and Pacific Islander communities through media arts.

chair of the JANM Board of Trustees.“He was a treasured board member and one of JANMs champions during the early days of the museum.

and the judo coach at San José State University.When he returned to San José State he studied biology and developed the universitys judo program.The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of Yoshihiro Uchida.

Yosh UchidaBorn in 1920 he grew up on his familys strawberry and tomato farm in Garden Grove and was introduced to judo when he was ten years old.In 1989 he sold his chain of medical laboratories for $30 million.

After graduating from Garden Grove High School.

During World War II he served in the medical corps while his family was incarcerated in Idaho and at the Poston concentration camp and Tule Lake Segregation CenterGwen MuranakaRichard and Teri Uyehara hold a model of the B-57 Canberra.

Eric and I took a trip to meet up with some cousins in Las Vegas.But as war broke out on the Korean Peninsula he enlisted in the Air Force.

Before they moved from Gardena to Colorado.We were right over Washington.