Yukikazu Nagashima
Born in Chiba City and graduated from Waseda University. In 1979, he moved the U.S. He worked at California Daily Newspaper and joined the Japanese editorial team at The Rafu Shimpo in 1984. In 1991, he became Editor of the Japanese department. He left the company in August, 2007. In September of the same year, he received an award by the Consulate-General of Japan in Los Angeles. He has published a series of articles titled “Profile of Nikkei Contemporary History” in TV Fan introducing the Japanese and nikkei in America. Currently he works as an editor of “J-Town Guide Little Tokyo,” a community magazine in English which introduces Little Tokyo.
Updated August 2014
Stories from This Author
Los Angeles “Tanabata Matsuri”: Part 2 - Creating More Ties that Bind - Tsutsui-san’s aspirations for next year
Nov. 19, 2009 • Yukikazu Nagashima
>> Read Part 1 The 1st Annual “Tanabata Matsuri (Tanabata Festival),” held as a part of the 69th Annual Nisei Week Festival this year, featured a total of 250 tanabata ornaments that decorated the streets of Little Tokyo. Surely, the beautiful images still resonate in the minds of many who participated in the event. At the same time, also fresh in their minds are the “ties” that have been created between cooperating groups and individuals, as well as a lasting …
Los Angeles Tanabata Matsuri - Part 1: The Meeting of Two Dreams
Sept. 17, 2009 • Yukikazu Nagashima
For the very first time, Tanabata Matsuri was featured alongside the customary events and exhibitions in the 69th Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival. A total of over 250 tanabata ornaments were put on display at the Japanese American National Museum and at the field in front of the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Countless volunteers were involved in the making of the ornaments, led by many Southern California Kenjinkai (Prefectural Association) members and Nikkei community groups, as well as …
「ペルー二世協会」 - ナカダさんの新たな挑戦: 戦後渡米者らの本国帰還も
June 25, 2009 • Yukikazu Nagashima
日系ペルー人の話は、ニュースとしては、第二次大戦時の強制収容補償の問題とのからみで取り上げられることが多いが、現在ロサンゼルス郡など南カリ フォルニアに住む日系ペルー人の大半は戦後の移住者らで、ほとんどが戦時収容補償の問題とは直接かかわりがない。そうした人たちのグループとして1981 年に「ペルー二世協会」が発足したが、約15年後に自然解散。その後は、それぞれの地域で小規模の集まりを持っている程度だ。そんな状況の中、「ペルー二世協会」の創始者で初代会長を務めたアレックス・ナ…
Tanabata Workshop: A Pre-Nisei Week Celebration by Japanese American National Museum
May 13, 2009 • Yukikazu Nagashima
The Japanese American National Museum will host a tanabata ornament-making workshop on June 20, 2009. The workshop is a ‘pre-celebration’ of sorts for the Nisei Week Japanese Festival—part of a project that aims to decorate the streets of Little Tokyo in preparation for the Japanese American community’s annual summer event. With the involvement of Yoshihito Yonezawa—chairman of the Nanka Miyagi Kenjinkai (Miyagi Prefectural Association of Southern California), detailed plans are currently being drawn out in order to bring this project …
