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Thu, Jul 28 2011

2011 Rafu Foundation Golf on Sept. 26

Also tagged: budokan, charity golf classic, ja golf, marbella, nikkei, nikkei games, nisei week, Rafu, rafu shimpo foundation, rafushimpo, U.S.-Japan Council, usjc

Bunkers and water offer breathtaking vistas and challenging shots at Marbella Country Club. The 13th Rafu Shimpo Foundation Charity Golf Classic will be held on Monday, Sept. 26, at Marbella Country Club...

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Wed, May 18 2011

Hajime’s Dream Comes True

Also tagged: ALS, ALS Guardian Angels Foundation, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Hajime Miyasaka, Hiromasa, Hozue, Lou Gehrig’s disease, South Pasadena, Stuart Millheiser

Hajime Miyasaka, left, enjoys a conversation with Stuart Millheiser using his iPad. Millheiser, who runs a support organization for ALS patients, has offered to help fulfill Miyasaka’s last wish to visit...

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Thu, Apr 28 2011

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Journalists Ponder Past, Future of Nikkei Newspapers

Also tagged: AKEMI YANO, Buddhist Churches of America, CULTURAL NEWS, Darryl Mori, DEMOCRACY CENTER, GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON, GIL ASAKAWA, gwen muranaka, hokubei mainichi, iku kiriyama, J.K. Yamamoto, janm, Jeffrey Kimoto, kenji taguma, Manzanar Free Press, Mikey Culross, NEWSPAPERS, Nichi Bei Foundation, nichi bei times, NICHI BEI WEEKLY, NIKKEI WEST, NikkeiNation, Pacific Citizen, PANEL, publishing, Rocky Mountain Jiho, Rocky Shimpo, Save the Rafu Committee, Shige Higashi, UTAH NIPPO, Wheel of Dharma

By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (First published in The Rafu Shimpo on April 28, 2011.) === There once was a time when, according to Japanese American National Museum CEO and President Akemi Kikumura Yano, if...

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Sun, Apr 24 2011

Author Wakako Yamauchi to Discuss New Works at JANM

Also tagged: And the Soul Shall Dance, Aratani Endowed Chair, Chester Yamauchi, east west players, janm, KCET, Mako, PAAWWW, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, wakako yamauchi

Author Wakako Yamauchi, known for her groundbreaking short story “And the Soul Shall Dance,” which was turned into an award-winning play, will discuss her collection of short fiction in the...

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Mon, Apr 11 2011

A Literary Legacy

Also tagged: ELAINE KIM, Emma Gee, George and Sakaye Aratani Chair, HISAYE YAMAMOTO, Iwao Yamamoto, jaccc, janm, John Esaki, KAREN TEI YAMASHITA, KING-KOK CHEUNG, lane hirabayashi, Los Angeles Tribune, Mie Hihara, Mitsuye Yamada, Momoko Iko, naomi hirahara, PATRICIA WAKIDA, Poston chronicle, StanYogi, UCLA Asian American Studies Center

From left: Momoko Iko, Patricia Wakida, Naomi Hirahara, Karen Tei Yamashita, Emma Gee. A tribute to “Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories” author Hisaye Yamamoto (1921-2011) was held March 27 at the...

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Wed, Apr 6 2011

Japan America Society Raises $1 Million for Japan Relief

Also tagged: Bank of the West, doug erber, Dr. Kazuo Inamori, japan airlines, japan america society, jassc, junichi ihara, kddi, kyocera, nancy woo hiramoto, Quinstar technology, Sakiko Yamada, South Coast Plaza, Sunkist Growers, Yoshiki Foundation America

Dr. Kazuo Inamori (center) founder and chairman emeritus of Kyocera Corporation, founder of KDDI Corporation and current chairman of Japan Airlines, and Nancy Woo Hiramoto, chairwoman of the Japan America...

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Thu, Mar 24 2011

Nikkei Newspaper Forum to Be Held at JANM on April 2

Also tagged: CULTURAL NEWS, DISCOVER NIKKEI, GEORGE JOHNSTON, GIL ASAKAWA, gwen muranaka, japanese american national museum, kenji taguma, Nichi Bei Foundation, NICHI BEI WEEKLY, Nikkei Nation, Nikkei newspapers, Shigeharu HIgashi, toyo miyatake

The Japanese American National Museum is partnering with four publications to present “From Newsprint to New Media: The Evolving Role of Nikkei Newspapers,” a public program about the changing situation...

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Tue, Mar 15 2011

RAFU STATEMENT—Gambatte: A Message of Hope

Also tagged: earthquake, gambatte, Japan, Japanese Americans, kodomo no tame ni, newspaper, oya kouko

In this terrible moment, news of the devastation wrought by the earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan becomes more disheartening each day. We are greatly saddened by the catastrophic loss of lives...

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Fri, Mar 11 2011

Community Groups, Rafu Rally to Support Quake Relief Efforts

Also tagged: doug erber, fred hoshiyama, jaccc, japan america society, little tokyo, LTBA, michael komai, nanka kenjinkai kyogikai, Red Cross, samoa earthquake, TERRY HANDA

Several Japanese American community organizations, including the Japan America Society of Southern California, Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Southern California Foundation, and The Rafu Shimpo, moved...

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Mon, Feb 14 2011

Street Named for Miyatake

Also tagged: Alan Miyatake, archie miyatake, Asahi Shimbun, bill watanabe, budokan, Edward Weston, gardena, jan perry, JANM. Gary Miyatake, little tokyo, Little Tokyo Historical Society, little tokyo service center, Los Angeles Olympics, manzanar, Mark Takahashi, mike antonovich, sakura crossing, San Gabriel Valley, Steven Bradford, The Related Companies, toyo miyatake, William Witte

Three generations of Toyo Miyatake’s family pose in front of a 1957 Thunderbird convertible that belonged to the photographer and has been restored by one of his grandsons, Mark Takahashi. (MARIO G.REYES/Rafu...

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Tag Archives: rafu shimpo

2011 Rafu Foundation Golf on Sept. 26

Hajime’s Dream Comes True

INTO THE NEXT STAGE: Journalists Ponder Past, Future of Nikkei Newspapers

Author Wakako Yamauchi to Discuss New Works at JANM

A Literary Legacy

Japan America Society Raises $1 Million for Japan Relief

Nikkei Newspaper Forum to Be Held at JANM on April 2

RAFU STATEMENT—Gambatte: A Message of Hope

Community Groups, Rafu Rally to Support Quake Relief Efforts

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