Pensacola event to celebrate U.S., Japan military alliance
October 19, 2016Author: Pensacola News Journal
Categories: In the News
Pensacola is gearing up for this weekend’s Japan-US Military Program (JUMP) event, as previewed in the October 19 edition of the Pensacola News Journal.
Tags: florida, in the news, James Kendall, Japan, japan us military progra, JUMP, jump program, pensacola
Quantico event reunites Marines formerly stationed in Japan
September 14, 2016Author: Brian Graf
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
More than 200 Marines and their families had the opportunity to share their stories and experiences of living and serving in Japan last Friday when JUMP, in coordination with the Embassy of Japan’s Defense Attache Office, hosted an event at the MCB Quantico officer’s club.
Tags: event recap, James Kendall, japan us military program, JUMP, jump event, marine corps, Marines, quantico, robert walsh, sasakawa blog, us marines, wallace "chip" gregson, yuki sekiguchi
Inaugural JUMP New Orleans event at National WWII Museum
July 14, 2016Date: July 14, 2016
Sasaskawa USA’s JUMP Program hosted its first event in New Orleans, co-hosted by the Japan Society of New Orleans (JSNO) in the historic National World War II Museum on Magazine Street.
Tags: burt field, donna fraiche, James Kendall, japan society of new orleans, japan us military program, JUMP, national world war ii museum, new orleans
Sailors JUMP for ‘Ichiro’ at Padres-Marlins game in San Diego
June 17, 2016Author: Christa Desrets
Categories: Sasakawa USA Blog
About two hundred active-duty American and Japanese service members and other Southern California-area residents came together Tuesday in San Diego for a JUMP event celebrating camaraderie, baseball, and the U.S.-Japan alliance. JUMP’s second annual event at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, held again in cooperation with the Japan Society of San Diego
Tags: baseball, dave tuites, hidehisa horinouchi, hidetoshi iwasaki, ichiro, ichiro suzuki, James Kendall, japan society of san diego and tijuana, jmsdf, JUMP, mark rich, marlins, miami marlins, mlb, navy, padres, sailors, san diego, san diego padres, us forces japan, us navy
Looking back on Operation Tomodachi, five years later
April 1, 2016Author: Sankei Shimbun
Categories: Energy and Technology, In the News
Sasakawa USA’s James Kendall’s experience working with Operation Tomodachi is detailed in a March 8 article series in the Sankei Shimbun. The articles detail how Kendall and other U.S. Forces assisted relief efforts following the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Kendall, Sasakawa USA’s Fellow for Common Challenges, served as the Marine liaison to the
Tags: 3.11, disaster, earthquake, Fukushima, Fukushima Daiichi, Great East Japan Earthquake, James Kendall, JUMP, march 11, nuclear crisis, Operation Tomodachi, relief efforts, sankei shimbun, Sendai, sendai airport, Tohoku, tsunami