{"id":5206,"date":"2009-04-18T05:19:29","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T05:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=5206"},"modified":"2009-04-18T07:14:24","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T07:14:24","slug":"japan-america-society-roundup-41809","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/18\/japan-america-society-roundup-41809\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan America Society Roundup 4.18.09"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Current Hiroshima-ken JET <strong><a title=\"Gail Meadows\" href=\"http:\/\/gailsensei.blogspot.com\" target=\"_blank\">Gail Meadows<\/a><\/strong> shines a light on some of the upcoming events of various Japan America Societies&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"JS of Boston\" href=\"http:\/\/www.us-japan.org\/boston\/Home.html\" target=\"_blank\">JS of Boston<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.org\/dynamic\/events\/image_1_36997.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"125\" \/>The Rad Smith Program in Japanese Art<\/strong> &#8211; The JS of Boston and the Museum of Fine Arts present a program called &#8220;Passion in Porcelain: The Ceramic Genius of Sueharu Fukami.&#8221; Fukami has been called &#8220;Japan&#8217;s Greatest Ceramic Artist.&#8221; His large sculptural works have transformed the ancient technique of porcelain. Fukami, whose works are featured in the museum&#8217;s current exhibit &#8220;Celebrating Kyoto,&#8221; will discuss his methods of creating ceramic pieces. This program is presented in connection with the 50th anniversary celebration of the Kyoto-Boston Sister City relationship.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Wednesday, April 22<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Remis Auditorium in the Museum of Fine Arts<\/li>\n<li>For tickets and more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mfa.org\/calendar\/event.asp?eventkey=36902&amp;date=4\/22\/2009\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.mfa.org\/calendar\/event.asp?eventkey=36902&amp;date=4\/22\/2009<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"JS of New York\" href=\"http:\/\/www.japansociety.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JS of New York<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boj.or.jp\/en\/type\/list\/pb_member\/img\/shirakawa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"87\" height=\"117\" \/>Web Semina<\/strong>r &#8211; The JS of New York will host a seminar by Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa titled &#8220;The Way Out of Economic and Financial Crisis: Lessons and Actions.&#8221; Shirakawa will address the current global economic crisis and offer lessons from Japan&#8217;s recent experience.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Thursday, April 23<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Time: 1 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.japansociety.org\/event_detail?eid=3bbad4d2\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.japansociety.org\/event_detail?eid=3bbad4d2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"JAS of Greater Philadelphia\" href=\"http:\/\/jasgp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Greater Philadelphia<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rakugo Comedy Performance<\/strong> &#8211; Rakugo is a Japanese style of comedy in which a seated performer presents a monologue ending with skillfully delivered punch lines called &#8220;ochi.&#8221; Sanyutei Kyouraku is a well-known Rakugo storyteller. He will perform with English translation so non-Japanese speakers can enjoy this traditional Japanese entertainment as well. Seats are limited. Tickets are $30 for JASGP members.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Friday, April 24<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; Performance starts at 7 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia<\/li>\n<li>For tickets and more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/jagphilly.org\/rakugo.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jagphilly.org\/rakugo.html<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a title=\"JAS of Kentucky\" href=\"http:\/\/www.jask.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">JAS of Kentucky<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/southerngaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/churchill_downs_new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"140\" \/>The Races at Churchill Downs<\/strong> &#8211; Enjoy thoroughbred racing and lunch. Two Jockey Club suites have been reserved for JASK members throughout the afternoon thanks to corporate sponsors. Tickets are free but a reservation is required. Registration can be done online at <a href=\"http:\/\/southerngaming.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/churchill_downs_new.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jask.org\/events<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>Date: <strong>Thursday, May 14<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Time: Noon to 2 p.m.<\/li>\n<li>Place: Churchill Downs<\/li>\n<li>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/jask.org\/Content\/Documents\/Document.ashx?DocId=45875\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/jask.org\/Content\/Documents\/Document.ashx?DocId=45875<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Does your Japan America Society have an upcoming event that you&#8217;d like to share with JetWit readers? <\/em><a href=\"mailto:japansociety@jetwit.com\"><em>Email <\/em><em>Gail Meadows<\/em><\/a><em> the info<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Current Hiroshima-ken JET Gail Meadows shines a light on some of the upcoming events of various Japan America Societies&#8230; JS of Boston The Rad Smith Program in Japanese Art &#8211; The JS of Boston and the Museum of Fine Arts present a program called &#8220;Passion in Porcelain: The Ceramic Genius of Sueharu Fukami.&#8221; Fukami has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[102],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan-society-round-up"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-1lY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5206"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5218,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5206\/revisions\/5218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}