In the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, “Miss E†talks about being an HIV-positive Asian American. “I was at death’s door when I was diagnosed. Of course it’s devastating to find out you have AIDS,†she said. Miss E has the kind of remarkable life you could base a movie on. Her Japanese mother died […]
MORE THAN A HILL OF BEANS: Hodo Soy Beanery Opens New Factory in West Oakland
October 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
OAKLAND — Dressed in a bright yellow plastic apron and blue-striped engineer’s cap, Minh Tsai, the founder of Hodo Soy Beanery, is leading a tour of his company’s new West Oakland factory. With one hand, he presents a palmful of re-hydrated organic soybeans, and with the other he gestures enthusiastically to the large silver soymilk […]
Health and Fitness Classes
October 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Los Angeles East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community Center Ballroom Dance — Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Social Hall. All ages. Hula Dance — Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m., Rm. 3 & 4. All ages. 1203 West Puente Ave., West Covina, CA. (626) 960-2566 Hollywood Japanese Cultural Institute Warabi Kai Exercise — Wednesdays, 9-11 a.m. Open to […]
THE GOCHISO GOURMET: The ABCs of Nutrition
October 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Nutrition really is that simple. Like A, B, C or 1, 2, 3. There are no magic potions, no magic nutrient combinations, no hocus pocus. Many “experts†publish books on the ideal diet more often than not focusing on some ideal nutrient ratio or combination that will make you shed pounds while others downright feed […]
A-Bomb Survivors in America Examined by Hiroshima Doctors
September 24, 2009 by Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES (Kyodo) — Atomic-bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, now living in North America, received health checks from a group of Japanese doctors Sept. 19 at a suburban Los Angeles hospital. The medical delegation, consisting of physicians and administrative personnel commissioned by the Japanese government and Hiroshima prefectural government, conducted medical exams including interviews, […]
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