October 23rd 2022 O.A.

Japan Food Export

The first conference for the Japan Food Export Platform, a platform which supports businesses that export from Japan to the US, was held at JAPAN HOUSE in Hollywood on September 23rd.

This project is conceived by MAFF Japan, and rolled out in late April of this year in the US with constituents being members of JETRO and the Consulate General of Japan in LA.
Their aim is to increase Japan’s annual export of products to the US through the helps of domestic companies and restaurants.

Japanese State Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Takaaki Katsumata attended the conference and exchanged opinions with importers and Japanese restaurant individuals working in LA.

The “Japan Food Export Platform” reported their local performance and requests and will continue to support businesses that are aiming to join the US market.

Intercollegiate Nikkei Council

A networking event for the Southern California Intercollegiate Nikkei Council (INC) happened on October 15th at the Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey.

INC is a coalition of collegiate Nikkei Student Unions (NSU) in Southern California.
Japanese American student organizations from 12 different universities are joined as members.

About 300 students participated in the networking event and got to know each other.

The event started with an icebreaker.
Then, each school was divided into teams and competed for the best sand castle.
Students got creative and thought of different ways to get to know each other.

Other than connecting students, INC invites Japanese American experts from different fields and have lectures.
They also participate in volunteer work for the Japanese American community.