AC Pays Tribute to a
Community Leader - I.K. Ishimatsu

     I.K. "Ishi" Ishimatsu, was one of the most influential community leader in America - Ishimatsu passed away at the age of 100 on June 21, 2000. He helped guide into office noted politicians such as former U.S. Congressman Norman Mineta and Assemblyman Mike Honda and was a generous contributor to Japantown's Yu-Ai Kai community center and its Buddhist church in San Jose, California. To read more about I.K. Ishimatsu, please click here.

     His great-grandsons Conor and Grayson Ishimatsu, two young talents from Los Angeles, were recently cast to play young Jackie Chan and his schoolmate on MTV's "BIOrythym," which premiered in May. Click here to read about the Ishimatsu brothers.