INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Gerald Ishibashi Still Building Bridges Across Generations
You’ve seen the ads in this paper and on Rafu.com. You’ve seen it mentioned in this column, Wimpy Hiroto’s “Crossroads to Somewhere”...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 17, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Hapa Japan Festival Shines Light on Community’s Future
It’s been more than two years since I wrote about documentary then in progress titled “Fall Down Seven Times, Get up Eight: The Japanese...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 16, 20172 min read
My Story EO 9066: Grandfather’s Unscheduled Fight
Harold and Misa Hoshino, in what is believed to be their wedding photo at the Gila River War Relocation Center. By KRISTEN HAYASHI We’ll...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 16, 20173 min read
My Story EO 9066: What Does Day of Remembrance Mean to Me?
Steve Nagano and his daugher Kelsey Iino (center) took part in recent protests against the travel ban from seven predominately Muslim...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 14, 20173 min read
IT PAYS TO KNOW: Forever Valentines
Sam and Esther Kawata have been together for 72 years. “We hold hands to support each other,” Esther says. By JUDD MATSUNAGA, Esq. In a...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 12, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Clyde Kusatsu Brings ‘Farewell to Manzanar’ to New Audience
As you may have read elsewhere in The Rafu Shimpo (try http://tinyurl.com/jlr6ksu), California State University, Dominguez Hills’...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 10, 20174 min read
Huizar Weighs in on Parker Center, Little Tokyo
Los Angeles City Councilmember Jose Huizar read the following statement regarding Parker Center at the meeting of the Planning and Land...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 9, 20175 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Happy 51st Birthday, Model Minority
On Jan. 9, 1966, Japanese Americans were baptized as the U.S. model minority. William Peterson, UC Berkeley sociology professor,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 9, 20171 min read
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Why I Marched and Will Continue to March
Vickie Ideta Allison participated in the Women’s March on Jan. 21 in Downtown Los Angeles with her husband and son. Dear Editor: I...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 4, 20177 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Stacey Hayashi Perseveres with ‘Go For Broke’
Just like westerns, comedies, musicals, science fiction, romantic pics, buddy pics, chick flicks or cops vs. criminals, World War II...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 1, 20174 min read
VOX POPULI: This Is Not a Test
By TOM IKEDA For decades, “Never Again” has been a rallying cry for many Japanese Americans. Invoking these words reminds us of the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 31, 20174 min read
Coming Together to Honor AAPI Military Members and Veterans
Ravi Chaudhary (front row, center) with active-duty and retired AAPI members of the armed forces. By RAVI CHAUDHARY “Everyone can do...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 30, 20176 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: 2017 Oscar Acting Noms Add Some Color
For two years in a row, when the nominations for the annual Academy Awards were announced, all 20 men and women nominated in the four...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 25, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Genie Nakano Goes Beyond the Lines with Coloring Book for Grownups
As a parent, I observed my children evolve from liking coloring books to having no interest at all. At the family-friendly restaurants we...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 12, 20177 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Filmmaker Daryn Wakasa Commits to ‘Seppuku’
Is making a movie titled “Seppuku” a form of career suicide? If you’re filmmaker Daryn Wakasa, who recently executed a three-year-long...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 5, 20174 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: It’s 2017 and The Rafu Shimpo Is Still Standing. What Now?
It’s been about nine months since publisher Mickey Komai announced in the March 26 edition of The Rafu Shimpo that the newspaper might...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 4, 20178 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: 101 Ways JAs Can Be Greener
By JENNI KUIDA and TONY OSUMI In 1996, we co-authored the original “101 Ways to Tell You Are Japanese American” for The Rafu...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 2, 20175 min read
Rooster Crows as the New Year Dawns
Donald Trump is a Dog. There are those who think this is an apt description of our next president, but it actually refers to the year in...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jan 2, 20175 min read
INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Author Tells Lost Battalion Tale With Assist From GFBNEC
Last column (http://tinyurl.com/z3nxm7u) I referenced in passing a recently published book titled “Honor Before Glory: The Epic World War...
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Rafu Shimpo
Dec 30, 20163 min read
THROUGH THE FIRE: Thank You, Mrs. Klein
By MITCHELL T. MAKI I must have passed her house a thousand times. Each time, I wanted to stop, to see if she would hear my story and...
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