INTO THE NEXT STAGE: More on Donald Trump: Champ or Chump?
Despite it being so early in the running, the Republican presidential hopeful has thus far gone further than anyone, other than maybe...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 3, 20152 min read
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Thanks for the Memories, Horse
Dear Editor: I was saddened to learn of George Yoshinaga’s passing. Although we were very different in so many ways, we seemed to like...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 3, 20154 min read
Death Is a Sure Thing: Are You Prepared?
By IKU KIRIYAMA Are you prepared to care for your elderly loved ones as well as yourself when faced with terminal illnesses? My sister,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 3, 20152 min read
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Transparency Sought in Proposed Keiro Sale
Dear Editor: I don’t take pleasure in writing this but feel I should express what I (a septuagenarian) and many others in the AJA...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 3, 20153 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: The Emperor (Father of the Bride) Is Wearing No Clothes!
By BILL WATANABE My wife and I are blessed to have one daughter — an only child — and we love her a lot. Recently, she got married and so...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 28, 20154 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Destination — Why Not Keiro Retirement Home?
Let’s cut to the chase. Forget the malarkey! Don’t mince words. Hubba hubba! [How in the world can American jargon be translated and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 28, 20154 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Making New Friends at the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage
For the second year in a row, I went to Wyoming to attend the annual Heart Mountain Pilgrimage, and for the second year in a row, the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 28, 20154 min read
SENIOR MOMENTS: Shadows for Peace
The forum I mentioned in my last column took place last Sunday, Aug. 2, at the San Fernando Valley JA Community Center with 93 in...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 28, 20153 min read
Ramblings From the Son of a Paper Son: Horse — A Remembrance
It was sort of a lark that I began writing a column of sorts for The Rafu. Recently retired, I saw it as an opportunity to do something...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 27, 20154 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Why Not Launch a Discussion on Displacement?
Frightened by the sound of ominous footsteps, he scurried over the searing hot sidewalk in the mid-day heat. Despite the impending...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 27, 20157 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The Long and Bumpy Ride of George ‘Horse’ Yoshinaga
Long before I ever read a word written by George “Horse” Yoshinaga, I knew of his reputation. In the ’80s, I remember hearing people at...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 27, 20153 min read
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: More Thoughts on the Sale of Keiro
Dear Editor: After the “Lil Tokyo Peace Vigil” of June 26, Sam Mori and Mo Nishida met and talked about our feelings/disgust/anger over...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 23, 20152 min read
MAGGIE’S MEOW: Sentiments Regarding George Yoshinaga
To the family of Mr. George Yoshinaga: May I begin my sentiments by saying how very sad I am at the loss of your loved one. I know...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 22, 20156 min read
A Man Called Horse
By NAOMI HIRAHARA Why did I invite George Yoshinaga to continue his colorful and controversial column, “The Horse’s Mouth,” for The Rafu...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 21, 20154 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 7+ Decades Later, 100th/442nd Legacy Lives On
There was a really nice article that appeared in the July 16 edition of The Los Angeles Times (read it online at...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 20, 20154 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: Being a JA Left-Hander
(Published Aug. 15, 2015) “Southpaw!” I often heard that when I lived in Tokyo and met a Japanese person for the first time at a dinner...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 13, 20156 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The Burden of Being Ken Jeong
On July 15 at the 23rd ESPN Awards (“the ESPYs”), where Caitlyn Jenner received the “Arthur Ashe Courage Award,” host Joel McHale...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 10, 20153 min read
VOX POPULI: Obama Needs to Stop Repeating FDR’s Worst Mistake
(Published Aug. 1, 2015) The Obama Administration has repeatedly characterized its newly constructed family detention camps as “an...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 7, 20154 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: TV — Asian Americans Are Finally in the Mix
One of the many tropes held by many is that the present is not as good as the past, aka the so-called “good ol’ days.” While a few things...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 6, 20155 min read
VOX POPULI: Tribute to Mas Takakashi
Kelsey Nakaji Kwong (left), Mas Takahashi (center), and Jillian Nakaji Kwong (right) at the 2013 Go For Broke National Education Center...
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