LOS ANGELES, May 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Japan
America Society of Southern
California (JASSC), is proud to present its 104th
Anniversary Dinner & Gala Celebration inside the Samuel
Oschin Space Shuttle Endeavour Display Pavilion at the
California Science Center, 700 Exposition Park
Drive, Los Angeles, Calif., on Tue.,
July 2, 2013, at 6:00 p.m. Established to build
meaningful relationships between Japanese and Americans, the JASSC
this year will honor Hitachi, Ltd. for its contributions to
the U.S.–Japan relationship through business, innovative
technology, corporate social responsibility and its support for
educational programs benefiting children in the United States.
"For more than a century, Hitachi, Ltd. has made significant and
positive impacts in the U.S. and globally," said Terry Hara, chairman of JASSC. "We are
pleased to honor Hitachi, Ltd. with the Japan America Society's
Kokusai Shimin Sho 'International Citizens Award'."
"A highlight of the evening will be dining under the Space
Shuttle Endeavour," said Douglas
Montgomery, chair of the JASSC 104th Anniversary
Gala. "With the exciting ambiance of the Endeavour, combined
with the exhibits of other historic spacecraft, this gala will be
an evening remembered by all our guests."
More information and reservations for the JASSC's
104th Anniversary Dinner & Gala Celebration,
including attractive sponsorship opportunities, can be found online
at www.jas-socal.org or by calling Kay
Amano at (714) 717-6820.
About Japan America Society of Southern California
JASSC was founded in 1909 to build economic, cultural,
governmental and personal relationships between the people of
Japan and America. It is the
West Coast's premier educational and public affairs forum dedicated
to the U.S.–Japan relationship. JASSC is a qualified
501(c)(3) nonprofit, charitable and educational organization and it
is supported by 130 Japanese and American corporate members and
2,000 individual members. www.jas-socal.org
About Hitachi, Ltd.
Hitachi, Ltd., (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics
company with approximately 320,000 employees worldwide.
Fiscal 2011 (ended March 31,
2012) consolidated revenues totaled 9,665 billion yen ($117.8
billion). Hitachi will focus more than ever on the
Social Innovation Business, which includes information and
telecommunication systems, power systems, environment, industrial
and transportation systems, and social and urban systems, as well
as the sophisticated materials and key devices that support
them. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the
company's website at www.hitachi.com.
Contact:
Kay Amano
Japan America Society of Southern
California
phone: (714) 717-6820
email: amano@jas-socal.org
web: www.jas-socal.org
SOURCE Japan America Society of Southern California