Press, Events & News
Testimony in support of HR-40
This is a joint effort with Tsuru for Solidarity in support of HR-40. My actual testimony can be found in the following link: https://www.furumoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/IMG_0275.jpeg Tsuru
Feb 6, 2021 New video update on Fred Korematsu Day and the media coverage
Weekly NY Seikatsu and JAVA (Japanese American Veterans’ Association) published articles about the Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitutions featuring exclusive interview
1/30/2021 2nd Annual Fred Korematsu Day in Fort Lee, NJ
Fred Korematsu Day was started 10 years ago in California, where Fred Korematsu was born. In the borough of Fort Lee, New Jersey, we are
1/18 Tak & Carol Furumoto now has a new YouTube channel
CEO Tak Furumoto has opened his own YouTube channel. He will be posting videos of his recent community activities. Please take this opportunity to subscribe
3/13/2020 Tak Furumoto shared his life story with Morris Plains Rotary Club, NJ
Last week’s speaker was Tak Furumoto on being Japanese in USA and Japan during WWII.Tak’s family had emigrated to the USA with his grandfather in 1911. His grandparents returned to Japan before the war had started but Tak’s father stayed. Tak’s father had started out as a migrant farm worker who began a business wholesaling produce and was successful until he was forced to give it up to go to a Japanese-American intern-ment camp in Tule Lake, CA. The families were given 10 days notice and only allowed 1 suitcase. Tak was born in the internment camp in 1944 and the family, his parents and 3 sisters, were incarcerated there for 4 years.
2/24/2020 Sakura Radio aired Fred Korematsu Day Proclamation in Fort Lee, NJ
…. Once you are in the Sakura Radio Homepage. Click on the tab says [アーカイブ] then [February 2020]. On the very top of the list,
