Judo’s highest-ranked woman, Keiko Fukuda, traveled from San Francisco to Tokyo during the last week of October to be honored at the Kodokan Judo Institute’s annual judo kata competition. The 96-year-old judoka was also honored at a reception and press event that was held two days after the competition, said filmmaker Yuriko Gamo Romer, who […]
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Back in J-Town, Barons Reflect on Yesteryear
December 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The lines on their faces may have increased with each passing year, but old familiarities shined through as social groups that emerged after World War II recently gathered to reunite in their old stomping grounds of San Francisco’s Japantown. “It’s hard to believe how we all aged,†said Shig Yabu, 77, who now resides in […]
UCSF Nisei Commencement Ceremony
November 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
On July 16, 2009, the University of California Board of Regents agreed to grant special honorary degrees to Japanese American students who were enrolled at the University of California but were forced to leave because of their incarceration during World War II. Ceremonies to award the degrees have been scheduled at the four campuses in […]
Seeking Nisei Honorees for the California Nisei College Diploma Project
November 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment
More than 2,500 students of Japanese ancestry are estimated to have been in California colleges and universities during World War II, with the Nisei — or second-generation Japanese Americans — comprising the largest number. Assembly Bill 37, authored by California state Assemblymember Warren Furutani (D-Long Beach), bestows honorary degrees to Japanese Americans, living or deceased, […]
High School Could Be Named After Fred Korematsu
November 12, 2009 by Leave a Comment
SAN LEANDRO, Calif. — A campaign has been launched to name San Leandro High School’s new ninth grade campus after the late Fred Korematsu — whose challenge of the forced relocation during World War II and efforts to throw out his wartime conviction decades later ultimately led to the Japanese American Redress Movement. Stephen Cassidy, […]
Last Bilingual Japanese Newspaper in SF ‘Suspends’ Operations
November 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The recent closure of two bilingual Japanese American newspapers reflects not only demographic shifts in the community but also a time of reinvention for newspapers serving the Japanese American community, according to ethnic media experts. With its last issue Oct. 30, the Hokubei Mainichi became the second bilingual Japanese American newspaper in Northern California to […]
THE POWER OF WORDS REVISITED: ‘Concentration Camps’ and ‘Internment Camps’
November 5, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Note: The following is the second part of a series on the terminology used to describe the incarceration of Nikkei during WWII. The first piece, which focused on two specific terms — “evacuation†and “relocation†— appeared in the Nichi Bei Times Weekly July 23-29, 2009 (www.nichibeitimes.com). Some people have told me the problem with […]
Hibakusha Victims Express Gratitude Following Japanese Doctors’ Biennial Visit
October 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
It has been 32 years since the Hiroshima Prefectural Medical Association began sending a team of physicians to the United States every two years to conduct medical examinations on those of Japanese and Korean descent who survived the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagaski in 1945. More than 200,000 people died in the atomic bombings […]
Hokubei Mainichi, the Last Bilingual JA Newspaper in Northern Calif., to Close
October 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
The Hokubei Mainichi Newspaper, one of only two Japanese American bilingual newspapers left in California, will halt publication after its Oct. 30 issue, said Hokubei President and CEO Don Yamate in a statement that was posted on the newspaper’s Website late Oct. 27 and printed in their Oct. 28 issue. The newspaper’s board of directors […]
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