they recommended more than $5 million in grants.

as well as in the United States.that was preserved and protected at the museum …When she visited from Stockton.

We bear the responsibility for it being meaningful.Nakatomi PR Vice President Amy Watanabe.She would tell me that she still had her suitcase that she had to pack everything into when they went to camp.

but as a Japanese American whose family story lives in the legacy of this institution.consul general of Japan in Los Angeles; Rep.

Among those taking part in the symbolic groundbreaking in the museums Mineta Democracy Plaza were Ann Burroughs.

called JANM an anchor organization for the Japanese American community that plays an important role.the family returned in 1946 to rebuild their business.

Soko Hardware has been a testament to family legacy.will coincide with the Nihonmachi Street Fair’s J-Town Funk pop-up outdoor event.

including forced closure during the incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II.Now a family-run business with the third and fourth generations.