YAMAMOTO Rafu Shimpo (except where noted)LONG BEACH — The Long Beach Japanese Cultural Center held its 2024 Summer Festival on June 29.

salutes during the ceremony awarding the Congressional Gold Medal in November 2011.along with the Asian Pacific Islander Faculty and Staff Association.

Mexico and Canada as we look forward to hosting the 2026 mens soccer World Cup and Los Angeles hosts the 2028 Summer Olympics.has helped deliver this public diplomacy in action.and so began our journey to bring this story to a broader USC audience.

Matthew Asada at the CGM ceremony in Washington in 2011.senior advisor to USC’s president.

such as the World’s Fair.

I was honored to be able to attend the Nisei Congressional Gold Medal ceremony in 2011.A decorated veteran of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.

a group of mainly Japanese American veterans.Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plants a tree in honor of the late Sen.

he was third in the presidential line of succession after the vice president and the speaker of the House.For him [Kishida] to take the time to come here and acknowledge the meaningfulness of this memorial is important.