Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry traveled to Tokyo, Japan, and Tianjin, People’s Republic of China from August 31 to September 3, 2021, to engage with international counterparts on bilateral and multilateral efforts to raise climate… Read More
U.S. Department of State
Chair of the USJC Board of Directors Phyllis Campbell (Chair of Pacific Northwest Region, JPMorgan Chase & Co.) has received the Business Journal‘s Blake Nordstrom Humanitarian Award for Corporate Giving… Read More
The U.S.-Japan Council’s board of directors has appointed Paul Yonamine as its new chairman. Read more. Read More
Honolulu Star Advertiser
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The Sankei News
“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… Read More
The Hawaii Herald
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. Read More
LA Times
From left: Sen. Daniel Inouye, George Takei, Brad Takei, Irene Hirano Inouye By GEORGE TAKEI I knew Irene had been ill for some time, but, nevertheless, I was… Read More
Rafu Shimpo
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,… Read More
Washington Post
She headed two major foundations, established a Japanese American museum and, the widow of a senator, quietly helped lift Detroit out of bankruptcy. Irene Hirano Inouye in 2013 with President… Read More
New York Times
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… Read More
The Japan Times