The Lifespan of a Promise
Editor’s note: Since this article was written, The Rafu Shimpo received word that the incarceration…
Browsing: WWII
LITERATURE: How to Be an American Soldier
This story originally appeared in our holiday issue on Dec. 9, 2014. To purchase a…
A Fitting Monument for Those Who Served
By E. KEN TOKUTOMI, CPA Project Chairman, WWII Nikkei Memorial For the last four years,…
VOX POPULI: ‘No-No Boys’ and Renunciants Revisit Pain of Stigma from World War II
By RICHARD KATSUDA The Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California-sponsored forum on October 27,…
BOOK REVIEW: Defining Our United States Citizenship
By MARTHA NAKAGAWA As Day of Remembrance ceremonies are observed across the nation, it seems…
SENIOR MOMENTS: Resisting Oppression, JA Style
By PHIL SHIGEKUNI Many years ago I heard a lecture by Ken Mitsuhata, a social…
KRAFTY KORNER—FALL KALENDAR: Just Thanks
By GAIL MIYASAKI Rafu Craft Editor To our Nikkei World War II vets, thank you!…
HORSE’S MOUTH: About Hawaiian Steak
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA In a recent column I wrote about how I came to be…
INTO THE NEXT STAGE — Surviving Prejudice, Lava, and Hawaiian Pidgin English: An Interview with Frances Kakugawa
By GUY AOKI A few months ago, I reviewed “Kapoho: Memoirs of A Modern Pompeii,”…
Koyasan Holds Commemoration for Hiroshima/Nagasaki Victims
By J.K. YAMAMOTO Rafu Staff Writer The 67th commemorative service for Hiroshima and Nagasaki victims…
Euphemisms that Feed on Silence
By KAILA YOSHITOMI Words are the expression of the mind Flowing through our bodies Taking…
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — American Muslim Exhibition’s Relevance to the Japanese American Internment Story
Dear Editor, I read with interest George Yoshinaga’s criticism of the decision of the Heart…