SENIOR MOMENTS: Living and Loving — Telling Our LGBT Stories
On the last Sunday of last month, a pre-Okaeri panel was presented at the San Fernando Valley JA Community Center. Moderated by long-time...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 7, 20164 min read
PERSONAL ESSAY: What You Need to Know to Hopefully Avoid CKD and Dialysis
Last March, I shared my personal experiences at a forum on chronic kidney disease (CKD) at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 31, 20164 min read
VOX POPULI: Koreisha’s Response to Keiro Board
There is need to correct the misleading information the Keiro Board has presented to the public in their article “Past, Present and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 30, 20164 min read
EAST WIND: Favorite Foods — Made in Little Tokyo
“The Senbei Route was the bread and butter of Umeya.” — Tak Hamano, Chairman of Umeya, on pre-WWII Umeya Rice Cracker Co. The first new...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 15, 20161 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: Unsung Waka
By GENIE NAKANO *waka means little song in Japanese poets many we are stuck in journals, notebooks, garage sales the un-sung ‘waka’...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 15, 20164 min read
VOX POPULI: Past, Present and Future of Keiro
Keiro Senior Healthcare was formed in 1961 by eight community leaders to purchase the Japanese Hospital, which provided hospital care to...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 12, 20163 min read
VOX POPULI: My Gold Star Grandparents
Tom Ikeda’s grandparents Fred Suyekichi and Akino Kinoshita (left and center) receive a flag in honor of their son Staff Sergeant Francis...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 8, 20161 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: Under Water
By GENIE NAKANO man on the corner says worlds going to end darkness prevails get yourself ready to be saved ocean of cars roar on...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 8, 20164 min read
VOX POPULI: A Young Boy in Nagasaki
By TOSHIO HANDA This is a photo many might have seen before. The first time I saw this photo was more than 20 years ago, probably in the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 8, 20163 min read
SENSE OF IT ALL: ‘Black Lives Matter to Us, Too’
(Published July 16, 2016) In light of the terrible things that happened last week — shootings of black men in Baton Rouge and St. Paul, a...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 4, 20164 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Will a Revived ‘L.A. Law’ Have Any Asian Americans in Its Cast?
The Hollywood trades and websites carried a news report that caught my eye: TV show producer Steven Bochco is working on a reboot of a...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 3, 20163 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: The Silence of Gold Star Mothers
Mary Jane Mayemura salutes at the 2009 Memorial Day ceremony at the Japanese American War Memorial Court at JACCC Plaza. (MARIO G....
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 1, 20161 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: Summer Love
By GENIE NAKANO melons bursting on the vine dripping with sweetness, our eyes cling to each other dandelion wine packing all the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 29, 20166 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The First Asian American Male to Get Some Lovin’ in the ‘Big Brother’ House
A few weeks into their stay on “Big Brother” (the CBS summer reality show where 16 hopefuls live in a house with cameras and mics...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 29, 20163 min read
VOX POPULI: National Parks Centennial Offers Opportunity for Renewed Commitment to Diversity, Inclus
The Honouliuli Internment Camp on Oahu is an example of promoting inclusivity through our national parks. By MARK MASAOKA Access to...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 26, 20164 min read
SENIOR MOMENTS: JACL National Convention, July 11-14, Monte Carlo Hotel, Las Vegas
After a lapse of 41 years, I was chosen, once more, to be president of our San Fernando Valley JACL Chapter. (Come to think of it, I had...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 25, 20161 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: Shushhh
By GENIE NAKANO as night takes over the day and crickets start to thrum, she softly whispers shushhhhhhhhhhhhh as thick trees sigh ...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 22, 20165 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Pokémon Go’: The Power of Pokémon Compels Youth
P Something happened July 6 that continues to rock the world. Happily, I’m not referring to another terrorist attack, police-related...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 20, 20161 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: The Grass is Green
By GENIE NAKANO looking at my hand the lines and crevices look foreign to me yet, they tell a story from long ago I immerse my hand ...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 20, 20164 min read
My Thoughts on President Obama’s Visit to Hiroshima
On April 5, 2009, President Obama delivered a major speech in Prague, Czechoslovakia, challenging the whole world to renew the effort...
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