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The 9th Annual Senior Week |
The 9th Annual Senior "Week" was held from Sept. 9th to Oct. 3rd at JAA Community Center. This event was developed by the JAA Committee on Aging Issues and co-sponsored by JAMSNET (Japanese Medical Support Network) with support from the Consulate General of Japan in New York. Due to the enthusiastic participation of numerous service providers, a variety of seminars and workshops were held on health and other issues including but not limited to Nationality and Social Welfare in Japan by Consul Yoshikatsu Aoyagi and Mrs. Keiko Shiozaki; Discussion on Tips on Getting One’s Affairs/Documents in Order by Susan J. Onuma, Esq.; Inheritance & Donation: International Basis by Mr. Joe Oshima; Eligibility for Japanese Pension by Shuji Ichikawa; Consultation on Will, Health Care Proxy, Living Wills and Power of Attorney by Helen Irie, Esq. and Reiko Takikawa Esq.; Medicare by Ms. Mizue Katayama, JASSI; Social Security by Mr. Toru Hayama; and a tour of senior housing at Isabella House. In addition, there were workshops on activities to encourage the enjoyment of daily living and good health such as Tea Ceremony, Flower arrangement, calligraphy, chorus, chair yoga, taichi, and massage. Lions Club offered seminars on Beginners Class for Using the Smart Phone and showing Japanese movies and concert of Soprano Hirona Amamiya by JAA Music Committee. Senior "Week" was a success with 60 programs and about 1,400 participants. Our sincere thanks go to the Consulate General of Japan, JAMSNET and all of the service providers for their participation and support of Senior Week.
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Save the date : December 4th |
 Our 108th Anniversary Gala dinner will be a fundraiser for the JAA Community Center. It will be held on Friday, December 4th, 2015 at the Harvard Club (35 W 44th Street, NYC). Guest Artists are jazz pianist Senri Oe and violinist Erika Mitsui. One Table: Gold ($10,000), Silver ($7,500), Bronze ($5,000), Individual ($500). This is the most important fundraiser for JAA. We greatly appreciate your support and hope you can join us! Donations are also welcome …
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Eight students from Tohoku nursing school |
 On August 10, 2015, JAA hosted a reception for 8 nursing students and two teachers from Tohoku who are participating in the TOMODACHI Program, one of the NPOs that received funding from JAA’s Tohoku Fund. More than 40 guests joined our special reception. The students made a presentation regarding their trip. They participated in a 15-day program to visit New York and Washington, DC to gain an understanding of emergency nursing care. JAA continues to support these young people who will be the future leaders of Tohoku and Japan. Please join us for a reception to welcome high school students from Tohoku on Oct.27.
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The22nd JAA Charity Golf Tournament |
The 22nd Charity Golf Tournament was held on Monday, September 21, 2015, at Haworth Country Club, 5 Lake Shore Drive, Haworth, NJ. Play began at 9:30AM with 80 participants. The winner was Mr. Ken Urushihara, who received an ANA Executive Class NY-Tokyo Round Trip Ticket from Mr. Hideki Kunugi of All Nippon Airlines. Mr. Tom Shimura was the 2nd and Mr. Ryuji Funakoshi was 3rd. The Best Gloss went to Mr. Tatsuya Yamamoto and Ms. Michi Tahara. Mr. Masahiro Munakata won the first raffle prize of ANA Business Class NY-Tokyo Round Trip ticket. The Hole In One prize of $10,000 went Mr. Norman Chan and Mr. Tatsuya Yamamoto. This tournament is a very important fund raising event. Please see the names of the donors as below; thank you very much for your support! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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30th JAA Foreign Minister Cup Baseball Games 
Champion: Radiators
The Championship Game was held on a beautiful Sunday, August 16th at Central Park North Meadow. The Radiators beat out Junks 10 to 1 and captured their 2nd Foreign Minister Cup. It was a very exciting game! The following awards were presented: |
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| Japanese Heritage Day at Yankee Stadium
The 6th Japanese Heritage Day was held for the first time at Yankee Stadium on September 12th. The National Anthem was performed by The Men’s Glee Club of New York. Inside the stadium, Ms. Toshiko Kobayashi of Origami Therapy Association demonstrated origami models and taught fans how to fold. This event was coordinated by JAA President, Ms. Susan Onuma, and volunteers were Ms. Kobayashi, the Eun Hong Family, Ms. Yuki Kaneshige, Mr. Fumihito Shinohara and Mr. George Hirose. |
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FOOD Bank(Community Food Resource Center)
Our members worked very hard at Food Bank of NYC on September 11, 2015. Yuki Kaneshige from Consulate General of Japan wrote the following thank-you letter to the volunteers. "So many JAAers came and worked their butts off and all your amazing energy at Food Bank of NYC on Friday! Because of you, approximately 500 people were served through our pantry distribution service, early senior supper and dinner service. We started volunteering at the Consulate to thank New Yorkers for their support of Japan after March 11th, and this time, it was more meaningful to be joined by other members of the Japanese and JA community on a day painful to many in the city. 31 volunteers from the Consulate, JAA, JAJA, USJC, JETAA, JACL, JASSI and the JA Lions’ Club came together to make September 11th a true day of service. But this was all inspired by Suki Ports’s lifetime of community activism. From going miles out of her way to help strangers to leading protests (mostly legal ones), she seems compelled to do anything to help anyone in need in her community – and to her, everyone is part of her community. So in this light, we helped our neighbors in West Harlem by handing out the right count of protein from the pantry, by peeling beets at lightning speed and by forming the perfect mound of rice to be enjoyed for dinner on September 11th. Thank you again for working so hard together to help our greater NYC community." |
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| Donations We thank the following organizations and individuals for their generous support！（As of 9/30/15)
JAA received ☆$20,000 from Delta Air Lines ☆ $10,000 from Mr. Shigeo Kida ☆$4,000 from ANA NY Senior-Kai To: JAA Committee on Aging Issues Report from JAA membership Committee Individual members: Gold $1,000 Silver $500 Supporting $300 The 22nd JAA Charity Golf Tournament |
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| JAA Social Service
Keirokai in July
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Keirokai in September
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| Obituary
George Ryoji Horishige passed away from cardiac arrest on July 28, 2015 at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. 87 years old. Memorial service was held on October 11, 2015 at the New York Buddhist Church. |
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Bon Yagi Bon Yagi was born in Hasaki, Ibaraki, in 1948. He was the fourth of five sons. After he graduated from the Choshi High School, he worked as a chauffeur for the officers of U.S. Army and saved money for a trip to America. He came to the U.S. when he was 20 years old and made the cross-country trip by hitch hiking, then he went to Europe and India. He went back to Japan and made money selling accessories on the street. At 27, he revisited the U.S. and started a wholesale business to deliver fresh vegetables to restaurants in East Village. His company quickly grew larger, and in a few years he was beginning to open Japanese restaurants himself. In the 1980s the East Village was such a dangerous place to do business, but his insight of the area’s bright future was correct. His investment in the East Village paid off, and the popularity of the area motivated young people to move to the East Village, and his restaurants became a big success. Now he has BBQ, Specialty Coffee Shop, Curry Shop, Noodle Shop, Sweet Café and more in the area. He makes great contributions to the Japanese & Japanese American community, and he serves on the Board of Directors of The Gohan Society, a non-profit organization that connects people through Japan’s culinary heritage. He makes generous donations toward JAA’s activities and also invites the seniors and volunteers of his restaurants every year. This year, he received an award as one of 50 Outstanding Asian American in Business. |
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