Irene Hirano Inouye, widow of US senator from Hawaii, dies

FILE - In this Dec. 23, 2012 file photo President Barack Obama kisses Irene Hirano Inouye, the widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, as she holds the flag that was draped over her husband's casket during a memorial service at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. Hirano Inouye, the widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and the founding CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, has died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, after an extended illness. She was 71. Hirano Inouye had most recently served as president of the U.S.-Japan Council, which aims to develop and connect leaders to strengthen the U.S.-Japan relationship. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2013 file photo President Barack Obama talks with Irene Hirano in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Hirano Inouye, the widow of the late U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Inouye of Hawaii and the founding CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, has died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, after an extended illness. She was 71. Hirano Inouye had most recently served as president of the U.S.-Japan Council, which aims to develop and connect leaders to strengthen the U.S.-Japan relationship. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci,File)

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo Vice President Joe Biden administers a ceremonial Senate oath of office during a mock swearing-in ceremony to Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, left, accompanied by his wife Irene Hirano, in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. Hirano Inouye, the widow of the late senator and the founding CEO of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, died in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. She was 71. Hirano Inouye had most recently served as president of the U.S.-Japan Council, which aims to develop and connect leaders to strengthen the U.S.-Japan relationship. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)