RAMBLINGS FROM THE SON OF A PAPER SON: Uncle Hiro
Recently the last of the Nisei generation in the Morimizu clan passed away at 95. Kei Morimizu was the younger brother of Hiro. His...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 14, 20195 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Japanese American Museum of San Jose — ‘Resistance to Internment’
(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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 14, 20193 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: Tears, Ukulele and Family Reunions
(Published Nov. 2, 2019) Last Friday, I was fortunate to be a very small part of the continuation of an emotional journey. Terry Weber...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 14, 20193 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Easy Lies from the Head that Wears the Crown
I was taught in school that we should be truthful and honest. We were taught about young George Washington confessing he chopped down the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 12, 20194 min read
BOOK REVIEW: How Lack of Intense Anti-Japanese Sentiment Created Less Ethnic Cohesion Among New York
By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributor “Distant Islands: The Japanese American Community in New York City, 1876-1930s” by Daniel H. Inouye...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 9, 20194 min read
VOX POPULI: Remembering a Committed Artist
Hiroshi Kashiwagi plays a Nisei veteran in “Kikan: The Homecoming.” By KERWIN BERK Deeply saddened by the news that Hiroshi Kashiwagi...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 11, 20193 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: The Importance of Supermarkets
In Gardena, besides having some of the best down-home Japanese food in Los Angeles, we are blessed with quite a few supermarkets, each...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 11, 20193 min read
THE WARREN REPORT: All I Really Need to Know…
After picking up Harlee, my granddaughter, she recounted what she had learned that day in kindergarten. She told Lisa and me about...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 11, 20193 min read
RAMBLINGS FROM THE SON OF A PAPER SON: The Live Oak Park Tennis Crew
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....
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 10, 20192 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Zatoichi – The Blind Swordsman
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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 28, 20195 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: The View from Little Tokyo
After Juli Yoshinaga was announced as the 2019 Nisei Week Queen, many of us at the Aratani Theatre turned to thoughts of her grandfather,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 15, 20196 min read
To All the Meals I’ve Loved Before
Botanica serves seared Japanese sweet potatoes, carmelized on the outside and soft and sweet on the inside, served with a verdant salsa...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 29, 20194 min read
Statement of Hirabayashi, Yasui and Korematsu Families and Coram Nobis Legal Teams in Support of Res
The children of Minoru Yasui, Gordon Hirabayashi, and Fred Korematsu, and their coram nobis legal teams, support proposed Resolution R-3:...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 29, 20194 min read
An Open Letter to the JACL National Council and JACL Membership
Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) voices its support for the resolution of reconciliation and apology that will be presented at...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 29, 20196 min read
Resolution of Apology to Tule Lake Resisters Is a No-No Win for JACL
By GERALD H. YAMADA At the Japanese American Citizens League National Convention that will soon convene in Salt Lake City, one of the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 25, 20192 min read
Obon in the Northern Alps
By VELINA HASU HOUSTON The bus ride to Togamura was endless. Up and up into the Japanese Northern alps it traveled, its passengers all...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 25, 20193 min read
Obon Dancing Goodbye
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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 25, 20191 min read
What Obon Season Means to Me
I am a Japanese American Sansei who grew up in Seattle, Washington. My family was active in the Seattle Buddhist Church, and the one...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 25, 20193 min read
Sights, Scents and Spirit
(MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo) By CATHY UCHIDA For many Americans, Memorial Day signifies the beginning of summer, ushered in by the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 25, 20193 min read
Helping the Lives of Others
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...
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