Roy Tomizawa “Honored by the Emperor, Hired by the U.S. Navy: How a Japanese Issei Navigated the Turbulent Waves of Early 20th Century America”  Watch Video This is not a story about incarceration or racial discrimination. It is a story of an extraordinary immigrant from Fukushima that highlights the great trends of the time at the turn of the century and through World War II. Nikkei Sansei Roy Tomizawa’s grandfather Kiyoshi immigrated to the U.S. and achieved many things: Pre-war establishment of San Francisco’s Japanese YMCA, serving for America as a Japanese teacher, and post-war work helping Japanese immigrants naturalize to be American citizens. Tune in to hear about the life of a man who ventured from one world to another and lived a quiet life of conviction that impacted the lives of hundreds, if not tens of thousands over the decades after his passing.  Presentation Outline and Highlights A Sansei raised in New York: visiting the Tomizawa family sites His father was a journalist as well 2. Historical background of the Japan-U.S. immigration in early 20th century Primogeniture and second sons’ ambitions of becoming the \\"men of the world\\" Family background of Issei grandfather Kiyoshi Tomizawa, also a second son Impact of globalization, technology and social and health trends on increased international exchange 3. Kiyoshi's immigration to the U.S. Kiyoshi’s seminal encounter with John R. Mott, leader of YMCA, after being baptized in Japan Kiyoshi's arrival in the United States in 1903 Kiyoshi and Fumi Tomizawa’s lives in San Francisco’s JapanTown 4. Kiyoshi's US activities before, during, and after World War II Pre-war establishment of San Francisco’s Japanese YMCA during Great Depression and despite anti-Asian/Japanese movement Served for America as a Japanese teacher for the U.S. Naval officers in Boulder, CO Post-war work to naturalize other Japanese immigrants to be American citizens Speaker Biography Roy Tomizawa is originally from New York with over 30 years experience working in Asia.  A head of leadership and talent development for MetLife Japan, Roy also co-chairs the Human Resource Management Committee and the Olympic and Sports Business Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan.  As a former print journalist for a local Gannett paper outside Philadelphia, Roy was the lead reporter on a team awarded second prize in investigative journalism by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association for coverage on a maximum-security prison in Eastern Pennsylvania. He is the author of: 1964: The Greatest Year in the History of Japan - How the Tokyo Olympics Symbolized Japan's Miraculous Rise from the Ashes (Lioncrest Publishing, 2019), Start Up and Stay Up in Thailand (Alpha Research, 1997), and Working with the Thais (co-author, White Lotus Books, 1997).