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Tue, Mar 20 2012

HORSE’S MOUTH: Carson’s City Clerk Issue

Also tagged: aiko yoshinaga, camp, camp dining, Carson City Hall, CHERRY BLOSSOM QUEEN, Donesia Gause, family, gambling, george yoshinaga, hapa, Helen Kawagoe, humor, JCI, santa anita, Tokyo Cup, Wanda Higaki, WWII

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA Sunday is one day in the week I try to take things easy and if the weather is nice, I like to sit on our front porch and relax. In the morning, the weather was horrible with rain and...

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Mon, Mar 12 2012

Aratani Japan America Theatre to Reopen This Summer

Also tagged: Anime, Aratani Japan America Theatre, Aratani Performing Arts Center, Boston Opera Company, Garden Stage, Gregory Willis, Hiromi Ishimaru, jaccc, jaccc plaza, kabuki, Kaoru "Carl" Kawata, Kazuyo Saeki, Robert Hori, Toshiko Ohkawa, toyota, Trudy Nodohara, UTB, Yoko Ito

By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer The Aratani Japan America Theatre, which has been closed since January 2011, will reopen this summer, according to the new president and CEO of the Japanese American...

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Thu, Feb 2 2012

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Column, Caricature, Comeuppance

Also tagged: CR2S, crossroads, EDWIN HIROTO, Kango Kunitsugu, Keiro, Margaret Hiroto, pasadena, Paul Conrad, PERSONAL ESSAYS, Pulitzer, Toe Nojiri, wimpy, wimpy hiroto

By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Feb. 1, 2012.) === *CR2S (Cee-Are-Two-Ess) no periods. Short for Crossroads to Somewhere, title of a weekly column in Wednesday editions of...

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Tue, Jan 31 2012

New Year, New President for JCCSC

Also tagged: alan nishio, Almansor Court, Ashinaga, bill watanabe, budokan of los angeles, Carl Kawata, Community Organization Recognition Award, Damrong Kraikruan, EARTHQUAKE RELIEF, frances hashimoto, George Nakano, Grace Serizawa, Grace Shiba, GREG CHINN, Harry Honda, Haruo Takehana, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Hisamori Iwashita, Howard Miyoshi, iku kiriyama, jaccc, janm, japanese american historical society of southern california, japanese chamber of commerce of southern california, Japanese Community Pioneer Center, japanese women's society of southern california, JCCSC Spirit Award, Joyce Wakano Chinn, Jun Niimi, Kimiyo Ige, Kitty Sankey, kyodo system, little tokyo service center, Los Angeles Japanese Association, Los Angeles-Nagoya Sister City Affiliation, Marie Masumoto, mark nakagawa, Masami Yamazaki, Masao Okamoto, Molly Serizawa, nanka kenjinkai kyogikai, Nanka Nihon Minyo Kyokai, NANKA NIKKEI VOICES, Roy Sakamoto, Toshiko Handa, toshio handa, Yoshiharu Hamano, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Yoshio Aoki, Yuriko Takehana

By J.K. YAMAMOTO Rafu Staff Writer The Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California installed a new president and recognized an organization and three individuals for community service at its annual...

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Fri, Jan 13 2012

JCCSC to Install Officers, Present Awards

Also tagged: Almansor Court, bill watanabe, Community Organization Recognition Award, Eiichiro Takeda, Eiroku Yoh, Grace Shiba, Haruo Takehana, Howard Miyoshi, Ichiro Yamazaki, Japanese American Historical Society of Southen California, japanese chamber of commerce of southern california, Joyce Wakano Chinn, Kazutaka Kishita, Kitty Sankey, Little Tokyo Historical Society, little tokyo service center, Masao Okamoto, Max Yamaguchi, Merry Jitosho, NANKA NIKKEI VOICES, Ryu Kato, Shigeo Nagayama, Tomoko Omura, William Johnson, Yoshiharu Hamano, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Yoshio Aoki

From left: Yoshiko Yamaguchi, Bill Watanabe, Joyce Wakano Chinn The Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California’s 2012 officers’ installation and award presentation will be held at Almansor...

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Thu, Dec 15 2011

HORSE’S MOUTH: I Gotta Have My Natto

Also tagged: casino, Chinese wisdom, Em Yamada, Food, gambling, gwen muranaka, Harold Fujimoto, iku kiriyama, Japanese food, las vegas, Nisei Week 1953, nisei week court, nisei week queen, Paul Takahashi

By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Dec. 13, 2011) === The sky is falling. The sky is falling. The sky is falling. Well, actually my friends are falling. A column or two back, I...

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Sat, Oct 15 2011

Panel Offers Ideas on Future of JA Community

Also tagged: Asian American Drug Abuse Program, bill watanabe, Camp Musubi, christy sakamoto, CRAIG ISHII, jaccc, Kizuna, LAPD, Little Italy, little tokyo, little tokyo service center, manzanar, Mark Hara, Nikkei Student Union, Orange County Buddhist Church, Pacific Southwest District JACL, Project: Community!, tamlyn tomita, terry hara, Ties That Bind, UC Irvine Tomo no Kai, UCLA

By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer Suggestions on future directions for the Nikkei community were given by three leaders at the Ties That Bind conference held Oct. 1 at the Japanese American Cultural...

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Thu, Sep 1 2011

VOX POPULI: The Warmth of the Community

Also tagged: Chiba, CHISATO ITO, DTLA, GREG CHINN, j-town, JOYCE CHINN, Kashiwa, little tokyo, mark nakagawa, MUSASHI UNIVERSITY, nebuta, nisei week court

Chisato Ito joins Rev. Mark Nakagawa and the Nisei Week Court. She came from Tokyo to volunteer with the festival. === By CHISATO ITO === I’m a college student from Japan. In January, I...

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Thu, Sep 1 2011

SENIOR MOMENTS: Nisei Week 2011

Also tagged: aiko herzig-yoshinaga, akemi kikumura yano, dance, EMI HINO, j-town, MARION HIROTO, NCRR, Nisei Week 2011, nisei week parade, odori, ondo, PARADE, PAUL NAGANO, teramachi, Tommy Lasorda, wimpy, wimpy hiroto

By Phil Shigekuni (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 27, 2011.) === It’s been a number of years since Marion and I have attended a Nisei Week Parade. It was a little tough sitting in our...

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Sat, Aug 27 2011

武蔵大学３年、伊東千里さん：二世週祭でコミュニティーの温かさ学ぶ

Also tagged: ねぶた, ぴーぷる, グランドパレード, コミュニティー, ハネト, ボランティア, マーク・ナカガワ, 二世ウィークファミリー, 二世週祭, 伊東千里, 小東京, 日系アメリカ, 武蔵大学, 羅府新報

二世週祭終了後、２０１１年度二世週祭女王とコート、マーク・ナカガワ実行委員長と写真に納まる伊東千里さん（左から５人目）　１７日付の「ぴーぷる」で紹介した武蔵大学３年の伊東千里さん。時代の変化に屈することなく、力強く継続されている全米日系社会最大の祭り「二世週祭」を研究するため、日本からボランティアにやってきた。この２週間に彼女が肌で感じた二世週祭、日系社会、日系アメリカ人とは一体どんなものだったのか。伊東さんに語ってもらった。 ...

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Tag Archives: nisei week

HORSE’S MOUTH: Carson’s City Clerk Issue

Aratani Japan America Theatre to Reopen This Summer

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Column, Caricature, Comeuppance

New Year, New President for JCCSC

JCCSC to Install Officers, Present Awards

HORSE’S MOUTH: I Gotta Have My Natto

Panel Offers Ideas on Future of JA Community

VOX POPULI: The Warmth of the Community

SENIOR MOMENTS: Nisei Week 2011

武蔵大学３年、伊東千里さん：二世週祭でコミュニティーの温かさ学ぶ

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