{"id":18685,"date":"2021-05-09T20:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=18685"},"modified":"2021-05-09T23:18:32","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T06:18:32","slug":"2021-05-09","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2021-05-09\/","title":{"rendered":"May 9th 2021 O.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p><\/p>\n<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">May 9th 2021 O.A.<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_snoieI7nUY\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>Spring 2021 Decorations<\/h2>\n<p>The Japanese government announced its recipients of Spring 2021 Decorations.<br \/>\nTwo people were chosen from the jurisdiction of the Consulate General of Japan in LA.<\/p>\n<p>Pasadena resident, David Yamahata was awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Silver Rays.<\/p>\n<p>David started working in the LAFD in 1971 and got promoted as the first Asian American Chief Deputy of Emergency Operations in<br \/>\n2011.<\/p>\n<p>He worked with the Little Tokyo Public Safety Association on improving public safety as well as providing guidance for emergency preparedness.<br \/>\nIn 2019, he was appointed as the president of Nisei Week Foundation and greatly contributed to the Japanese American  community.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas Erber from Long Beach received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas worked as the president of Japan America Society of Southern California for 17 years and actively supported the Great East Japan Earthquake relief funds.<br \/>\nHe was involved in many successful projects like the workshop where a Japanese Kite Master was invited.<\/p>\n<p>Douglas was in an exchange program in Anjo City, Aichi during college freshman which later led him in becoming the president of Sister City Association of Huntington Beach.<br \/>\nHe worked hard for mutual understanding and friendship between Japan and the US.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<li>Spring 2021 Decorations<\/li>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":18687,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[256],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-18685","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-2021-05-may"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/18685","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=18685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/18685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18688,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/18685\/revisions\/18688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=18685"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=18685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}