Famous Japanese Americans.

This article presents information about famous Japanese Americans. Leo Esaki was the winner of the 1973 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work on electron tunneling theories. Harvey Itano won the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Medical Achievement Award for his outstanding contributions to research on sickle cell anemia, a disease that targets African Americans. George Takei played Sulu in the 'Star Trek' series on television and in films. Ronald Takaki was a Pulitzer Prize nominee for his work on 'A Different Mirror,' 'Iron Cages: Race and Culture in the 19th Century.' He is the Caldecott Award-nominated writer of the children's books Crow Boy, Umbrella, and Seashore Story. She is an attorney, the founder of a multicultural children's book publishing company, and author of Ashok by Any Other Name and Char Siu Bad Boy.