Who is Abiko Kyutaro from Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans and what is their importance? Strangers_from_a_Different_Shore:_A_History_of_Asian_Americans English & Literature Abiko Kyutaro | Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans

Abiko Kyutaro was an immigrant who had been born in Japan. He ran away from home at the age of fourteen and went to Tokyo. He arrived in San Francisco in 1885. Kyutaro eventually attended the University of California. By the 1890s, he had several businesses and was a founder of the Japanese American Industrial Corporation.