as the American Bicentennial came less than a year later.

1962: Southeast Japanese School became a nonprofit organization.Norwalk Youth Sports; Joyce Sumimoto.

Entertainment was provided by the Daijyokkei Band.Bob Archuleta and SEJSCC board member Ernie Nishii celebrate with the traditional breaking of a sake cask.which was just east of SEJSCCs present site.

Filmmaker Jeffrey Gee Chin of Leap Man Productions showed a video he produced about the history of SEJSCC.The Southeast Japanese School and Community Center in Norwalk celebrated its 100th anniversary with a dinner on July 26.

The land and its buildings were deeded to the school.

Bob Archuleta; Christopher Kent.which he learned at Waseda University.

He began his finance career in Tokyo and upon returning to the U.which suffered a massive earthquake.

for providing the serene setting that honors the fallen heroes.The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.