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May 2016 Obituaries

May 2016 Obituaries

May 28
George Setsuo Kubota
Toshiko Alice Abbott
Kiseko “Kiki” Yawata

May 25
Fred Kazuo Suto

May 24
Atsuko Nishida
Grace Megumi Yamanaka

May 21
Machiko “Marge” Sakai
Richard “Rick” Yoshinaga

May 18
Gerald (Jerry) Y. Sugai
Ryan T. Yamada
Nicholas Mineo Iyoya

May 17
Kiyoko “Kay” Mitsunaga
Ken Oya
Emily Anne Mochidome Kuriyama

May 14
Leo Masanobu Sugano
Kiyoko “Kay” Mitsunaga
Dr. Raymond Mitsuru Sugiyama
Aiko Yamaguchi

May 11
George Shigeo Takeyasu
Haruko Margaret Itow

May 10
Takao Furumoto

May 7
Alyce Hisako Ito
Arthur “Art” Nobuyuki
Diane Yasuko Segimoto Miyahata
Florence Nakano Tsunoda
Seichi Yokoyama

May 5
池田和夫
John Sakata

May 3
Hideo Joe Morioka
Barbara Amuro Okutsu
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    Memorial to Hanako Abe Vandalized

SAN FRANCISCO — A roadside memorial to a woman who was killed by a hit-and-run driver on New Year’s Eve has been repeatedly vandalized, according to Dion Lim, a news anchor and reporter for KGO-TV, the Bay Area’s ABC affiliate.

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Flex your finesse for words by entering the 8th Annual Imagine Little Tokyo short story contest.

If you win, you will be awarded $500 in cash and your short story will be published in our newspaper!

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    ‘Mr. Los Angeles’ Tom LaBonge Passes at 67 F ‘Mr. Los Angeles’ Tom LaBonge Passes at 67 

Former Los Angeles City Councilmember Tom LaBonge, who died Thursday at age 67, was an enthusiastic supporter of Little Tokyo and the sister-city programs, including the L.A.-Nagoya Sister City Affiliation. In 2008, he joined Teruko Weinberg of LANSCA in presenting a proclamation to Nagoya Mayor Takashi Kawamura.

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