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SENIOR MOMENTS: Reflections on Masaoka’s Book and the John and Ken Show

SENIOR MOMENTS: Reflections on Masaoka’s Book and the John and Ken Show

By Phil Shigekuni (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Jan. 28, 2012.) === A recent article in The Rafu Shimpo announced a proposed Broadway play entitled “Allegiance,” featuring George Takei,... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: A New Korean American Super Hero—The Ray

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: A New Korean American Super Hero—The Ray

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Jan. 26, 2012.) === Despite their popularity across all races, comic book superheroes have been 90 percent white dating back to their invention in the... 

CSU Unveils Nisei Diploma Project Video at JANM, SDSU

CSU Unveils Nisei Diploma Project Video at JANM, SDSU

Nearly 70 years after Executive Order 9066 forced 250 California State University students to leave their campuses without completing their degrees, several former students’ stories will be brought... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The 20th Annual Wise Guy Awards

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: The 20th Annual Wise Guy Awards

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Dec. 29, 2011.) === In 2011, the biggest news on the television front was Fox’s “Terra Nova’ with multiple Asian regulars — Shelly Conn (Sri... 

Top News Stories of 2011

Top News Stories of 2011

JANUARY Jan. 3: Jean Quan is sworn in as mayor of Oakland, becoming the first Asian American woman to take the helm of a major U.S. city. She would later be criticized for her handling of the Occupy Oakland... 

Takei, Carrere Join Cast of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

Takei, Carrere Join Cast of ‘Celebrity Apprentice’

Rafu Wire and Staff Reports Actor and activist George Takei and singer/actress Tia Carrere are among the record 18-contestant field announced Wednesday for the NBC competition series “The Celebrity Apprentice,”... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Remembering Kapoho, Hawaii’s Pompeii

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Remembering Kapoho, Hawaii’s Pompeii

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Dec. 1, 2011.) === In March of 1990, I sat in a Disney office with JACL National Director John Tateishi reading the shooting script for the studio’s... 

CAPE Celebrates

CAPE Celebrates

From left: CAPE President Steve Tao, actor George Takei, “Supah Ninjas” producers Eric S. Garcia and Leo Chu, actress Kelly Hu, and CAPE Executive Director Jennifer Sanderson. (Courtesy of eye2eyephoto) From... 

THROUGH THE FIRE: Pledging Allegiance

THROUGH THE FIRE: Pledging Allegiance

By SHARON YAMATO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Nov. 30, 2011.) === As schoolchildren, we learned at an early age to hold our right hands over our hearts and recite those familiar words out loud,... 

‘Camp Days’ Exhibition Closes Dec. 30

‘Camp Days’ Exhibition Closes Dec. 30

"Being locked up behind barbed wire, with armed guards, made me feel sad — like maybe I wasn't really a good American," writes artist Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz. SAN JOSE — The Japanese... 

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