INTO THE NEXT STAGE: If Only These Fiends Were Imaginary
While thumbing through the latest issues at my favorite comic book store Saturday, I came across a new magazine that caught my eye. On...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 18, 20172 min read
SENIOR MOMENTS: Transgender Awareness Month
The LGBTQ community has a meeting on the fourth Sunday of each month at the Sage Granada United Methodist Church in Alhambra. The...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 17, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Uh-Oh…
In the past, when women came forward with accusations of sexual misconduct against well-known figures, the famous person usually ignored...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 16, 20174 min read
The Emergency Circle
From left: Freda Foh Shen, Karen Huie, Jeanne Sakata, Amy Hill, Emily Kuroda. By KAREN HUIE Do you have an emergency survival kit?...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 11, 20176 min read
Shining a Bright Beacon
Aiden Kaneshiro and Brendan Ikeda clean the Japanese American National War Memorial Court on Oct. 28 at the JACCC. The monument honors...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 5, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: CBS Desperate to Maintain (Fake) API Presence on ‘Five-O’
Well, if it’s the fall, that must mean it’s time for me to come out of hibernation and return to penning this column. My “anonymous...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 2, 20174 min read
EAST WIND: Damming Evidence
Prologue: My Asian Women Writer’s group took a field trip to the Hammer Museum to see “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985.” It...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 19, 20172 min read
Call to Prayer on the Las Vegas Shooting
By BISHOP GRANT J. HAGIYA (Published Oct. 5, 2017) If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 10, 20174 min read
EAST WIND: Looking for Action on Traction
October 5 — The hearing room was packed! Artists. Little Tokyo community organizations. Folks struggling with gentrification in Chinatown...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 27, 20175 min read
VOX POPULI: Rest in Peace, Taniguchi-san
On Aug. 30, 2017, Sumiteru Taniguchi passed away from cancer. He was 88 years old. As a living hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor),...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 22, 20174 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The Man Behind the ‘Nikkei Trilogy’
Earlier in the year, I had a bit part in Cal State University Dominguez Hills’ program “And Then They Came for Us … ,” held in February....
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 20, 20175 min read
CALL TO ACTION: Stop the Fence at Tule Lake
Tule Lake Segregation Center inmates on the firebreak road that is now the airstrip. This photo, labeled “Jap trouble,” was taken by a...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 16, 20174 min read
COMMENTARY: The Parents’ Sacrifice
A rally is held in downtown Los Angeles following the announcement on that the Trump administration is ending the Deferred Action for...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 15, 20174 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Come See the Paradise’ — For 3 Bucks, a Steal
Last week I wrote about the latest news in the long-running coverage of the journey of the 1976 telefilm “Farewell to Manzanar” to DVD...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 8, 20174 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Pilgrimage Fever
(Published Aug. 24, 2017) Just as the brightly lit lanterns of Obon season are beginning to come down, so the annual pilgrimage season is...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 4, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Netflix’s ‘Death Note’ Will Kill Your Valuable Time
Yes, if you’re thinking of investing 106 minutes of your life to watch this original Netflix movie, do something more fulfilling, even if...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 4, 20174 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: JA Activism – Passed to the Present
The 1960s and ’70s were a time of great social change in America and this was also true in the Asian American community (which had just...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 29, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: YouTube Star Ryan Higa’s Latest Conquest — Books
In early 2005, when Facebook was fighting for dominance against a rival called MySpace — and before “social media” became part of our...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 23, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: No Question — Our President Must Leave Office
(Published Aug. 19, 2017) Over the weekend, news reports allowed the nation and the world to bear witness to the despicable side of...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 18, 20172 min read
EDITORIAL: Sacred Spaces and Moments to Reflect Upon Who We Are
Left: Japanese Americans board buses in front of Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple on First Street in Little Tokyo in 1942. (Photo by Jack...
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