SENSE OF IT ALL : Unity and Divisions in JUSA
On Tuesday afternoons in an emptied lecture hall, 20 or so students come together for an hour out of every week. Among them are...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 6, 20163 min read
OPEN END-O: The Friendly Addiction
I can admit it now. 2015 was the year I started to take Facebook seriously. I still haven’t reached the point where I post pictures of my...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 6, 20163 min read
Fred Hoshiyama: A Legacy of Service to Others
Fred Hoshiyama at his 100th birthday celebration at the Japanese American National Museum in December 2014. (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo)...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 5, 20164 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Only the End of the Year, Not the World
In all honesty, I’d prefer a flute of champagne over writing a column on the eve of New Year’s Eve. Maybe more better a shot of Pepto...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 5, 20164 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: With Hope, Turning the Page to 2016
The wooden mallet lifts and falls, lifts and falls. Steam rises, the hot rice cake is turned with deft, quick hands. With each strike, a...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 4, 20168 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The 24th Annual Wise Guy Awards
2015 was the year that proved “diversity” in the media didn’t mean only African Americans. After 15 years of lobbying the top four...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 31, 20151 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: Blink into 2016
By Genie Nakano soft rain on New Year’s day glistening rainbows arching across the sky coming our way soon as we blink into a New...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 30, 20153 min read
SENSE OF IT ALL: Islamic State’s Worst Fear
(Published Dec. 12, 2015) If it proves to be true that last week’s rampage in San Bernardino was, if not planned and directed by the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 29, 20151 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: New Year
By Genie Nakano and Amelia Fielden New Year dawns at different times throughout the world most folk wishing for peace, some intent on...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 24, 20154 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: ’Tis Not Bah, Humbug Time, But Pretty Close
’Tis the season to be jolly and all that jazz about mistletoe and holly. Everyone (supposedly) full of good cheer and glad tidings....
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 24, 20152 min read
KRAFTY KORNER: On Dasher, On Dancer …
Yo, ho, ho . . . That jolly old St. Nick will be paying his midnight visit along with you know who, Rudolph, and his gang of eight! On...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 23, 20156 min read
IT PAYS TO KNOW: My Ride on the Goodyear Blimp
This past Halloween, my wife and I had the privilege to ride the Goodyear Blimp out of Carson. Fortunately, my prayers were answered and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 23, 20153 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Christmas Story or Undeserved Gifts
By BILL WATANABE Christmas is still a special time even for a 70-year-old like me, and it is still fun to receive and open gifts during...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 23, 20151 min read
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Mistreatment of Italian Americans During WWII
Dear Editor: Two congressional bills, H.R. 4146 and H.R. 4147, have been introduced to Congress: 1) To apologize for the mistreatment of...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 21, 20154 min read
OPEN END-O: The Eternal Eight-Year-Old
Several years ago, the director of our church’s school of religion asked if I would volunteer to teach the third-graders on Saturday...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 21, 20155 min read
SENSE OF IT ALL: Quandary of Cyber-Communication
It’s not about the drugs, she says. I’m in the car with a friend, and she’s telling me about another rave she’s been to. As always, it...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 21, 20151 min read
GENIE’S LAMP: Issa’s Tree
By GENIE NAKANO It had to be…the tree couldn’t go on that way. So the buds on the broken limbs took off immediately. It was a mild...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 20, 20153 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: Little Guys, Big Accomplishments
Can someone so small have such a large impact on an entire community? The answer was an emphatic “You bet!” last Saturday (Dec. 12) at...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 20, 20154 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: The Return of ‘Oh-bah-keh-sama’ (Sort of)
Usually the opening paragraph sets the tone, allowing wiggle room to switch topics if it doesn’t feel quite right. After the first draft,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 17, 20156 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Behind the Scenes at a Taping of ‘Dr. Ken’
Since she stepped down from active involvement in MANAA around 1999, I had only seen former MANAA President Toshi Yang Iinuma once. That...
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