Akemi Kikumura Yano

Japanese American National Museum

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President and CEO of the Japanese American National Museum

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The toll of the dead and injured in Japan since Friday's earthquake and tsunami is more than 10,000 and still rising.

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The toll of the dead and injured in Japan since Friday's earthquake and tsunami is more than 10,000 and still rising.

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