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| June 19, 2020
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
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| May 15, 2020
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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| May 15, 2020
日米の民間交流を促進する非営利団体「米日カウンシル」は15日、元副会長のスザンヌ・バサラ氏が18日付で新会長に就任すると発表した。4月に死去したアイリーン・ヒラノ・イノウエさんの後任として日米関係の強化を目指し、次世代のリーダー育成にあたる。 Read more. Read More
The Sankei News
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| April 22, 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… Read More
The Hawaii Herald
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| April 16, 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. Read More
LA Times
External News
| April 16, 2020
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
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| 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,… Read More
Washington Post
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| April 13, 2020
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
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| April 09, 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… Read More
The Japan Times
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| April 09, 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 Wednesday. Read More
Kyodo News