Save These Dates

• July 12 - JAS Trivia Night
• July 19 - Red Lantern Night Market
• August 30 to September 1 - Japanese Festival at MOBOT
• October 15 to18 - Biannual Conference of the North American Japanese Garden Association, hosted by MOBOT 

Janet (Janice), an American-born child of Japanese immigrants, and her family were forced into internment camps after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Because of her brilliant command of English and Japanese, she was assigned the job of “block manager.” Janet was shuffled between three camps, got married, and had a child while the war raged on. After enduring the psychological strain of forced incarceration, her very survival was threatened when she joined her husband in post-war Japan as famine gripped the country. Janet remained an American patriot through all her ordeals, holding on to the dream of reuniting with her family in the U.S. Learn more about this resilient woman at this program. Copies of the book "The Block Manager: A True Story of Love in the Midst of Japanese American Internment Camp" will be available to purchase with cash, credit card or check.

If you missed one of our virtual events, be sure to check out the Japan America Society - St. Louis YouTube page! Larger virtual events hosted by us are recorded and uploaded there for those who could not make it to the live sessions. Recordings of events hosted by other organizations that JASSTL collaborated with will be posted below.

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JAS receives and answers about 150 inquiries about Japan in a given year, as well as requests for lectures, authentic cultural activities, and programs from local libraries, schools, and other organizations.

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