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BATTLE CREEK ASIAN COMMUNITY ......the ASIAN community is a growing community in the Greater Battle Creek area. According to the 2000 U.S. Census the population of the Asian community is 1.9% of 52,777 residents in Battle Creek MI. Currently, the Asian community consist of residents from Japan, China, Korea, Malaysia, Burma, Philippines. Integrating in our schools, restaurants and industries....many Asians have found Battle Creek, Michigan a place to call HOME. ____________________________ | LOCAL ASIAN AMERICAN NEWS T The eighth tri-annual Hap Ki Do Championships will come to Battle Creek August 6-, 2010 at Kellogg Arena. This is the first time in history the Championship is being held outside of Korea click here for more Invitation for Japanese Worship Service 日本語礼拝 click here for more
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HE INTERNATIONAL HAP KI DO CHAMPIONSHIPS COME TO BATTLE CREEK 
Konnichiwa! This coming Saturday is the October Battle Creek Japanese Worship service.
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area (or 29.4% of its land area) and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population. Chiefly in the eastern and northern hemispheres, Asia is traditionally defined as part of the landmass of Eurasia—with the western portion of the latter occupied by Europe—lying east of the Suez Canal, east of the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean, and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. Given its size and diversity, Asia—a toponym dating back to classical antiquity—is more a cultural concept incorporating a number of regions and peoples than a homogeneous physical entity[2][3] (see Subregions of Asia, Asian people).
International Relations Committee - was authorized and established in Battle Creek by resolution No. 305, and adopted on October 28th 1975. This was appointed by the Mayor with the approval of a majority vote of the City Commission. The purpose of the committee is to foter cultural promotion of the City and provide a positive environment toward foreign industrialists and their families.
- Cheryl Beard, Battle Creek Unlimited, 12/31/08
- Sheila Crawford, 245 Brentwood Drive, 12/31/08
- Gregory Moore, 247 Trickovic Lane, 12/31/08
- Sumako Nebel, 242 Sherwood Drive, 12/31/08
- Michelle Reen, City of Battle Creek, 12/31/08
- Ken Tsuchiyama, City of Battle Creek, 12/31/08
JAPAN-AMERICA SOCIETY OF WEST MICHIGAN 西ミシガン日米協会 Battle Creek,
The Japan-America Society of West Michigan was founded in 1999 to foster greater understanding and friendship among Japanese and Americans in
| Junior and high school students - travel to japan in 2009 Are you interested in other cultures? Like to travel and make lasting friendships? Students in junior high and high school as well as educators at any level in the Battle Creek area school systems are invited to apply for the Battle Creek Takasaki Ambassador Exchange Program. The International Relations Committee sends four high school students and a teacher to Japan each summer as part of its Ambassador Exchange Program. Four high school students from the Battle Creek area and one teacher travel to our Sister City of Takasaki, Japan as part of a 20-day exchange each summer. Ambassadors stay with Japanese host families for 10 days and then host a Japanese student or teacher for 10 days in Battle Creek. The exchange period falls within the last two weeks of July and the first two weeks of August. read more Sister City Student Exchange Junior High Ambassador Exchange |
Grand Master Hee Kwan Lee will take 39 students to South Korea for the International Hap Ke Do Championship Games, click here for more info
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SOUTH KOREAN COMMMUNITY 
The Korean Population in Battle Creek, Michigan may appear negligible, but it is significant. Many may correlate the Korean presence from the few beauty shops in the area, however, other areas of interest are present, such as the new Korean Martial Arts Hap Ki Do School in Battle Creek teaching students self confidence, self discipline, self improvement, and self control, through the Hap Ki Do Martial Arts School of Self Defense. battlecreekdiversity will soon interview Grand Master Hee Kwan Lee, 8th Degree Black Belt as he will share with us living in Battle Creek and the Korean Martial Arts Hap Ke Do School. 
