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(Torrance Business Monthly) The Torrance Area Chamber of Commerce and the Japan Business Association invite you to celebrate the years of dedication and contributions from Japanese Businesses to the City of Torrance at the 12th Annual Japan Business Reception on November 13, 2009. The honorees of the reception are Rica Ruriko Hirota, retired Deputy Executive Director of the JAB South Bay Regional Committee Office, Mikko (Arimoto) Haggott-Henson, founder of the Torrance Sister City Association, Rumi Iwanaga, Director of the Japanese Educational Resource Center, and Helen Michiyo Nakano, Co-Founder and Charter Member of the U.S. Naginata Federation and the Southern California Naginata Federation. Additional honored speakers are Frank Scotto Mayor of Torrance and Consul General of Japan Junichi Ihara.
“In the Chamber’s ongoing effort to honor the diversity that we are fortunate to have in the city of Torrance, our goal is to bring about harmony and understanding from a business and friendship perspective to each and every one of us,” said Judy Gibson, TACC Divisional Chairman for Cultural Affairs.
Corporate sponsors include: Providence Little Company of Mary Hospital, Enagic USA, Inc., Torrance Memorial Medical Center, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., Doubletree Hotel, and Virco Inc.
Registration for the reception will begin at 5:00 p.m. and the program will start at 5:30 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel. Fee for attendance is $30/members $35/non members. Reservations can be made online at www.torrancechamber.com or by calling (310) 540-5858.
