Calendar of Events

Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner

Omni Frisco Hotel, The Star Ballroom 11 Cowboys Way, Frisco, TX, United States

Join us as we honor outstanding supporters of the U.S.-Japan relationship. Mr. Yoshihiko Miyauchi, Senior Chairman, ORIX Group, will receive the Sun & Star Legacy Award for his many significant contributions to strengthening U.S.-Japan relations for more than fifty years. Mr. Mark Berry, Chairman of the Dallas-Sendai Committee since 2005, will receive the Bridges-to-Friendship Award for his dedication to Dallas-Sendai friendship and exchange.

Food Safety after Fukushima

Southern Methodist University, Carr Collins Hall 3300 University Blvd., Dallas, TX

The John G. Tower Center for Political Studies presents a luncheon program on Japanese citizens' response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011. Professor Nicolas Sternsdorff-Cisterna, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at SMU, explores how ordinary people in Fukushima formed organizations, exchanged knowledge, and found ways of screening and sourcing food.

Sun & Star Golf Classic

Cowboys Golf Club 1600 Fairway Dr., Grapevine, TX

A day of golf, networking, and U.S.-Japan friendship. The Sun & Star Golf Classic will be held on Saturday, September 19 at Cowboys Golf Club, rated one of GolfAdvisor's top courses in Texas. The tournament features a buffet lunch, Shotgun Start/Scramble Format play, skill contests, and an award presentation dinner.

The Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth is a Texas non-profit corporation qualified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.