{"id":226299,"date":"2016-04-26T04:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=226299"},"modified":"2016-04-26T04:00:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T18:00:58","slug":"saipan-hachioji-south-rotary-strengthen-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/saipan-hachioji-south-rotary-strengthen-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Saipan, Hachioji South Rotary strengthen ties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rotary Club of Tokyo Hachioji South president Shinichi Yamaguchi, center, speaks as Rotary Club of Saipan president Curtis Dancoe, left, and president-elect Ivan Ilmov listen in yesterday\u2019s fellowship meeting hosted by the Rotary Club of Saipan at Hyatt Regency Saipan\u2019s Sand Castle. (Jon Perez)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Rotary Clubs of Saipan hosted a group of 50 members from Tokyo Hachioji South further strengthening their ties. A fellowship was hosted by Rotary Saipan yesterday at the Sand Castle of the Hyatt Regency Saipan.<\/p>\n

The Tokyo Hachioji South group also left yesterday but not without giving a going-away gift\u2014a $2,000 check\u2014presented by president Shinichi Yamaguchi for the Typhoon Soudelor recovery program.<\/p>\n

Rotary Saipan president-elect Ivan Ilmov thanked the kind gesture given by Japanese club as they hope to work together in other future projects. Hachioji South has already donated more than $2,500 last year in the CNMI\u2019s Typhoon Soudelor recovery fund.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a fellowship of two clubs with great leaders and members just like two spirits who are good in working together. The money will be used to support the recovery of those who are affected by the typhoon,\u201d said Ilmov.<\/p>\n

He also thanked Hachioji South for their hospitality and in making sure the trip of Interact members Andrea Camacho and Coleen Triana Duenas a memorable one. Rotary Saipan also hosted Shiori Koiki and Riko Yamamura in the Cultural Exchange Program.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis a project worked together by both clubs. There\u2019s one more program again next year. And we are looking forward for more years of our partnership,\u201d said Ilmov.<\/p>\n

Yamaguchi also thanked Rotary Saipan for being a hospitable host especially during Saturday\u2019s barbecue at Hyatt\u2019s beach side, the same day they arrived after taking the three-hour trip across the Pacific.<\/p>\n

Aside from interacting with Rotary Club of Saipan members and discussing the exchange program, Yamaguchi said that having a memorial service for all those who died in the Battle of Saipan during World War II was also the reason for their visit.<\/p>\n

Tokyo Hachioji South has two Shinto Buddhist priests as members and they led the memorial service held at the Banzai Cliff last Sunday, which Rotary Saipan president Curtis Dancoe said was a very solemn and moving ceremony.<\/p>\n

Yamaguchi said that Koiki and Yamamura also enjoyed their trip to Saipan and vice versa with Camacho and Duenas. \u201cOur students had a lot of fun and wanted to go back to Saipan and we are glad to hear that Andrea and Coleen also feel the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that this time they are inviting Rotary Saipan members to make the trip to Japan to join them in celebrating their anniversary on May 25. \u201cHope to see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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