THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL Sept. 4-17, 2015

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HOW TO REACH US CRUCIFIED PEOPLES OF HISTORY ARE REMEMBERED NOT Email: [email protected] Online: www.pacificcitizen.org Tel: (213) 620-1767 ONLY IN PHYSICAL MONUMENTS BUT ALSO IN THE WAYS Fax: (213) 620-1768 Mail: 250 E. First SI., Suite 301 THEY CONTINUE TO SHAPE OUR LIVES Los Angeles, CA90012 STAFF By Ryan Kenji Kuramitsu Executive Edita Alli son Haramoto 'A Japanese storekeeper, K. GOlD, was found dead this morning at 6 o'clock, hanging from Assistant Edi tor a cross . ... A two-inch thick rope, evidently purchased for the purpose, was used . . .from Tiffany Ujii ye all appearances, no bungling hands peifonned the work . . . a genuine hangmnn's knot was under his left ear.' Busin es s Man ager Susan Yd:: oyama - Daily Pacific Commercial Adverliser, Oct. 29,1889 Production Artist Mari e Sammte atsu Goto traveled to the Kingdom of film and government propaganda not as human Hawai' j in 1885, seeking work and combatants but as creatures to be exterminat• Circu lat ion ed - as skunks, rats, monkeys, termites, lice, Eva Ting K adventure as Kanyaku Imin, among One of two memorials to Katsu Goto's life Hawaii's first cohort of Japanese contract rabid vermin. The Pacific Citizen newspaper laborers. After completing three strenuous years :Military recruiters began to distribute mock (ISSN 003[)'8579) is pJtjimed s em~ m m t hl y (exce j1: once in of indentured labor in the cane fiekls, Goto "Jap Hunting Licenses" that called for "open ing his friend , Haruna, but himselfwas captured December and January) by the struck good fortune. season" on the enemy. Writing of the "under• shortly after his arrival. Japanese Ameri can O ti zens The 27 yearokl 's community connections and lying racism" that motivated the American In the days before COto's brutal execution, LeaQJe. Pacific Citizen, 250 E. First St , Suite 301, E nglish proficiency encouIaged locals to sup• mutihtion of war dead in the Facific, historian Daesh released propaganda threatening the Los Ang9es, CA 9)]12 port his competitively priced general store. Cioto James Wein gartner notes: "the Japanese were Japanese people for their government's recent Pe..- icdcal pJstage paid at L. A , CA quickly gained a reputation for his gregarious loathed more intensely than any enemies of the pledges for humanitarian aid, and denigrating POSTMASTER : Send aOCT ess their adversaries as "satanic." ch anges to Natimal JACL, 1765 business skills, as well as for advocatin g for im• United States before or since." Sutt e..- Sl , San Francisco, CA 94 115 migrants in court and mediating their conflicts Public consensus was reflected by both In the Levant as well as the Facific, it is with phntation management - actions that had political/military leadership and popular media. always easier to murder and mutilate your JACL President: Davi d Lin National Director: Priscill a OJdlid a drawn the ire of local white business owners, One 1-hrine Corps general publically remarked enemies when they are snakes and Satans rather than fellow persons. When you believe you are P.C. EDITORIAL BOARD who resented his growing influence. that, for him, "killin g a Japanese was like killing Card Kawamoto, dlairperso n: On the morning of Oct. 29, 1889, Cioto's man• a rattlesnake." fighting animals or "demons" - to echo com• L8O"la Hirad::a, EDC: Jojy Mitori, gled body was found swinging from a telephone On Nikkei loyalty, the w s Angeles Times ments made by Darren Wilson on how he saw MDC: Rcberta Bart oo, eeoC: black teenager :Michael Brown - you are free Jim Duff , NOA-NPDC: Gatfiell e pole near his work in the small plantation town famously editorialized: "A viper is nonetheless Nomu ra , PNWD C: Gil Asakawa, ofHonoka'a, Hawai'i. a viper wherever the egg is hatched." &eing the to literally collar, cage and crucify them accord• IDC: Jctln SaitoJr, PSWD C: Less than 20 years before COto's murder, the Japanese as reptilian allowed white Americans ingly. Nicole Gadd e and Kcta Mizutani, youth rep s largest incident of mass lynching in the history to shed their sympathy like snake skin - as Cioto 's lynching by religious progressives in their enemies fell further from "human" status, Syria has been consistently condemned as a SUBSCRIBE of the United States took place in Los Angeles' Get a me-year 5lJbscri j1: ion ct the Chinatown neighborhood, when a mob of over it became mentally easier to exterminate them. terrorist act - that is, an event motivated by Pacific Citizen newspaper at 500 men raided the district with torches and Army psychologists found that while only a philosophical tradition that believes sensa• www,pacificcitizen,org a call (213) 620- 1767 weapons to massacre the city's Chinese resi• one in 20 American soldiers agreed with tionalist purging of innocent life is an accept• dents. Within one day, nearly every home and the statement "I would really like to kill a able way to win desired political ends. Those ADVERTlSE To advertise in the Pacific Citizen, store in the area was razed, and 18 Chinese men German soldier," over 50 percent of combatants who engage in the creation of such terror rarely call (21 3) 620- 1767 a e-mail had been tortured and lynched. answered affirmatively when the statement consider the direct victims of their violence to pc@ pacificdtizen.a g Over the next century, anti-Asian sentiment concerned the Japanese. be "the point" of their crimes - rather, the de• LEGAL continued to broadly fester with the implemen• In January of this year, humanitarian and sired goal is the larger communal impact, the No part ct tn s pLt> li c3: im may be repro:i.J ood witl-D..it the expre83 tation of a number of exclusionary and repres• freehnce journalist Kenji Cioto was publicly rippling out of fear calculated to catalyze social permi Kim cJ; the Pacific Cilizen. sive hws. Anti-Japanese racism reached its murdered by Islamic militants in Syria after change or horrify a population into continued Ed ta i8.l s, lette rs, news and the apex during the &cond World War, as Japanese demands for his ransom went unanswered. Cioto submission. op inim s expressed by cdumri cts ether than the m:tim 8.1 JACL preEidoot people began to be depicted in comics, songs, had traveled to the region in the hopes of rescu- » See HISTORY on page 12 a Il8.timal d recta do m nece=rily reflect JACL pd icy. Everts m d prooLrts ad vertised in the RC. do nct carry the implicit oo dase mert cJ; the JAQ or this puljicati m . We reserve The P.C. 's mission is to "educate on the past Japanese American experience and preserve, the rig rt to edit arti des. © 2015 promote and help the current and future AAPI communities." Pe ri cdcals paid at Los Angeles, Ca li f an d mailing ctfice JACL mambar? IYl ill] 0$500$100 0$150 0$200 0 __ ,,,",,,,,_JACL MEMBERS

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By Rhianna Taniguchi

'Ni hao."This foreign phrase ruined my day just two occupations and industries. Federal contractors and What I've learned is not to dwell on them. There are months ago. I'd recently moved to and employers who list "Equal Opportunity Employer" in their many ways to address them - education, humor, silence, started a new career. I was excelling in my position, ad discriminate as much as other employers. We find little etc. Don't let anyone chip away at your self-worth. and nothing could hold me back - nothing but "ni haa." evidence that our results are driven by employers inferring Find the way that sits well with you and then do like I was walking into the office at 6: 15 a.m., and a security something other than race, such as social class, from the T-Swift and ''Shake It Off." guard (not Asian) decided to greet me in Chinese. I felt names. These results suggest that racial discrimination is 2. Don't Self-Deprecate. You are not a stereotype; you're still a prominent feature of the labor market." like no matter how milch I sncceed or how hard I worked, an individual. You are not defined by anyone else; you I wonk! only be seen as "other." And to tell the truth, When I first learned about this experiment, questions are defined by your actions. Use your words to bring it bothered me all day. immediately started forming: Should I change my name yourself up because there are more than enough people When I was growing up in Hawaii, being Japanese in (I really don't like my first name)? When I name my future who are willing to put you down. Everything you say the workforce felt like a privilege - when I moved to the children, am I willing to sacrifice the names I truly desire about yourself should be positive. continental U.S., it felt like a curse. Adapting to a new set for them just so that they can have successful careers? Am of rules felt insurmountable when also balancing my I willing to change who I am for someone else's approval? 3. Use Your Heritage and Experience to Your Advantage. values and my dignity. The pride I had in my Japanese middle and last name were Do you speak another language? Do you understand The National Bureau of Economic Research working momentarily reduced, and I've struggled to find meaning in another culture? Do you have an in because of your paper 9873 is titled "Are Emily and Greg :More my name and as a perpetual foreigner in the workforce. ethnicity (i.e., a social club or business organization)? Employable Than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment I've since realized that it would be a journey to value Capitalize on these talents and networks, contribute to on Labor :Mlrket Discrimination. "This experiment sought myself and find a way to own the situations I find myself them and grow your self-worth as a person and to measure racial discrimination in the labor market by in because of my ethnicity and heritage lather than let as a professional. responding with fictitious resumes to help-wanted ads in them own me. 4. Document Negative Incidents. Keep a recoId of and newspapers. I am no authority on this subject, but I simply wanted incidents (especially related to gender or race) at the 'To manipulate perception of race, each resume is to share my experience and thoughts. I have decided that workplace, even the small ones. Anything that bothers assigned either a very African-American-sounding name or I should follow a certain set of guiding principles about you and takes your attention off of work is worthy of a very white-sounding name. The results show significant being Asian American in the workforce: taking to Human Resources for discussion. If it comes to discrimination against African-American names: 1. Don't Dwell. The comments that I receive because of my the point where you want to file a report about the issue, "White names receive 50 percent more callbacks for race or appearance are truly worse than sticks and stones. you'll be prepared to address it with good documentation. interviews ... They stick to me and can bother me for days or years. The amount of discrimination is uniform across » See WORK on page 12

A YONSEI TRANSPLANTED NEW DAY, OLD FEARS By Matthew Onnseth

he streets of the great European capitals - cities Splashed across TV screens were images of beaches our confidence in their ability to lead the country. like Berlin and Vienna, Budapest and Prague - are teeming with refugees and decrepit boats laden with I've heard Donald Trump insist that immigrants from T steeped in beauty, a beauty that has been captured in human cargo; news tickers screamed the danger of :Mexico commit rape at higher rates than native citizens, innumerable paintings, poems and postcards, a beauty that Islamic extremists returning from the training camps of and that they are carrying infectious diseases across the draws millions of tourists every year like moths to a flame. Syria and Iraq. border along with bags of heroin and cocaine strapped to This summer, I was one of those millions. When I was in Budapest, there was talk of building an their bellies. I visited those four cities, and I, too, was in awe of their enormous wall around the entirety of Hungary, lest the I've heard Jeb Bush rail against "anchor babies" and beauty. But for me, those cities were haunted, haunted country be overrun by immigrants slipping across the his subseq uent, blundering attempt at self-defense, in by what people had done to each other in those beautiful country's shared border with Serbia. which he claimed that the derogatory term applied more to streets. I am talking, of course, about the acts of genocide Indeed, the Hungarian government has now begun Asians rather than Hispanics, as if that somehow made committed by the Nazis and their collaborators across construction on said wall, which will be 13 feet high his original statement less offensive. Europe during World War II. and 110 miles long, spanning the length of the country's But what has truly unnerved me, more so than any And what was most unsettling about my recent trip to southern boIder, which, Hungary's R:lreign Minister Peter expression of ignorance or xenophobia, is that these these cities was that their awful past did not seem to be Sziiiart6 claimed, is "most exposed to the immigration presidential hopefuls actually believe that voicing these ancient history. In fac~ it did not seem to be history at all. pressure statements of hatred and fear will appeal to a sizable I could sense the old prejudices lingering, out of sight, Europe has experienced a massive influx of refugees percent of Americans. perhaps, but undeniably there, refusing to be left behind as seeking asylum in the past year, the majority of whom Racists and bigots have always existed; the opinions some tragic, but thankfully outdated relic, like instruments hail from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and are fleeing professed by Trump and Bush are not new. What is new, used for bloodletting, the kind of thing we look atand persecution from extremist groups like the Islamic State however, is their injection into the mainstream discourse. wonder how anyone could have ever believed so absurd and the Taliban. The sheer number of those seeking asylum These candidates are making carefully calculated decisions. an idea. has placed a strain on these European nations' social They express these xenophobic opinions both because they I saw the same climate of fear and suspicion in those services, as well as their citizens' commitment to tolerance. personally believe them, but more importantly because they cities; I saw the abbreviation of immigrant groups into the Such xenophobia is not unique to Europe. Upon my suspect that many other people believe them, too. single, faceless representation of the thieving, diseased and return to the U.S., I saw it here, too, in the speeches of alien "other." presidential hopefuls, the very men and women vying for » See DAY on page 12 4 Sept. 4-17, 2015 COMMUNITY/NATIONAL PACIFIC. CITIZEN JACL Comments on News Briefs/APAs in the News Tokyo's Kitasuna Little League Team anti-immigration views. Coarsening of Political Glaims Japan's 10th World Series Title Of those surveyed, 41 percent would react to a candidate who had anti-immigrant views WILLIAMSPORT, by voting for someone else; 37 percent would Speech PENN. - Tokyo's choose to stay with the candidate, no matter Kitasuna baseball his/her views on immigration. Results among team, Japan's Little uring the early 1990s, Japanese JACL is deeply troubled by the Asian subgroups were more or less similar Americans and Asian coarsening of public discourse where it League Work! Series when it came to commitment to a candidate if representative, cap- D Americans were targeted and is affecting public perceptions about ~~~ ~ ~i1!~;t he or she has anti-immigrant views. tured the ovemll became unwitting victims in the wake of ethnic communities, including Japanese Based upon history of the past 20 years, it championship in the a spate of "Japan-bashing," resulting Americans and Asian Americans. A also suggested that exclusionary rhetoric will from an economic downturn coupled dimension of this is driven by Trump's Little League World Series held playa big-time role in the support given by with a strengthening Japanese economy persona and his debate comment on in South Williamsport, Penn., on Aug. 30. Asian American voters. There has been a and their purchase of iconic American political correctness, where he said, The Kitasuna team defeated the U.S. Little 40-point increase in Asian American sup• League champions from Lewisberry, Penn., properties sllch as Rockefeller Center '1 think the big problem this country port for a Democmtic president in the past 20 the Mid-Atlantic representative, in a duel that and the Pebble Beach golf course. It was has is being politically correct." years, accorrling to a study completed in 2012. a time that created justified anxiety for Regardless of how the notion of ended in an 18-11 comeback victory. Kitasuna's victory was the nation's 10th The U,S, Olympic Committee Formally Asian Americans due to an increase in political correctness is abused, it adds a hate crimes directed at Asian Americans. veneer of civility, which keeps discourse Little League World Series title and its fourth Names Los Angeles as a Potential championship in the past six years. Despite Donald Trump recently mocked the from degenerating into a bar room 2024 Games Host winning double-digit titles, Japan still trails Japanese business style when he brawl. :Many do not make distinctions LOS ANGELES - After the Los Angeles Taiwan, who holds a remarkable 17 titles, commented on negotiating with Japan between Asian Americans and the City Council voted unanimously Sept. 1 to despite not winning one since 1996. by saying, "They don't say, 'Oh hello, actions of Asian nations, which causes proceed with a bid to host the 2024 Summer History was also made in the champion• how's the weather?' They say, 'We want our communities to remain mired in the Olympic Games, the USOC formally named ship game with an historic first inning by the deal!'" This follows his inflammatory myths and stereotypes that continue to the city its official bidder for the event. American team. Lewisberry scored a record comments on immigration: "When portray Asian Americans as foreigners. 10 runs in the first inning, but that wasn't the At a news conference following the coun• :Mexico sends its people, they're not JACL's concern was captured in a cil's vote, USOC CEO Scott Blackmun said, only record broken. Both teams combined for sending their best ... they're bringing recent exchange between Univision '1t is my distinct honor to formally name the 23 runs in the game, and Japan's eight-run crime. They're rapists. " journalist Jorge Ramos, a :Mexican city of Los Angeles as the U.S. bid to host the deficit was the largest comeback in any Little These comments on immigration have American, and Trump, which resulted in 2024 Olympics." League World Series game. devolved into claims about so-called a Trump supporter confronting Ramos "This is a great "anchor babies," a negative term that saying, ''You were very rude, this is not Miyuki Harwood Found Alive Atter day for Los Angeles creates an image of people crossing about you. Get out of my country. Get Missing in the Sierra National Forest and a great day for borders to give birth so they will be out." The danger for Asian Americans is for Nine Days the Olympic move• shielded from deportation. In defending when indelicate and thoughtless phrases ment," said L.A. the use of the tenn, Jeb Bush recently are acted out in crude and misinformed FRESNO, CALIF. - Fresno County :Mayor Eric Garcet• said, "Frankly it's more related to remarks. It's even worse if they turn into Sheriff's Search and Rescue located Miyuki ti. Asian people." hate crimes. • Harwood, 62, of Folsom, Calif., alive in an LA24 officials estimate the cost of hosting area near Courtright Reservoir in the Sierra the 2024 Olympic Games to be $4.1 billion; National Fbrest on Aug. 29. Harwood had they project revenue will bring in $4.8 billion, been missing for nine resulting in a profit of $161 million going to AAJA Announces days. LA24. Harwood became sepa• The International Olympic Committee is ex• rated from her Sierra pected to make a final decision on a host city Greater L.A. Area College Club group near Blackcap in September 2017. :Nrountain and then fell off a cliff. With a broken left Various Ethnicities Helping Through Scholarship Opportunities leg and right ankle suffered during her fall, she the Asian American Donor Program managed to crawl down toward water below, The Asian American Donor Program contin• he Los Angeles Chapter of the demonstrate an interest in pursuing where she was able to drink water through a ues to help save lives with the help of Asian Asian American Journalists a career in journalism; full-time stu• filter to keep her alive. After hearing rescuers American donors. AADP's goal is to help Assn. has announced the dents who are enrolled in colleges and in the area, Harwood blew a whistle to signal T those suffering with leukemia, lymphoma or opening of its annual scholarship universities in Los Angeles, Orange, their attention. any life-threatening blood diseases. competition. The chapter will award San Bernardino, Riverside and Ven• In a statement she gave to police, Harwood Today, there are 10.5 million registered several scholarships of $2,500 each tura counties and taking journalism or expressed her gratitude to those who saved donors in America, and within that number, to full-time college students in the related courses; membership in AAJA her life. '1 greatly appreciate the rescuers 735,000 are Asian donors. Greater Los Angeles Area. is encoumged and required for those who found me and had not given up hope "Despite the large number of donors, it is far From its inception in 1981 as the selected to receive scholarships. to find me," Harwood said. "Thank you to from easy to match donors with patients," said organization's founding chapter, AAJA• Applications will be reviewed family, friends, coworkers and the Sierra Club. Ruby Law, recruitment director at AADP. '1t LA has been committed to supporting by a panel of judges led by Henry I am doing OK and wouk! like to concentrate is even harder to find a match in a mixed-race the next generation of journalists. The Fuhrmann, chapter co-president and on my recovery situation. " scholarship pro gram is the centeIpiece assistant managing editor at the Los According to Dr. Stacy Month, medical di• of its fundmising efforts. Angeles Times. Recipients must commit Survey Shows Asian Americans Are rector of pediatric hematology and oncology In addition to several general awards, to volunteering at a chapter event in the Willing to Punish Presidential at Kaiser Permanente, ''You might be able to the chapter gives two scholarships in coming year or writing two blog posts Candidates for Anti-1m migrant Words save a life - it is important to help each other memory of early chapter members: the for the AAJA-LA website. After presidential candidates Jeb Bush and out as a community." Sam Chu Lin Memorial Scholarship, All materials may be submitted Carly Fiorina delivered offensive comments Most blood diseases and cancers can given to a broadcast student, and the online at http://aaja-la.org/scholarship• on Asian immigrants and their babies, anti• be cured with a bone marrow transplant Peter Imamura Memorial Scholarship, application-farmland must be received immigrant eloquence was raised in a survey AADP organizes around 400 drives with preference given to a student who by midnight PST on Sept 25. about concurrent opinions on candidates. every year and holds registmtion as well. is from the Inland Empire or who A recent APIA (Asian Pacific Islanders Registration takes about five minutes, and demonstrates special financial need. For more information, contact American) voting survey revealed that Asian donors must be 18-44 years of age and meet Eligible students include those who [email protected] or on American voters will punish candidates with certain health guidelines. • are committed to AAJA's mission and TwiUer @aajaTn. PACIFIC. CITIZEN COMMUNITY Sept. 4-17, 2015 5 SAN DIEGO JACL 'NEVER FORGET' GALA WILL COMMEMORATE

i THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF WORLD WAR II • .! By P.C. Staff ,l he San Diego Japanese \ American Citizens League 8 T will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of Word I War II with a gala on Sept 19 at the 1hrriott :Mission valley. The special evening will honor veterans of the 100th and 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the :Military Intel• ligence &rvice and all Nisei vet• erans ofWWII and their families. "Our board decided that it was a "Never Forget" documentary great opportunity for us to recog• interviews with David Ono nize our few remaining veterans and their families and the fami• lies of those who have passed on. troller Betty Vee; City of Coronado It is a chance to share their legacy 1-1ayor Casey Tanaka; Supervisors with the generations that have fol• Greg Cox, Dave Roberts and Ron lowed," said lane Nishikawa. "It (From left) Lane Nishikawa and David Ono during the filming of "Never Forget," a documentary Roberts; and City of San Diego also is a way that we can ensure that feature highlighting local San Diego Japanese American veterans, their families and the families Councilmember Chris Cate. grandchildren and great-grandchil• of those veterans who have passed away. The San Diego JACL was formed dren understand, reflect upon and in 1932, serving as one of the pre• own that legacy so they can pass it mier Asian American organization on to future generations." dren and, in some cases, the great• ter about the gala·s mission. ''Their KGrV-lO, theABCaffiliate in San in Southern California. The chap• During the gala, Nishikawa will grandchildren," said Nishikawa, worlds are filled with so many Diego, will co-emcee the gala. ter provides advocacy for civil and present an exclusive preview of his who is also producer and director other challen ges, but if we can take Invited guests include Com• human rights, leadership for social newest feature documentary film of "Only theBrave." "They are be• this opportunity to let the younger mander of the US. Pacific Com• injustice and education for main• "Never FOrget," now in produc• coming the Nisei soldier·s voice. generations of Americans reflect, mand Adm. Harry Harris Jr. and taining and facilitating cultural tion. The film highlights local San They will never forget." question and gain a deeper under• Commander of the Naval Special heritage and tradition. Diego Japanese American veter• San Diego·s 118 Nisei soldiers standing, then we will give them Warfare Command in Coronado ans, their families and the families represent the thousands who an appreciation towaru the sacri• Rear Admiral Brian Losey. FOrmer Guests interested in attending of those veterans who have passed volunteered from plantations of fices that the Nisei soldiers made US. Secretary of Transportation should contact Robert Ito at Rob• away. Narratives within the film Hawaii and those from the 10 in• for their country and the contribu• Norman Y. :Mineta is also expected [email protected] or call (619) follow the sons and dau ghters, the carceration camps, where 120,000 tions the group made in earning to attend. 954-7017. Ticket amounts can be grandchildren and now the great• Japanese and Japanese Americans equality, which is reflected in our Fartial confirmed guests include found at http://www.jaclsandiego. grandchildren of those who served. were imprisoned. society today." honorary committee members: org. Two complimentary seats will ''What makes 'Never Forget" also "As the years go by, it seems the Actress Tamlyn Tomita along State Senators 1hrty Block and be provided to veterans plus one special is our focus. We have in• younger generations have all but with Lee Ann Kim, executive di• Ben Hueso; Assemblymembers guest or widow plus one guest or cluded in the interview process the forgotten the haruships ofWWII," rector of Facific Carts Movement Brian 1hienschein, Shirley Weber two representatives of next of kin sons and daughters, the grandchil- wrote the San Diego JACL chap- and a longtime news anchor of and Lorena Gonzalez; State Con- of a deceased veteran. DENVER PROCLAIMS SEPT. 10 AS 'MINORU YASUI DAY' An official proclamation pays tribute to the civil rights activist as the Minoru Yasui Tribute committee readies for the 100th anniversary of Yasui's birth,

ity of Denver 1-1ayor can attorney in his home state, in lifelong activism with the JACL, served as scoutmaster for mul• Michael B. Hancock has 1942 Yasui deliberately violated a fightin g against discriminatory ticultural Boy Scout Troop #38 Cproclaimed Sept 10 as curfew and other military orders Alien land Laws and for natu• and was active in Denver Public "Minon! Yasui Day." The official that led to the forced removal of ralization rights for his parents' Schools. proclamation will be presented all persons of Japanese ancestry generation, immigrants denied Yasui was also one of the leaders to the civil rights activist"s niece, from the West Coast. He spent US. citizenship because of race. of the Japanese American redress Robin Yasui, at the :Minon! Yasui nine months in solitary confine• He was a member and officer of movement, which soughtan American Inn of Court meeting ment in Multnomah County Jail, the :Mile-High JACL Chapter and official apology and reparations at the University Club by Judge awaiting the appeal of his test case Intermountain District Council for the imprisonment of more Kerry Hada, who was instrumen• to the US. Supreme Court, which until his death in 1986. than 110,000 persons of Japanese tal in naming the Inn of the Court ruled against him. Yasui also helped to found a ancestry during World War II. after Yasui, and Derek Okubo, the In 1945, Yasui took the Colorado number of organizations serving In the mid-1970s, when the idea mayor·s representative and execu• Bar Exam but was denied entry diverse communities in Denver: was percolating within JACL, tive director of the Denver Agency due to "bad moral character" indi• the Urban League (African Ameri• he championed the cause and in for Human Relations and Commu• cated by his criminal conviction of can), Latin American Research 1981 became chair of the National nity Fartnerships. the curfew violation. With the help and &rviceAgency (now called JACL Committee for Redress, to :Minoru Yasui, a native of the ofthe AQU, he appealed that the Colorado Latino Leadership which he dedicated the last years state of Oregon, moved to Denver finding to the Colorado Supreme Advocacy, Research and &rvice of his life. in September 1944 after he left Court and in 1946 won the right to Organization) and Denver Native the :Minidoka Relocation Camp in practice law in the state. Americans United (now called the Idaho. The first Japanese Ameri- In Denver, Yasui continued his Denver Indian Center). He also » See YASUI on page 8 6 Sept. 4-17, 2015 IN-DEPTH PACIFIC. CITIZEN

Wyoming Foundatio Hosts Annual Pilgrimage

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(From left) Shig Yabu and Dr. Takashi Hoshizaki tour the barracks during the Heart Mountain Pilgrimage this year.

}..k)untain Wyoming Foundation Pilgrimage opportunities for okler generations to share As an example of group collaboration, I to remember and learn about the historical their experiences with youn ger visitolS. Ikeda shared how Densho worked with the Shig Yabu during the HMWF site on Aug. 20-22. Darrell Kunitomi's parents were lTh.fWF to digitaize and make available Pilgrimage banquet. "All Heart Mountain Pilgrimages have incarcerated in Heart Mountain and found online over 300 photographs taken by been special, but this year was memorable it "wonderful to meet new people who have Yoshio Okumoto while he was incarcerated for having several incarcerees and returned to the camp." Kunitomi added that at Heart 1-kluntain during World War II. representatives from different confinement it's also "fascinating to see mixed-race kids That evening, the Pilgrimage Banquet Former incarcerees sites across the country," said Brian who arrive, youn g Americans born Ion g opened with a Q & A session led by Liesinger, HMWF executive director. after the war and see their reactions" when lTh.fWF Board Member Dale Kunitomi and their families ?vIembers and visitors to the Relocation learning about the incarceIation experience. and current fTh..IWF Advisory Council Center were given large nametags upon On Aug. 21 at 10 a.m., the "All Camp MembelS Bacon Sakatani and Judge as well as those their arrival and were then encouraged Fair" welcomed delegates from various Raymond Uno. to talk amon gst each other. New and old relocation centelS. The room was filled to Uno was JACLNational President from from across the acquaintances were made at the center on capacity with a multigeneIational audience 1970-72, and he served as legal counsel the filSt day, and conversations about the listening to speakelS talk about confinement from 1972-74. Today, Uno is chapter nation gather to camp and incarcerees' lives during and after behind barbed wires and what it felt like to president of the Salt Lake City JACL. incarceration were freely discussed stand before a guard tower. HMWF Chair "I always say he was a loyal American remember and FOnner incarcerees Bacon Sakatani Shirley Ann Higuchi, lTh.fWFVice Chair veteIan who served his country and died and Keiichi Ikea drove together to Heart lliuglass Nelson and Liesinger led the a prisoner of war of the United States teach others about 1-kluntain from the Los An geles area. When session. Government," said Uno about his father, they arrived at the pilgrimage, they were In addition to pelSonal and historic Clarence Uno, during the pilgrimage, their time in camp, able to meetokl friends and make new narratives, Densho along with according to the Cody Enterprise. "It's kind friends among the thousands imprisoned representatives from most of the other nine of ironic. " there. }.funy were curious to ask which incarceration camps, were in attendance Honorary ambassadolS, former Heart By Shig Yabu and P.C. Staff block another pelSon lived on, finding and to support the pilgrimage and the wolk of Mountain incarcerees, lTh.fWF board and making lost connections over the yealS. fTh..IWF. Densho's Executive DirectorTom advisory council membelS and those such rmer incarcerees and their families, Some asked whetherothelS were former Ikeda talked about the organization's efforts as La Donna Zall, who wasn't incarcerated those associated with other camps, incarcerees or if they had attended school at to "better work together to more broadly but as a girl saw the last tIain leave Heart Fdignitaries and visitors from all Heart 1-1ountain. share the World War II Japanese American Mountain, received red carnations to wear corners of the nation gathered at the Heart This special gathering also gave incarceration story." during the dinner banquet PACIFIC. CITIZEN IN-DEPTH Sept. 4-17, 2015 7

FOrmer Superintendent of the 1hnzanar 2014 National Champion and year, Mihara noted that "there is strength in precious reminders of the important history Historic Site Les Inafuku was recognized has shared the stage with Sonia Sanchez, numbers and this group is growing." of the Japanese American incarceration for his contributions at 1hnzanar and Mchelle Kwan, Danny Glover and A viewing was held of the "new" barrack, during World "War II," Higuchi said. as the first Japanese American to be in US. VP Joe Biden. a root cellar that was moved 80 miles from An afternoon panel was held for charge of a National Park. The HMWF The afternoon included a Heart 1-1ountain the hamlet of Shell, Wyo., after a nation• incarcerees from Topaz (Hal Kato), Tule awarded Inafuku with a brick honoring his Boy Scout jamboree, a gathering held for wide grassroots fundraising campaign. The Lake (Hiroshi Shimizu), Heart 1-1ountain leadership. former and current Boy Scout members. At 300-foot-Iong structure is currently unsafe (Fred Myauchi), Poston (Flank Yamamoto) The evening's program also included a the pilgrimage this year, the Heart 1-1ountain to enter, but future plans to reinforce the and the Tashme confinement camp in digital presentation by Smithsonian Asian Boy Scout jamboree was celebrated with interior are underway. Canada (Ken Suzuki). Pacific American Center's Multimedia the Cody, Wyoming Boy Scouts pitching The Heart 1-1ountain root cellar was one The Pilgrimage was sponsored by Studies Prod ucer Hana 1hruyama. 1hruyama was tents together. of four and is the last of its kind. It was Weekly, the Asian Facific American also a fonner staff member of the HMWF Sakatani, both a former incarceree at recently dedicated to the daughters of Eiichi Institute for Congressional Studies, the and is the granddaughter of a fonner Heart Heart 1-1ountain and a Boy Scout member, Edward Sakauye, who, as the assistant farm JapaneseAmerican Citizens League, the 1-1ountain incarceree. The digital story was saw "a group of well-mannered, clean• superintendent at Heart 1-1ountain from Tule Lake Committee and several local a narrative anchored around her grandfather cut boys." He told the Pacific Citizen, "It 1943 -45, oversaw the use of the celhr and organizations. and three generations of the 1hruyama brought back memories of my days as a agriculture program. Sakauye's daughters, ''What Heart 1-1ountain means to me, family in the aftermath of incarceration. Boy Scout at this very same place. I hope Carolyn Sakuye and Jane 1fuy, were personally, is one of love and sadness to our In addition, a special tape listening was my parents felt proud of me as I felt proud recognized during the ceremony and were family," Mhala said. given of Joy Teraoka. Ter.lOka was the first of these boys." there to accept the dedication on his behalf. The 2016 Heart 1-1ountain Pilgrimage will singer with the George 19awa Orchestra that At 15 years of age, Sakatanijoined the "Thanks to all of our supporters who be held on July 29-30, during which the once performed in Heart 1-1ountain during Boy Scouts in 1944 and was part of Troop made the preservation of these historic lTh.fWF will celebrate the fifth anniversary incarceration, providing jazz music and 313 during his time in Heart Mountain structures possible. These artifacts are of the opening of the Heart 1-1ountain dance. Camp. essential to the power of place and are Interpretive Center. • On Aug. 22, the pilgrimage continued "At first, we young boys my age did not < to the Interpretive Learning Center for an have anything to do but to roam around I opening ceremony. Notable speakers like the camp in gangs of a dozen," Sakatani former US. &cretary of Transportation remembered. But this all changed when Norman Mneta addressed a crowd of the Boy Scouts were introduced in Heart I former incarcerees, their families and 1-1ountain. "This turned out to be the most comm unity members. memorable part of my three-year stay at ''We welcome those who come here on the camp," he said. the pilgrimage," said former US. &n. Sam Mihara was incarcerated in Heart Al Simpson during the opening ceremony. 1-1ountain and toured the site. He said, '''Pilgrimage' is usually ajourney to a ''Walking around and inside the barrack foreign land, but the journey of your brought many memories of life within forbearers was a journey to a foreign place the Heart 1-1ountain camp. I found some in your own land." original signatures by carpenters dated 1942 Liesinger shared news regarding Heart inside the walls of the banack." 1-1ountain's recent efforts in preserving the Mhara currently speaks to schools, newly installed root cellar and the relocation colleges and communities across the of an original Heart 1-1ountain barrack back nation about to the National Historic landmark site. The his experience, original barrack was once part of Iowa State educating the HMWF Vice Chair Douglas Nelson presents University since the hte-1940s. public on the a Root Cellar dedication plaque to Jane tv1ay The barrack permanently made its move incarceratio n (center) and Carolyn Sakauye, daughters of to the Heart Mountain National Historic of Japanese Eiichi Edward Sakauye. landmarn. site this summer after a 100- Americans during mile move. Currently, lTh..fWF is requesting WWII and also on donations to replace the old roof and make his own personal repairs on the barrack. expenence as a ''We do our preservation with the power boy growing up in of place in mind. We move buildings, Heart 1-1ountain restore structures and preserve artworks and Camp. At the artifacts knowing that their presence here pilgrimage this Fred Miyauchi wears a Heart Mountain cap. will move visitors in a deep and meaningful way that could not be matched if they were located away from HeartMountain," Liesinger said. Mneta, a former incarceree of Heart 1-1ountain, echoed a simihr sentiment but also urged the crowd to "keep reminding people in the future to make sure something like this never happens to anyone else agalll FOllowing Mneta's address, the Cody High School choir performed "This land Is Your land, This land Is My land," accompanied by guitarist Dan Miller. Audience members were moved, some to tears. A poweIful performance was given afterward by artist George 11"asao Yamazawa Jr., titled "This Is For" and "Rocks. "Yamazawa investigated the Audience members during this year's pilgrimage listened to the stories histories of his ancestors and dove into what and addresses given by former incarcerees like Norman Mineta and Visitors tour a concrete structure that was once it means to be American. Yamazawa, also listened to a live spoken word performance by G Yamazawa. the Mess Hall at the Heart Mountain Camp. known as G Yamazawa onstage, was the 8 Sept. 4-17, 2015 COMMUNITY PACIFIC. CITIZEN S SETTLES YASUI »continued from page 5

In 1983, a volunteer legal team was governolS, attorneys general, mayolS and CLAIM AGAINST SCHOOL assembled to reopen Yasui's wartime state legislatolS; leading national civil case with a writ of coram nobis based rights organizations such as the National on evidence uncovered in the National Urban League, ACID, NAACP, National DISTRICT FOR SUICIDE DEATH Archives indicating that US. government Council of La Raza, Japanese American officials had suppressed evidence in 1942- Citizens League, American Friends Service 43 that affected the court's decision. Committee, the LeadelShip Conference for OF THEIR SON His coram nobis case was heard in 1984, Civil and Human Rights, American Jewish granting a vacating of his conviction but not Committee; and 46 regional and state he family of Ron in Shimizu a full hearing. organizations. accepted a $1 million settlement Yasui died in 1986 while his case was The Presidential Medal of Freedom is from the Fblsom/Cordova Unified T still on appeal. His wife, True, continued generally announced each fall. Should Yasui School District on &pt. 3 for the failure to the appeal, but in 1987, the centennial of be awarded the medal, the president would protect their son from pervasive bullying, the US. Constitution, the Supreme Court complete recognition of all three plaintiffs which led him to commit suicide at age refused to hear the case, rulin g that the in the Japanese American internment cases, 12 on Dec. 3, 2014. issues were moot because of his death. which also includes Fred Korematsu and School bullies targeted Shimizu with In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed Gordon Hirabayashi, who were awarded anti-gay attacks for being a male cheer• the Civil Liberties Act. Presidential1-1edals of Freedom in 1998 leader, his creative interests and just for The Mnoru Yasui Tribute committee, an and 2012, respectively. being who he was. Shimizu was the long• ~nin ShlnU=,,- u __ ad-hoc group of family and friends, was In addition, the 1-1YT is also helping to time targetof physical and psychological fonned in 2013 to honor and reflect upon organize the 2016 centennial celebrations bullying, which continued even after he provide the safe school environment that Yasui's contributions toward "making the for the 100th anniversary ofYasui's birth changed school. His parents eventually statutes, including California's recently world a better place." in various states: California, Colorado, were led to initiate home schooling. adopted Seth's law, require. Earlier this year, the 11YT worked with Idaho, New 1-1exico, Oregon, Utah and Following Shimizu's death, District 1111K 1-1erin, the Sacramento civil rights U.S. Sen. 1-fazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) to Washington. These events will include Superintendent DebOiah Bettancourt attorney who represented the Shimizu fam• nominate Yasui for the 2015 Presidential symposia with speakelS, a documentary expressed her condolences and outlined ily in negotiations with the school district, 1-1edal of Freedom. The submission to film, theatrical presentations and memorial changes she and the district had imple• said that while no amount of money can the president included endolSements exhibits. mented following the tragedy. compensate for the tremendous loss the from more than 115 elected officials, District schools now educate students family experienced, the settlement em• national, state and regional organizations, For more information, contact Peggy about the pain and trauma that bullying phasizes the obligations incumbent on all as well as notable individuals - two Nagae, co-founder MYT, at peggY.1U1gae@ causes and have taken steps to intervene school districts and pelSonnei to protect cabinet officials; nine US. senatolS and g11U1il.com, and Holly Yami, cofounder when such behavior is brought to attention. students from bullying and provide a safe 26 US. representatives from 11 states; MYT, at [email protected]. In addition, teachelS will be trained in how environment for the education of children to reco gnize and prevent bullying, parents in their care. will be required to review bullying prohibi- "We wish to thank the thousands of kind tions with their children and a complaint people who expressed their condolences, and investigation procedure will ensure that offered their pelSonal support and interest bullies are disciplined. in seeking reform against school bullying," The Shimizu family has founded the said Shimizu's parents, Brandon and Dani• organization Ronin's Voice, which they elle. "We also appreciate the assistance hope will provide support and assistance and support provided to us by the Horin to victims of bullying and help parents of Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens bullied students get their school districts to League." • VISTA BUDDHIST TEMPLE HOSTS 'STORIES FROM TOHOKU'

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n connection with International "Peace on Your Wings" premiered in Oahu in November 2014 Peace Day (Sept. 21) and com• and went on to enjoy a sold-out run throughout the island in I memorating the bombings at January and February of this year. The musical features an Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Ohana all-youth cast, ages 6-18, from the island of Oahu. Arts and the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, was founded in 2010 by Jennifer dents from more than 30 schools in partnership with Helen Bing, Taira, composer, pianist and clari• around the island participated III will present the North Ameri• netist; Carolyn Taira, director of OhanaArts programs. can premiere of the new musical the Hongwanji :Mission School "Peace on Your Wings" on Sept Performing Theater; and Laurie For lickel informalion and 18 and 19 at the Aratani Theatre in Rubin, opera singer and recitalist prices, conlacl (213) 680-3700 or Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. This summer, more than 80 stu- order online al wwwJaccc.org. The show is inspired by the real-life story of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl who survived "Peace on Your Wings" tells the story of Sadako Sasaki, a the atomic bombings only to suc• young Japanese girl who survived the atomic bombings only to Polaris Tours 2015 Schedule cumb to leukemia at a young age. die of leukemia at a young age. Sep. 17 - Sep. 26 Padfic C""st: ", Portland, Newport, Gold Bea m, San Francisco" Sasaki became an international Oct. D4 - Oct. 14 let's Go Hokkaido: "S apporo, Sounkyo, Shiretoko, Tomamu, Toyako" symbol for peace through her quest Oct. 08 - Oct. 19 Jewels of Morocco: "(a"blarea, Fez, Etfou d, Ouarzazate, Marrakesh" Oct. 18 - Oct. 27 Autumn Japan: "Hiroshima, Kyoto, Kan az awa, Takayama, Tokyo" to fold a thousand paper cranes in best athletes and most popular message 'lchigo Ichie,' meaning, Oct. 19 - Nov. 01 Italy: "Rome, Pisa, Florence, Mil an, VE'Ilice, Capri, Amalfi Co ast, Pompeii" hope of having her wish for good students in her middle school. 'Today is the first and last day of Oct. 22 - Nov. 02 South Korea (West Coast): "Jeonju, Yeosu, Gwangju, Boseoog, Jeju" health come true. At age 11, she was diagnosed your life, ", said Rubin. Nov. 01 - Nov. 11 Islands of Okinawa & Shikoku: "Naha, Takamatsu, Matsuyama, Kocn " Nov. 3.0 - Dec. 10 South America Escape: "Rio de Janeiro, Igua"u Fall s, Buenos Aires" "Peace on Your Wings" features with leukemia, or the ':.\-bomb After its Los Angeles perfor• ?-'\ Z' Union Sq...... Sol .... _ ""..... e~,. CA an all-youth cast, ages 6-18, from disease" as it was then called, and mances, the musical will travel to (@.; PolarisTours lOIlF_=_28a2 the island of Oahu, Hawaii. she was given just one year to live. Washington, D.C., and New Yolk '\:: ...... lo

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'Being Japanese American' of Ceremonies is David Ono, AI Sugiyama NCWNP Book Club Meeting and honorary dinner chairs EOC Seattle, WA San Jose, CA include Consul General of Sept. 13 'Lucky Chow' 'Allegiance' Oct. 3; 1 p.m. Japan in Los Angeles Harry Blaine Memorial United San Jose, CA New York, NY Japanese American Horinouchi and Madame Methodist Church Sept. 20; 11 :30 a.m. November 8 Museum of San Jose Sabine Horinouchi, Masashi 3001 24th Ave. S. Japanese American Museum of Longacre Theatre 525 N. Fifth St. Oka and George Sugimoto. Come join the festivities and San Jose 220 W. 48th St. Price: Members, free admission Celebrity chefs include Roy attend an appreciation event 525 N. Fifth St. George Takei's "Allegiance" is to the museum; nonmembers $5 Yamaguchi, Akira Hirose and to recognize AI Sugiyama. The Japanese American a dramatic musical that tells JAMsj Book Club will discuss Fernando Arellano. The event is dedicated to Museum of San Jose will be the story of siblings Sammy Gil Asakawa's "Being Info: Call Ellen Robinson at celebrate the community the host venue for the Center and Kei Kimura. Together, Japanese American ," an (818) 242-9108, ext. 204, or leader, a Japanese for Asian American Media's they face the challenges and entertaining sourcebook email eveningofaloha@ American who has removed CAAMFest San Jose struggles of the incarceration that celebrates Japanese goforbroke.org. many barriers. No gifts showcase. JAMsj will screen of Japanese Americans American culture, history and please, and RSVP in advance. a selection of episodes from during World War II. heritage. The sourcebook Marie Mutsuki Mockett Book Info: Call (206) 326-9042 or "Lucky Chow," a six-part PBS Info: Visit www.allegiance explores the painful history of Signing and Discussion email [email protected]. series that follows LuckyRice musical. com. immigration and WWII Newport Beach, CA Founder Danielle Chang as internment and also Sept. 24; 7 p.m. 2015 Fall Take-Out Bazaar she travels across America, recognizes the cultural foods, Newport Beach Public Library Portland, CA exploring the Asian food customs, words, games 1000 Avocado Ave. Sept. 13; 11 :30 a.m.-2 p.m. landscape. MOC and holidays that Japanese Price: Free Nichiren Buddhist Temple Info: Call (408) 294-3138 or Americans honor. The Newport Beach Public An Art Event and Musical 2025 S.E. Yamhill email publicprograms@ Info: Contact Aggie Idemoto at Library Foundation will Evening Price: Bento prices vary jamsj.org. (408) 294-3138 or email aggie@ present author Marie Albuquerque, NM Support the Nichiren Buddhist jamsj.org. Mutsuki Mockett, who will Sept. 19; 5:30-9 p.m. Temple this year by Pizza Night speak about her new book The National Hispanic Cultural purchasing a bento from the watsonville, CA Kimochi Silver Bells: Arts, "Where the Dead Pause and Center at the Pete V. Domenici 2015 Fall Take-Out Bazaar. A Sept. 29; 5-9 p.m. Crafts and Food Fair the Japanese Say Goodbye." Education Center chow mein and chicken bento CaSSidy's Pizza San Francisco, CA Mockett's family owns a 1701 Fourth St. S.W. is $12 and chow mein, 1400 Freedom Blvd. Dec. 12; 10 a.m.-4p.m. Buddhist temple located Price: Free admission chicken and sushi bentos This year's multicultural St. Mary's Cathedral 25 miles from the Fukushima Join the New Mexico JACL are $15. Please make checks celebration "Pizza Night" will 1111 Gough St. Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan. Chapter at the Art Event and payable to the Portland be in conjunction with the Price: Free Her journey to Fukushima and Musical Event for an Nichiren Buddhist Temple. Watsonville Plaza Tree Don't miss this one-stop dialogue with tsunami evening of entertainment, Proceeds will benefit the Lighting on Dec. 6. shopping event for all your survivors became this hors d'oeuvre and no-host temple. Participants sharing their holiday gifts at the annual stunning new book. bar. Come in and view the Info: Call (503) 232-8064. cultural heritage with arts and Kimochi Silver Bells event. Reservations are exhibits of local and crafts activities, music, dance, This all-day event will feature recommended and a book internationally known artists. 20th Annual Japanese American song and food will be recog- Asian- and Pacific Islander- sale and signing will be held Specified pieces will support New Year Celebrations nize during this very important themed arts, crafts and foods afterward. the NMJACL. Mochitsuki night of fun and culture. from more than 90 vendors. Info: Call (949) 548-2411 or Info: Visit www.nmjacl.org or Portland, WA Info: Contact Marcia Hashimoto Vendors include the Soap email events@nbplfoundation. call (505) 883-6320. Jan. 31 at (831) 722-6850 or Nymph, Jade Chocolates, org. Portland State University email [email protected]. Beefy & Co. , Pigs Fly, Sente, 2015 Aki Matsuri 1825 S.W. Broadway Patricia Jeong and Totally 'Legacy of Heart Mountain' Albuquerque, NM Portland's annual Japanese 'The Legend of Ko'olau' Oishii. Screening Sept. 19; 5:30-9 p.m. New Year celebration has Berkeley, CA Info: Visit www.kimochi-inc.org, Orange, CA The National Hispanic Cultural been going on since 1996. Oct. 2-3; 8 p.m. call (415) 931-2294 or email Oct. 1; 7-9 p.m. Center The goal of Mochitsuki is to La Pena Cultural Center [email protected]. 1 University Dr. 1701 Fourth St. S.W. celebrate tradition by 3105 Shattuck Ave. Price: Free Price: Admission donation $5; sharing Japanese and Price: Advance purchase $25; Chapman University is children 12 and under are free. Japanese American culture. general admission $30 hosting a free showing of the Enjoy a full day of cultural Portland welcomes all to Award-winning writer Gary T. PSW Emmy Award-winning sharing, entertainment, Asian join the celebration. Kubota presents the documentary "The Legacy food, arts and crafts, gifts Info: Visit www.mochipdx.org. • Northern California premiere 14th Annual Evening of Aloha of Heart Mountain." The sales, free demonstrations of his national touring play Gala Dinner documentary is about the and hands-on activities. 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Ariyasu, Chiyeko Maxine, 90; Hiramatsu; she is also survived by survived by her husband, Yutaka Tofukuji, Frank Takashi, 93; Julie Yoshida; she is also survived Los Angeles, CA; Aug. 8; she was nieces, nephews and other rela• Ohigashi; son, Steven Ohi!Jl.shi; Gardena, CA; June 21; a veteran by many nieces, nephews and predeceased by her husband, tives; gc: 1. brothers-in-Ia~ Itsuto (Shizuko) of WWII, he is survived by his other relatives. Jim Masaru Ariyasu; son, Bruce and Mamoru (Tetsuko) Ohi!Jl.shi; wife, SUmko Tofukuji; children, Ariyasu; sister, Miyeko Wakano; Hirashima, Robert Masato, 83, sister-in-la~ Suem Miyamoto; Dean ( Laura), Warren (carol) Yoshinaga, George, 90; she is survived by her sister, Woodland, CA; July 28; he was she is also survived by many and Wayne (Marcia) Tofukuji; he Los Angeles, CA; Aug. 17; Masako Miyake; dau!jlter-in-Iaw, incarcerated at Tule Lake and nieces, nephews and other rela• is also survived by many nieces, longtime colurrnist for the Rafu Bever1y Ariyasu; also survived by was an Air Force veteran; he is tives; gc: 1. nephews and other relatives; ShimfX!; he was predeceased by many nieces, nephew and other survived byfamly and friends. gc: 8. his son, Robin Joji; he is sur• relatives; gc: 1. Oshiro, Izumi, 79, Harbor City, vived by his wife, Yoshiko SUsie Joko, Tadashi, 80, Los Angeles, CA; July 20; she is survived by her Yamaji, Yasuo Johnny, 82, Yoshinaga; sons, Paul (Carey), Asaoka, Yoshimi, 84, CA; July 13; he was predeceased husband, Francis Oshiro; children, Los Angeles, CA; July 1; he is sur• Mark (Shuxia) and 11m (Mifum) Los Angeles, CA; June 22; she is by his son, Jack; he is survived by Naomi Naccari, Nina (Ramon) vived by many relatives in Japan. Yoshinaga; sister, Mary Mollie survived by her husband, Masaki his wife, Doris; children, Michael Valdillez, Nora Watanabe, Nikki Hamasaki; he is also survived by Asaoka; sisters-in-Ia~ Toshiko (Yessenia) Joko, Susan (Gregg) (Kevin) Ueda, Anthony and Nac• Yoshida, Hiroko, 70; many nieces, nephews and other Komatsu, Tamiko Shiji and Ayako Masada, Alex (Nicole) Joko; cari; she is also survived by many Los Angeles, CA; June 15; relatives; gc: 3. • Nunotani; brother-in-Ia~ Masato brother, Bob Joko; siblings-in-Ia~ nieces, nephews and other rela• she is survived by her daughter, Yoshihara; she is also survived May (Dabo) Nagafuchi and Kazuki tives; gc: 11; ggc: 4. by many nieces, nephews and (Hiroko) f'i1kano; he is also sur• TRIBUTE other relatives. vived by many nieces, nephews Sakai, Yoshie, 94, Arleta, CA; and other relatives; Aug. 17; she is survived by her TED T, IKEMOTO Egusa, Morey Moryuki, 95, gc: 8. sons, Philip (Melinda) and Dennis Stockton, CA; Aug. 20; he was (Susana) Sakai; brother, Tatsuo Ted T Ikemoto, 93, Franklin, TN; predeceased by his wife, Michie, Lam, John Ho-Sun, 82; Torrance, (Fuji) Endo; she is also survived June 6; he oos a former paratrooper and son, Don; he is survived by CA; Aug. 16; he is survived by his by nieces, nephews and other serving the 11th Airborne Division; his sons, Bob (Jeane) and Jay; wife, Betty Lam; children, Derrick relatives; gc: 5; ggc: 9. honorably discharged in 1946 with sister, Mutsumi Hada; gc: 2. (Patricia) and Darin (Julie); gc: 4. the 457th Parachute Field Artillery Sugita, Choye, 89, Fullerton, Division; former Salinas Valley JACL CA; Aug. 3; he is survived by Fukuda, Milton Masato, 87, Gar• Lew Yamaguchi, Susan, 59, president; survived by his wife, Edith; dena, CA; July 28; he oos incar• his daughters, Sherrie (Robert) Northridge, CA; July 3; she is children, Joanne Olson and Mariko Henson, Susan Reed and Ellyn cerated at Gila River and Jerome; survived by her husband, Eu• Ikemoto; son-in-law, Stan Olson, he was also a f'i1 V'f veteran; he (Steven) Mori; son, Craig SUgita; gene Lew; sons, Kevin and Kyle g-andson, Jon Olson; brother, sisters, siblings, Akira SUgita and Takako was predeceased Lew; mother, Kikuyo Yamaguchi; nieces, nephews and other relatives. by his wife, Michiko. Yamashiro; he is also survived by sisters, Marianne Yamaguchi and He is laid to rest at Yamato Cem• Grace (Allan) Mayerrura; brother, many nieces, nephews and other ...- '------' etery in Salinas, CA. relatives; gc: 5. FUjimoto, Ayako Gloria, 85, Tor• Eugene (Sara) Yamaguchi; she A memorial service to honor and celebrate his life is to be held at rance, CA; July 23; she is survived is also survived by many nieces, Lincoln Avenue Presbyl:erian Church in Salinas on Saturda'l( Oct. 3, by her husband, Sarruel Fujimoto; nephews and other relatives. TOji, Robert Kazunobu, 63; 2015, at 11 a.m. children, Steven (Joyce), Lori and Los Angeles, CA; Aug. 9; he is Jon (Victoria) Fujimoto; sisters: Mayekawa, Glen Shizuo, 61, survived by his wife, Suzanne Kyoko Tanaka, Miyoko Oku and Los Angeles, CA; July 26; Mayumi Toji; sons, Marcus DR, KAWORU CARL NOMURA Nancy Nishi; sister-in-law, Ruth he is survived by his mother, Mamoru Toji, Jared and Kirk Kobayashi; she is also survived by Kishikawa; siblings, Dean (Gisele) Ethel Mayekaoo; sister, Dr. Kaworu Carl Nomura, age 93, bom many nieces, nephews and other Toji, SUzanne (Michael) Tobin and Gwen Mayekaoo. in a boxcar on April 13, 1922, near Deer relatives; Gail Finney; sister-in-Ia~ Jame Lodge, MT, died at home on July 25, 2015, gc: 5. (11m) Hamano; brother-in-Ia~ Ron Murata, Mikiko, 99, Chicago, IL; in Port TOlMlsend, WA. He was preceded in (Geri) Totsubo; he is also survived Aug. 30; she is survived by her death byhis parents, Kazuichi Nomura and Hata, Mae, 73, Los Angeles, CA; by many other relatives. siblings, Mary Miyake, Fusye Iyeki Mizuko Takahashi Norrura, three brothers, July 22; she was predeceased by and Michihiko Hayashida; chil• two half-sisters and his INife of 49 years, her parents, Fumiko and SLmao dren, Margaret, Robert and Rex Tamae, Grace Takeko, 84; Gar• Louise Takeda Nomura. Nishio; brother, Mike Nishio; Murata; gc: 7; ggc: 6. dena, CA; Aug. 11; she is survived During WWII, he oos incarcerated at brother-in-law, Ronald Muramoto; by her children, Vincent (Elaine) Manzanar. He served in the Army and later she is survived by her husband, Ninomiya, Jack Katashi, 98; Tamae; sister, Yuriko Unten; broth• earned three degrees in physics from the Norman Kazuo Hata; son, Randy ers-in-Ia~ Long Beach, CA; June 10; he Seiki (Yoko) and Robert University of Minnesota, specializing in (Lisa) Hata; daughter, Audrey was predeceased by his parents, (Lisa) Tamae; sisters-in-law, Physics of the Solid State. Hata; siblings, Norman and Stan Risaburo Ninomya and Yasuno Clara Uyema and Betty (Seizu) After 33 years at Honeywell, carl retired as a corporate senior vice Nishio, Joann Muramoto, Victor U!Jl.i Ninomiya; wife, Yaeko Irino Ganeku; she is also survived by president. The University of Minnesota granted him the Outstanding and Richie Nishio; sister-in-Ia~ Ninomya; he is survived by his many nieces, nephews and other Achievement Aoord for his visionary leadership. Aileen Nishio; she is also survived children, Sharon (Raymond SUgi• relatives. He is survived by four children (Kathi, Teri, John, David) and eight by many nieces, nephews and yama), Marsha (John Willis) She• grandchildren. He is also survived by his ex-lNife, friend Karen Buggs other relatives; gc: 3. bley and Kathlyn Ninomiya; sister, Tanikawa, Roy Keiji, 78, Irvine, and two sisters, Yoshiko Hase!Jl.wa and Ayako Machida. June Inagi; he is also survived by CA; July 29; he is survived by his A Celebration of Ufe INiIi be held at the First Unitarian Society of Min• Higa, Kiyotaka, 83, Anaheim, CA; many other relatives; gc: 2; ggc: 1. wife, Jean; he is also survived by neapolis on Sept. 6, 2015, at 2 p.rn. Memorials preferred to QUUF, Aug. 6; he is survived by his INife, other relatives and friends. 2333 San Juan Ave, Port TOlMlsend, WA 98368. Haruko; children, Scott (Susan), Nishida, Ruth Ohmura, 82; Ben and Megumi Hi!Jl.; siblings, Monterey Park, CA; July 22; she Yasuko, Kishimoto, Masanao, is survived by her children, David PLACE A TRIBUTE Michiko and Hitoshi (Yumiko); he (llna) Nishida, Douglas (lla) 'In Memoriam' is a free is also survived by nieces, neph• Nishida, Karen (Chris Woschenko) listing that appears on a ews and other relatives; Nishida; sister, Florence Dobashi; limited, space-available basis. gc: 2. sister-in-la~ ® KUBOTA NIKKEI Jean Ohmura; she Tributes honor your loved MORTUARY is also survived by many nieces, ones with text and photos and Hiramatsu, Helen Yoshie, 86, nephews and other relatives; appear in a timely manner at 707 East Te\1l* Street ~ ~/"r.rH ...#~ ...= Torrance, CA; July 28; she was Los~ gc: 8. CA900'2 u"'.... ".wo;: m".IIIif.

Lynching is, at its core, a more intimate, 5. Know Who You Can Talk to. Know who in the form of assigning responsibilities, localized form of terrorism. All public kill• you can talk to at work and also which which influences promotions, pay and job ings are designed to demonstrate a clear organizations you can talk to outside classification. Respect yourself marker of permanent penalty: "If you re• of work. Your immediate supervisor and learn how to advocate for yourself. sist our empire, we will make an example and your Hwnan Resources department You deserve it! of you." should be fue only people you're sharing 7. WORK HARD! Give it all you got. The first-century lynching of Jesus of sensitive information with. If you don't As I said, your actions are a reflection Nazarefu by political leaders in Roman• see results by talking wifu fuem, fuen seek of your character, so don't slack. Only occupied Palestine (on fue charge of help outside of your workplace. from working hard will you have fue insurrectionism!) certainly stands in this 6. If You're a Woman, Things Can Be confidence to succeed at any task in life. tradition. Likewise, labor leader Katsu Even More Difficult for You. Even if Goto had one body, but he was crucified it's not a direct form of discrimination, Rhianna Taniguchi is an account to terrorize a populace, ravaged because many women have faced some form of executive at the Denver Post. She was the luwle plantation owners feared his mount• inequity in fue workplace. This can be 2014 JACL Norman Y. Minefa FeUow. ing influence would empower their exploited workers. This ritual spans bofu geography and century. Eighteen Chinese Americans were This picture was taken at a ceremo• DAY» continued from page 3 strung up along Los Angeles' "Nigger ny celebrating Katsu Goto's restored In New Hampshire, fue nation's first pri• crops, weeding gardens. Wifuout fuem, fue Alley" in 1871 because white city dwell• monument in Hawaii. Seated are mary state, Trump is by far fue most popular most llllsavory, most llllenviable tasks will ers wanted to stem further Asian immigra• Kuramitsu's grandfather (far left) and Republican nominee, and he is slated to win go lllldone. It is curious to think that we have tion, fearing the encroachment of "yellow great-grandparents Ukichi and Nobu 35 percent of the vote in the state, accord• constructed so elaborate a society on so llll• bodies" and the economic power, Eastern (far right). magick and deviant sexualities they were ing to a survey published by Public Policy stable a foundation, a fOlllldation without said to carry. Polling on Aug. 25. Bush is in fourfu place, recognized rights, a foundation fuat is often Vincent Chin was murdered in 1982 by volunteers in the task of restoring Katsu's with 7 percent of the vote. dehumanized and abused by fuose whose disgruntled whites who, blaming Japan for broken grave by physically incarnating fue These two are no lllllatic sidewalk preach• stable footing in life rests on fue very backs Detroit's failing auto industry, wanted to memory of Goto in a public work. ers, shaking fueir fists at empty air. They of fuose fuey vilify. physically inscribe fueir anger on a body Volunteers mOllllted a towering shrine in have an audience now, and people are listen• Without lllldocumented immigrants, the they saw as foreign. his name and crafted a monwnent whose ing. Trump and Bush are trying to win hearts kitchens of our finest, most glamorous In recent years, white supremacist ingredients traverse the Pacific, intention• and minds right now, and as many as pos• restaurants would be overflowing with assassins have orchestrated racial terror ally highlighting fue connection our two sible. And fue fact iliat fuey think vehement unwashed dishes and cutlery; wifuout in Oak Creek, Chapel Hill and Charles• island lands share: Builders used Hawaiian xenophobia will win them over is more tell• lllldocumented immigrants, those same ton for similar reasons, killing persons in Ohi'a (Pele's sacred wood), volcanic rock, ing of fue state of fue American public 1han it kitchens would have precious little food to an attempt to subjugate a people. Abroad, stones from Hiroshima, Hinoki (Japanese is of fue two men doing fue talking. cook wifu in fue first place. children and religious minorities have cypress) and Japanese blue-tiled roof to Both Europeans and Americans are Just a few weeks ago, III my been crucified throughout the territories rnriquely capture the cross-Pacific impact terrified of what immigrants might bring hometown of Arcadia, Calif., I saw a occupied by Daesh, and on Aug. 19, fue of this young man's deafu. with them. In America, lllldocwnented Help Wanted sign hanging in fue window group beheaded and publically hanged an In Hawai'i, we enshrine our lost in immigrants are frequently associated with of a restaurant. lt read, in English, 82-year-old Syrian antiquities scholar to marble tombs, send fuem off on floating crime, drugs and disease; in Europe, it is "Servers and Hosts Needed." Below intimidate others who would work with lanterns, seal them in boxes of pine and much of fue same, plus fue added fureat of were the words "Necesito Lavaplatos." "infidels. " concrete. They are sustained in bronze, in extremists repatriating after stints in the DishwashRrs Needed. A historical perspective reminds us that sculpture, in shroud, in myfu and glory, legions of ISIS and Al-Qaeda. We depend upon undocumented terrorism is not only carried out by lynch in peace poles and at Punchbowl's burial Everyone is afraid of what immigrants immigrants now, for better or for worse. mobs, lone gunmen or fledgling caliph• grounds. We light incense, spark flames, will bring into their own cOlllltries. But is Everyone's so worried about what ates. Well-established, powerful states, trace their likenesses in stone, wood and anyone afraid of what fuey would bring out, immigrants could bring into this country. too, can choose to terrorize, manufacturing stained glass; we erect landmarks in their if we kicked out all of fue undocumented Imagine what fuey could bring out of it. massi ve ci vilian deaths, shock and fear to name, leave mochi at their graves, ink the immigrants in fue U.S. and in Hungary and achieve political goals. anniversary of their deaths on our body's Germany and fue rest of Europe? Malthew Onnseth is currently a student Indeed, fue kindling of atomic fires in largest organ. Our lifestyles hinge on fue continued ex• al CorneU University majoring in English. Hiroshima and Nagasaki at fue dawn of fue These visible markers all exist to point istence of a certain class of people desper• He seeks to give an honest portrayal oflife Cold War - actions consistently informed us to deeper, invisible truths: In a very real ate enough for work to do literally anything as both a university student and member of by state-sanctioned racist and debasing way, those who have been extinguished - cleaning toilets, washing dishes, picking the MiUennial generation. teachings about Japanese sub-humanity - are, furough our lives, still living. The cru• must be acknowledged as violent relics in cified peoples of history - in Honoka' a, this same tradition. Hiroshima, Syria and beyond - are re• Dr. Fumiko Kaya is a hibakusha, one of membered not only in physical monu• hundreds of fuousands of civilians who ments but also in the ways they continue to survived fue opening of hell's moufu on shape our lives. As one hibakusha recently Aug. 6, 1945. In her biography of Kepanf recollllted, "It's our duty as survivors to lynching victim Katsu Goto, she writes of carry on for as long as possible, to honor her pilgrimage to Goto's place of deafu: the memory of those who are no longer "When I first visited my uncle's grave with us." and found it broken in 1965, 1 asked Mr. We write on our hearts the names of those Ukichi Kuramitsu to restore it." who have been lynched, and something is Twenty years after fue bomb fell, Kaya stirred to life within us. We triwnph over traced her uncle's fateful journey from forces that dehwnanize and terrorize when Japan to Hawai'i, where she met with my we reject the paralysis of silence, when we great-grandfather in the town where Goto boldly celebrate fue lives of people like lived, prospered and hung. Kenji, Katsu and Fumiko, marshaling fueir Ukichi, a popular mechanic, community memory into common action. Completed in 1791, the Brandenburg Gate was closed during the city's parti• leader and president of Honoka' a' s Bud• tion into Communist east and Capitalist west until the Berlin Wall was torn down dhist Temple, invested in fue project and Ryan Kenji Kuramitsu is the J ACL in 1989. It was visited by Ronald Reagan in 1987, when he famously implored rallied fue community in support. He led MDC Youth Represenla1ive. Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the wall.