Operation TOMODACHI: A Ten-Year Commemoration
March 3, 2021On March 3, JUMP hosted a virtual event in collaboration with the Embassy of Japan and Sasakawa USA. Ambassador Koji Tomita, Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, USN (Ret.), Commanders of the U.S. and Japan military divisions that led Operation TOMODACHI, General Ryoichi Oriki, JGSDF (Ret.), and Major General Hiroyuki Sugai, Defense and Air Attaché at the Embassy of Japan in Washington, D.C., delivered special remarks and reflected on the success of Operation TOMODACHI.
Tags: Great East Japan Earthquake, JUMP, Operation Tomodachi, us-japan alliance
Persistent Challenges for the Northeast Asia Region: A JUMP Panel Discussion (Washington, D.C.)
November 16, 2017Date: November 16, 2017
Sasakawa USA’s Japan-U.S. Military Program (JUMP) hosted the third annual panel discussion at the National War College, “Persistent Challenges for the Northeast Asia Region: Japan, China, the Korean Peninsula, and U.S. Perspectives.”
Tags: japan us military program, JUMP
Nisei Veterans Committee Memorial Hall Tour and Luncheon (JUMP)
September 10, 2017Date: September 10, 2017
In coordination with the Japan-America Society of the State of Washington and the Nisei Veterans Committee, Sasakawa USA’s Japan-US Military Program (JUMP) hosted an event in Seattle, Washington honoring the Nisei Veterans—second-generation Japanese-Americans who served in the segregated 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team (RCT) and the Military Intelligence Service (MIS), during World War II.
Tags: JUMP, nisei veterans, seattle
Amb. Zumwalt, JUMP profiled by San Diego Union-Tribune
June 20, 2017Author: San Diego Union-Tribune
Categories: In the News, Sasakawa USA Blog
Sasakawa USA CEO and San Diego native Amb. James Zumwalt was featured in a recent San Diego Union-Tribune article for his work with the Japan-U.S. Military Program (JUMP) in San Diego, as well as his long career in the State Department working on U.S. policy in Asia.
Tags: jmsdf, JUMP, military, san diego, U.S.-Japan Alliance
JUMP: Beer & Sake Festival with Japan Society of San Diego & Tijuana (San Diego)
June 16, 2017The Japan-U.S. Military Program sponsored the Japan Society of San Diego & Tijuana’s Beer & Sake Festival on June 16, 2017 at Harrah’s Resort Southern California in San Diego’s North County. The festival is a popular and fast-growing charity tasting event, featuring local restaurants serving sumptuous appetizers, and breweries pouring tasty beers and sake.