JETs Depart
for Japan!  Eager for adventure,
the new JET recruits will depart for Japan from
Los Angeles on July 24. Once there, they will
disperse to cities and regions all around Japan to
serve as assistant language teachers in public
schools or international relations coordinators in
local government offices. For more information on
the JET Program follow this link.  |
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So Cal Japanese Summer
Festivals!
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Today's
Kotowaza:
Tonde hi ni iru natsu
no mushi
Fly to the fire,
the summer insect. A summer insect flies to
the fire. Such is a person who is attracted to
what becomes his own destruction, like a moth to a
flame.
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Foreign Affairs Leaders of
Japan and Mexico
Meet
Further enhancing Japan-Mexico relations
since President Calderone's visit to Japan earlier
in 2010, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of
Mexico, Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, visited
Tokyo in early July and met with Foreign Minister
Katsuya Okada to discuss the Japan-Mexico Global
Strategic Partnership and the upcoming U.N.
Climate Change Conference COP16. |
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Supporting a Better
Business
Climate!
The Riverside County Board of Supervisors
invited Consul General Junichi Ihara to their
board meeting. They agreed to cooperate on
Riverside County's foreign direct investment
survey. |
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Universal Design Ideals
Flourish in Japan  Japan is a global
leader in pioneering new design philosophies. By
rethinking the safety and utility of products, and
considering designs that can be used by all ages,
Japan is implementing universal design ideals in
its cities and household products. See the
video from Japan Video Topics.
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Student
Environmental Summit in Yokkaichi,
Japan
 On July 31 four
middle school students from Long Beach will travel
to Yokkaichi city in Mie prefecture to participate
in an environmental summit. There they will
discuss potential obstacles and preemptive
solutions facing their home cities and the world.
The students were selected through the Long
Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City Association.
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Nebuta at Nisei Week
Festival
On August 15, a Nebuta float will join the
Nisei Week Grand Parade for the third time since
2007. This summer's Nebuta will include a main
flagship float, a school of fish presented by the
students of Los Angeles Elementary School, and the
return of kodomo nebuta. Nebuta
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Ceramics of Trace
Fukuhara
 From August 2, Trace
Fukuhara's rustic ceramics and stone sculptures
will be on display at the library of the Japan
Information and Culture Center and in the
adjoining consular lobby of the Consulate General
of Japan. Photographs by his brother, Richard
Yutaka Fukuhara, are currently on exhibition at
the Consulate in a series called "Tapestries of
Nagoya." |
Ministry
of Foreign Affairs News
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Thousands attended
events in San Diego to celebrate the 50th
anniversary of the U.S. -Japan Security Treaty.
Co-sponsors included the Consulate General of
Japan in Los Angeles and the U.S. Navy. 
Eager for adventure,
the new JET recruits will depart for Japan from
Los Angeles on July 24. Once there, they will
disperse to cities and regions all around Japan to
serve as assistant language teachers in public
schools or international relations coordinators in
local government offices. For more information on
the JET Program follow this link.
Japan is a global
leader in pioneering new design philosophies. By
rethinking the safety and utility of products, and
considering designs that can be used by all ages,
Japan is implementing universal design ideals in
its cities and household products. See the
video from Japan Video Topics.
On July 31 four
middle school students from Long Beach will travel
to Yokkaichi city in Mie prefecture to participate
in an environmental summit. There they will
discuss potential obstacles and preemptive
solutions facing their home cities and the world.
The students were selected through the Long
Beach-Yokkaichi Sister City Association.
From August 2, Trace
Fukuhara's rustic ceramics and stone sculptures
will be on display at the library of the Japan
Information and Culture Center and in the
adjoining consular lobby of the Consulate General
of Japan. Photographs by his brother, Richard
Yutaka Fukuhara, are currently on exhibition at
the Consulate in a series called "Tapestries of
Nagoya."
