we honor our obligation to history by using its lessons to shine a light on the imperfect present and to help shape a more just future.

Photo by RIKA GRIFFINKandace Kuwahara.founder and executive director of Infinite Love Animal Rescue.

This years Superhero theme was celebrated with a furbaby costume contestThey were introduced by Deputy Consul General of Japan Naoshige Aoshima.Din Tai Fung managing partnerJacqueline Yang.

and research institution that advances Asian and Indigenous legacy in the U.Chanel Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani.

sports management innovatorsMillennium Copthorne.

Maki Mae (Americas Got Talent).but thats what makes her such a great dancer.

The dances selected reflected her journey and determination to move odori forward and share it with a wide audience.I thought that Ariel from ‘The Little Mermaid came from Disneyland! Sumako was very pretty and charming …When I visited her in Los Angeles 20 years later.

nine natori taught by the late Sumako Azuma I and her daughter Sumako Azuma II performed to Franz Schuberts Ave Maria.Janice was that way for dance.