Ta Ko Lang, Thailand February 11-13, 2014 Special Nippon Kan Advisor Scott Roney and retired Consul Haruo Yamagami from Japan accompanied me to Ta Ko Lang, Thailand for a visit to the Bilay House Orphanage. The Bilay House was built by AHAN in 2012 and houses over 20 orphaned children on a full-time basis. Bilay House is located in a …
Kathmandu, Nepal February 7th, 2014 Construction on the AHAN Nepal Training Center began in October 2013 and to celebrate its completion, the Grand Opening Ceremony was held on February 7th, 2014. Homma Kancho, Special Nippon Kan Board Advisor Scott Roney, Retired Consul Haruo Yamagami and special Japan journalist Terada Misao flew to Nepal to attend this very special event. Nepal …
February 2nd -March 9th, 2014
February 2nd 2014 The Nepal Army Rangers are one of the most active contributing forces in current United Nations peace keeping operations around the world. Currently there are Nepal Army Ranger battalions stationed in Sudan, Syria and Iraq. Since the practice of Nippon Kan Aikido has been adopted as part of Ranger basic …
January 2nd, 2014 Nippon Kan staff member Soe visited the town of Sittwe, Myanmar this past winter. On this visit he went to check on the orphanage that AHAN has been working with to restore the dormitory quarters for the children currently living at the orphanage. AHAN has also been assisting in the rebuilding of the Mahatini temple adjacent to …
November 7th, 2013 In November we built a stone wall to expand the dormitory kitchen. The wall was built with the advisement of Homma Kancho to help with drainage. We also tiled the ceiling for heat protection. Reported by Pastor Bilay Bilay House Orphanage, Thailand
Oct 29-Nov 4th, 2013 After a visit to the remote village of Higashi Naruse to meet with alumni cross-cultural exchange program staff, Homma Kancho toured 4 nominated sites for a new AHAN Nippon Kan Japan Branch training center location. Back in Tokyo, Homma Kancho met with AHAN Nippon Kan Japan Branch alumni staff to discuss current and future projects. Reported …
October 25th -28th , 2013 Watch the video of the AHAN Nepal Training Center Ground Breaking Ceremony Homma Kancho during the ground breaking ceremony. Construction begins! The Nepal Army Rangers are now teaching Nippon Kan Aikido and unarmed combat technique as part of basic training throughout the Nepalese Army. On October 25th-28th, Homma Kancho, NPO Nippon Kan President Doug …
Oct 21-24, 2013 There are still many refugees from Myanmar that find refuge in Thailand, and the independent AHAN Bilay House near the Myanmar-Thailand border cares for refugee children from the Myanmar Karen tribe. The Karen children have taken up weaving or what they call TaTa in their local language. Pastor Bilay’s wife has already begun teaching the children this …
October 17th, 2013 Nippon Kan General Headquarters school fieldtrip program is popular with children from Denver Metro and front range schools and in 2013 over 1000 elementary school children visited Nippon Kan for a traditional Japanese experience. Usually these fieldtrips are held in the spring to coincide with Asian study schedules, but this past October 17th the children of Lincoln …
October 13th, 2013 It was quiet, beautiful and a bit nippy in Washington Park at 8:00 on October 13th, as Nippon Kan students began to gather for the project ahead. For the past 23 years, Nippon Kan students have worked on this annual project with the Denver Parks Department; turning the park flower beds for winter. The flowers must be …
September 29th, 2013 There are many students in the Denver metro area whose education is conducted in Japanese. On September 29th, 30 students, teachers, parents and guardians visited Nippon Kan Headquarters to study traditional Japanese culture as part of their sociology studies. Nippon Kan Headquarters has a traditional Japanese Folk Art museum with authentic artifacts from the countryside of Japan. …
September 22nd, 2013 Large yield of corn this harvest. This summer’s vegetable harvest was plentiful. Pastor Blay’s wife has also begun teaching traditional Karen weaving to the children at our new Heritage Center. Life has been good at the Bilay House this summer, the only exception being that we lost some fish and ducks in our ponds. We finally figured …
August 24th, 2013 New Madrasa classrooms. AHAN has been supporting the Madrasa Orphanage and School for Girls since 2006. In 2008 AHAN funded the building of the new building that currently houses up to 100 girls. On August 1st, 2013 construction on a new adjoining Madrasa facility officially began that is projected to house an additional 100 girls. The new …
August 17th, 2013 The third Saturdayof every other month is Family Day for our Youth Program Classes and on that day parents and guardians are invited to watch or join in the class with their children. On all other days, parents and guardians are not allowed to watch Youth Program classes. This policy is in place so that children’s attention …
