FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (Kyodo) A home in Fairhaven, Mass., has opened as a museum dedicated to one of its early inhabitants, John Manjiro, the first Japanese to live in America.
An opening ceremony was held Thursday with about 200 people from Japan and the United States attending.
Manjiro Nakahama, more commonly known as John Manjiro, resided in the home in the mid-19th century.