Posts Tagged ‘Japan Society’

2012 OTTY Awards: First for Japan Society, a Japanese Leader

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By Laura Shin Just two days after the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the Japan Society in New York had raised $350,000 in relief funds. A year later, it has raised $12.5 million. As a cultural institution, fundraising isn’t one of the Japan Society’s primary functions. But Motoatsu Sakurai, president of the
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2012 OTTY Awards: Our Town Thanks You

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For 20 years, Carolyn Maloney has been leading the fight in Congress on national issues like women’s rights, but she has also kept the focus on her East Side district as a strong advocate for the Second Avenue Subway, new schools and health care for workers and residents suffering from the environmental fallout of 9/11.
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