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Kanichi Asakawa (1873 - 1948) was a historian. He became a graduate of
Dartmouth and the Yale Graduate School. As a member of the Yale faculty, he
became the first Japanese professor at a major university in the United
States. He dedicated himself to serving as a bridge between the United
States and Japan to promote amicable relations. Some of his remains are also
interred at Konjiki cemetery at his hometown of Nihonmatsu, Fukushima,
Japan, and others are interred at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven,
Connecticut.
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