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In Sports
Ichiro announces retirement, sent off with ovation
TOKYO — Iconic Japanese superstar Ichiro Suzuki, who has more hits in professional baseball than any other Japanese player, walked away from his career to thunderous applause on March 21 “When I look back on it, 28 years doesn’t seem that long a time,” he said after the game. “It’s impossible to review every step […]
In Travel
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series. On our way south on Interstate 93 a sign for the National Bison Range Visitor Center lured us in for a short stop. A tour to see the herd takes one and-a-half to two hours because it is via a one-way road and once started must be […]
In Books
One man’s pursuit of his civil rights amid wartime hysteria
A Principled Stand: the Story of Hirabayashi v. United States By Gordon K. Hirabayashi, with James A. Hirabayashi and Lane Ryo Hirabayashi (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2013, 232 pp., $29.95, hardcover) Note: This review is adapted from an unpublished report the review author did on an earlier version of the manuscript of this book. […]
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‘Tales of Clamor’ – a masterful, magical theatrical experience
February 14, 2019 By EDDIE WONG, Eastwindezine.com
Silence … sadness … strength … solace — these words rippled through my mind as I watched the preview performance of “Tales of Clamor,” the new play about the Japanese American redress/reparations movement, performed on Feb. 1 at the Aratani Theater at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles. Written by traci […]