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Nima of the month: August 2015

I was born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture in 1954. I came to Los Angeles in 1981. I worked as a reporter for the California Mainichi Newspaper in Los Angeles and the Nichibei Times in San Francisco. After serving as assistant to the Los Angeles bureau chief of the Asahi Shimbun and as manager of Kyodo News' Japanese news distribution company in Los Angeles, I started a monthly English newspaper, Cultural News, in 1998. I am the newspaper's publisher and editor-in-chief. Cultural News introduces Japanese art exhibitions and Japanese cultural events that can be experienced in Los Angeles. In addition to publishing the monthly newspaper, we also publish a website at http://www.culturalnews.com and an email newsletter.

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A profile of a century-old Buddhist church in Southern California and its missionaries

In the Japanese community of Southern California, which has a history of 120 years, the Jodo Shinsh…

Feb. 14, 2018

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History of Japanese Postwar Immigration: A Los Angeles doctor publishes an autobiographical novel about his experience of abuse and his journey to the United States

The story is set in Tokyo just after the war. Jiro walks five kilometers to school every day to at…

July 25, 2017

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Buddhist churches that had a major impact on the Japanese community in Los Angeles: Records of Jodo Shinshu missionaries from the 1930s

Nishi Honganji Los Angeles Betsuin, located in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, can be said to be the bas…

Feb. 27, 2017

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Japanese Christians in the Sawtelle district of Los Angeles

Most Japanese language schools in Los Angeles, established by Issei nearly a century ago, have the …

Oct. 21, 2016

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Japanese Americans begin to talk about "Another Courage" - Restoring the honor of a former Japanese American soldier who refused combat training and was charged with treason -

The history of Japanese-American soldiers during World War II is best known for the 442nd Combat Te…

Nov. 4, 2015

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"Children of the Camp" is a documentary about group counseling that revived forgotten memories of wartime concentration camps.

Satsuki Ina (70), professor emeritus at California State University, Sacramento, was born in May 19…

April 15, 2015

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Henry Fukuhara, a second-generation Japanese painter who started a watercolor painting workshop on the site of a former concentration camp

I first heard the name Henry Fukuhara, a second-generation Japanese watercolor artist, in May 2014 …

Feb. 18, 2015

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“From a Silk Cocoon” (produced in 2006) Depicting the Anguish of Parents [of being] in the Internment Camps, Was Produced by SENSEI Who Was Born in an Internment camp

I was asked to go to Berkeley in September to interview Satsuki Ina- Sensei, emeritus of California…

Nov. 19, 2014

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A third-generation woman describes life in a concentration camp based on photographs left by her mother, who never spoke about her experiences there.

My aunt (my mother's sister), who is now nearly 90 years old, never spoke about her experience of t…

Aug. 4, 2014

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"Nisei Week Queen" is the bond that unites Japanese American organizations in Southern California

The "Nisei Week" event, which was started by Japanese shop owners in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, whe…

June 23, 2014

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