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When I was nine years old, the Sunday ritual was to drive the five miles or so from our home in Tarpey Village in Clovis …
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A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Why J-A Thanksgivings (Especially in Los Angeles) Are the BEST!..." …
Read part 1 >>It was August 1942 when we boarded trains to unknown places. I remember going through Los Angeles with the shades drawn; the …
The Shinmoto family history in America dates back to 1923, when Tsuneo Anthony (Tony), then five months old, and his father, Tsunetaro (1897-1972) and mother, …
Read Part 1 >>As musical director Harry Inao cued up a recording of Dave Brubeck’s “Take Five” (“Background music provided by NWG**” as the program …
On a hot sunny recent Saturday, The Nikkei Widowed Group of Los Angeles held its thirty-second annual installation luncheon. About 120 smartly dressed Nisei members, …
Bill Watanabe, for the past 30 years, has been the Executive Director of the Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), a multipurpose social welfare agency in …
I know the title of this post is “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” but it’s been really hard to find anything good about …
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Read Part 1 >>4) Going Online: On that note, resources must be diverted into developing the online business, including building the requisite online infrastructure and …
The last few years have been tough for newspapers in general and Japanese American newspapers in particular. Newspaper readership overall has been in decline for …
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