Intercollegiate Nikkei Council “Beach Day”

INC, the Southern California Intercollegiate Nikkei Council, held an event on October 18 at Dockweiler State Beach in Playa del Rey.

INC is made up of Japanese student unions from thirteen universities across Southern California.
Its goal is to build connections among students across different schools and strengthen the local Japanese community.

The Beach Day, held annually at the start of the new academic year, brings together students from all thirteen member universities for a networking event.

This year, approximately seven hundred people attended. Participants first gathered by school but quickly mingled through games and activities.

LA Welcomes Consul General Murota

Kohei Murota Welcomed at Assumption of Post Reception as Consul General of Japan in Los Angeles on October 17.

Consul General Murota assumed his post in August this year.
Before coming to Los Angeles, he served as a senior director in the National Security Secretariat and has held key security and foreign policy posts since joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1994.

The reception was attended by members of the Japanese American community and political, business, and cultural leaders from Los Angeles. Speakers expressed hope for further Japan-US cooperation and exchanges.

Consul General Murota stated that he aims to strengthen Japan-US friendship through understanding gained from being in the local community.

Regarding the Japanese American community, he noted that the leading generation is reaching a transitional period. He expressed his intention to build cooperative relationships with the fourth and fifth generations and new Japanese Americans while learning from the history and experiences of the community.