[10] Although Rita was spared internment and allowed to stay in Yoichi during the Pacific War because she had become a Japanese citizen, the Kenpeitai kept her under constant surveillance as a suspected foreign spy.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, neighbours turned against her, she was ignored in the street and children would throw rocks at her home.

[11] In 1955 Rita suffered from liver disease and tuberculosis, and began spending the summers in Yoichi and the winters in Zushi, Kanagawa where Masataka stayed during his business trips to Tokyo.

[12] National Route 229 in front of the main train station in Yoichi was renamed "Rita Road" in her honor.

[13] The Yoichi Distillery contains the Rita House which is a Designated Tangible Cultural Property under Japanese law.