[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 68 (Thursday, April 18, 2024)]
[House]
[Pages H2505-H2506]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                      IN MEMORY OF SAKAYE ARATANI

  (Mr. TAKANO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

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minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TAKANO. Madam Speaker, today I rise to recognize a profound loss 
in the Japanese-American community, the passing of Sakaye Aratani.
  Her death coincides with an ever-dwindling number of adult Japanese-
Americans, who endured the injustice of being forcibly removed from 
their homes and imprisoned in World War II internment camps here in the 
United States.
  She and her late husband, George Aratani, made a remarkable, 
successful post-war journey in business and became important 
philanthropic figures within the Japanese-American community and 
beyond.
  Every year, I would see her at community gatherings for various 
Japanese-American organizations that she and her husband supported, 
and, every year, I was struck by her grace, elegance, and intelligence.
  My heart goes out to the Aratani family, and I join with the rest of 
the Japanese-American community in mourning her passing.

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