{"id":21473,"date":"2025-01-26T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/?post_type=socaljapan&#038;p=21473"},"modified":"2025-01-27T14:04:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T22:04:29","slug":"2025-01-26","status":"publish","type":"socaljapan","link":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/socaljapan\/2025-01-26\/","title":{"rendered":"January 26th 2025 O.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">January 26th 2025 O.A.<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kvOdOnKP084\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2>JBA 2025 New Year\u2019s Party<\/h2>\n<p>On January 17, in Torrance, the JBA (Japanese Business Association of Southern California) held its annual New Year&#8217;s gathering, the Gashi Kokan-kai.<\/p>\n<p>JBA is a nonprofit organization of about 500 Japanese companies in Southern California, aiming to support member companies, foster Japan-U.S. business understanding, and contribute to the community.<\/p>\n<p>This annual event celebrates the New Year and fosters member networking. However, this year, in light of the major wildfire that struck Los Angeles, the event&#8217;s focus shifted to a theme of recovery and community support.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony featured remarks from JBA President Minamiura and Japanese Consul General in Los Angeles, Takehiro Sone, among other distinguished guests.<br \/>\nThey expressed solidarity with those affected by the disaster and conveyed hopes for a swift recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The traditional raffle featuring various prizes donated by member companies was replaced this year with a secret auction to support recovery efforts.<br \/>\nThe proceeds will be donated to the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n<p>The New Year\u2019s Party is JBA&#8217;s largest annual event, attended by nearly all member companies.<br \/>\nOver 500 participants deepened their ties while expressing hopes for the swift resolution of the wildfire crisis and the continued growth of Japanese businesses and communities in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<li>JBA 2025 New Year\u2019s Party<\/li>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21479,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"socaljapan_category":[342,343],"socaljapan_tag":[],"class_list":["post-21473","socaljapan","type-socaljapan","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","socaljapan_category-342","socaljapan_category-2025-01-january"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/21473","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=21473"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/21473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21480,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan\/21473\/revisions\/21480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_category?post=21473"},{"taxonomy":"socaljapan_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jhollywoodnet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/socaljapan_tag?post=21473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}