A funeral service for Yoshinori Akutagawa, Veteran of Korean Conflict, 90 year-old, Hiroshima, Japan born Issei, who passed away on April 8, 2024 in Los Angeles, will be held on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 3:00PM at LA Hompa Hongwanji Buddhist Temple, 815 E. 1st St., Los Angeles.

He is survived by his daughters, Yuki Linda (Christopher Kho) Akutagawa and Susan Emi (William Shimada) Akutagawa Shimada; grandsons, Ryan Hideyoshi and Rex Kiyoshi Shimada; brothers, Shoji (Kazuko), Mitsunobu (Emi) and Masahiro (Ruth) Akutagawa; sisters-in-law, Setsuko (Takao) Sorida, Masae Wakimoto, Yoriko Wataya, and Kayoko Hatta; also survived by many nieces, nephews and other relatives in U.S. and Japan.