Architect Nakashima receives Isamu Noguchi Award

Architect Nakashima receives Isamu Noguchi Award

Mira Nakashima, a Japanese American architect and furniture designer, poses for a photo after receiving the Isamu Noguchi Award during a ceremony held at the late sculptor Noguchi's museum in New York on Nov. 17, 2025.

Garden of Peace at UNESCO headquarters restored

Garden of Peace at UNESCO headquarters restored

Photo taken on Sept. 12, 2025, shows Garden of Peace at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, recently restored by Japanese landscape designers following years of degradation. The 1,700-square-meter garden was created by Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) in the 1950s.

NAMI 2025 Mental Health Gala - LA

NAMI 2025 Mental Health Gala - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer, and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) 2025 Mental Health Gala Presented by Maybelline held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on May 8, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NAMI 2025 Mental Health Gala - LA

NAMI 2025 Mental Health Gala - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer, and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) 2025 Mental Health Gala Presented by Maybelline held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on May 8, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NAMI 2025 Mental Health Gala - LA

NAMI 2025 Mental Health Gala - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer, and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) 2025 Mental Health Gala Presented by Maybelline held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on May 8, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

NAMI 2025 Mental Health Gala - LA

NAMI 2025 Mental Health Gala - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer, and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the National Alliance On Mental Illness (NAMI) 2025 Mental Health Gala Presented by Maybelline held at The Beverly Hills Hotel on May 8, 2025 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

California baseball event at WWII-era camp

California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

California baseball event at WWII-era camp

California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

California baseball event at WWII-era camp

California baseball event at WWII-era camp

A baseball event is held on Oct. 26, 2024, at the site of the Manzanar incarceration camp in Independence, California, to raise awareness of the experiences of Japanese Americans interned there during World War II. Four teams from Japanese American baseball leagues in the state played on a field restored to its wartime condition under a U.S. National Park Service project at the historic site in the desert near the Nevada border.

Exhibitions on "go for broke" WWII Japanese-American soldiers

Exhibitions on "go for broke" WWII Japanese-American soldiers

Retired U.S. Army general and former Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki makes a speech near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 18, 2024, after the National Veterans Network and the U.S. National Army Museum announced a plan to hold roving exhibitions across the United States from 2026 on second-generation Japanese-American soldiers who fought on most dangerous fronts in Europe during World War II after they were classified by the U.S. government as enemy aliens to prove their loyalty to the nation.

Exhibitions on "go for broke" WWII Japanese-American soldiers

Exhibitions on "go for broke" WWII Japanese-American soldiers

Retired U.S. Army general and former Secretary of Veteran Affairs Eric Shinseki makes a speech near the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 18, 2024, after the National Veterans Network and the U.S. National Army Museum announced a plan to hold roving exhibitions across the United States from 2026 on second-generation Japanese-American soldiers who fought on most dangerous fronts in Europe during World War II after they were classified by the U.S. government as enemy aliens to prove their loyalty to the nation. ==Kyodo

Joe Biden meets with Kishida Fumio - Washington

Joe Biden meets with Kishida Fumio - Washington

Mrs. Kimiko Hahn, Japanese American poet speaks during a Spousal Program event with First Lady Jill Biden and Kishida Yuko, Spouse of Prime Minister Kishida Fumio, as part of the Official Visit between the US and Japan in the main library of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington on April 10, 2024. Photo by Ting Shen/ABACAPRESS.COM

Japan PM Kishida's state visit to U.S.

Japan PM Kishida's state visit to U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plants a "someiyoshino" cherry tree at the national Japanese American memorial in Washington on April 9, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, the first Japanese American elected to both houses of Congress. (Pool photo)

Japan PM Kishida's state visit to U.S.

Japan PM Kishida's state visit to U.S.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plants a "someiyoshino" cherry tree at the national Japanese American memorial in Washington on April 9, 2024, to mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, the first Japanese American elected to both houses of Congress. (Pool photo)

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the 21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 16, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the 21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 16, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the 21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 16, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the 21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 16, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the 21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 16, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the 21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 16, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the 21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 16, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards - LA

Japanese-American actress, dancer and singer Lisa Yamada arrives at the 21st Annual Unforgettable Gala Asian American Awards held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on December 16, 2023 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA, USA. Photo by Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/ABACAPRESS.COM

California city dedicates square to WWII Japanese-American soldier

California city dedicates square to WWII Japanese-American soldier

Kenko Sone (L), Japan's consul general in Los Angeles, poses for a photo alongside James Nakakihara (2nd from L), a grandnephew of WWII Japanese-American soldier Sadao Munemori, and others at the newly dedicated Sadao S. Munemori Memorial Square in Glendale, California, on Dec. 9, 2023.

Tribute to wartime Japan diplomat who saved Jewish refugees

Tribute to wartime Japan diplomat who saved Jewish refugees

Japanese American Cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper (C) plays a symphony together with the New York City Opera Orchestra at New York's Carnegie Hall on April 19, 2023, in honor of wartime Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. He disregarded the orders of his superiors and issued visas in 1940 to help Jewish refugees escape Nazi persecution as the acting consul in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Tribute to wartime Japan diplomat who saved Jewish refugees

Tribute to wartime Japan diplomat who saved Jewish refugees

Japanese American Cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper (front, L) acknowledges the audience at New York's Carnegie Hall on April 19, 2023, after playing a symphony together with the New York City Opera Orchestra in honor of wartime Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara. He disregarded the orders of his superiors and issued visas in 1940 to help Jewish refugees escape Nazi persecution as the acting consul in Kaunas, Lithuania.

Toshiba taps Western Digital-led group as chip unit preferred bidder

Toshiba taps Western Digital-led group as chip unit preferred bidder

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 25 Kyodo - Photo taken Aug. 24, 2017, shows the building that houses the headquarters of Toshiba Corp. in Tokyo. Toshiba decided the same day to pick a Japanese-American group led by Western Digital Corp. as preferred bidder for its chip unit in an attempt to accelerate its stalled turnaround efforts, sources close to the matter said.

Rose Parade in California

Rose Parade in California

PASADENA, United States - Japanese American veterans who fought in World War II ride a float in the annual Parade of Roses in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 1, 2015.

New Hawaii governor welcomed by Okinawa dance

New Hawaii governor welcomed by Okinawa dance

HONOLULU, United States - Newly elected Hawaii Gov. David Ige (C) and his wife Dawn are welcomed by Okinawa's traditional "shisa" (lion-dog) dance at the state government building in Honolulu on Dec. 1, 2014. The paternal grandparents of the U.S. state's second Japanese-American governor migrated to the island state from the southernmost Japan prefecture of Okinawa.

Japanese-Americans recall 'inter-camp' baseball league

Japanese-Americans recall 'inter-camp' baseball league

LOS ANGELES, United States - Former detainees at Japanese-American internment camps in the United States during World War II who were involved in the 1944 baseball games among teams from the internment camps -- George Iseri, Tetsuo Furukawa, Kenso Zenimura and Ernie Inoue (from R) -- are reunited in 2014.

Hello Kitty events in L.A.

Hello Kitty events in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Visitors wearing Hello Kitty headbands look at items related to the feline character displayed in the "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty" exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 22, 2014. The first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America began Oct. 11 and runs until April 26, 2015, to commemorate the internationally celebrated character's 40th anniversary.

Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - A dress made up of stuffed Hello Kitty toys that American singer Lady Gaga wore in 2009 is on display at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014. The dress is part of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," the first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America, which will begin the following day and will run until April 26, 2015, to celebrate the feline character's 40th anniversary.

Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Greg Kimura, the president and chief executive officer of the Japanese American National Museum, delivers a speech at the museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014, ahead of the opening the following day of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," an exhibit celebrating the 40th anniversary of the popular feline character. The first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America will run until April 26, 2015.

Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

Hello Kitty exhibit begins in L.A.

LOS ANGELES, United States - Items bearing the Hello Kitty image, such as clocks and stationery, are displayed at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 10, 2014. They are part of "Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty," the first Hello Kitty exhibit in North America, which will begin the following day and will run until April 26, 2015, to celebrate the feline character's 40th anniversary.

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

LOS ANGELES, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, holds a blue light-emitting diode at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

OSAKA, Japan - Newspaper extra editions, reporting the awarding of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 to two Japanese and a Japanese-born American physicists, are handed out to passers-by in Osaka's Namba district on Oct. 7, 2014. Two Japanese physicists -- Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano -- and Japanese-born American Shuji Nakamura were awarded the prize for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes.

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

LOS ANGELES, United States - Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, meets the press at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, receives flowers from members of his laboratory at the university in Nagoya on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University.

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University students, surrounding a life-size cutout of professor Hiroshi Amano, celebrate at the university on Oct. 7, 2014, after Amano was jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University.

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

NAGOYA, Japan - Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University, holds a press conference at the university in Nagoya on Oct. 7, 2014, after being jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, along with Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University.

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows (from L) Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, who were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 on Oct. 7, 2014, for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes. Akasaki and Amano are Japanese and Nakamura is a Japanese-born American.

Traditional bamboo crafts targeting U.S. market

Traditional bamboo crafts targeting U.S. market

OITA, Japan - Bamboo crafts are exhibited at the Beppu Art Museum in Beppu, Oita Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in August 2014, prior to a month-long exhibition and trade show at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center from September to October in Los Angeles. Bamboo craft producers are trying to sell their products overseas as artwork rather than artisan ware.

Japanese-American films quake-hit region's people

Japanese-American films quake-hit region's people

WASHINGTON, United States - Dianne Fukami, a third-generation Japanese-American, speaks in an interview in San Francisco on Aug. 27, 2014. She said her documentary film "Stories from Tohoku" depicting the resilience of people in the northeastern Japan region, hit by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, evokes the image of camps in which her parents and other Japanese-Americans were interned during World War II.

Japanese-American MIS veteran talks experience in WWII

Japanese-American MIS veteran talks experience in WWII

HONOLULU, United States - Herbert Yanamura talks about his work at the Military Intelligence Service of the U.S. Army during World War II at his home in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 10, 2014.

Japanese-American MIS veteran talks experience in WWII

Japanese-American MIS veteran talks experience in WWII

HONOLULU, United States - Takejiro Higa talks about his work at the Military Intelligence Service of the U.S. Army during World War II in an interview in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Aug. 10, 2014. As part of his assignment, he was stationed in Okinawa, Japan, in his father's hometown, where he spent his childhood from two to 16 years old.

Isamu Noguchi Award

Isamu Noguchi Award

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Japanese contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto (R) and British architect Norman Foster, recipients of the inaugural Isamu Noguchi Award, at the Noguchi Museum in New York on May 13, 2014. The museum features works of Isamu Noguchi, a late Japanese-American sculptor.

Isamu Noguchi Award

Isamu Noguchi Award

NEW YORK, United States - Photo shows Japanese contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto (R) and British architect Norman Foster (C), recipients of the inaugural Isamu Noguchi Award, at the Noguchi Museum in New York on May 13, 2014. At left is Motohide Yoshikawa, Japanese ambassador to the United Nations. The museum features works of Isamu Noguchi, a late Japanese-American sculptor.

FM Kishida sees Isamu Noguchi's work at Danish museum

FM Kishida sees Isamu Noguchi's work at Danish museum

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida looks at a piece created by the late Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 30, 2014.

U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet commander

U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet commander

NAGASAKI, Japan - Adm. Harry Harris, the first Japanese-American commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, salutes after placing flowers at the Higashiyama Navy Cemetery for members of the former Imperial Japanese Navy in Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Nov. 20, 2013.

U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet commander

U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet commander

TOKYO, Japan - Adm. Harry Harris, the first Japanese-American commander of the U.S. Navy's Pacific Fleet, holds a press conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 18, 2013.

California rice grower

California rice grower

SACRAMENTO, United States - Director Kent McKenzie shows how new kinds of California rice are tested for quality at the Rice Experiment Station in Biggs, California, on June 27, 2013. Funded by farmers, the facility develops new rice strains, some of them with Japanese and Japanese American consumers in mind.