Five members from our club attended the Los Angeles International Convention and shared our unique expereinces as the first alumni club in Japan with Rotarians from all over the world during pre-convention Alumni Celebration and Convention breakout sessions. They also met with and enjoyed the company of Governor Elect Bob Blacker from D 5040, who is determined to form a new alumni club in Canada.
Charter SecretaryYunoki presented our District Alumni Association's history and activities (
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Masaharu Otsubo, our first ambassadorial scholar (2007-2009) studying at the Fletcher Law School, Tufts University in Boston came back to Japan and shared his experience at our club meeting on May 24 before he heads for Bangladesh to do his 3-month internship. The picture shows Masaharu in a Ninja costume at an Asian night in his dormitory. 
We are proud that he has been an outstanding ambassador of good will, having spoken at 5 different Rotary clubs, and introduced Kendo and Shodo (Japanese sword fighting and calligraphy) at a local school in Rockport, Massachusettes. The picture shows students writing the first name of the most famous Japanese in the area, Daisuke Matsuzaka of the Boston Red Sox. (Check out his 
The first Yoneyama Scholarship student we hosted, Mr. Xya Ten from China, graduated from Nihon University with a Master's degree. In the picture, he is holding the certificate of scholarship completion with DG Keizo Kosano, and his counselor Yuji Isozaki. He now works for an IT company in Tokyo. 
On his official visit to our club, DG Kosano brought with him DG Jennifer Jones (D6400), her husband Nick, and a DVD of Paul Harris. We all watched the video together and shared the founder's message: "Rotary is a way of life". Jennifer also helped the induction of our new member, Masaya Sunabori, by presenting him with his first Rotary pin. She kindly mentioned our club in her video message on her 
Our club composer and president elect, Hiroaki Tokunaga, who had visited Brazil as a GSE team member led by current DG Keizo Kosano, went again to Brazil, this time as a team leader. During the exchange that started on April 30, 2007, the team enjoyed the warm welcome from Rotarians in D4420, learned how each member's vocation is practiced, reunited with the Brazilian team, and attended their District Conference, expressing their gratitude even in Portuguese!.