Calling all Japan arts & culture exhibitors, vendors, performers, and artists - we are now accepting applications for 2024 Sakura Matsuri participants! Apply today on our website: sakuramatsuri.org/want-to-partic…

We’ll be there!

A hearty congratulations to the team from Kyoto!!

HURRY!!!!

📢Position Announcement in Washington, DC: We are seeking a highly motivated, team-oriented individual for the position of JET Program Coordinator. Apply by Monday, November 27th. Click here for more details → us.emb-japan.go.jp/itpr_en/job-je…

日本語を勉強しましょう! Registration for our Japanese Language School Winter Term is open. Sign up today to save with early bird registration: …ocietyofwashingtoninc.wildapricot.org/japanese-langu…

Join our team! JASWDC is looking for an enthusiastic and highly-organized individual to fill the position of Sakura Matsuri Festival Assistant next Spring 2024. More position details and instructions on how to apply here: jaswdc.org/.../2023/12/Fe… #jaswdc #dcjobs #sakuramatsuri

あけましておめでとうございます。🎍 Happy New Year from all of us at the Japan-America Society of Washington DC! Thank you for your support of the Society in 2023. We look forward to bringing you more engaging programming and content this year.

Our thoughts are with the people of Ishikawa and others in Western Japan that are affected by todays quake.

Deeply proud of our heroic colleagues at 日本航空 | Japan Airlines. nytimes.com/2024/01/03/wor…

One of the many important gifts from Japan to the rest of us. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

🇯🇵 Statement from the Embassy of Japan on Taylor Swift’s Reported Travel from Japan to the United States ✈️🏈 Are you ready for it?

RIP Seiji Ozawa, “the shaggy-haired, high-voltage maestro who served as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for almost 30 years and was widely considered the first Asian conductor to win world renown leading a classical orchestra” washingtonpost.com/obituaries/202…

BREAKING: The second model of Japan's next-generation H3 rocket successfully lifted off on Saturday, in a much-needed boost to the nation’s satellite-launching and space exploration capabilities after the failure of its first model nearly a year ago. jtim.es/49Ar9ki

Special screening of, Shogun premier in DC…and on premier night no less! This series will be huge. Congrats to creators Rachel Kondo & Justin Marks, Producer and Star Hiroyuki Sanada, Star Anna Sawai, and Producer Eriko Miyagawa. Can’t wait for episodes 2-10.

Excellent panel lineup National War College: Minister Motosada Matano, Emma Chanlett-Avery, Lt Gen Chip Gregson, and DAS Robert Koepcke demonstrating the depth and breadth of US-Japan security cooperation.

In 1912 the people of Japan gave Washington DC our beloved cherry trees. This morning National Mall & Memorial Parks Superintendent Jeff Reinbold has announced that they will be in peak bloom from 23-26 March! #sakuramatsuri, #cherryblossomfest, #japanindc

Farewell Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/0…

At White House this morning, Prime Minister Kishida announces gift of 250 new cherry trees to commemorate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States

Japan’s PM Kishida just delivered a spine tingling speech to a joint session of Congress— response from US Congress was electric. This bilateral relationship is in a really good place. ⁦アメリカ大使館⁩ ⁦MOFA of Japan⁩ ⁦Japan Embassy DC🌸⁩ ⁦Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs⁩