Visit of Fr. Sukegawa with Sister Ojima and SisterYokoyama from Easter Village, Kidapawan.
Visit of Mr. Kazunari and Mr. Yuske, son and grandson respectively of Tatsuo Uchida San showing the framed resolution of the City Council recognizing Mr. Uchida as an adopted son of Davao City. The Omikoshi, a donation from Mr. Uchida.
September 3, 2012 Our beloved Officers of the Federation Greetings! Thank you for your letter dated July 18, 2012 of which I received yesterday. For your information, on August 20 0f 2010, I have retired as Honorary Consul-General of Japan in Ceremony hosted by the Embassy of Japan at Baguio Country Club, ending my humble 3 terms, totaling 15 years of service to the Government of Japan. Early in September of that the sane year, I felt severe chest pains and was rushed to the Cardinal Santos Hospital in San Juan City, MM. The Angiogram result showed that my heart’s arteries had multiple blocks. I was given 3 options, to undergo multiple heart by-pass, angioplasty or not to undergo any procedure at all. Considering my age of almost 80 at the time, we chose to go for Angioplasty. I was operated on September 9, 2012 and 6 Stents were interested in my left heart’s arteries. I thank the Almighty God for the successful operation. I will be turning 82 this year, but I have limited my physical activities and have tried to avoid mental stress as per my doctor’s advice. I apologize for being inactive in the Federation’s activities for… Read More »
After more than three decades of serving the Philippines Nikkei Jin Kai, Inc. this representation became its President on account of the resignation of Mrs. Nelma Nacion Adachi. Her resignation is confined to her position as President of the Association. Relinquishing her post is anchored on a valid and meritorious ground. However, her being a true blooded descendant, she still is performing as the association representative on concerns affecting some of our activities, more so on the plight of our descendants in Japan. In fact, she was invited by Asia Africa Latin-America Association (AALA), the only Ngo in Japan which can participate in the non-aligned nation summits, to present to the group this October the historical background of the association, its functions and activities that resulted in forging friendly relations with established and prestigious groups in Japan. Reports along this line will be published in our next issue. Good news! Our association has received the favorable decision rendered in the Shuseki Petition submitted by Carlos Toshimitsu. He is now a Category A descendant. From the least category for want of documents that support his root Mr. Toshimitsu is legally recognized as Japanese descended Filipino. This came about because of the joint effort… Read More »
Allow me to take this opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude to the members who came and participated in the activities held last May 19, 2013, the 33rd General Assembly of the PNJK Inc. For those who were unable to attend due to reason beyond your control, you are hereby notified that every second Sunday of May each year such event takes place. This must be so because the members are entitled to know what so far the officials have done the past months and will further undertake in contributing to the progress and development not only of the Nikkei Jin Community but the whole Davao City, as well. Each entity in the campus, the PNJK, Inc., which is the mother association, the PNJK-IS, the MKD, the Polyclinic and Diagnostic Center, the Cooperative and our latest contribution to the educational arena is the construction of a new school building in Calinan, gave not only narrative reports but the financial standing of each. Our association is the only group that is service oriented, providing medical services other than producing professionals in various fields. We are proud to state that we are the only group that has embarked on education, medical and… Read More »