April 5th was the ground-breaking ceremony at Nishiyamato Academy of California in Lomita City since they are building the “Innovation and Cultural Center” on their campus. Nishiyamato Academy of California started on 1992 and is an all Japanese language school certified by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. Their main target are children of residing family and have from K through junior high. The “Innovation & Cultural Center” was planned to celebrate their 25th anniversary and will have a library, media center, meeting and event halls on the campus. The Lomita mayor and local community supporters, as well as parents attended the ceremony. Everyone congratulated the school. President, Katsuyuki Nishikawa stated “We’re very happy to have such ceremony along with the new school year” and appreciated everyone’s support. The facility will be completed this September. The school is stating “We hope local community members will utilize for important meetings as well.”