{"id":52194,"date":"2015-04-20T08:52:26","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T12:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=52194"},"modified":"2015-04-03T11:57:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T15:57:41","slug":"film-discussion-fukushima-in-search-of-a-lost-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/?p=52194","title":{"rendered":"FILM + DISCUSSION Fukushima: In Search of a Lost Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>04\/20\/2015 6:30pm<br \/>\nJapan Society<br \/>\n333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017<br \/>\n<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Website_large_asahiza.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[52194]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-52195\" src=\"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Website_large_asahiza.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"191\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nJoin us for a multi-disciplinary look at Fukushima today, which faced an unprecedented triple disaster on March 11, 2011\u2014an earthquake, tsunami and the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Starting with a documentary about a now-defunct, but beloved cultural center located just 15 miles from the nuclear power plant, the program delves deeper into some of the complex and daunting issues Fukushima faces through a dialogue between a musician and a psychiatrist, both actively involved in the area\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Otomo Yoshihide, a renowned composer and multi-instrumentalist, grew up in Fukushima and is a vocal force for the plight of the prefecture. Otomo, who provided the soundtrack and introduces the documentary ASAHIZA, will touch on his work in support of Fukushima. Dr. Shin-Ichi Niwa, a psychiatrist based in Fukushima, discusses the state of the mental healthcare in Fukushima. He is the Executive Administrator of the Fukushima Prefectural Hospitals Office and a member of the Board of Kokoro-no-Care Nagomi (KCN), a mental health clinic in Fukushima. In partnership with the Japanese Medical Society of America, KCN is supported with a grant from Japan Society&#8217;s Japan Earthquake Relief Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The screening and discussion is followed by a reception.<\/p>\n<p>During the reception, the photography series, A Body in Fukushima, conceived by the highly-acclaimed Butoh dancer Eiko and Japanese historian and photographer William Johnston, will be shown.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets: $12\/$9 Japan Society members, seniors &amp; students.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please visit<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.japansociety.org\/event\/fukushima-in-search-of-a-lost-future\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.japansociety.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>04\/20\/2015 6:30pm Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New York, NY 10017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stay-connected-to-the-latest-local-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52194"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52223,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52194\/revisions\/52223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}