Japan-America Society will co-sponsor with The Fred T. Korematsu Center for Law and Equality at Seattle University School of Law “An Evening with Beate Sirota Gordon."
DATE: September 22
TIME: 5:00
LOCATION: Campion Ballroom
Seattle University Campus
PARKING: $5 for two hours, Murphy Garage, Parking Area P4
COST: Free
REGISTRATION: ohnoj@seattleu.edu
Ms. Gordon has led one of the most colorful lives of any non-Japanese woman to have lived in Japan since the early 1930s. She also has contributed significantly to our knowledge about Japan through her work at the U.S. Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), for the Office of War Information and for TIME magazine. In Tokyo, she worked for the Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers (SCAP) under General Douglas MacArthur as a translator. She and Japan-America Society former member and Thomas S. Foley Award recipient Eleanor Hadley played an integral role in writing into the Japanese constitution legal equality between men and women in Japan. Her memoir, “The Only Woman in the Room” (Kodansha American, 2001) draws fans worldwide.
Ms. Gordon eventually moved to New York City, where she has been Performing Arts Director of the Japan Society and of the Asia Society.
Going Green – Going Global, a series of programs featuring case studies and presentations by local entrepreneurs who have founded innovative green technology companies of interest to Japan, kicks off with Modumetal and its president, co-founder and CEO, Christina Lomasney.
This program is presented in cooperation with the Trade Development Alliance and the Washington Clean Technology Alliance.
Date: October 13th
Time: 4:15 Registration
4:30 - 5:30 Program
5:30 - 6:30 Social Hour
Location: Trade Development Alliance Meeting Room
1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2500
Seattle, WA 98101
Cost: $25
Registration: www.jassw.org
Modumetal is: A unique, nanolaminated material with ultra-high strength-to-weight properties. A material that negates conventional tradeoffs in metal and composite performance properties. A low-cost, high-efficiency “green” metal manufacturing process.
Ms. Lomasney, one of the area's most successful "Green Women" is co-founder and chairman of Modumetal. Previously she co-founded Isotron Corporation, a composite materials company, and served as president/CEO through 2006; she now is Chairman. At Boeing, she fulfilled a variety of capacities, including lead on programs related to advanced metals manufacturing in the Prototype Machining Center.
THE GREAT TOHOKU EARTHQUAKE: WHAT HAVE BUSINESSES LEARNED?
Japan-America Society and Japan Business Association of Seattle, with the Jackson School of International Studies and the Foster School of Business Administration, host their third annual business roundtable on October 26, 5:30, at PACCAR Hall on the University of Washington campus. Program features presentations and discussion by representatives of companies with business strategies greatly altered by the Great Tohoku Earthquake. Presenters are from Weyerhaeuser, JAMCO, Kyokuyo America and Jetro Tokyo.
DATE: October 26
TIME: 5:30 – 8:30
LOCATON: University of Washington, PACCAR Hall
PARKING: $5 on campus after 5 p.m.
COST: $5 students $15 general
REGISTRATION: www.jassw.org
Consul General of Japan in Seattle Kiyokazu Ota led the kanpai with JAS Board Chair Megumi Kobayashi.
Thanks again to those who were able to join us for this very special event. Hope to see you again at a future JAS event!
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Patron member Nico Nico Douga CEO James Spahn with MC Benjamin Erickson of the Hyogo Business and Cultural Center.
Board Chair Megumi Kobayashi and Japan in the School program manager Akiko Olson, who produced the 88th Anniversary celebration.
Tomio Moriguchi, second from left, and Jenny Moriguchi, far right.
Japan-America Society Board Chair Megumi Kobayashi and Program Committee Chair Akemi Sagawa.
Guests enjoy a full evening of performances.
Japan-America Society member Megumi Schacher creates a celebratory ikebana before the guests while Corporate member Nico Nico Douga broadcasts to over 20,000 viewers in Japan and around the world.
Here all some photos from last night's 88th Anniversary Celebration event!
Spectacular views from the 17th floor deck at Russell Investments
Over 130 members and friends come together next Tuesday to celebrate the 88th Anniversary, or "Beijyu Tanjobi", of the Japan-America Society. Guests should come prepared to share their recollections on our "nenpyo" (timeline), enjoy a full evening of entertainment and refreshments, and see the last of summer from the deck of the 17th floor of the Russell Investments Center, with a backdrop with unparralleled western views of Puget Sound and the Olympics. To join us, visit jassw.org to register
Kenichi Uchikura 
Mayumi Nakamura 
Team JYPG 
