Former Cherry Blossom Court Members Sought
The 1968 queen and court ride in the Cherry Blossom Festival’s Grand Parade. SAN FRANCISCO — Cherry Blossom Alumnae is searching for...
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Rafu Shimpo
Mar 2, 20171 min read
‘Aloha by the Bay’ on March 11
Hālau Nā Wai Ola SAN FRANCISCO — “Aloha by the Bay,” a benefit for the Nihonmachi Street Fair, will be held on Saturday, March 11, at 7...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 24, 20176 min read
The First of Too Many
Ichiro Kataoka’s arrest was reported in The San Francisco Examiner on Dec. 8, 1941. By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer “First S.F....
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 23, 20172 min read
Ex-husband Sentenced for Killing Napa Restaurateur
Shozaburo and Eiko Nakamura NAPA — Shozaburo Nakamura, 74, was sentenced Jan. 24 in Napa County Superior Court to 26 years to life in...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 22, 20173 min read
Muratsuchi Resolution Recognizes 75th Anniversary of E0 9066
Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi lights a candle for the incarcerees at Manzanar during a ceremony at the California Museum in Sacramento....
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 20, 20172 min read
‘Redfining Japaneseness’ at J-Sei
EMERYVILLE — A lecture and book-signing with Dr. Jane Yamashiro, author of “Redefining Japaneseness: Japanese Americans in the Ancestral...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 17, 20172 min read
Emiko Omori’s ‘When Rabbit Left the Moon’ at Asian Art Museum
On Feb. 19, 1942, less than two months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 17, 20173 min read
Celebration of ‘EO 9066’ Exhibition and Book
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Historical Society, 678 Mission St. in San Francisco, will celebrate its 1972 landmark exhibition and book...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 17, 20171 min read
DOR Program to Be Held at San Mateo Assembly Site
The San Mateo Masonic Lodge was the site where persons of Japanese ancestry living in San Mateo County had to assemble in 1942 before...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 17, 20171 min read
DOR Panel/Workshop in Sonoma County
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt on Feb. 19, 1942. It...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 17, 20171 min read
Day of Remembrance Program at OACC
OAKLAND — The Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th St., Suite 290 in Oakland Chinatown’s Pacific Renaissance Plaza, will hold a Day of...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 15, 20171 min read
Views of U.S., Canadian WWII Camps at Crocker Art Museum
Ansel Adams, “Relocation: Packing Up,” Manzanar Relocation Center, 1943. (Courtesy of Library of Congress) SACRAMENTO — “Two Views:...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 15, 20171 min read
Day of Remembrance at UC Davis
Speakers include Isao Fujimoto, Barbara Takei and Marielle Tsukamoto. DAVIS — The Nikkei Student Union and Muslim Student Association at...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 14, 20172 min read
Presentation on Eaton Collection at JAMsj
Objects are often said to be “mute” witnesses to history. In this slide presentation, Nancy Ukai will explore some of the stories that...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 14, 20171 min read
‘From Mass Incarceration of JAs to Muslim Ban’
On the 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which authorized the incarceration of approximately 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 11, 20174 min read
California Museum Commemorates 75th Anniversary of EO 9066
Japanese American community gathering at Nichiren Buddhist Church, 220 P St., Sacramento, in April 1934. (Photo courtesy of Rev. Kenjo...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 8, 20171 min read
Bay Area Day of Remembrance to Focus on ‘Fragile Freedoms’
The program will be followed by a candlelight procession to the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California, 1840...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 8, 20171 min read
San Jose Day of Remembrance to ‘Stand Up to Hate’
The event, presented by Nihonmachi Outreach Committee, takes place on the 75th anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066....
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 8, 20171 min read
JAMsj to Explore Mexican American Connection
SAN JOSE — The Japanese American Museum of San Jose, 535 N. Fifth St. in San Jose Japantown, will mark the 75th anniversary of Executive...
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Rafu Shimpo
Feb 3, 20172 min read
NLF’s Annual Theater Show on Feb. 26
Well-known community personalities June-ko Nakagawa and Benh Nakajo are again serving as co-hosts for the program. The show features...
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