Hosted by Nishimachi International School & the Nishimachi-Kai On Saturday, June 18, 2011, Nishimachi International School and the Nishimachi-Kai opened its doors once again to host the IACJapan Natsumatsuri event. Although the weather wasn’t perfect, we had over 400 paying guests who signed up at the door and then helped...

With the support of our generous alumni donors, the IACJapan group has begun a Tohoku donation program, "Give a Gift of Warmth," to deliver kotatsu sets to the temporary homes that are being built in hundreds of townships throughout the Tohoku region. This donation program was initiated by the St. Mary’s Alumni Association via a generous donation of ¥2 million from Mr. George Tsai, St. Mary’s class of ’73. The ¥2 million has been used to purchase 250 kotatsu sets with futon and shiki futon. We plan to purchase 350 more in September when the kotatsu season begins, with pledges for 250 more from George Tsai and another 100 kotatsu sets pledged by Mr. Jim Reed, St. Mary’s class of ’69. The first 250 sets were delivered on July 2, 2011, to the temporary homes that have been built in the towns of Takahashi (38 kasetsu), Jonan (54 kasetsu) and...

Dear all, I have returned safely from Miyagi (Ishinomaki, Higashi Matsushima). I have joined the Tokyo Metropolitan/Disaster Volunteer Force from April 29th-May 6th, and was posted up in Yoshihama/Ishinomaki, and Omagari/Higashi Matsushima. I ended up being appointed as a leader of a 50 staff team, and our mission was to...