CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: CR2S Proposes a Solution to the Keiro Impasse
The predicament Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro has put Keiro Senior HealthCare into has been solved. If you want to call it a stroke of...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 25, 20161 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: Colorful Short Lives
By GENIE NAKANO dragon kite dancing in the wind lift me up, a thin string is all I need sunlight is what flowers turn to Sensei says...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 25, 20164 min read
OPEN ENDO-O: Building a Case for Apathy
Watching the latest Republican debate recently, I realized that the only candidate worth taking seriously was not on the stage. She was...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 23, 20165 min read
IT PAYS TO KNOW: It’s Not Fair!!!
Although I did not major in Japanese studies at UCLA, I do know that in ancient Japan, a tradition of male primogeniture (i.e., a rule of...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 21, 20164 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Chiune Sugihara — ‘Persona Non Grata’ Tells the Tale
Two weeks ago, I began relaying my encounter with Cellin Gluck, director of “Persona Non Grata,” a dramatization of the story of Japanese...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 20, 20162 min read
OCHAZUKE: For My Mom
By MARIO G. REYES Although Mercedes Gonzalez Reyes — my mother — passed away last year, she still wished me a happy birthday. She did so...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 20, 20162 min read
MAGGIE’S MEOW: Samurai Cat
Through the kindness and thoughtfulness of a friend, I was able to see a free screening of “Samurai Cat,” shown at the Japan Foundation...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 18, 20163 min read
SENIOR MOMENTS: Telling Our Stories
Mas Yamashita and his wife, Norma Jean, are long-time friends of ours. Prior to his retirement a few years ago, Mas worked in advertising...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 18, 20163 min read
People with Courage
Assemblymember George Nakano presents a commendation to former State Sen. Ralph Dills in 2001. By GEORGE NAKANO The two people who come...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 15, 20165 min read
Those We Lost in 2015
From The Rafu Shimpo’s New Year’s Edition Following are some of the notable individuals who passed away during the past year. Chitoshi...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 15, 20164 min read
The Year in Review
2015 Nisei Week Queen Sara Kuniko Hunter and her court celebrate Nisei Week’s 75th anniversary. By JORDAN IKEDA, Rafu Columnist The Year...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 15, 20164 min read
RETIREMENT TIPS: Short-Term Volatility, Long-Term Gains for 2016
Last year, we saw an unusual market that seemed split in two. The U.S. market was relatively stable because the U.S. economy continued to...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 14, 20166 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Taylor Wily Finally Proves He’s a Good Actor
If you watch the opening credits of “Hawaii Five-O” episodes, the first “guest star” you’ll usually see listed is Taylor Wily. He plays...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 14, 20163 min read
NCRR Statement on Comfort Woman ‘Settlement’
NCRR (photo right: Janice Yen, Patty Nagano, Haru Kuromiya, David Monkawa, Kathy Masaoka) sent a delegation on Jan. 5 to a candlelight...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 13, 20164 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Open Letter to Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro
Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro, W.T. Wimpy here, the guy you once thought might be a worthy member. Too bad I didn’t pass muster. Don’t...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 13, 20165 min read
EAST WIND: And Then Came Oshogatsu
“If you really want to make a friend, go to someone’s house and eat with him…the people who give you food give you their heart.” — Cesar...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 13, 20163 min read
GAHT: ‘Comfort Women’ Agreement Resolves Nothing
The Glendale monument to comfort women is a replica of the statue outside the Japanese Embassy in Seoul. (Rafu Shimpo photo) Following is...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 12, 20164 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: A Dear Shawn Letter to a Beleaguered Keiro CEO
Hey, Shawn Miyake, Wimpy Hiroto here. You know, about the only guy left in town who doesn’t want to run you out. I’m sitting here...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 10, 20163 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: On Being Grateful in 2016
They say as you get older, time goes by at warp speed. It must be true because my nieces and nephews, not to mention my friends’ kids,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 7, 20164 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Cellin Gluck Pilots ‘Sugihara’ Pic to Completion
Suppose you could be in charge of hiring the person who would direct a dramatic motion picture about the life Chiune Sugihara, the...
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