May 2016 NewsletterCorporate Members

Platinum | $5,000

Gold | $2,500

46th Annual Meeting & Members' Social

June 2, 2016 | 6:30 PM Saint Ann Court, 2501 N. Harwood St.Dallas, TX 75201 (map)Complimentary valet parking$38 Member | $42 Public | $34 NewMembers (Since June 1, 2015)

REGISTER by May 30

Join us to celebrate an outstanding year!

General Meeting | 6:30 - 7:00 PMJASDFW Highlights & Election of Officers & Directors* Members' Social | 7:00 - 8:30 PMEnjoy drinks and hors d'oeuvres from Marie Gabrielle Restaurant and GardensMix & mingle with the JASDFW members and Board The Samurai CollectionPrivate Viewing | 8:00 - 9:00 PMOptional tour of Samurai: Inside the Armor

Generously hosted by:

*Slate of nominees to be announced on May 20th

Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner

Welcome New Members!

BronzePasona N A, Inc.

IndividualDebi Friedlander

Micah HolckMatthew Watkins

JASDFW Membership

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Travel Discounts forJASDFW Members

As members of the NationalAssociation of Japan AmericaSociety (NAJAS), JASDFWmembers can take advantage ofdiscount room rates at the ImperialHotel in Tokyo during 2016! More

JASDFW Job Bank

Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.-Senior Accounting Analyst-Meeting Services Planner-Accounts Receivable Supervisor

Toyota Motor North America, Inc.-Logistics Buyer

Visit our Job Bank for details.

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The 2016 Award Dinner broke attendance records with 455registered guests from 125 companies and organizations. Picturedfrom left: Harvey Yamagata, Sean Donohue, Elaine Yamagata,Ambassador Ichiro Fujisaki, Aichi Governor Hideaki Ohmura,Consul-General Tetsuro Amano. Honoree Fujisaki wrote, "it gave mean opportunity to think about our relations and I contributed a . . .piece to Huffington Post. I hope you can share it with yourmembers. Thank you again for the epoch making day in myusually quiet life. I hope your district and Society will continue toflourish." A Letter to My American Friends

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Thank you to our generous sponsors:

Gold Sponsors

Silver SponsorsCentral Japan Railway Company

Dallas Fort Worth International AirportFujitsu Network Communications, Inc.

Gulf States Toyota, Inc.Harwood International / The Samurai Collection

KPMG LLPMcKinsey & Company

Mitsui Bussan Logistics Inc.NEC Corporation of America

PwC

Bronze SponsorsAon

Baker Botts L.L.PThe Browning & Shoener Families

Trammell S. CrowDeloitte

Ernst & Young LLPFrisco Economic Development Corporation

Haynes and Boone, LLPITOCHU Corporation

Jackson Walker L.L.P.Jones Day

Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation America, Inc.NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL U.S.A., Inc.

SMU Tower Center, Sun & Star Program on Japan and East Asia

Tata Consultancy ServicesTexas Instruments

Third Generation Financial LLC

Texas & Aichi Governors Sign MOU

Governor Hideaki Ohmura of Aichi prefecture and Texas GovernorGreg Abbott signed a Memorandum of Understanding on April 22 inAustin. The letter expressed the shared desire to improve tiesbetween Texas and Aichi. The governors agreed to cooperate inareas such as economic exchange, culture, academic endeavors,and workforce development. Governor Ohmura was a special guestat the Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner on April 25 (see photoabove). Press Release

In Memoriam: Kazuko Scott

We mourn the passing of Kazuko Scott, long-timemember and friend of JASDFW. Kazuko was aprofessional interpreter and translator who oftendonated her time and talents to support the Japan-America Society and, in particular, theDallas/Sendai relationship.Obituary

Chamber Music International: Final Concert

Concert #7Saturday, May 21 | 7:30 PMSt. Barnabas Presbyterian Church, Richardson

Enjoy performances by Jun Iwasaki (violin), Ko Iwasaki (cello), FelixOlschofka (violin), Paul Coletti (viola), and Gregory Allen(piano). More

Now Showing: Japanese Films

Dou Kyu Sei Angelika Film Center Dallas

Project Itoh: HarmonyAngelika Film CenterDallas

May 14More

May 17 & 18More

Belladonna of SadnessAlamo DrafthouseRichardsonMay 16More

Studio Ghibli Festival: VariousAngelika Film CenterDallas & PlanoJuneMore

Thank You Volunteers!

Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner

Betty AbrahaMieko Akasaka

Paul AmielNaveen BandlaRachel BerglundAppiah BoakyeBinnie Bracken

Don CaseyDerek CasperBryan ChanceJackson ChenAki ChoeynimGina Curbo

Luke FriesenEri Golden

Curtis HarrisKeiko Harris

Neyva HernandezJuri Hirakawa

Kris IkejiriYukie Imanaga

Bruce JonesRobert KantnerBob Kerstetter

Nancy KerstetterSylvia KomatsuTakashi Kubota

Toshifumi KuriokaHoward Lim

Roshan Mansinghani

Diane MontgomeryJosh Murillo

Mizuho NakagawaYuki Nemoto

Hideto NishitaniNaoko O'HareSheetal PatelJoAnn PrindleMark Prindle

Tatsuhiko SakamotoCynthia SamiltonChrystal SandersCasey SandersSam ShichijoMike Skelton

Iris SmithJohn M. StichDianna SuslerKeiko Suzuki

Chris TownsendMonique Veeramallay

Harry WhalenMatt Wicker

Randy WinskiWilliam Wolfgram

Anny Wong

Plano AsiaFest

Chrystal SandersZain Khoja

Rayaan KhojaChiyomi Wyatt

Leila Wyatt

Emma WyattYukiko Castor

Takako KosakaAlisa IshikawaAki Ishikawa

Photo Gallery

Sun & Star Legacy Award Dinner

Plano AsiaFest

Upcoming Events and Activities

Ongoing Inside the Armor (The Samurai Collection)April 29 - July 24 Exhibition by Yumiko Kimura (The Museum of Geometric and MADI Art)May 14 Asian Festival 2016 (Greater Dallas Asian American Chamber of

Commerce)May 15 May Luncheon: Boy's Day (FWJS)May 25 May Shinbokukai (Dinner Get-together) (FWJS)May 26 Cocktail Tour (The Samurai Collection)June 2 Annual Meeting & Members' SocialSeptember 7 Sun & Star Golf ClassicWeekly Dallas Japanese Language and Culture Meetup (Meetup.com)Weekly Dallas Japanese and English Language Exchange (Meetup.com)