VOX POPULI: We Will Never Stop Fighting
The Minami Tamaki law firm has a long history of fighting for the rights of people of color, women, immigrants, marginalized people, and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 26, 20186 min read
VOX POPULI: Scott Brunton, You Owe George Takei an Apology
By GUY AOKI As a columnist who covered the Scott Brunton/George Takei controversy in my “Into the Next Stage” column (“Uh-Oh…,” Nov. 16,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 2, 20184 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Saying Good-Bye to a Nisei Warrior and a Nisei Saint
In the past few weeks, we lost two Nisei giants. On the surface, the two couldn’t have been more different. Jimi Yamaichi was an...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 1, 20182 min read
VOX POPULI: Antonio Villaraigosa and Asian Americans
Antonio Villaraigosa and George Nakano By GEORGE NAKANO Antonio Villaraigosa is the only gubernatorial candidate to demonstrate...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 24, 20185 min read
An Open Letter to the Japanese American Basketball Community
By CAMRYN HAMAGUCHI Dear JA Basketball Community: Isn’t it crazy how far we’ve come? To most outsiders, this community might not mean...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 29, 20184 min read
‘Allegiance’ and the Persistence of Little Tokyo
Scott Watanabe as Tatsuo Kimura, George Takei as Ojii-chan, Jordan Goodsell as Hakujin, Elena Wang as Kei Kimura, and Ethan Le Phong as...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 25, 20189 min read
IMAGINE LITTLE TOKYO SHORT STORY CONTEST: Unspoken
By ELIZABETH FARRIS (Editor’s note: Following is the 2017 winner in the English language/adult category of the Imagine Little Tokyo Short...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 8, 20183 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: Dad’s Three Cats
By GWEN MURANAKA Dad has three cats. This is a new development in his life, and a welcome one. For his daughter, this has been a strange...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 17, 20183 min read
VOX POPULI: An Alternative for Tuna Canyon Memorial
By EVA YAMAMOTO A few days following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Roosevelt Administration initiated a series of actions that...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 4, 20186 min read
Dog Chases Rooster as New Year Dawns
The Year of the Dog enters with confidence and boundless energy. Picture a German shepherd puppy filled with so much enthusiasm that she...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 3, 201812 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The 26th Annual Wise Guy Awards
2017 was an insane year. Psycho-in-Chief (his name does not deserve to be mentioned in these pages) and his racist Repuglican...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 29, 20171 min read
GO FOR BROKE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ESSAY, POETRY AND VIDEO CONTEST: What They Need to Know …
First Prize, Poem, College Miya Eberlein UCLA Sophomore (2016-17 Academic School Year) Growing up Japanese American, I knew camp did not...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 28, 20172 min read
GO FOR BROKE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ESSAY, POETRY AND VIDEO CONTEST: Seventy Six Years Ago
First Prize, Poem, High School Tamara Sato Punahou School, Honolulu Junior (2016-17 Academic School Year) Seventy six years ago we were...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 24, 20172 min read
GO FOR BROKE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ESSAY CONTEST: Honoring the Legacy of My Grandfather
First Place, Essay, College Kenneth Kitahata Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio Freshman (2016-17 Academic School Year) My journey to learn...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 21, 20172 min read
GO FOR BROKE HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE ESSAY, POETRY AND VIDEO CONTEST: Lighting a Beacon
First Prize, Essay, High School Javier Herrera Mt. Carmel High School, San Diego Junior (2016-17 Academic School Year) Japanese American...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 20, 20178 min read
IMAGINE LITTLE TOKYO SHORT STORY CONTEST: To Walk the Path of Memories
(Editor’s note: The following is the winning entry in the youth category of the 2017 Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest held by the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 20, 201717 min read
IMAGINE LITTLE TOKYO SHORT STORY CONTEST: The God of Sushi Mats (Makisu no Kamisama)
Translated by Tiffany Tanaka (Editor’s note: Following is the winner in the Japanese language category of the 2017 Imagine Little Tokyo...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 20, 20176 min read
My E.O. 9066 STORY: Former Inmates of Tule Lake
Yukio Kawaratani leaving Tule Lake in 1946 with sisters (from left) Fumiko, Tomiko and Yoshiko. By YUKIO KAWARATANI The World War II...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 15, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Marvel Comics’ New Editor-in-Chief Once Pretended to Be Japanese
OK, now I’ve heard everything. It’s enough that for the past few years, we’ve had to grit our teeth over white and black actors playing...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 5, 20175 min read
VOX POPULI: ‘A Huge Mistake’
Sakura Intermediate Care Facility resident Takako Morita (center) with her family at a recent birthday celebration. This statement is...
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