Akemi Kikumura Yano, the new CEO of the Japanese American National Museum, introduces Lane R. Hirabayashi (The George & Sakaye Aratani Endowed Chair, Asian American Studies Department, University of California at Los Angeles) at the "Community Forum: Okinawans and Their Global Networks" event held on March 1, 2008.

The program was organized by the Center for Migration Studies at the University of the Ryukyus and the Japanese American National Museum in collaboration with Lane R. Hirabayashi, George & Sakaye Aratani Endowed Chair of the Japanese American Internment, Redress, and Community, Asian American Studies Department of the University of California at Los Angeles; and Okinawa Association of America, Inc.

This was the first in a new series of programs presented by Discover Nikkei, a project of the National Museum.

Photo Courtesy of Nobuyuki Okada