New York, N.Y. There is one person in my life who is incredibly grateful forever. Yuko Ito who raised my only daughter, Reiko. My mother sent Yuko to America for expecting date of July 4, 1969. Yuko graduated from the Department of Japanese Literature at Japan Women’s University and My Mother arranged for me for […]
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Gentle Mugi’s Vet said, “He Can Only Live a Few More Days”
New York, N.Y. There is a dog called Mugi that Keiko Aoki really loves very much. The first Mugi-chan died when Rocky Aoki was still alive. So the next day, Rocky said to Keiko, “I’ll bring you the same one.” The second Mugi-chan was a Wheaton Terrier male, and it wasn’t a female like Mugi-chan before. […]
Mikhail Gorbachev: Great Man of the Last Century
New York, N.Y. Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev met with President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and visited the White House for the first time in 1987, when I met Gorbachev (see article #127). He tried so hard to make friends with normal American and talked with 200 guests for more than ten minutes each, so the […]
J. Luce Foundation India to Explore Relationship with Magadh University
Bihar, India. Ranked in the Top 20 of Indian varsity universities, Magadh University is an institution of higher education in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. Providing facilities for higher learning and research in the faculties of science, social sciences, humanities and commerce, it features 44 constituent colleges, 24 post-graduate departments and 85 affiliated colleges. “I am delighted to have the opportunity […]
2019: On Eve of Twentieth Anniversary, Incredible Banner Year
New York, N.Y. 2019, our 19th year, was a tremendous breakthrough year for Orphans International Worldwide, the J. Luce Foundation, and the New York Global Leaders Lions Club. Our mission of raising, supporting and educating Young Global Leaders was strengthened more than in any previous year. We launched in India. We launched our Luce 24 […]
Dharamshala for Americans: His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Hometown
Dharamshala, India. First, it’s in India. Second, it’s spelled four ways. And third, it’s His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s hometown. At least, for now. We arrived in Dharamshala (also spelled Dharamsala, etc.) last month to have an audience with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama has been in residence there since about the time he […]
First Trip to Manjushree Tibetan Orphanage High in Himalayas
Tawang, India. Waking up my first morning in Manjushree, I hear the children already up and practicing their spirituality, chanting in Tibetan. Their soft voices can be heard chanting across the mountainside. A little girl from the Manjushree Orphanage off to Delhi for an operation. It was successful. Photo: Stewardship Report. With our helicopter fogged in, we […]
Lama Thupten Phuntsok: Tibetan Monk’s Life Outside Monastery
Tawang, India. Born in Tawang, the middle of three sons, Lama Thupten Phuntsok was by tradition placed by his parents in a Tibetan monastery here. By this tradition here, the first son inherits the family’s wealth, the second son becomes a Buddhist monk, and the third son marries and devotes his life to his wife […]
