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Shinmoto Family - Part 2

Read part 1 >>It was August 1942 when we boarded trains to unknown places. I remember going through Los Angeles with the shades drawn; the ...

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Shinmoto Family - Part 1

The Shinmoto family history in America dates back to 1923, when Tsuneo Anthony (Tony), then five months old, and his father, Tsunetaro (1897-1972) and mother ...

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Partying Like a Nikkei Widow or Widower - Part 2

Read Part 1 >>As musical director Harry Inao cued up a recording of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” (“Background music provided by NWG**” as the ...

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Partying Like a Nikkei Widow or Widower - Part 1

On a hot sunny recent Saturday, The Nikkei Widowed Group of Los Angeles held its thirty-second annual installation luncheon. About 120 smartly dressed Nisei members ...

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APA Spotlight

Bill Watanabe, Executive Director of the Little Tokyo Service Center

Bill Watanabe, for the past 30 years, has been the Executive Director of the Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), a multipurpose social welfare agency in ...

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Kizuna: Historias Nikkeis del terremoto y tsunami de Japón

Japan Quake: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

I know the title of this post is “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” but it’s been really hard to find anything good about ...

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Facing the End or Facing the Future? How to Save Nikkei Journalism: Part 2

Read Part 1 >>4) Going Online: On that note, resources must be diverted into developing the online business, including building the requisite online infrastructure and ...

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Facing the End or Facing the Future? How to Save Nikkei Journalism: Part 1

The last few years have been tough for newspapers in general and Japanese American newspapers in particular. Newspaper readership overall has been in decline for ...

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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #90221 to 90210: "Randy Newman Revisited..."

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Why Los Angeles is My Kinda Place.” Check back ...

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APA Spotlight

Ken Tanabe, Loving Day

Ken Tanabe is the founder and president of Loving Day. Loving Day is an educational community project that fights racial prejudice through education and builds ...