Among the top prize winners were Nancy Ota.

President and CEO Ann Burroughs outlined one of the organizations key accomplishments — raising $85 million and exceeding the development goal by $20 million.Taiko perform at the Japanese American National Museum gala at Vibiana on April 6.

JANMs Award of Excellence was given to Duncan Ryuken Williams and Sunyoung Lee.a musical exploration of the wartime and postwar experience of Japanese Americans.Taiko and Ki-shi Bashi then combined their talents for a rare collaboration to close out the program.

the museum leadership welcomed members.Rafu Shimpo ContributorIn a historic setting befitting the Japanese American National Museums dedication to honoring history while embracing the future.

Honoring the past is interlinked with the future.

Ono is working alongside JANM to present the program on a seven-city tour.He would sometimes mention his sense that the hardships of voluntary evacuees have been largely untold and ignored in the narrative of what happened to Japanese Americans during the war.

There is a different kind of bravery that isnt about physical strength.even exchange students from Japan.

during Uyeharaa€?s recovery from his ejection from a B-57 Canberra in 1955.seeing sights like the Statue of Liberty and Plymouth Rock.