Koyanagi was born in 1932 into the Muraoka doll-making family in Tokyo.

Mineta worked tirelessly to have Congress address the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans.Mineta served as secretary of commerce under President Bill Clinton from 2000 to 2001 and secretary of transportation under President George W

org/religion/2023/10/11/in-their-own-words-cultural-connections-to-religion-among-asian-americans/Focus groups methodology: https://www.32% of Asian Americans are religiously unaffiliated.Feeling close to a religion: 40% of Asian American adults express a connection to one or more groups that they do not claim as a religious identity.

These six Asian origin groups – Chinese.Various other religious groups (including Daoists.

18% do not identify religiously as Christian.

and the share who identify as Christian has declined.Mochi Madness volunteers (from left): Mike Okamura.

It is a task the Kito family has dutifully performed for decades.double-decker pieces of steamed.

helping supply Japanese Americans in Southern California with the many holiday variations of mochi.29 and 30 to assemble mochi packages for New Year’s celebrations.