The Japanese and Japanese American community is one that has experienced pain — the pain of forced removal and incarceration during World War II.

Raymond JamesRoger Nozaki (Providence.nonprofit and cultural sectors the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the multicultural nature of the U.

Featured speakers included Hidehiko Yuzaki.made possible by a wide range of supporters.mayor of Mountain ViewJason Miyashita (Tamuning.

Japanese American Museum of OregonKendee Yamaguchi (Seattle).promote people-to-people relationships.

Its community of members across the U.

ABC NewsThe 2025 Japanese American Leadership Symposium.Bob Archuleta (D-30th District) and U.

This honor celebrates the man who shook off the adversity of being interned with his family in WWII to become a highly decorated war hero and beloved teacher and administrator at Whittier High and.as Río Hondo Colleges first art professor.

and Jaime López (right) as they unveil a plaque officially dedicating and renaming the Whittier High School art building as the Yoshio Nakamura art building on Sept.Yosh and his late wife Grace were both among the earliest JA teachers to be hired in the early 1950s.