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• 7th Annual Japan Bowl of California

  • When
    Saturday, March 16, 2019
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    8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
  • Location
    Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles, CA)

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  Japanese Language & Culture Team Competition for High School Students

  To register a team for the competition, please follow this link: Japan Bowl® of California

  Saturday, March 16, 2019
  Registration - 8:00am - 9:00am
  Preliminary Rounds - 9:30am - 11:20am (Registration is Required)
  Championship Rounds - 1:15 - 4:00pm (Open to public, no registration is needed)
  Awards Ceremony - 4:30pm - 5:30pm

  Loyola Marymount University
  1 LMU Drive,
  Los Angeles, CA 90045
  

  Japan Bowl® of California is an academic team competition that tests the achievements and caliber of high school students who are studying the Japanese Language. This uniquely designed high school contest evaluates not only the students’ proficiency of the Japanese language, but also their knowledge about Japan as a country. Japan Bowl recognizes their efforts to study such a complex language and encourages these students to enhance their Japanese language skills even further each year. The competition format models popular quiz shows such as, “It’s Academic,” the longest-running television high school quiz show in the world. Teams sent to Japan Bowl® can compete at three different levels depending on how long they have studied Japanese. This challenging and exciting atmosphere created at Japan Bowl® will allow students of all levels to showcase their Japanese language skills and knowledge. Students will also have opportunities to make connections with new language partners from all over California who have a similar interest in Japanese.

  Championship Rounds and the Awards Ceremony is open to the public, we encourage you to attend and support the students!

  Please note absolutely no photography, video taping or audio recording is allowed during the competition.
  

  For additional details, visit www.jas-socal.org/JapanBowl

  2018 Major Sponsors

  We thank our generous sponsors and supporters for making Japan Bowl possible!

  

  Sanders Charitable Fund
  

     
  

    

  
  

  Japan Bowl^® is a registered trademark of The Japan-America Society of Washington, Inc. The Japan Bowl^® name and logo may be used only with the permission of The Japan-America Society of Washington, Inc.

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• 8th TOMODACHI MUFG International Exchange Program - Application Open

  • When
    Monday, March 18, 2019
  • Location
    Japan

            

  
  

  The 8th TOMODACHI MUFG
  International Exchange Program

     
  

  The Japan America Society of Southern California is accepting applications from high school students to participate in the 8^th TOMODACHI MUFG International Exchange Program, a two-week people-to-people exchange and learning program in early summer 2019.

  Hosted by the U.S.-Japan Council (Japan) TOMODACHI Initiative and sponsored by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), including MUFG Bank, Ltd. and MUFG Union Bank, N.A., the exchange program offers a homestay experience with a Japanese family, visits to cities affected by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, as well as educational and cultural visits to the cities of Tokyo and Hiroshima.

  The purpose of the exchange program is to enhance the students’ understanding of Japan, its people, language, culture and to learn about the challenges for a sustainable society as well as leadership. The program expenses are provided by MUFG.

  Program Period: Saturday, June 22, 2019 to Sunday, July 7, 2019
  

  Application Deadline: Monday, March 18, 2019, 5:00pm (PDT)
  
  

  Contents of the Program: (Subject to change)

  Objective: To educate and foster youth who will be the future leaders in US-Japan relations by incorporating the 2 goals within the Sustainable Development Goals set by the UN

  • • Sustainable Cities and Communities
    • Partnership for the Goals
  • People-to-people exchange with Japanese through a home stay experience, visits to high schools, cultural experiences, and volunteer activities
  • Learning about disaster preparedness and crisis management through visits to Disaster Prevention Institutions, and understanding the status of reconstruction efforts in the disaster struck areas

  Program Location and Accommodations: (tentative)

  Tokyo, Fukushima, Miyagi and Hiroshima

  
  

  Click here for additional program details and application forms 

  Application Deadline: Monday, March 18, 2019, 5:00pm (PDT)

  
  

  Read more on past TOMODACHI MUFG International Exchange Programs

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• 2019 JASSC Annual Members Meeting

  • When
    Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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    6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Location
    City Club Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)

  

  Thursday, March 26, 2019
  6:00pm Annual Members Meeting
  7:00pm Networking Reception

  City Club Los Angeles
  555 S. Flower, 51st Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90071
  Directions for parking
  Parking $10 w/validation after 4pm
  
  Admission
  Members Meeting Free
  Networking Reception (Appetizers included, No host bar)
  $35 Members
  $45 Non-Members

  As an important and extremely valued Member of the Japan America Society of Southern California, we invite you to attend our 2019 Annual Members Meeting! You will meet fellow Members, as well as the Directors, Governors, Honorary Officers and Staff of the JASSC.
  The meeting agenda includes our financial report, programs report, additional committee reports, a vote to approve the 2019-2020 Directors, as well as those matters that the Board of Directors intends to present for action by the voting Members (You!). We also wish to hear your suggestions to improve JASSC!
  
  

  
  

   
  

  Deep appreciation is extended to the City Club Los Angeles for more than three-decades of support of the Japan America Society of Southern California!
  

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