We are honored to serve on this commission and look forward to engaging with experts and community members across the country to examine how to bring to life a national institution that truly reflects the richness of the Asian Pacific American experience.

and many other organizations for her contributions to the Nikkei and greater Southern California community.outside of Kagoshima in Kyushu.

It was then that she connected with her brother Freds classmate and her future husband.followed by David Hisao in 1962 and Michiyo in 1963.when she returned to stay permanently in the U.

they opened a neighborhood market in West Los Angeles.At the request of Nikkei actress.

whom her father had been residing with after the war.

Inafuku became her beloved patroness.from middle — Morgan Gee (2024).

First Princess Megan Miyamoto.1984 queen Tamlyn Tomita with 2025 Nisei Week President Helen Ota.

10 at the Japanese American National Museums Democracy Forum with 24 former queens in attendance.Photo by Alan MiyatakePictured from left:Bottom row —?June Aochi Berk (1954).