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A Tribute to Salinas Valley’s Tenacious Issei

I first became aware of the reverential esteem in which the Issei generation was held within the Ja…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Nov. 17, 2024

book reviews California generations immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Orange County photographs photography reviews Salinas Southern California sugar beets United States

Working to nurture a new generation—Nova Vita Foundation

Leadership for kids Based in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, there is an organization that wo…

Keiko Fukuda • Sept. 25, 2024

California education generations identity immigration Japanese Americans leadership Nova Vida Foundation Orange County postwar Shin-Nisei Southern California United States World War II youth

Kimiko Fujita, a community leader who connects Japanese-Americans with the new Issei

"Maybe it's a good fit overseas." Kimiko Fujita has two faces. She is the business owner who has…

Keiko Fukuda • March 25, 2024

California Kimiko Fujita music Orange County Southern California The Orange County Japanese American Association United States Yamaha Corporation

The American Democratic and Multicultural Promise

In 1949, when I was 10 years old, my family moved from New Jersey to Goleta, Calif., where I enroll…

Arthur A. Hansen +1 • Jan. 13, 2022

California education families Janice Munemitsu Mendez family Orange County Southern California United States

Passion for Teaching Martial Arts Leads to New Gym

Just two months ago, martial arts teacher and stunt performer Yoko Hamamura’s passion for teaching …

Mieko Beyer • July 12, 2021

California martial arts Orange County Point of Impact MMA (firm) Southern California United States Yoko Hamamura

Orange County West Justice Center to be renamed after Justice Stephen K. Tamura

On April 16, 2020, in the middle of statewide stay-at-home orders due to COVID-19, the California J…

Mary Adams Urashima • Aug. 30, 2020

California communities Huntington Beach judges law Orange County Southern California United States

Minami, an authentic soba restaurant and Okinawan restaurant currently thriving in Orange County

The reason why he decided to start a business after leaving a beer company and open a soba restaura…

Keiko Fukuda • Aug. 5, 2019

California food Japan Japanese food Minami (restaurant) noodles Okinawa Prefecture Orange County soba Southern California United States

“Chapters” by Trevor Allred: The Power of Storytelling

Trevor Allred is a founding part of Heritage Future, a nonprofit organization dedicated to storytel…

Kate Iio • April 11, 2019

California Chapters (podcast) imprisonment incarceration Japanese Americans Orange County podcasts Southern California United States

Mayumi Vargas, who moved to the United States in 1990 and runs an Okinawan restaurant

Married a US soldier at age 20 Breaking the jinx that Okinawan restaurants do not succeed as a busi…

Keiko Fukuda • Dec. 31, 2018

California generations Habuya (restaurant) immigrants immigration Issei Japan migration Okinawa Prefecture Orange County postwar restaurants Shin-Issei Southern California Tustin United States World War II

Mas Masuda: A Hero’s Century in Orange County

“Acts of courage can be remembered for ages”, wrote columnist Stephen Greenhut fifteen years ago, i…

Mary Adams Urashima • Jan. 15, 2018

armed forces California Huntington Beach Orange County Orange County Register presidents retired military personnel Ronald Reagan Santa Ana Register (newspaper) Southern California United States veterans Wintersburg World War II

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