Suzuki’s Participation in White House Celebration Raises Some Fans’ Eyebrows
Catcher Kurt Suzuki, wearing a MAGA (Make America Great Again) camp, is hugged from behind by President Trump during a White House...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 28, 20193 min read
Portion of State Route 60 Renamed Jack Tanaka Memorial Highway
Jack Tanaka’s wife, Wanda, helped unveil the highway sign honoring her husband at Diamond Canyon Christian Church. DIAMOND BAR — State...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 22, 20192 min read
Takano Protests Proposal for Facility in Inland Empire to Detain Migrant Children
RIVERSIDE – Rep. Mark Takano (D-Riverside) released this statement on Monday following an announcement that the General Services...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 9, 20196 min read
Heart Mountain Pilgrimage Features Tom Brokaw, Judge Ito
Former Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and former Cabinet secretary Norman Mineta onstage after the showing of a documentary about the life...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 9, 20193 min read
Hirono Blasts Trump for Ending Filipino WWII Veteran Parole Program
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) issued the following statement after the Trump Administration announced it was terminating...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 29, 20192 min read
Plan to House Children at Ft. Sill Placed on Hold
A spokesperson for Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) told KSWO, the ABC affiliate in Lawton, Okla., on Wednesday that plans have changed at Ft....
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 22, 20199 min read
What ‘Concentration Camp’ Means to Japanese Americans
Karen Ishizuka and George Takei answer questions from the audience during a July 11 program at JANM. (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo) By J.K....
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 12, 20193 min read
Hirono, Matsui Reintroduce Bicameral Legislation to Promote Title IX, Gender Equity in Education
WASHINGTON – Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) on June 25 reintroduced bicameral legislation to...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 9, 20192 min read
JANM Talk on ‘What Is a Concentration Camp?’
The Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave. in Little Tokyo, will present “What Is a Concentration Camp?” on Thursday,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 8, 20194 min read
Military Police Officer Suspended Over Fort Sill Confrontation
A military police officer was suspended last week over his confrontation with Japanese American protesters at Fort Sill in Oklahoma,...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 5, 20192 min read
Chu Amendment to Border Bill Would Prevent Kids from Being Held at Fort Sill
Rep. Judy Chu spoke to MSNBC after touring detention facilities in Texas with other members of Congress. WASHINGTON — Rep. Judy Chu...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 3, 20196 min read
Multicultural Allies Gather at Fort Sill Rally
Native American leaders spoke at a rally at Shepler Square on June 22. Fort Sill once held Apache prisoners of war, including Geronimo....
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 3, 20193 min read
Asian American Civil Rights Groups Celebrate SCOTUS Ruling on Citizenship Question
The Supreme Court held on June 27 that the Census Bureau’s purported reason for adding the citizenship question to the 2020 Census was...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 2, 20195 min read
JACL and the Campaign for Redress
The JACL redress panel consisted of (from left) John Tateishi, Ron Wakabayashi, Frank Sato, Floyd Shimomura and Ron Ikejiri. (J.K....
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 1, 20194 min read
Fort Sill Protest Held in Little Tokyo
Mia Yamamoto, a transgender woman and Poston incarceree, speaks at a protest on Thursday night at the Japanese American National Museum....
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 27, 20191 min read
Little Tokyo Los Angeles, San Francisco Japantown, and San Jose Japantown Joint Statement Opposing A
Collectively, our communities are outraged over the proposed use of Fort Sill in Oklahoma, a place that once imprisoned 700 Japanese...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 26, 20196 min read
Tense Moments as JA Activists Protest at Fort Sill
A military police officer confronts a group of Japanese American activists on Saturday protesting the government’s latest plan to house...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Little Tokyo-Aligned Groups Unite in Opposition to Use of Fort Sill as Detention Center
(Published June 22, 2019) The following is a joint statement from several Los Angeles-based community organizations. Representatives of...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 24, 20192 min read
Navy to Christen Guided-Missile Destroyer Daniel Inouye
The USS Daniel Inouye is the 68th Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer. The first of class was the USS Arleigh Burke (pictured),...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 21, 20192 min read
JANM Opposes Fort Sill as Prison for Immigrant Minors
Fort Sill in Oklahoma (Twitter) The Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles issued the following statement on June 24. =*= The...
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