Clarkston & Utica students learned about Japanese ‘Girls’ Day’

JBSD Foundation grant awardees, Japanese language teachers from Clarkston and Utica, Michigan, Ms. Valtadoros and Ms. Sullivan gave us their activity report! “I am sending JBSD Foundation pictures of the field trip that Erin Sullivan and I took to the Saginaw Tea House. We took our Japanese students who were able to attend on a Saturday.  JBSD grant has been …

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West Bloomfield Township Public Library created posters celebrating its 20th Sister Library relationship with the Higashiura Library in Awaji City, Japan

JBSD Foundation Grant 2018 Awardee – West Bloomfield Township Public Library The West Bloomfield Township Public Library and the Awaji City Higashiura Public Library in Japan have been Sister Libraries for 20 years. Together they have worked to build a bridge between the libraries and communities so they can expand understanding and appreciation of each other’s cultures and perspectives. For …

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Michigan Japanese Quiz Bowl (MJQB) 2019

Congratulations to the winners at the Michigan Japanese Quiz Bowl 2019! Thank you very much to our JBSD Foundation grant awardee, Japanese Teachers’ Association of Michigan for sharing the report! – – – – – Michigan Japanese Quiz Bowl (MJQB) 2019 was organized by the Japanese Teachers’ Association of Michigan on March 10th, 2019. This is 26th MJQB and 173 students …

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Hinoki Foundation – Kids & College Students Program Marks Its 5th Year

This February, Hinoki Foundation once again collaborated with Michigan State University’s Shimane@MSU program and the JBSD Foundation to host a successful “Kids & College Students” program, now in its fifth year. A delegation of 12 Shimane University undergraduates and their professor, Dr. Naomi Kagawa, traveled to southeast Michigan after completing a special two-week course in East Lansing, to engage in …

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Traverse City Area Public School (TCAPS) – Koka City, Shiga : Middle School exchange program

JBSD Foundation Grant program supports Traverse City Area Public School(TCAPS, MI) – Koka City (Shiga, Japan) middle school students exchange program which has been giving a wonderful opportunity to students to learn each culture for many years. Here are the report and pictures from them! Thank you! — On Thursday, January 17th, the Traverse City Area Public School (TCAPS) students and …

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2018 Grant Ceremony Dec. 11, 2018

2018 JBSD Foundation Grant Ceremony was held on December 11, 2018.  JBSD Foundation are very proud of being able to help the community, but all was possible only because of our members’ kind and generous support. <日本語> 2018 Grant Awardees Community Enhancement  ◆ Alternatives For Girls ◆ Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center (BBAC) ◆ Council of Asian Pacific Americans ◆ Detroit …

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Monroe (MI) & Hofu (Yamaguchi, Japan) – High school students exchange program

JBSD Foundation Grant program supports Monroe (MI) – Hofu (Yamaguchi, Japan) high school students exchange program through Monroe International Friendship Association (MIFA) デトロイト日本商工会様 春たけなわの季節、デトロイト日本商工会(JBSD)会員の皆様におかれましては、ますます御清栄のこととお喜び申し上げます。 山口県防府市とミシガン州モンロー市は、1992年から両市の高校生を相互に派遣し、ホームステイを通して、文化体験、高校生交流、語学研修などを行う高校生交流事業を実施しています。 1993年5月29日には、姉妹都市提携を締結し、本年で25年を迎えました。 本年4月には、姉妹都市提携締結25周年を記念して、モンロー市の皆様の御好意により、防府市から35名の市民訪問団が、モンロー市を訪問することになります。 これもひとえに、両市の友好親善に御尽力され、両市の交流を長年にわたり力強く御支援くださっている皆様方の御協力によるものであり、心から厚くお礼申し上げます。 今回の市民訪問団のモンロー市への訪問が、両市における次の25年の交流の礎となり、今後益々の交流の発展につながることを期待しています。 末筆ながら、デトロイト日本商工会(JBSD)会員の皆様の御健康と御多幸、並びに今後ますますの御発展を祈念申し上げます。 2018年3月30日 防府市国際交流室長 今川良祐

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2017 Grant Ceremony – Dec. 12, 2017

2017 JBSD Foundation Grant Ceremony was held on December 12, 2017.  JBSD Foundation are very proud of being able to help the community, but all was possible only because of our members’ kind and generous support. 2017 Grant Awardees US & Japan Relations 1 Ann Arbor Public Schools-Hikone Ann Arbor Educational Exchange Program 2 Clinton Township – Yasu Cultural Exchange …

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Dear Japan Business Society of Detroit

I am writing to thank you for your generous scholarship. I was very happy and appreciate that I was selected as the recipient of your scholarship. I am an Interdisciplinary Studies major with a concentration on Health and Society and a cognate on Political Science with a premedical track. I am interested in global health issues and getting this scholarship …

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Dear Japan Business Society of Detroit Foundation leaders,

I’m writing this to thank you for the $500 financial aid that you provided to me to help me through the JCMU program. I was honored to know that I was selected as one of the recipient of your scholarship. I don’t think my experience in Japan would be so rich and colorful if I hadn’t received the scholarship. My …

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