Yosh and Sue are members of Japanese Baptist Church in Seattle, Washington. Yosh has made all the US contacts for this event. Yosh is a personal friend of JoAnn and Larry Sims, current Directors of the World Friendship Center in Hiroshima.  As a boy, Yosh was interned under Executive Order No. 9066.  During his internment, Yosh’s pastor was Rev. Emery Andrews.