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JANM Names G.W. Kimura as New CEO

JANM Names G.W. Kimura as New CEO

The Board of Trustees of the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles announced Friday the hiring of G.W. (Greg) Kimura, Ph.D., as its new chief executive officer. The appointment concludes an... 

Hapa Student Is Looking for a Marrow Match

Hapa Student Is Looking for a Marrow Match

Chris Ishida, who is half Japanese and half Caucasian, is looking for a bone marrow match. It is difficult for patients who have multiple ethnic backgrounds to find a match. === By RYOKO NAKAMURA RAFU... 

HORSE’S MOUTH: Honda vs. Toyota

HORSE’S MOUTH: Honda vs. Toyota

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on January 19, 2011.) === Since the Super Bowl is just over the horizon, I thought I would open by tossing in a letter from a reader name James... 

The Other Hafu of Japan

The Other Hafu of Japan

Film makers Megumi Nishikura and Lara Perez Takagi grew up mostly outside Japan. Their upcoming film examines being half-Japanese, but doesn’t attempt to be an explanation for everyone with similar heritage. By... 

Part Asian, Not Hapa

Part Asian, Not Hapa

By Mia Nakaji Monnier === My mother is Japanese from Osaka; my father, American from a small town in western Oregon. There’s a word for people like me, used especially on the West Coast and popularized... 

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: What’s Missing in the New “Hawaii Five-O”

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: What’s Missing in the New “Hawaii Five-O”

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on September 23, 2010.) === Back in January when I read the pilot script for the new “Hawaii Five-O,” I knew it was going to become a series. The dramatics... 

Bone Marrow Transplants: Finding the Facts

Bone Marrow Transplants: Finding the Facts

By RYOKO NAKAMURA RAFU JAPANESE STAFF WRITER === This is the first in a four-part series focusing on several individuals who have been involved with life-saving surgical bone-marrow transplantation. “Severe... 

Fabulous at 50

Fabulous at 50

People of all ages, many dressed in traditional Japanese garb, participate in the Bon-Odori at Higashi Honganji Buddhist Temple in Little Tokyo during its 50th Anniversary on Saturday. (photos by JORDAN... 

Multiracial Festival at JANM This Weekend

Multiracial Festival at JANM This Weekend

Maya Soetoro-Ng Multiracial Americans, the country’s largest growing community, will celebrate stories of the Mixed experience at the 3rd Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival, June 12-June... 

All Mixed Up

All Mixed Up

Kip Fulbeck’s latest exhibition at the the Japanese American National Museum features 70 photos of children of mixed racial heritage. A new exhibition, “Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids” by Kip... 

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