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Throughout most of my life I’ve been THE Asian in the room, so to speak. My first grade schoo…

Paul Yamada • April 29, 2010

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The Founders II: Yosh Sogioka Part 2

Read Part 1 >>1964 was a crucial year for the ESGVJCC. At the center of West Covina’s &…

Edward Moreno • April 28, 2010

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West Coast Nikkei Eldercare: Planning for New and More Diverse Systems of Care

Part II-1: Nikkei Eldercare in San Francisco and San Jose

In 1971, a group of San Francisco Sansei began providing Issei seniors with rides and pedestrian es…

Nancy Matsumoto • April 27, 2010

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Little Tokyo Community Profiles - 2010

Koraku Restaurant: Making it in America

Situated on East 2nd St. in Little Tokyo, Koraku Restaurant’s bright orange and white signs, …

Jacy Yoshimoto • April 26, 2010

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The Asian American Literary Review

Poems: "Spark," "Distances" & "All day people poured into Asano Park"

SparkUse room-temperature water, never ice. Skin holds heat,you think you’re more burned than…

April Naoko Heck • April 25, 2010

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Journal Entry #50% - 80%: "Satyromania at Large.."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Neal Yamamoto • April 24, 2010

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J. Marion Wright: Los Angeles' Patient Crusader 1890-1970 - Part 6

Read Part 5 >>As the second and third generation of Japanese in the United States grew to mat…

Janice Marion Wright LaMoree • April 23, 2010

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Ono Family during World War II

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As mentioned in “Amache Arrival”, our father, Sam Masami Ono, 29 (a San Franciscan) and…

Gary T. Ono • April 22, 2010

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The Founders II: Yosh Sogioka - Part 1

I can’t remember having been formally introduced to him; but shortly after we met, we were ta…

Edward Moreno • April 21, 2010

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A wrong finally made right

When Bob Naka was a UCLA student in the early 1940s, there was a campus bridge that led from the pa…

Wendy Soderburg • April 20, 2010

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