The guiding force motivating Murata is clearly to make everyone feel loved and at home.

She also promoted exchange between Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans by inviting Japanese high school students and college-age Japan Club members to the annual mochi-pounding festival held at Tanaka Farms in Irvine.Shirai retired from the consulate.

Fujita spearheaded efforts through OCJAA to promote Japanese culture in the U.Silver Rays for contributing to the welfare of Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals residing in the U.by organizing the Japan Culture Fair and participating in numerous events such as OC Japan Fair and the Irvine Global Village.

Angels Japan Day featured performances and exhibitions of Japanese folk music.she set up digital literacy sessions for seniors and then held seminars and events online.

the following two distinguished persons will be awarded.

She was also involved in tasks such as collecting information at the consulates emergency response headquarters during the Northridge earthquake (1994) and the Great Hanshin-Awaji earthquake (1995).but we shouldnt be the ones who suffer from it.

Fujimoto said she would share the funds with Nellitas Craft.‘I want to tell the young people that this is absolutely wrong.

showed up all of a sudden to help me clean up the broken glass.Im trying to separate that from the goals of the people correctly protesting.