http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan Facilitate cutting-edge research about Japan at UCLA en-us Dr. Paul Terasaki named Edward A. Dickson Alumnus of the Yearhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=125860The 2011 - 2012 academic year marks the 20th Anniversary of the UCLA Paul I. and Hisako Terasaki Center for Japanese Studies. To commemorate this milestone, the Terasaki Center will be holding its first ever annual forum, New Visions of Japan. Please join us for this special event on Friday, June 1, 2012 at 4 PM. http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=125763The Miyagi Prefectural Government and the Nanka Miyagi Kenjin Kai would like to extend an invitation to the members of the Nanka Miyagi Kenjin Kai and the Japanese and Japanese American communities who supported Miyagi Prefecture in the aftermath of the earthquake disaster to the Miyagi Earthquake Recovery and Tourism Seminar. http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=125431On March 11, 2011, Japan’s Tohoku coastal region was destroyed by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami that followed. The film, PRAY FOR JAPAN, takes place in the devastated region of Ishinomaki, Miyagi – the largest coastal city in Tohoku with a population of over 160,000 people. Filmmaker Stu Levy – an American living in Japan - filmed the tsunami aftermath during his trips to Tohoku as a volunteer and over a period of 6 weeks, captured over 50 hours of footage.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=124822"Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake," an exhibit featuring large-scale photographs, short articles and videos, runs until April 15 at the Fowler Museum.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=124795Exhibit commemorates the victims and the struggles of the survivors and highlights the reconstruction and recovery efforts. http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=124597After successful runs in Washington D.C. and Chicago, "Moving Forward: Life After the Great East Japan Earthquake" returns to Los Angeles. RSVP for opening events now.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=124239UCLA's Center for Japanese Studies announces plans for 20th anniversary yearhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=123938"New Visions of Japanese Cinema" kicks off next month at the James Bridges Theaterhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=123635Participants will spent two weeks touring disaster-ravaged regions in Sendai, Minami Sanriku and Ishinomaki.http://www.international.ucla.edu/japan/news/article.asp?parentid=122926