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September 2021
[Online Event] The U.S. – Japan Space Partnership: Fostering Collaboration on Earth and Beyond
Making up two of the five principal countries involved on the International Space Station, the United States and Japan continue to directly work together on exploring the final frontier. This program, led by several esteemed speakers from across the U.S. and Japan, will dive deep into the evolving landscape of historic and startup space industries, the business factors playing into current space exploration, the government policies affecting space regulations, and the benefits of U.S.-Japan joint research. More information will be shared closer to the date of the event. …
Find out more »October 2021
2021 Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner
Join us as we honor exemplary supporters of the U.S.-Japan relationship. Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to the United States (2012-2018) and current President of The Japan Institute of International Affairs, and his wife Nobuko Sasae, President of the Nobuko Forum Japan and conference interpreter, will receive the Sun & Star Legacy Award for fostering cooperation and friendship between the two countries.
Find out more »December 2021
[SOLD OUT] 2021 Bonenkai Forget-the-Year Party
Bonenkai is back as an in-person event! Close out 2021 with food, drink, and good company! Bid the year farewell with your fellow members as we welcome new friendships and opportunities on the horizon. This will be the first Bonenkai in our new office, which is a beautiful and spacious setting to celebrate the return of our traditional end-of-year party. Special programs for this year's Bonenkai are: Japanese whisky and spirits testing session (optional) Silent Auction Fun Door Prizes -…
Find out more »January 2022
[CANCELLED] 2022 Mochitsuki New Year’s Celebration
**2022 Mochitsuki New Year's Celebration is CANCELLED due out of an abundance of caution for our young visitors and increased COVID infections. In place of the in-person program, we are working on a special video to be released on the same day of the event, Sunday, January 23, on the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth YouTube channel. If you purchased pre-registration tickets, you will receive a refund in 7-10 business days. Please contact us at paul.pass@jasdfw.org or madoka@jasdfw.org if you…
Find out more »February 2022
Human Rights Past and Present: Reflecting on 80 Years since Japanese American Internment
Following Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were removed from their homes under the terms of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066. Nearly 120,000 Japanese Americans, two-thirds of whom were U.S. citizens, were stripped of their civil rights and forced into incarceration camps across the western and southern United States. Join us for a discussion on the origins and legacy of Executive Order 9066 and hear stories of Japanese…
Find out more »April 2022
[ONLINE EVENT] Boundaryless Leadership: Increasing Your Leadership Capacity
The speed at which our world has been changing and the diversity of the people we work with is unprecedented and has brought more challenges to many leaders. And in order to find our pathway forward, we need to adapt and navigate through the boundaries. The solution is not just working harder to solve the problems in our lives and workplace. It’s increasing our capacity as a leader through awareness and inner resources – including leveraging the stress we feel as…
Find out more »May 2022
52nd Annual Meeting & Members’ Social
Join us to celebrate another outstanding year in which we persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic! This is our first in-person Annual Meeting & Members' Social since 2019. Mix and mingle with JASDFW members as you enjoy traditional Japanese cuisine and special guided tour of the newest exhibition, IRON MEN: The Artistry of Iron in Samurai Armor.
Find out more »2022 Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner
Join us as we honor exemplary supporters of the U.S.-Japan relationship. Sean Donohue, CEO of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, will receive the 2022 Sun & Star Legacy Award for fostering economic exchange, cooperation, and friendship between the U.S. and Japan. Hideto Nishitani will receive the Bridges-to-Friendship Award for his commitment to North Texas-Japan relations as a business executive and his ongoing support to several U.S.-Japan grassroots organizations.
Find out more »July 2022
2022 Annual Sake Tasting and Lecture
Our Annual Sake Program is Back! After successful online programs in 2020 and 2021, the sake tasting and lecture returns as in-person event. This is one of the Society's most popular annual programs and a highlight of our summer schedule. We will have a guided experience led by our friends at Sake Social, complemented with local Japanese cuisine. For the first time in the event's history, we will also add shochu to our menu. This distilled alcoholic beverage typically…
Find out more »September 2022
[SOLD OUT] 2022 Japan America Friendship Night
Our annual baseball gathering returns to Globe Life Field, the home of the Texas Rangers While cheering on the hometown team, we will also see Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani, who plays for the Los Angeles Angels. Ohtani won the American League MVP (most valuable player) award in 2021 after a year that was deemed "historically significant" by the commissioner of Major League Baseball. Last season, Ohtani was also the first player in MLB history to be an All-Star as both…
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