He is president and board chair of the Japan America Society of Iowa (JASI) and a board director of the Iowa Asian Alliance.

which won the James Beard Award 2023; and Displaced: Manzanar 1942-1945: The Incarceration of Japanese Americans.Peggy Fujioka—Joy Takeshita Teraoka papersJust before Christmas.

She is president of Oppenheim Toy Portfolio.95ISBN:979-8987969328 About the AuthorsJoanne Oppenheims Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration and a Librarian Who Made a Difference won the Carter G.who was a freshman at UC Berkeley …Stanley Hayami wrote about a sad xmas as his familys nursery business faced extreme hardships immediately following the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

By the way Saturday was my 19th birthday … Amazed at the gentleness and swiftness of air travel … stopped at Lincoln.—Letter to Frank Hayami to Wyoming historian Mike MackeyA Christian funeral at Heart Mountain.

Last night I wrote to my former teacher Miss Hudson thanking her for sending me a box of candy and telling her of the Xmas that I had.

and because they were uprooted from their homes and put into camp.(Photo courtesy June Kuramoto)WASHINGTON — The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has announced this years NEA National Heritage Fellows.

A big fan of rock-and-roll and soul.June KuramotoThe 2024 NEA National Heritage Fellows include koto musician June Kuramoto from Alhambra.

she was a featured player in numerous classical koto concerts in Little TokyoThe program also gives Japanese leaders across the business.