J-TOWN BEAT: Tsuribaka Summer
(Published July 18, 2015) I had to laugh when I saw the photo of my husband Eric beaming goofily as he held up a 20-pound yellowfin tuna....
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 31, 20154 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Navigating Tokyo
Lately, I’ve been living a life on the road — very unusual for a well-rooted home body like me. In fact, I even kept my suitcase out...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 31, 20153 min read
SENIOR MOMENTS: Our Hiroshima/Nagasaki Forum on August 2
In my observation over the years, the only coverage the atomic bombing gets each year is a Buddhist service or services in Little Tokyo...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 30, 20156 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: What’s Wrong With Dong on ‘The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’?
I’ve never quite trusted Tina Fey. When she was the head writer of “Saturday Night Live” and co-anchor of its “Weekend Update,” I often...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 24, 20153 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Honoring Tsuburaya in the Digital Age
By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON On July 7, the Google Doodle honored none other than Eiji Tsuburaya, Japan’s godfather of tokusatsu or...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 21, 20152 min read
KEYS TO FITNESS: Exercise and Aging
A study has shown inactive people are twice as likely to die prematurely. There is also evidence that lack of exercise may be a greater...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 17, 20156 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Man in the High Castle’: Where the Nazis and Japanese Won World War II
With all the clutter of TV shows running during the regular September-to-May season, I didn’t until recently get to check out the pilot...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 11, 20154 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Flash Boys’ — The Version That You’ll Never See
(Note: This column will be better understood in context, so visit http://tinyurl.com/ppee766 if you can.) The following is a redacted...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 9, 20153 min read
VOX POPULI: Rago Auction — Working on a Jointly Shared Solution
The Allen Eaton Collection includes several photographs of daily life in the internment camps. By NORMAN MINETA After a relatively short...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 9, 20153 min read
VOX POPULI: Anger and Appeasement in Handling of the Rago Auction
Painting by Estelle Ishigo depicting daily life at the Heart Mountain camp in Wyoming in 1943, from the Allen Eaton Collection. By MARTHA...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 5, 20154 min read
Introducing Sustainable Little Tokyo
As someone who has spent most of his adult life working in Little Tokyo (my 40+ years were divided almost equally between The Rafu Shimpo...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 2, 20153 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Benign Public Bonkers Over Keiro Situation
Interest in the proposed sale of Keiro Senior HealthCare to Pacifica Companies has gone from benign to bonkers! The unexpected reaction...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 2, 20153 min read
SENIOR MOMENTS: Growing Older
I liked Bill Watanabe’s column the other day when he talked about getting a device that counted the steps he made in a day. In all I read...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 2, 20156 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Hillbilly Asian in the ‘Big Brother’ House
It’s summertime, and that means that for the 16th consecutive summer, a bunch of strangers moved into the “Big Brother” house hoping to...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 2, 20153 min read
Vincent Chin Case Catalyzed Asian American Activism
A “Justice for Vincent Chin” rally in the early 1980s. (The following is part of Advancing Justice-L.A.’s “30 Stories for 30 Years”...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 30, 20153 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: The Arc of History
Marriage equality for gay couples may have arrived like a thunderbolt, as President Obama said on Friday, but smaller skirmishes, flashes...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 26, 20152 min read
MAGGIE’S MEOW: The 90th Birthday
WOW! Just recently I celebrated my 90th birthday with family and friends who kindly remembered. I can assure you my birthday was indeed...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 26, 20152 min read
HORSE’S MOUTH: Changes in JA Vernaculars
(Published June 20, 2015) After having written for so many years, I guess I’ve forgotten most of the things I have pounded out on my...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 25, 20153 min read
CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Why No Wails of Protest on Behalf of Keiro?
In case you’ve been in hibernation or incarcerated, a review of Keiro Senior HealthCare’s hectic past several months: After a thorough...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 25, 20155 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: Friendly Card Game Builds Bridges
There were 15 ladies — one short — at the meeting of the Angels Bridge Club at Cherrystones in Gardena. “Do you want to play?” one of the...
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