Toshio Kiso
Monica Miya
Suki Terada Ports
Suki Terada Ports was born and raised in New York City.
Upon her graduation from Smith College, she taught a year in Istanbul, Turkey, and Fair Lawn, New Jersey. While raising three children, she devoted her life to community service, volunteering for the local school board, Morningside Park, and advocating for the rights of HIV/AIDS patients of color and their families.
Yeiichi “Kelly” Kuwayama
Asahi Shimbun Partnerships with The New York Times
The oldest article believed to be written by Asahi Shimbun’s New York correspondent
The First Foreign Public Relations Magazine
New York Shimpo, the First issue in 1904
The First Japanese Newspaper “Japanese American Commercial Weekly” established in 1900
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) New York Chapter
In 1944 the New York Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League was formed with Al Funabashi as the first Chapter president. JACL is the national organization formed on the West Coast in 1930 to emphasize loyalty, patriotism, and citizenship to counter the negative actions of white Americans.