanese Home Cooking:Simple Meals, Authentic
Flavors.” The book weaves
together recipes for traditional
Japanese dishes with personal
anecdotes from the Californiabased writer, who was born in
New York and raised in Japan,
Mexico and California. Sakai also
advises readers how to stock theirpantries with the ingredients andequipment essential to making
any Japanese meal.
On Tuesday, December 3 at
7:00 p.m., Marlow & Sons inBrooklyn will host the author fora book-inspired menu and signing
event. The following day, Sakai
will have a book signing at Asia
Society from 4-5:00 p.m. Finally,on Thursday, December 5, Sakai
returns to Brooklyn for a 7:00
p.m. panel discussion and booksigning at Archestratus Books &Food.
Go to one—or all three!—of Sonoko Sakai’s events andlearn more about the Japanesekitchen. If you can’t attend, youcan purchase “Japanese HomeCooking” on Amazon.com. She
will also be a featured guest on anupcoming episode of The Big
Root Podcast, so stay tuned!
(Susan is the founder ofJapanCultureNYC, an Englishlanguage website for all things
Japanese in New York, and theco-host of The Big Root Podcast.)

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GOVERNMENT OF JAPANTO HONOR
Gary Shunichi Moriwaki andShuji Yagi (Shuho Bon Yagi)
Both from New York

After the March 2011 Great East Japan
Earthquake, as Chairman of JAA heestablished, fundraised and donated to theaffected areas, and JAA has continued tosupport reconstruction of these areas bycollaborating with other organizations. In2014, he and former professional baseballmanager Bobby Valentine created a baseball team of 15-year-olds from the east
coast of the United States to be sent toJapan to play friendship games withyouth baseball teams in Miyagi, Iwate
and Fukushima.

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Gary Shunichi Moriwaki

Shuji Yagi (Shuho Bon Yagi)

On November 3, 2019 the Government of Japan announced the recipients ofits Autumn 2019 Decorations which include two distinguished United States
citizens under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Japan in New York.
Gary Shunichi Moriwaki, former President of the Japanese American
Association of New York (JAA) was decorated with The Order of the RisingSun, Gold Rays with Rosette for his outstanding contribution to the enhancement of the welfare of the Japanese and Japanese American community and todeepening and promoting goodwill and mutual understanding between Japanand the United States. Shuji Yagi (Shuho Bon Yagi), President of T.I.C.
AKEAN, Inc. was decorated with The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold andSilver Rays for his outstanding contributions to promoting Japanese cuisine in
the United States.
Since joining JAA in 1988, Mr.
Moriwaki has made use of his expertise as a lawyer to contribute to thesocial welfare, education and cultureof Japanese and Japanese American
residents in the State of New York.
He has been active in the association’s activities as a director, VicePresident, President and Honorary
President for over 25 years.

In 1994, he set up free legal counseling services for areas that weredifficult for Japanese and JapaneseAmericans to understand, mainly on
immigration law and estate-planning. He also assisted in the supportof procedures for cases in which
Japanese or Japanese Americans
with no relatives died suddenly or
when the surviving family members
remain in Japan.

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When Hurricane Sandy hit N.Y. inOctober 2012, he worked with a volunteer group to establish a relief fund forvictims and called on JAA members todonate clothing and volunteer in activities
to clean damaged houses. This contributed to the promotion of friendly relations with New Yorkers by actively providing various kinds of support not only
to Japanese Americans but also to allaffected.
Achievements through the U.S.-JapanCouncil
In addition to JAA activities, he served
the U.S.-Japan Council, an organizationthat promotes opportunities for exchanges
between Japan and the United States, forsix years as a director and Vice Chair.
During his term as a Director in 2018, hetraveled frequently between Japan and theUnited States in support of the organization’s TOMODACHI Initiative, whichaims to foster the next generation of leaders in Japan and the United States throughnetworking and community fostering
activities and events.
In the 2005 Special Olympics World
Winter Games held in Nagano Prefecture,
he served on its advisory board andhelped raise funds and awareness for theGames. This also contributed to the deepening of the bonds of friendship between
athletes from Japan and various countries
participating in the Special Olympics.

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Yagi, a Pioneer in JapaneseRestaurant Management in N.Y.
After starting a vegetable wholesale
business to supply Japanese restaurants
in N.Y. in 1976, Mr. Yagi always founda way to get ahead and has opened various Japanese restaurants specializing insushi, sake, soba and shabu-shabu. He
has opened 16 stores as of 2018. He has
also led the new Japanese food market inN.Y. and has contributed significantly toits expansion.
The fact that he has shared his Japanesecooking and food culture expertise withJapanese and non-Japanese alike is recognized as a further deepening of relations between Japan and the UnitedStates. In recognition of these achievements, in 2017 he was awarded the 11th
Minister of Agriculture, Forestry andFisheries Award for Overseas Promotionof Japanese Food.
Achievements through Japanese foodand social contribution
He has been a board member of The
Gohan Society, a non-profit that promotes Japanese food culture in N.Y.
through an exchange program of chefs
between Japan and the United Statessince its founding in 2006.
Since the establishment in 2008 of theN.Y. branch of JRO, a nonprofit to promote Japanese restaurants abroad, he is
now the branch’s caretaker on the vacantbranch head’s behalf. There, he plays acentral role in coordinating a Japaneserestaurant association to solve the common problems of Japanese restaurants.
He serves as a director of JAA, andwhen the Great East Japan Earthquake
occurred, he led fundraising activities in
the Japanese restaurant community anddonated through the United Nations andJAA.
Also, in cooperation with JapaneseAmerican Social Services, Inc. (JASSI),
every November since 1998, one of his
restaurants holds a free shabu-shabu
lunch for the elderly to show respect for
those in the Japanese American community, which is met with appreciation.
Since 1990, Japanese festival “JapanTown” has been held in the East Village
where his company is located, inviting
people to “enjoy Japan without airfare.”
He has also deepened friendships withlocal N.Y. residents by donating to theChristmas charity hosted by the district
police station for over 20 years. As a rolemodel for young entrepreneurs, he isknown as “an ambassador for Japanesecuisine in the East Village.”

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