Announcing the JAL Foundation 16th Annual World Children's Haiku Contest 2019-2010! JAL FOUNDATION biennially organizes the 'World Children's Haiku Contest', and we are happy to announce that the 16th contest is to be held this year. The theme of the 16th contest is 'Sports.' Through the contest, children are given the opportunity to compose haiku […]
FriendsWithYou’s newest work, The Dance, makes an exciting debut in a forthcoming site-specific presentation at Dallas Contemporary. An interactive and communal experience, the exhibition actively incorporates audiences: two moving orbs serve as ambassadors in the dark as they meander along in a spiritual, cleansing, and comforting ritual set to a custom soundtrack in celebration of the beauty and power of togetherness.
The Department of Visual Art at Texas Women's University would like to invite you to the reception for Dallas artist, Nishiki Sugawara-Beda's exhibition titled Zero at Home, on Thursday, January 16th from 5-7pm. Cost is free and open to the public, the exhibition runs from January 13 to February 7th, 2020.
Please note that the Lone Star Flight Museum through Sunday, April 12 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This exhibit chronicles the stories of Japanese Americans during and immediately after WWII, and highlights the bravery, integrity, and extraordinary support of Japanese Americans within communities across the country during that turbulent time. Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor on […]
Overview: Going by statistical measures, Japan routinely ranks as one of the world’s least religious countries, where as few as one in ten survey respondents self-identify as having religious faith. It is therefore striking to note the profound influence on Japanese politics wielded by religions and religion-inspired ideologues. A wide range of religious actors are […]
Overview: Japan routinely ranks as one of the world’s least religious countries, whereas few as one in ten survey respondents self-identify as having religious faith. It is, therefore, striking to note the apparent influence religions and religion-inspired ideologues exert on Prime Minister Abe Shinzō and his governing coalition. In this talk, McLaughlin will draw on […]
Summer 2020 will mark the second time Japan hosts the Summer Olympic Games and baseball will return as an Olympic sport, after a 12-year hiatus. Baseball has long been a common language between the U.S. and Japan, and the countries have arguably the world's two most recognizable professional leagues. Baseball is also big business with players like the Los Angeles Angels' Shohei Ohtani influencing multi-million-dollar marketing deals and Dallas-based HKS designing a new $530 million dollar stadium in Kitahiroshima, near Sapporo. Join us for a conversation with two expert panels of executives, players, and historians on the economic and diplomatic importance of baseball within U.S.-Japan relations.
Overview: On May 1, 2019, Crown Prince Naruhito announced his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne. In elaborate rituals unchanged from those performed by his father in 1989, and his grandfather (Hirohito) in 1926, the 59-year old foreign-educated prince assumed the role of Japan’s 126th emperor. Indeed, the continuity of Japan’s imperial line—passed down through the […]
AJC Dallas, The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership, the U.S.-Japan Council, and the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth invite you to join us for a discussion on trilateral cooperation between the U.S., Israel and Japan on the future of Ag-Tech and Eco-Tech. Incredible progress is being made in the development Ag-Tech and Eco-Tech that […]
The Spring League, a professional football developmental league, will take on Japan's National Pro Team on Sunday, March 1st at The Star in Frisco, Texas. This will be the first ever international exhibition football game held in the United States that features two professional teams. Fans will get a chance to see future NFL talent […]
