she was happy to see that students acquire valuable knowledge and develop essential leadership skills through this program.

Taiko Ichiza and vocal quartet Bi-Ray.Takashi Murakami deliversthe ceremonial first pitch.

as fans who purchased a special ticket package received an exclusive Dodgers jersey designed for the occasion.Tommy Edman is doused with water by pitcher Kirby Yates and other teammates.Photos by MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS and NOBUYKI OKADAThere was plenty to cheer about at Dodger Stadium on April 28.

team hosted its annual Japanese Heritage Night.Screaming throngs packed the plaza for a high-octane performance by the Japanese pop idol group J01.

The ceremonial first pitch was thrown by Japanese fashion designer Takashi Murakami.

Murakami told a crowd in the stadiums center-field plaza before taking the moundPhoto taken in the summer of 1942.

Due to this extreme disruption to and indeed shattering of their community.This marked the beginning of the movement of Japanese Canadians to reclaim their cultural identity after decades of cultural assimilation and displacement.

Sumos Roots in VancouverArriving with the first immigrants and nearly extinguished in the internment camps during the Second World War.it is the most recent Japanese martial art to take root overseas.