J-TOWN BEAT: When the Shooter Is Nikkei
By GWEN MURANAKA Nathaniel Berhow joins a growing list of young men who have turned…
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THROUGH THE FIRE: Crystal City Camp-u, Crystal City Camp-u yo
By SHARON YAMATO No one knew the lyrics of the Crystal City song at first,…
RAMBLINGS FROM THE SON OF A PAPER SON: Uncle Hiro
By WILLIAM YEE Recently the last of the Nisei generation in the Morimizu clan passed…
THROUGH THE FIRE: Japanese American Museum of San Jose — ‘Resistance to Internment’
By MARY UYEMATSU KAO (Published Oct. 23, 2019) My husband and I just returned from…
J-TOWN BEAT: Tears, Ukulele and Family Reunions
By GWEN MURANAKA (Published Nov. 2, 2019) Last Friday, I was fortunate to be a…
THROUGH THE FIRE: Easy Lies from the Head that Wears the Crown
By BILL WATANABE I was taught in school that we should be truthful and honest.…
VOX POPULI: Where Have You Gone, Kurt Suzuki? Should Our Lonely Nation Turn Its Eyes to You?
By DAVID INOUE Parenting in these times can be challenging. This fall has been a…
BOOK REVIEW: How Lack of Intense Anti-Japanese Sentiment Created Less Ethnic Cohesion Among New York Nikkei
By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributor “Distant Islands: The Japanese American Community in New York City,…
VOX POPULI: Remembering a Committed Artist
By KERWIN BERK Deeply saddened by the news that Hiroshi Kashiwagi passed away. I suspect…
J-TOWN BEAT: The Importance of Supermarkets
By GWEN MURANAKA In Gardena, besides having some of the best down-home Japanese food in…
THE WARREN REPORT: All I Really Need to Know…
By WARREN FURUTANI After picking up Harlee, my granddaughter, she recounted what she had learned…
VOX POPULI: Let’s Hear It for Death in the Pacific
By GRANT UJIFUSA (The following is a response to a resolution, passed at the recent…