Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The following is a list of famous Japanese Americans who have made significant contributions to the American culture or society artistically or scientifically, or have appeared in the news numerous times: Francis Fukuyama, economist and historian S.I. Hayakawa, former Senator from California and linguistics scholar Mike Honda, Congressman Daniel Inouye, Senator from Hawaii Michio Kaku, scientist known for his string field theory Robert Matsui, Congressman Norman Mineta, politician and current Secretary of Transportation Pat Morita, actor and comedian Karen Narasaki, Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium Ellison Onizuka, first Asian American astronaut; one of the "Challenger Seven" Yoko Ono, artist, widow of John Lennon Eric Shinseki - United States Army General, Army Chief of Staff, 1999-2003 Ronald Takaki- historian, UC Berkeley professor Kristi Yamaguchi, Olympic Gold Medalist figure skater Minoru Yamasaki, architect, best known for the New York World Trade Center "Twin Towers." This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.