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This month we are treated to two highly-lauded, accomplished writers and community heroes – N…

Stan Yogi +2 • Oct. 17, 2019

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Nikkei and the Way of the Warrior: Samurai Heritage from Issei to Yonsei

During my college days I once wrote an essay on the three ideals that I thought best epitomized the…

Tim Asamen • Nov. 11, 2016

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Samurai Spirit In WWII Camps

As a volunteer at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM), recent developments there revealed …

Gary T. Ono • Aug. 20, 2015

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1st Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

A Wedding in Little Tokyo

It was Saturday evening. Mitsue Yamashita’s fingers moved nimbly over a pair of kimono panels…

Avril Adams • Dec. 29, 2014

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1st Annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

Mr. K

I don’t know what drove me to perversely show up at the Nippon Ichi-ban Ramen house on our de…

Satsuki Yamashita • Nov. 3, 2014

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Guiding Force

Looking back into my life, I have noticed that a certain invisible hand has always supported me. I …

Masaru Kato • March 1, 2010

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Nikkei and the Way of the Warrior: Samurai Heritage from Issei to Yonsei

Samurai Spirit In WWII Camps

A Wedding in Little Tokyo

Mr. K

Guiding Force