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Fri, Jan 27 2012

Asian American Studies Professor Nakamura Retiring from UCLA

Asian American Studies Professor Nakamura Retiring from UCLA

Also tagged: Art Center College of Design, Asian Pacific American coalition in Cinema Theatre and Television, david k yoo, Don Nakanishi, Fools' Dance, Hito Hata, JANM Media Arts Center, Jinqi Ling, KAREN ISHIZUKA, Looking Like the Enemy, moca, Moving Memories, Robert Nakamura, smithsonian, Something Strong Within, Steve Tatsukawa Memorial Award, Tadashi Nakamura, Through Our Own Eyes, UCLA Alumni and Friends of Japanese Ancestry Endowed Chair, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Center for Ethnocommunications, UCLA Department of Asian American Studies, visual communications, Wataridori

Father and son filmmakers: Robert Nakamura and Tadashi Nakamura. Professor Robert A. Nakamura is retiring after a 33-year career teaching Asian American studies and motion picture/television at UCLA. His...

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Sun, Jan 15 2012

Yukio Tatsumi Retires After 27 Years as Terminal Islanders President

Yukio Tatsumi Retires After 27 Years as Terminal Islanders President

Also tagged: Asako Miki, Bill Nakasaki, craig Biggi, David Metzler, Furusato: The Lost Village of Terminal Island, Gruen Associates, Issei fishermen, Michael Enomoto, min tonai, quakers, San Pedro Elks Lodge, Terminal Island Memorial Monument, terminal islanders, Yukio Tatsumi

Yukio Tatsumi, right, sings a duet with Charlie Hamasaki at last year's Terminal Islanders New Year's party. (Photo by Mario G. Reyes/ Rafu Shimpo) Yukio Tatsumi, longtime president of the Terminal...

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Fri, Dec 9 2011

‘Passing Down the Legacy’ Sneak Preview Available

‘Passing Down the Legacy’ Sneak Preview Available

Also tagged: Alex Margonlin, American Muslim, Bridging Communities Program, JACL Northern California-Western Nevada-Pacific District, JACL Pacific Northwest District, JACL Pacific Southwest District, Jessica Kyo, Mackenzie Walker, Marissa Kitazawa, Minidoka, National JACL, national park service, Passing Down the Legacy, Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, tule lake, Yuka Ogino

Marissa Kitazawa SAN FRANCISCO — The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) announced that a new video, “Bridging Communities, Passing Down the Legacy,” will be released this month. The video documents...

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Thu, Dec 8 2011

Indelible Memories of a Fateful Day

Indelible Memories of a Fateful Day

Also tagged: aiko herzig-yoshinaga, Asian Americans for Action, crusaders, Dec. 7 1941, Densho, diane tanaka, EO 9066, FDR, Franklin D. Roosevelt, fred korematsu, General DeWitt, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, Harlem, internment, Japanese Evacuation, Min Yasu, nisei, pearl harbor, Redress, Triple-A, WRA, YURI KOCHIYAMA

Civil rights activist Yuri Kochiyama is interviewed for the Densho oral history archives. === By DIANE TANAKA RAFU CONTRIBUTOR === The lives of Japanese Americans would forever be changed following Dec....

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Fri, Dec 2 2011

Herzig-Yoshinaga Shares Research Tips

Herzig-Yoshinaga Shares Research Tips

Also tagged: aiko herzig-yoshinaga, Asian Americans for Action, ASSEMBLY CENTER, Civil Liberties Public Education Fund, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, Ei Yoshinaga Suzuki, Eji Suyama, FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, FBI, Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast, fred korematsu, Gen. John DeWitt, GORDON HIRABAYASHI, Internment camps, inu collaborators, jaccc, JACL Greater Los Angeles Singles Chapter, JACL National Convention, Jerome Ark., JOYCE OKAZAKI, Justice Department, Kazu Iijima, Kumamoto, Los Angeles High School, Marjorie Lee, Martha Nakagawa, Mary Nakahara, michi nishiura weglyn, Min Yasui, National Archives and Records Administration, National Council for Japanese American Redress, pearl harbor, rohwer, Shizuko Matsuda, Speaking Out for Personal Justice, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, VIETNAM WAR, War Department, war relocation authority, warren furutani, years of infamy, YURI KOCHIYAMA

Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga speaks with attendees after her talk on Nov. 11. (Photo by Martha Nakagawa) By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, RAFU CONTRIBUTOR TORRANCE — How did a woman with barely a high school education and...

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Fri, Dec 2 2011

VC’s Founders to Be Recognized, Early Films to Be Screened

VC’s Founders to Be Recognized, Early Films to Be Screened

Also tagged: Academy Archives, Alan Kondo, Alan Ohashi, ATOMIC CAFE, Chop Suey Cafe, City City, Cruisin' J-Town, Donna Deitch, Downtown Independent, Duane Kubo, Eddie Wong, FAR EAST CAFE, Filmforum, I Told You So, janm, little tokyo, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Lucy's Coffee Shop, Mitsuru Grill, Robert Nakamura, VC, visual communications, Wong Sinsaang

From left: VC founders Duane Kubo, Robert Nakamura, Alan Ohashi and Eddie Wong back in the day. “Community Visionaries: Visual Communications and the Dawn of Asian Pacific American Cinema,” a special...

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Wed, Nov 30 2011

JACL Names New Daniel Inouye Fellow

JACL Names New Daniel Inouye Fellow

Also tagged: Daniel K. Inouye Fellowship, Eli Lilly, jacl, John Moy, Mike Honda, Okinawa, Southwest Airlines Congressional Internship, Stanford Asian American Activism Committee, Stanford Asian American Activities Center, Stephanie Otani-Sunamoto, Ventura county

Stephanie Otani-Sunamoto WASHINGTON — The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) has named Stephanie Otani-Sunamoto as its new Daniel K. Inouye Fellow. She will assist with JACL’s public policy...

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Fri, Nov 11 2011

Poston Site Recommended for Historic Landmark Designation

Poston Site Recommended for Historic Landmark Designation

Also tagged: CONCENTRATION CAMPS, FLOYD MORI, Marlene Shigekawa, Minidoka, National Historic Landmark, National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee, poston, tule lake, Warren Maruyama

From left: Warren Maruyama, Marlene Shigekawa and Floyd Mori testified before the committee. WASHINGTON — The National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee met Nov. 9 in Washington, D.C. to...

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Tue, Nov 8 2011

‘Cast in Bronze’ Symposium Takes on Camp Terminology Debate

‘Cast in Bronze’ Symposium Takes on Camp Terminology Debate

Also tagged: Aratani Endowed Chair, BARBARA TAKEI, CONCENTRATION CAMPS, daniel inouye, Dave Kruse, David Kawamoto, Department of Justice, Don Hata, Ellis Island, executive order 9066, Greg Marutani, Internment camps, JACL National Convention, JACL National Council, janm, JCCCNC, Judy Shintani, KAREN ISHIZUKA, Karen Kai, lane hirabayashi, MAKO NAKAGAWA, Minidoka, NADINE HATA, national park service, Nazi camps, Neil Gotanda, Power of Words resolution, Relocation Centers, Roger Daniels, Satsuki Ina, SOJI KASHIWAGI, Testuden Kashima, Tule Lake Committee, Tule Lake National Monument, WRA

Panel speakers gather in San Francisco's Japantown for terminology symposium. From left: Satsuki Ina, Neil Gotanda, Tetsuden Kashima, Mako Nakagawa, Roger Daniels, Karen Ishizuka, Don Hata, Barbara...

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Thu, Nov 3 2011

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

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, INTERNMENT CAMP, james saito, janm, Jeanne Wakatsuki, John Cho, Kal Penn, MANAA, 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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