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FACING FUKUSHIMA: We Are Here
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Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California
1840 Sutter Street San Francisco, CA 94115Description
Photo of Fukushima peach farmer Shinichi Katahira by Gavin McIntyre
FACING FUKUSHIMA: We Are Here
Reporting on the people of Fukushima as they continue to face recovery and renewal four years after the Northern Japan earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster.
Saturday, April 4, 2015
1 to 3 pm
Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Northern California, 1840 Sutter Street, SF Japantown
Special Guest Speakers:
Dr. Sae Ochi, Director of Internal Medicine, Soma Central Hospital
William McMichael, Assistant Director, International Center, Fukushima University
Highlighting the launch of Facing Fukushima: We Are Here, an on-line presentation of stories by a reporting team from San Francisco State University: Guadalupe González, Gavin McIntyre, Corinne Morier, Lorisa Salvatin, Debbie Svoboda and Natalie Yemenidjian. Joined by Allison Budner, KALW-FM Reporter.
Under the direction of Jon Funabiki, Profesor of Journalism & Director of Dilena Takeyama Center, and Sachi Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Journalism
Funding provided by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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The Dilena Takeyama Center for the Study of Japan and Japanese Culture at SF State promotes leadership and new voices in the field of United States and Japan relations. Jon Funabiki, Professor of Journalism, is the founding executive director.
The center was made possible by generous gifts from Dr. Kay Takeyama Dilena, a distinguished alumna and professor emerita of business. Born in Japan, Dr. Dilena earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1970 and a Master of Business Administration in 1973 from SF State. The center’s broad mission is to support the study of Japan and to promote cultural understanding between the United States and Japan. With her gift, Dr. Dilena honors her brother, Yasuo Takeyama, a Hiroshima survivor, and her husband, James G. Dilena, a Pearl Harbor survivor.
The Dilena Takeyama Center:
- Serves as a catalyst to bring together and expand the diverse and rich activities of faculty and students interested in Japan and United States and Japan relations.
- Sponsors events for the campus community and the public at large, such as conferences, film screening, exhibits and festivals.
- Collaborates with other organizations in the community and at other universities
- Sponsors scholarships for students.
- Provides information and resources that promote understanding between the U.S. and Japan.