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Wed, Dec 21 2011

Sawtelle Merchants Tell Their Stories

Also tagged: Aichi Hotel, Akira Toya, amache, Ben Toshiyuki, Bronzeville, Colorado Naval Academy ROTC, David Akashi, Fresno, Fujimoto Shell Station, FuRaiBo restaurant, Fusajiro and Aki Toya, George Toya, Grace Fujimoto, Hank Iwamoto, Henry Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Fujisaki, Irene Kaizuka, Jack Fujimoto, James Toya, Jerome Ark., Jim Toshiyuki, Jimmy Yamaguchi, John Tateishi, John Toshiyuki, little tokyo, Lompoc, Los Angeles High School, Louis Toshiyuki, Manny Salzman, Manual Arts High School, Maruyama's Barber Shop, Mas and Sats Nitta, Michelle Imamura, Michio Toshiyuki, Milton Inouye, MIYAKO HOTEL, Miyoko Watanabe, Mori's Dry Goods, Randy Fujimoto, Robert and Tomiko Iwamoto, rohwer, Russell Yamaguchi, Safe and Save Market, Salinas Assembly Center, Salinas Japanese Town, san francisco japantown, Satsuma Gift Shop, Sawtelle Boulevard, Sawtelle Food Market, Sawtelle Stories, Sawtelle Variety Store, Stillwater Oklahoma, Taizo Toshiyuki Tensho Do Jewelry and Watch Repair, Tensho Do Drug Store, Tomiji Toshiyuki, Toya Confectionery Store, tule lake, UCLA, USC Pharmacy, West Adams, West L.A. Buddhist Temple, West Los Angeles, Yamaguchi's Variety Store, Yuki Toya Sakura

By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer Jack Fujimoto (Photo by J.K. Yamamoto/Rafu Shimpo) The experiences of Japanese American merchants who established businesses on Sawtelle Boulevard in West Los Angeles...

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Fri, Nov 18 2011

‘Camp Days’ Exhibition Closes Dec. 30

Also tagged: Camp Days 1942-1945, Chizuko Judy Sugita de Queiroz, george takei, Japanese American Museum of San Jose, SAN JOSE JAPANTOWN

"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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Fri, Nov 11 2011

Poston Site Recommended for Historic Landmark Designation

Also tagged: CONCENTRATION CAMPS, FLOYD MORI, manzanar, Marlene Shigekawa, Minidoka, National Historic Landmark, National Park System Advisory Board Landmarks Committee, 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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Thu, Oct 20 2011

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Reflections Into the Past

Also tagged: Boyle Heights, City View Hospital, CR2S, EDWIN HIROTO, j-town, JOSEPH SHINODA, Keiro, LINCOLN PARK, little tokyo, LUIS AIHARA, PERSONAL ESSAYS, retirement home, wimpy, wimpy hiroto

By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on Oct. 19, 2011.) === Had reason to permit myself to revive memories of the past — occurring quite often lately — last Saturday after the...

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Tue, Oct 18 2011

Defense Attorney/Rights Activist Mia Yamamoto Receives Human Relations Award

Also tagged: Asian Pacific Islander Law Student Association, C. Thomas Aylesbury, Cal State L.A., Daniel Ballin, don knabe, Gloria Lockhart, Gloria Molina, John Anson Ford Human Relations Award, Joint Committee for Interracial Progress, Jonnie Owens, Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles, LGBTQ, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, Mark Ridley-Thomas, Mary Louise Longoria, Mia Yamamoto, michael antonovich, Michael Yamamoto, National Coming Out Day, Ramona Ripston, Robin Toma, Sergio Paz, Susanne Cumming, The Bricks, transgender, UCLA, Yvonne Braithwaite Burke Courage Award, zev yaroslavsky

From left: Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission President Sergio Paz; honoree Mia F. Yamamoto; Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas; Human Relations Commission Executive Director Robin...

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Mon, Oct 17 2011

Talk on Nikkei WWII Experience in Orange County

Also tagged: Arthur A. Hansen, Cal State Fullerton, Camp Days 1942-1945, Center for Oral and Public History, Chizuko Judy Sugita DeQueiroz, Civil Liberties Act of 1988, Fullerton Arboretum, gila river, janm, Kazu Masuda, Lt. Gen. Joseph Stilwell, Mary Masuda, New Birth of Freedom, Orange County Agricultural and Nikkei Heritage Museum, ronald reagan, Santa Ana Bowl, Westminster Memorial Cemetery

Arthur Hansen (CSUF photo) FULLERTON — Historian Arthur A. Hansen, emeritus professor of history at Cal State Fullerton, and Chizuko Judy Sugita DeQueiroz, who lived in an internment camp as a child,...

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Thu, Aug 18 2011

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Let’s Learn How to Dye Gracefully Together

Also tagged: BUCKETLIST, CR2S, Keiro, keiro retirement home, KEVORKIAN, las vegas, nisei, Riverside, wimpy

By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on August 17, 2011.) === “As a Nisei youngster of 79, I read your articles in the Rafu with great interest. I look forward to seeing more of...

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Thu, Jul 28 2011

Whatever You Want to Call It Is OK With Me (But it really wasn’t a concentration camp)

Also tagged: CONCENTRATION CAMPS, CR2S, Internment camps, personal essay, Power of Words, RACISM, relocation, SFSU

By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 20, 2011.) === I received the equivalent of a glove slap to the cheek: the genteel French custom signifying the challenge to a duel. Thankfully...

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Tue, Jul 26 2011

Manzanar Musical Sponsored by JACL

Also tagged: Crystal City, Dan Taguchi, executive order 9066, Fort Lincoln, gila river, heart mountain, Justice Department camps, Manzanar: Story of an American Family, Mike Hagiwara, Russell McCoy, san fernando valley japanese american community center, Santa Anita Race Track, tule lake

The cast of "Manzanar: Story of an American Family." By PATRICIA E. TAKAYAMA PACOIMA — The June 18 performance of “Manzanar: Story of an American Family” was hailed as a musical entertainment...

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Thu, Jun 30 2011

$2.9 Million in JA Confinement Site Grants Announced

Also tagged: amache, Arizona State University, Arkansas State University, Asian Media Access Inc., Central Arkansas Library System, Chicago Japanese American Historical Society, Colorado Preservation Inc., CyArk, Densho, Friends of Minidoka, George and Frank Hirahara, Granada, heart mountain, Honouliuli, Japanese American Confinement Sites Program, JCCH, Jonathan B. Jarvis, KEET-TV, Ken Salazar, Kooskia, LTSC Community Development Corp., manzanar committee, MIS Language School, national park service, New Mexico JACL, NJAHS, Poston Community Alliance, rohwer, Rosalie Gould, Stone Ishimaru, uc berkeley, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, University of Idaho Moscow, war relocation authority, Washington State University Pullman, Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar WASHINGTON — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on Friday announced that the National Park Service is awarding 24 grants totaling $2.9 million to preserve and...

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Tag Archives: poston

Sawtelle Merchants Tell Their Stories

‘Camp Days’ Exhibition Closes Dec. 30

Poston Site Recommended for Historic Landmark Designation

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Reflections Into the Past

Defense Attorney/Rights Activist Mia Yamamoto Receives Human Relations Award

Talk on Nikkei WWII Experience in Orange County

CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Let’s Learn How to Dye Gracefully Together

Whatever You Want to Call It Is OK With Me (But it really wasn’t a concentration camp)

Manzanar Musical Sponsored by JACL

$2.9 Million in JA Confinement Site Grants Announced

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