This is a series in which USJC President & CEO Suzanne Basalla shares her thoughts directly with the USJC community. Today, October 7th, is USJC’s Founder’s Day, designated to ensure…
October 7, 2021
Program of Events
April 28, 2021
This is a series in which USJC President & CEO Suzanne Basalla shares her thoughts directly with the USJC community. This week marks one year since the devastating loss of…
April 8, 2021
We are pleased to share that the Government of Japan has informed the U.S.-Japan Council that the late Irene Hirano Inouye will be posthumously awarded with the Order of the…
May 26, 2020
On April 30, the alumni of the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) presented the U.S.-Japan Council (USJC) with a gift of over $15,600 in memory of former USJC President Irene Hirano…
May 8, 2020
“Determined, unflappable, tireless and tenacious.” That is how Dr. Akemi Kikumura-Yano is remembering Irene Hirano Inouye, her friend and former colleague, who died April 7 in Los Angeles after an…
April 22, 2020
Irene Hirano Inouye, a prodigious fundraiser who led the nation’s premier Japanese American museum in Los Angeles and built bridges across cultures with groundbreaking projects, has died. She was 71.…
April 16, 2020
HONOLULU — Irene Hirano Inouye, the widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and the founding CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles,…
April 16, 2020
Dear Friends, We want to share our profound gratitude with all of you. The loss of our founding president Irene Hirano Inouye is devastating, both for those who knew her personally…
April 10, 2020
Washington – Irene Hirano, head of the U.S.-Japan Council and widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, died Tuesday in Los Angeles following an extended illness, the council said…
April 9, 2020