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CONTACT Jump to Contact Form Staff Ashley Hirasuna Social Media & Marketing Coordinator Ashley is a marketing professional and graphic designer specializing in cultural exchange and digital storytelling. Currently serving as the Social Media & Marketing Coordinator at the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York, she focuses on spotlighting archival histories […]

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Preserving the History of Japanese Heritage Every person, place, and organization has a story to tell. Since the first official Japanese delegation arrived in New York in 1860, generations of Japanese and Japanese Americans have lived, worked, created, and built communities across the city and beyond. Their stories have shaped New York’s history in many […]

Panel Discussion on the Japanese Eyes on America: 150 Years Since the Iwakura Mission to the U.S.

This public event, presented by the Digital Museum of the History of Japanese in New York, coincided with the launch of its first ever special exhibit. Featuring guest speakers Janice Nimura, Dr. Jordan Sand, and Dr. Haruko Wakabayashi, the conversation covered many lesser-known aspects of the 1871-1873 Iwakura Mission, including the five young Japanese women […]

Japanese TV Broadcasts Begin in New York (1982)

Major Japanese Media Open New York Bureaus (1950s)

Treaty of Amity and Commerce (1858)

Toyota Begins Exporting Automobiles to the U.S. (1958)

The Oceanic (1876)

Japan Airlines Inaugural Tokyo-New York Flight (1966)

Japanese Pavilion at the Centennial International Exhibition (1876)