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Plans for Little Tokyo Design Week Unveiled

Plans for Little Tokyo Design Week Unveiled

Hitoshi Abe (left) and Jon Kaji, co-chairs of Little Tokyo Design Week, get an assist on Thursday from Astro Boy as they announce plans for the five-day festival in July, which will celebrate Japan’s... 

国峯流尚道会が春季吟詠大会:新会員3人が初披露

国峯流尚道会が春季吟詠大会:新会員3人が初披露

 先亡者と、東日本大震災の犠牲者に黙とうが捧げられた国峯流詩歌吟詠尚道会(杉田国峯会長)は24日、ロングビーチ市のハーバー日系人会館で春季吟詠大会を催した。菁吟会から明光儀水さんが来賓として出席。およそ30人が集まる中、前会長の大迫国浄さんと、今年80歳を迎えた会員の本田国菜さんに、これまでの尽力と祝福の意を込めて、感謝の盾の贈呈式が行われた。「吟道即ち人道」の精神のもと、吟士らは日ごろの練習の成果を発揮し、吟友の発表に耳を傾けた。  ...

Korean/Japanese Mini Concert at Higashi

Korean/Japanese Mini Concert at Higashi

Higashi Honganji Temple, 505 E. Third St., Los Angeles, hosts a joint Korean/Japanese mini-concert in honor of victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami on Saturday, April 30, from 3 to... 

Then and Now: From Bainbridge to Manzanar (Part 1 of 2)

Then and Now: From Bainbridge to Manzanar (Part 1 of 2)

By MARTHA NAKAGAWA RAFU CONTRIBUTOR === Former internees Fumiko Hayashida and daughter Natalie Hayashida Ong pose with a Seattle Post Intelligencer photograph taken on March 30, 1942. In the photograph,... 

SENIOR MOMENTS: Kotonk/Kanaka: How Are They Different?

SENIOR MOMENTS: Kotonk/Kanaka: How Are They Different?

By PHIL SHIGEKUNI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on April 28, 2011.) === After my first column I got an email message from Charlie Hashibe, who wished me well. He surmised, from what I said in the... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Journalists Ponder Past, Future of Nikkei Newspapers

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Journalists Ponder Past, Future of Nikkei Newspapers

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on April 28, 2011.) === There once was a time when, according to Japanese American National Museum CEO and President Akemi Kikumura Yano, if... 

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: The Answer to ‘How’ Is Convoluted

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: The Answer to ‘How’ Is Convoluted

By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on April 27, 2011.) === The most oft-posed question by faithful Crossroads to Somewhere (CR2S) readers is “How do you come up with your weekly... 

VOX POPULI: We Help Each Other

VOX POPULI: We Help Each Other

By Soji Kashiwagi I’m not an expert on Japanese culture and customs, but as I observe what’s happening in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami I am confident that the country and its people will... 

VOX POPULI: Facing Natural Disasters

VOX POPULI: Facing Natural Disasters

By Rev. Daigaku Rummé More than a month has passed since the great earthquake and tsunami disaster struck the Tohoku area of Japan. As time passes, news reports in the mainstream press have become fewer... 

Kids Challenged to Make 100,000 Origami Paper Cranes, Idea Goes Viral

Kids Challenged to Make 100,000 Origami Paper Cranes, Idea Goes Viral

SEATTLE (PRNewswire) — For the past month, kids around the world were challenged to create 100,000 paper cranes for Japan. On April 26, the hard-working volunteers at Students Rebuild counted the one-millionth... 

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