Calvin Ninomiya
Calvin Ninomiya está retirado de forma intermitente. Un abogado anciano [ex-Seattle; ex-Minidoka], se jubiló después de desempeñarse como Consejero Principal del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos (Deuda Pública). Ninomiya salió de su jubilación para trabajar a tiempo parcial en proyectos de asistencia técnica del Tesoro, principalmente realizando tareas legales en países en desarrollo. De lo contrario, se ocupa de las preocupaciones de los veteranos japoneses-estadounidenses. Ha investigado la ocupación de Japón con el Consejo Nacional de Veteranos Japonés-Americanos y trabajó en historias orales y becas, además de ser miembro de la junta directiva de la Asociación de Veteranos Japonés-Americanos (JAVA).
Actualizado en marzo de 2008
Historias de Este Autor
JAVA: Finding the Elixir of Survival
8 de mayo de 2008 • Calvin Ninomiya
At a time when many U.S. veterans organizations have declining membership, are moribund, or have voted themselves out of existence, the Japanese American Veterans Association of Washington, DC, has shown real growth. Prior to 2005, JAVA, as the group is popularly known, had 216 members. Now, it boasts 520 members, well over 100 percent in just three years! Of these, 79 were transfers from defunct vet organizations. New membership averaged out to more than 45 each of the past three …
A Japanese American Community in Decline
5 de marzo de 2008 • Calvin Ninomiya
Forgive me if mine is a lonely view of the Japanese American community. But, however beclouded my bifocals, I see that community is fading away. Beyond our time, being Japanese American will be a matter of waning remembrances, if not numbers. The reason for this outcome is elementary. Demographic studies indicate that the Japanese in America, i.e., the second, third and fourth generations, have been intermarrying at a remarkable rate. Pretty soon, there won’t be any "pure" persons of Japanese …
