Joe Yamanaka
![Yamanaka with Flower Travellin' Band in New York City in 2008.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Yamanaka1.png)
He is also recognized for 20 years of charity and volunteer work with the Japan International Cooperation Agency and flew around the world helping those in poor or war-torn conditions; visiting more than 30 countries including Afghanistan, Myanmar, Bosnia, numerous sovereign states in Africa, China, Ukraine (including Chernobyl), North Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Brazil. While doing aid work in Jamaica, he met local musicians and later became involved in reggae music. His aid work was a personal inspiration to help those who were growing up in similar conditions that he had experienced as a child. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published 2021-03-01
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