‘Go For Broke Spirit’ Book Event at GVJCI
GARDENA — A book event for “The Go For Broke Spirit: Portraits of Courage” will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 11, 20182 min read
Flag Stolen from Go For Broke Monument
Surveillance video from the nearby Museum of Contemporary Art shows the suspect about to climb the flagpole in front of the Go For Broke...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 5, 20187 min read
An Evening of Heroes
Veterans of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service were recognized at the beginning...
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Rafu Shimpo
Sep 28, 20184 min read
JANM Receives 3 Grants to Support 2 New Projects
The Japanese American National Museum has recently received three grants, totaling in excess of $515,000, to support two new projects...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 31, 20183 min read
Medal-Earning Soldier Becomes Citizen; Faced Deportation After Honorable Discharge
Yea Ji Sea takes the oath of citizenship. (KTLA) Army Specialist Yea Ji Sea, who was honorably discharged earlier this month after four...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 15, 20182 min read
‘Nikkei Samurai’ Exhibition on View at Go For Broke
With assistance from Darin Furukawa of Jidai Arts, Nisei veteran Fernando Sosa Masuda tries on a samurai helmet. An opening reception for...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 10, 20182 min read
Kizuna Interns Help NVN Gather Resources for Nisei Soldier Exhibit
Kizuna NCI interns Sarah Hanashiro (left) and Audrey Nakaoka. WASHINGTON – The National Veterans Network (NVN) will participate in the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 9, 20183 min read
Vincent Okamoto Named Nisei Week Grand Marshal
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Vincent Okamoto The Nisei Week Japanese Festival features a Grand Parade as part of its first...
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 7, 20184 min read
Kazuo Masuda VFW Post Installs Officers, Presents Scholarships
The 2018 scholarship recipients. Back row, from left: Daniel Uyematsu, Jacob Jang, Kyle Shintani, Nicolas Kiyohara, Matthew Scammahorn....
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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 4, 20182 min read
JAKWV Activities for 2018 Nisei Week
Important notice: The Hospitality Room will be open only on Sunday, Aug. 12, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The room will be located on the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 31, 20183 min read
‘JA Redress Movement and Social Justice Today: 30 Years of the Civil Liberties Act’
President Ronald Reagan signs the Civil Liberties Act on Aug. 10, 1988. Members of Congress in attendance included (from left) Sen. Spark...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 23, 20184 min read
OBITUARY: George Aki, 103; 442nd RCT Army Chaplain
Rev. George Aki, the last surviving chaplain to serve with the 100th Battalion and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, passed away on July 4....
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 16, 20183 min read
GFB to Present ‘Nikkei Samurai: Japanese Swords and the MIS’
The parts of a sword are explained during “Nikkei Samurai: Japanese Swords and the Nisei Veteran” in summer 2017. (Courtesy GFBNEC) Go...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 27, 20182 min read
Lecture on ‘Taro Higa’s Humanism’ at Nakaoka Center
GARDENA — “Living Treasures of Okinawa: Taro Higa’s Humanism and the Okinawan Gajumaru Tree” will be presented on Sunday, July 1, from 2...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 26, 20182 min read
Col. Young Oak Kim Memorial Highway on Portion of I-5 Passes Through Senate Committee
Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva co-sponsored legislation to name a highway after Col. Young Oak Kim. SACRAMENTO — Assembly Concurrent...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 2, 20182 min read
Hiroshi Miyamura 2018 Scholarships
Scholarship recipients Brett McFarland, Maracea Chase and Francis Geronimo Louie. GALLUP, N.M. — Three scholarships in the name of Korean...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 25, 20181 min read
Gardena Nisei VFW Post 1961 Ceremony at Rose Hills
The service will be held on Monday, May 28, at 9 a.m. at Rose Hills Memorial Park Mortuary, 3888 Workman Mill Rd., Gate 10, Whittier....
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Rafu Shimpo
May 25, 20181 min read
Veterans’ Memorial Day Service at SFVJACC
All community center organizations, families of deceased veterans listed on the memorial, all veterans and the community are invited to...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 25, 20182 min read
2018 JA Memorial Day Service at JACCC
Our community and nation are forever indebted to these Japanese Americans from all wars, whose names are engraved on the four monuments...
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