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Recently the last of the Nisei generation in the Morimizu clan passed away at 95. Kei Morimizu was the younger brother of Hiro. His...

(Published Oct. 23, 2019) My husband and I just returned from a two-week trek to the Bay Area to visit family and friends. One of the...

(Published Nov. 2, 2019) Last Friday, I was fortunate to be a very small part of the continuation of an emotional journey. Terry Weber...

I was taught in school that we should be truthful and honest. We were taught about young George Washington confessing he chopped down the...

By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributor “Distant Islands: The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s” by Daniel H. Inouye...

Hiroshi Kashiwagi plays a Nisei veteran in “Kikan: The Homecoming.” By KERWIN BERK Deeply saddened by the news that Hiroshi Kashiwagi...

In Gardena, besides having some of the best down-home Japanese food in Los Angeles, we are blessed with quite a few supermarkets, each...

After picking up Harlee, my granddaughter, she recounted what she had learned that day in kindergarten. She told Lisa and me about...

In his later years, my father-in-law Lew Abe would routinely say to us, “Don’t get old!” as he confronted his many physical ailments....

I’ve always liked Zatoichi movies. When I retired from the Little Tokyo Service Center about 7 years ago, I found I had more time to...

After Juli Yoshinaga was announced as the 2019 Nisei Week Queen, many of us at the Aratani Theatre turned to thoughts of her grandfather,...

Botanica serves seared Japanese sweet potatoes, carmelized on the outside and soft and sweet on the inside, served with a verdant salsa...

The children of Minoru Yasui, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Fred Korematsu, and their coram nobis legal teams, support proposed Resolution R-3:...

Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) voices its support for the resolution of reconciliation and apology that will be presented at...

By GERALD H. YAMADA At the Japanese American Citizens League National Convention that will soon convene in Salt Lake City, one of the...

By VELINA HASU HOUSTON The bus ride to Togamura was endless. Up and up into the Japanese Northern alps it traveled, its passengers all...

It was hot, the sunlight as bright and sharp as a knife. The first time I danced Bon-odori, I shouldered my way into the crowd circling...

I am a Japanese American Sansei who grew up in Seattle, Washington. My family was active in the Seattle Buddhist Church, and the one...

(MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo) By CATHY UCHIDA For many Americans, Memorial Day signifies the beginning of summer, ushered in by the...

By EMI EASTMAN When I was five, I wanted to be an artist and spent my days using children’s art kits to paint pictures of dogs. Then I...