{"id":16218,"date":"2018-05-27T20:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-28T03:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=16218"},"modified":"2018-05-28T05:39:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-28T07:39:51","slug":"05-27-2018","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/05-27-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"May 27nd 2018 O.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">May 27th 2018 O.A.<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ty6sMd4dpPE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Seminar \u201cJapanese Business Corporate Social Responsibility\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>A \u201cJapanese Business Corporate Social Responsibility\u201d seminar was held at Toyota Meeting Hall in Torrance on Monday, April 30th.<br \/>\nThis was held by the non profit organization, Little Tokyo Service Center active in social welfare and community development.<br \/>\nTakuya Hirano, president of Microsoft Japan was invited as the speaker from Japan with an interview with NHK LA Bureau Chief, Kaori Iida.<br \/>\nMicrosoft is known for contributing to the society. Hirano spoke about how the company sees connecting with the society is important through his career and experience.<br \/>\nFor the second part of the seminar, 3 business personnels based in LA called the \u201cShin-Issei\u201d joined the panel discussion and talked about their vision in contributing to the society. Shin-Issei are people who came to the US postwar.<br \/>\nAbout 250 people including community members from all over LA and businessmen attended the seminar.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cFiesta Matsuri\u201d for Children\u2019s Day<\/h2>\n<p>Sunday, May 6th was \u201cFiesta Matsuri\u201d for Children\u2019s Day in Little Tokyo.<br \/>\nThis is an annual event held by the JACCC to celebrate Children\u2019s Day.<br \/>\nParents and kids enjoyed the event as each cultural organizations held workshops and booths where kids can play games.<br \/>\nDecoration workshop was held at the Tanabata Festival booth, and kids learned how to make their own Kazari.<br \/>\nTanabata festival started in Sendai City of Miyazaki, Japan. It was first brought to LA in 2009 for Nisei Week. Since then, individuals; companies and organizations have been participating annually with varieties of Kazari and entertaining the attendees.<br \/>\nThe theme for this year\u2019s 10th anniversary is \u201cSpirit of Togetherness.\u201d Although many people participated during the Great East Japan Earthquake, the numbers of newcomers have decreased so they hope to bring people together once again.<br \/>\nThe Tanabata Kazari workshop is held at the Little Tokyo Koban every Saturday until August 4th.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>The Premiere of the Movie \u201cDownrage\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>The premiere of the movie \u201cDownrage\u201d was held at the Beverly Hills\u2019 movie theater on Tuesday, April 24th.<br \/>\n\u201cDownrage\u201d is directed by Ryuhei Kitamura and has been shown in many film festivals since its debut in Toronto International Film Festival.<br \/>\nKitamura has been internationally acclaimed for his 2001 film \u201cVERSUS.\u201d<br \/>\nSince, he has directed many popular films like \u201cGodzilla: Final Wars\u201d and \u201cLupin the Third.\u201d<br \/>\nHe is now based in LA and works on both Japanese and Hollywood films.<br \/>\n\u201cDownrage\u201d is his 3rd Hollywood film; a suspenseful horror where young characters are stranded as their car break down in the middle of nowhere, and are attacked by an unknown someone.<br \/>\nA Q&amp;A session with the cast and staff were held after the premiere, and Kitamura talked about the episodes during the filmmaking process.<br \/>\n\u201cDownrage\u201d is available on the horror movie streaming service, Shudder.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Gala Dinner to Support the Cure of Type 1 Diabetes<\/h2>\n<p>A gala dinner was held on Saturday, May 12th at Beverly Hills to support the cure of type 1 diabetes.<br \/>\nJDRF is a treatment research facility that also supports type 1 diabetic patients, and the donations collected through this gala dinner are all going to their activities.<br \/>\nUnlike the type 2 that is caused by lifestyle, type 1 is an autoimmune disease and cannot be cured completely.<br \/>\nThe JDRF annually award individuals who have committed with us, This year, Andy Bales and the American Honda were chosen.<br \/>\nAndy Bales is a charity worker in LA supporting the homeless.<br \/>\nHe himself is the patient of type 1 diabetes and have supported JDRF for a long time.<br \/>\nAmerican Honda invited KTLA news anchor, Frank Buckley and his son who is type 1 diabetic, Ben Buckley on their float for this year\u2019s Rose Parade and promoted JDRF\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>JFC Sake Expo &amp; Food Show<\/h2>\n<p>Saturday, May 19th was JFC Sake Expo &amp; Food Show at Costa Mesa.<br \/>\nThis event is held by the Japanese food import and distributor, JFC International and held annually to spread its market in North America.<br \/>\nThis event is for the food industry individuals. Sake breweries and food manufacturers promoted their new lineups.<br \/>\nAt the Japanese sake booth; Junmai, Ginjo, Daiginjo, Shochu and Umeshu were introduced and enjoyed by the attendees.<br \/>\nThe tuna used for the filetting show was a hatchery fish raised in Aichi, Japan for 3 and a half years.<br \/>\nAt the Japanese food manufacturer; gyoza, karaage, ponzu and other izakaya related ingredients were introduced.<br \/>\nShochu cocktails using aloe yogurt and products that go well with liquor were also promoted.<br \/>\nThe attendance made its record high this year. Attendees enjoyed the event by learning the Japanese culture and coming up with new menu lineups.<br \/>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] May 27th 2018 O.A. [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text] Seminar \u201cJapanese Business Corporate Social Responsibility\u201d A \u201cJapanese Business Corporate Social Responsibility\u201d seminar was held at Toyota Meeting Hall in Torrance on Monday, April 30th. This was held by the non profit organization, Little Tokyo Service Center active in social welfare and community development. Takuya Hirano, president <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/05-27-2018\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16259,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[186],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-16218","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-2018-05-may"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/16218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/socaljapan"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16218"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/16218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16258,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/16218\/revisions\/16258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=16218"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=16218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}