and I am genuinely excited to see Ambassador Rahm Emanuel’s initiative in hosting an exhibition featuring artwork from the Japanese American National Museum collection in Tokyo.

and a host of plants and trees native to both Japan and Southern California.and Botanical Gardens)The compound was home to the local shoya.

census records kept and local taxes collected.where it would not only receive constant care.Groundbreaking at the Huntington site commenced in August 2020.

A brick stove reconstructed with authentic period cast-iron hardware.The Yokoi family lived in the house through the vast changes in Japanese governmental history and into the modern era.

ensuring its upkeep and preservation.

and Botanical Gardens)In 2016.She was a trailblazer who understood the importance of righting historical wrongs and connecting those unjust incidents of the past to racial hate and prejudice of the present to prevent further anti-Asian incidents from occurring.

As mayor of San Francisco she signed legislation giving redress to incarcerated Japanese Americans – one of the first U.In May 2020 she and her colleagues in the Senate urged the Department of Justices Civil Rights Division to address the rise in discrimination and hate crimes against Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

and regularly worked with Republicans to seek middle ground.The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of U.