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Wed, Jan 4 2012

Civil Rights Icon Gordon Hirabayashi Dies at 93

Also tagged: afsc, American University of Beirut, Arthur Barnett, Bill Makino, civil disobedience, CIVIL RIGHTS, CONCENTRATION CAMP, coram nobis, Coronado National Forest, Dawn's Light, Esther Hirabayashi, fred korematsu, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site, hero, INCARCERATION, internment, James Hirabayashi, Jay Hirabyashi, JEANNE SAKATA, Judge Lloyd Black, lane hirabayashi, leaders, Min Yasui, Minoru Yasui, Peter Irons, Puyallup Assembly Center, quakers, Santa Catalina Mountains, seattle, STEVEN OKAZAKI, Supreme Court, tule lake, Unfinished Business, University of Alberta, University of Washington, WWII, YMCA

Hirabayashi (left) is joined by fellow coram nobis plaintiffs Min Yasui and Fred Korematsu in 1983. He was the last surviving plaintiff who challenged the legality of the wartime exclusion and incarceration...

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Thu, Dec 1 2011

THROUGH THE FIRE: Pledging Allegiance

Also tagged: CONCENTRATION CAMP, DOROTHEA LANGE, ENTERTAINERS, entertainment, george takei, Lorenzo Thione, PERFORMING ARTS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, sharon yamato, theater, tule lake

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,...

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Thu, Nov 17 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: About the ‘For Sale’ Sign on Your Car

Also tagged: ASSEMBLY CENTER, bacon sakatani, CONCENTRATION CAMP, evening of aloha, heart mountain, IBARAKI PREFECTURE, relocation, relocation center, Santa Anita Race Track, WWII

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Nov. 12, 2011) === Received a short but interesting letter from a lady reader who has written a me on a number of occasions. She always begins...

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Thu, Nov 3 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Finally, ‘Farewell to Manzanar’ on DVD

Also tagged: 442nd regimental combat team, BOBBY LEE, clyde kusatsu, CONCENTRATION CAMP, eli stone, entertainment, Farewell to Manzanar, film, Harold and Kumar, james saito, janm, Jeanne Wakatsuki, John Cho, Kal Penn, MANAA, manzanar, Maria Kwong, movies, Nobu McCarthy, relocation center, STONER COMEDY, Yuki Shimoda

By GUY AOKI (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Nov. 3, 2011.) === For years, I’d only seen glimpses of “Farewell to Manzanar,” the legendary made-for-television movie that aired in 1976 and rarely...

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Thu, Nov 3 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: A Call From the Head Man

Also tagged: CONCENTRATION CAMP, Food, gardena, george yoshinaga, hawaii hochi, horse, JAPANESE AMERICAN PIONEERS, michael komai, MICKEY KOMAI, mlb, public transit, public transportation, relocation center, USMC, Veterans, World Series, YAOHAN

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Nov. 1, 2011) === After returning from a quick grocery shopping trip with my wife, I checked my telephone answering machine for any messages. I...

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Fri, Oct 28 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: My Experience with Yakuza

Also tagged: 442nd, CONCENTRATION CAMP, education, GANGSTERS, hawaii, heart mountain, janm, las vegas, YAKUZA

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Oct. 22, 2011) === While nearly 70 years have passed since Japanese Americans were forced into camps during World War II, there are still a lot...

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Thu, Oct 27 2011

A New Beginning for ‘Farewell to Manzanar’

Also tagged: Akemi Kikumura, American Pastime, Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Chris Komai, CICELY TYSON, clyde kusatsu, Come See the Paradise, CONCENTRATION CAMP, Dori Takeshita, east west players, Farewell to Manzanar, frank chin, Hiro Narita, If Tomorrow Comes, internment, James Houston, janm, jeanne wakatsuki houston, John Korty, Lawson Inada, Mako, manzanar, Maria Kwong, Midway, Minidoka, Mitsu Yashima, Momo Yashima, NBC Universal, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, Paul Chihara, Richard Hashimoto, Robert Kinoshita, Shawn Wong, Snow Falling on Cedars, Taro Yashima, tule lake, Wendy Shiba, WWII, Yuki Shimoda

From left: Actor Clyde Kusatsu, composer Paul Chihara, actress Momo Yashima, director John Korty. (J.K. Yamamoto/Rafu Shimpo) === By J.K. YAMAMOTO Rafu Staff Writer === Two screenings of “Farewell to...

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Thu, Oct 6 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: Macadamia Nuts with Spam!

Also tagged: CHOPSTICKS, CONCENTRATION CAMP, Food, GARY OKIHIRO, george yoshinaga, Harry Honda, heart mountain, horse, internment, las vegas, PAUL SHIMOKUCHI, relocation center, santa anita

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Oct. 4, 2011.) === Harry Honda sent me a clipping from a local newspaper that touches on something many of you may not be aware of. That is,...

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Thu, Sep 15 2011

VOX POPULI: Open Letter to the Community: ‘American Concentration Camp’ Describes What Happened

Also tagged: AJC, American Jewish Committee, CONCENTRATION CAMP, Holocaust, jacl, relocation center, WAR RELOCATION, WRA, WWII

By Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California (JAHSSC) === We were recently made aware that the American Jewish Committee (AJC) had requested that the Japanese American Citizens League...

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Thu, Sep 8 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: Am I Horse or Mouse?

Also tagged: bacon sakatani, CONCENTRATION CAMP, FU SHING, heart mountain, HEAT WAVE, horse, internment, KAZ MARUMOTO, KEN AZEBU, las vegas, mike antonovich, Steve Aoki, summer, sumo, wyoming, ZOMBIE YAMAMOTO

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Sept. 3, 2011.) === In a recent column I used a piece submitted to me by Bacon Sakatani on his views of the Heart Mountain Interpretive Center...

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Tag Archives: INTERNMENT CAMP

Civil Rights Icon Gordon Hirabayashi Dies at 93

THROUGH THE FIRE: Pledging Allegiance

HORSE’S MOUTH: About the ‘For Sale’ Sign on Your Car

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Finally, ‘Farewell to Manzanar’ on DVD

HORSE’S MOUTH: A Call From the Head Man

HORSE’S MOUTH: My Experience with Yakuza

A New Beginning for ‘Farewell to Manzanar’

HORSE’S MOUTH: Macadamia Nuts with Spam!

VOX POPULI: Open Letter to the Community: ‘American Concentration Camp’ Describes What Happened

HORSE’S MOUTH: Am I Horse or Mouse?

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