Taken on March 1, 2008 at the Japanese American National Museum. Chris Komai, Public Information Officer for the National Museum welcomes guests to the program "Community Forum: Okinawans and Their Global Networks" presented by Discover Nikkei 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; the Center for Migration Studies at the University of the Ryukyus; and Okinawa Association of America, Inc.

Also pictured are panelists Hiroyuki Kinjo, Kentaro Kuwatsuka, and Naomi Noiri of the University of the Ryukyus and translator Keiko Tassil.

Photo Courtesy of Nobuyuki Okada