J-TOWN BEAT: Name That Dessert
(Published May 20, 2017) “You are soooo lucky!” I hear that a lot when it comes to my husband Eric. He has many talents and one of them...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 26, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Making Meaning of Memorial Day
Different people acknowledge Memorial Day in different ways. If you’re a young person, maybe it means nothing more than a chance to go to...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 22, 20176 min read
MY E.O. 9066 STORIES: Frank Kikuchi, Manzanar DJ
A lifetime later, Frank Kikuchi returns to visit the Manzanar site. (Courtesy Discover Nikkei) By AMY UYEMATSU On April 12, I interviewed...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 20, 20178 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Sayonara to Ken Park, Hello to Dev Shah
As a cable TV cord cutter, I have a Channel Master DVR+, a digital video recorder that allows me to record TV shows that were broadcast...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 16, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Albert Okura the Chicken Man — A Bit ‘Hen’ (in a Good Way)
I started to think about all the business-related books I’ve read over the years and realized it’s been quite a few. Some, like “Steve...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 5, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Ninomiya Photo Archive — Wishes Granted
To anyone hopeful that a trove of negatives and prints photographed between 1949 and 1980 by the long-defunct Ninomiya Studio, formerly...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 28, 20177 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Ridley’s ‘Let It Fall’ Looks Back, Unflinchingly
Beneath our feet, the seemingly solid fundament upon which Los Angelenos and all Southern Californians conduct our quotidian lives of...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 20, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Egads! 25 Years of ‘Into the Next Stage’
2017 is the quarter-century mark for a couple of events that began in 1992. Nine days from now, it will be the 25th anniversary of a jury...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 18, 20174 min read
JALD Reflections
The symposium in Kanagawa featured (from left) Leslie Ito, Ken Russell and Wendy Takahisa, who discussed the impact culture has on...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 14, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Fly the Friendly Skies? Not So Much
Before you read further, you may want to Google “David Dao United Airlines video” just for context. If you haven’t already seen the video...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 6, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Brain-Dead ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Needs an Exorcism
Note: There will be plot revelations in what follows. If you plan to view Paramount Pictures’ “Ghost in the Shell” and want to experience...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 5, 20174 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: Make Japanese America Great Again
(Published March 25, 2017) When Shinzo Abe met Donald Trump last month he understood how to push the right buttons of praise, flattery...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 31, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Comic Book Artist Jamie Noguchi Drawn to Takei Exhibition
“New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei” opened on Sunday, March 12, at the Japanese American National Museum. (Read J.K....
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 29, 20176 min read
PERSONAL ESSAY: CAM Forum #2 Set for April 2
On a rainy Sunday, March 9, 2016, 216 people attended the Complementary Alternative Medicine Forum. It was very well received with...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 26, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: MIS Stories Spotlighted in Bill Kubota’s Next Documentary
By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON If you remember PBS’ 2007 “Most Honorable Son” — a documentary about Nebraska Nisei farmboy turned B-24 and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 16, 20178 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Hapa Documentaries — Twin Takes on Similar Subject
As part of last month’s Hapa Japan Festival 2017 was a screening of a pair of documentaries I was very interested in viewing: “Fall Seven...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 9, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Horsing Around Pays Off for Scott Oshita, Todd Minobe
Apologies to Mr. Ed, but a horse is not always a horse, of course. What does that mean? Read on. Last column I wrote about the 89th...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 7, 20172 min read
THE WARREN REPORT: A Vision for California’s Future
When I served in the California State Assembly there was a time where it wasn’t good to be friends with then Controller John Chiang....
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 3, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 2017 Oscars Succeed at Showing Improvement
The 89th Academy Awards Show is now in the history books and more than anything else it will be remembered for the incorrect climactic...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 1, 20174 min read
J-TOWN BEAT: Saying Goodbye
Sisters Elaine Rillamas and Gwen Muranaka. Elaine passed away on Dec. 25, 2016. By GWEN MURANAKA A few weeks ago I flew to Hawaii to say...
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