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Nima of the month: January 2011

Koji Steven Sakai has written two feature films that have been produced; Haunted Highway and The People I’ve Slept With.

Koji is a graduate from the University of Southern California’s Masters of Professional Writing program. He has held several fellowships, starting with the most recent, which include: The Writers Boot Camp Fellowship (2009), The Producers Guild: Power of Diversity Workshop (2009), Film Independent’s Project: Involve (2007), Visual Communication’s Armed With a Camera (2006), and Screenwriting Expo 4: New Visions Fellowship award (2005).

In addition to his work in film, Koji is a regular contributor to Discover Nikkei (www.discovernikkei.org/en/) and 8Asians (www.8Asians.com). He also contributed a story (Meet Joe) to Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology, the first graphic novel anthology written/drawn/and about Asian Americans. Secret Identities was released by New Press in April of 2009.

Koji is the manager of public programs at the Japanese American National Museum (www.janm.org). He is in charge of the concerts, lectures, workshops, family days, screenings, and other public events.


Nikkei Interests

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The United States Vs. Takaichi Sakai
Part 1 of 5: Crimes
He burned sensitive files while working for a foreign government. He said that he was not willing t…

Sept. 2, 2011


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Koji's Column
Why Are Asians Yellow?
African Americans are black. Caucasians are white. Latinos are brown. But why are Asians yellow? Wh…

Dec. 9, 2011



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APA Spotlight
SHOKORA's Junichi Hernandez Yoshikai
Last year I was lucky enough to be invited to Japan and meet with other Nikkei (Japanese migrants a…

Aug. 23, 2011



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APA Spotlight
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, George & Sakaye Aratani Chair, UCLA Asian American Studies Center
Lane Ryo Hirabayashi is professor in the Asian American Studies Department, and affiliate of the As…

July 19, 2011



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