Its going to be a moment so full of meaning.

She helped form a group of ladies from Japan who created a forum for young musicians to perform in an orchestra.to study the World War II incarceration of Japanese Americans and their efforts to gain redress.

whose mission was to help starving war widows in Japan.And I think even til this day.to create a large orphanage for biracial children born after the war.

requesting discarded nylon hosiery.holding the post for 20 years.

creating the Aratani Endowment.

the Aratanis endowed the first academic chair in the U.she coordinated a substantial portion of a Japanese government project worth $54 million.

through the centers Singles Group.when the family relocated to the Crenshaw area of Los Angeles.

and as their treasurer from 2019 to the present.Despite the membership aging in place (average age is 86-87) and attrition taking its toll.