Japanese militarism
Koji Ariyoshi was a nisei sergeant in the U.S. Army during WWII, and an opponent of Japanese militarism. He was a member of the United States Dixie Mission, where he met Sanzo Nosaka and Mao Zedong. During the war, he also met with Kaji Wataru in Chongqing, hearing about him when he was in Burma. Koji Ariyoshi would form the Hawaii-China People's Friendship Association in 1972.