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ISSN: 0030-8579 / Whole No. 2,323 I Vol. 100 No. 3 244 S. San Pedro St., #506, Los Angeles. CA 90012-3981 (213) 626-6936, 626-3768 January 25. 1985
Midwest community rallies behind Chinese victim
by HelenZia husband and any other cbinks you reported thai this was not tIE first DETROIT-Kiet Tlen. a 2G-year• have in there." such incident forKiet Tien. "He's old ethnic Chinese from Vietnam, WhileMrs. Tienwent to call the been harassed by four or five moved to the U.S. with his broth• police, the men began pounding young men ... saying things like ers. grandfather and other family on the door with their knives and he's taking their jobs and why members through a refugee as• breaking windows. Local police doesn't he go back where he came sistance program four years ago. arrived within minutes. As they from," said Betty Miller, who They ",ttled in Graod ledge. subdued the four. some allegedly sponsored the Tien family's move Mich., a semi-rural town of7.000 yelled. "Why are you protecting totheU.S. located about eight miles from them? Ship 'em ina boat and send As a result of these violent en· Lansing. Off and on for the last them back to China where they counters, Tien, a quiet man who four yearn, Kiet Tien has been came from." speaks in halting English, has quit harassed, and in December the Neighbors who knew the Tiens CoDliDued CI:I Paae • harassmEflt turned to violence. On Jan. 2, four white men were arraigned for attempting to break New redress bill attracts 100 sponsors into the Tien home with intent to commit murder the day before. WASHINGTON - Ninety-nine DistricloCColumbia: Walter Faunt• The four-Robert Schrauben, 18. members of Congness have signed roy (D) Rick Wallace. 18. Jerry Wilson. on as co-5ponsors of redress bill Florida: LawrenceSmith (D-I6th). 18. and Michael Q;borne.l~ere HR 442, also known as the Civil William Lehman (0-17th) freed on bond. and preliminary Liberties Act of 19l5. The bill was Hawaii: Daniel Akaka (D-1st> hearings began Jan. 10. Dlinois: Cllarles Hayes (O-lst), Gus introduced to the House ofRepre• Savage (0-2nd). Cardiss Collins 10- sentatives Jan. 3 by Rep. Jim 7th). Sidney Ya"" (0-9th). Edward Knock at the Door Wright (I).Tex.). who introduced Madigan (R-15th) At the hearings. Tien's wife redress bill HR roo in 1983. lodiana: Danny Burton (R~th) Christina, a Caucasian and a na• The new bill, named in hmor of Louisiana: Gillis Loog (D-alh) Mary1aod, BarbaraMikulski (Wrd). tive of Grand Ledge. testified that the all-Nisei 442nd Regimental ParrenMitcheU (D-7th), Michael at about 11 p.m. on Jan. 1 she Combat Team. is essentiaily the Barnes ID-
------!:j'" Congress demands action on Liu case oi zci News in Brief WASHINGTON-The murder of such acts is reprehensible and re.• Chinese American jownalist quires immediate and forceful ac· Henry Liu, a lready the subject of tion on the part of our govern· Government response to Hirabayashi due investigations by Daly Cily ment," he wrote in a letter to Rep. SEATILE-The u.s. Depl.of Justice is expected to tile ils pre• (CaliL) police a nd the FBI, is be• StephenJ. Solarz (D-N.Y.),chair trial order in response to Gordon Hirabayashi's petition for a ginning to draw attention in Can· of the Hoose Foreign Affairs Sub• writ a/error coram nobis ,nIed in January 19lG. Hirabayashi, gress because of the recent impli· committee on Asian and Pacific whose oonviction for violating military curfew and "evacua· cation of Taiwan government am· Affairs . tion" orders was upheld by the Supreme Court, charged that the cia Is in the killing. Solarz announced Jan. 18 that government suppressed, altered and detroyed evidence attest• Rep. Norman Mineta (()"San he planned to hold hearings on ing to the loyalty of Japanese Americans during WW2 . Jose ) has sharply criticized the whether the killing violated a 1982 U.S. Dislrict Court JudgeJohn Voorhees heard the petition in Reagan Administration's re· law prohibiting harassment of May 1004 and agreed that he should conduct an evidentiary sponse to the case. " How can Chi· American citizens by foreign gov• hearing. or trial, on the maller. The govermnenl's pretrial nese Americans feel safe when the ernments. Under the law. written order, due today, must indicate the issues, dOClDllents, and wit• President remains silent on this by Solarz, arms sales to a coontry nesses it plans to use in its case against Hirabayashi. terrorism and the State Dept. has found 10 have engaged in such lo be dragged kicking and seream• conduct would be banned. Veterans help rebuild torched Buddhist ternple ing into the investigation of this case?" he asked. CriLical ofKMT HAWlEY t Mass.- After three angry Vietnam war veterans " Americans of Chinese ances· Liu, who immigraled to the U.S. burned down a Buddhist temple New Year's Eve 1984, other lry should nol have to demand that from Taiwan 17 years ago, was , veterarn from around the counlry helped to rebuild it. A new, the President condemn this at4 known to readers of the Chinese ------, larger temple is now ready for the congregation of the Maha• lack, or that the Justice Depl. will language press in the U.S. and Carnegie-Mellon University in siddha Nyingapa Center. vigorously prosecute this case, or Hong Koog for his articles and Pittsburgh, was found dead on a The men said they bumed the shrine to protest the lack of that the Slate Depl. will press for books criticizing Taiwan's ruling Taipei college campus after being services available for Vietnam veterans. The congregation of Cu Ucooperatio n from the Taiwan• Nalionalisl Party (K uominlang) interrogated by security police. the temple is nearly aU white. ese government. The President and President Chiang Ching-kuo. Government offtcials declared should demand thatlhe Taiwanese After he was gwmed down at his that Chen, a critic of the Kuomin· Hiring of Southeast Asian protested government retwn the two sus· Daly Cily home Oct. 15, his widow lang, had committed sulcide, but PORTlAND, Ore.-The director of the WiUamette National peets in Mr. Liu'skilling immedi• and others in the Chinese Ameri· associates of Chen believed lhal Cemetery reinstituted a work experience program with Port· ately, if only to assure us as U.S. can conununity charged that the he had been murdered. land Canmunity College after cancelling it when a local veter· citizens Ul at Taiwan will not be· killing had been ordered by the When Chen Chi-li, Wu Tun and ans group objected to the hiring of a Vietnamese student. An come a sanctuary for terrorists." Taiwan government. Tung Kuei-sen, all reputed mem• employee of the cemetery had instigated the protests. Rep. Tom Lanlos (D-San Ma• The ronlroversy over Liu's bers of the Taiw""based Bamboo Paul Bannai, director of the Veterans Administration's Dept. teo) has called for a congressional death is similar 10 that which sur• gang, were identified by the FBI of Memorial Affairs, which oversees the national cemetery sys· inquiry. "The involvement ofoffi· rounded the case of Chen Wen· as suspects in the Liu case, they tern, ~ backed the Wil lamette director. cials of a foreign government in chen in 1982. Chen, a professor at Continuedtm Pag!!t
Elected official says he didn't intend slur NOW AVAILABLE ON THE MAINLAND BOISE, Idaho-State Sen. Walter H. Yarbroogh (RGrand View ) said he " didn'l mean it as degrading" when he referred to Hawaii's Number One Japanese as "slant..,yes." Yarbroogh, who is beginning his llth term, made the remark Hawaiian Host. Chocolates during a hearing of the Idaho LegislabJre's revenue projection CHOCOLATE COVERED MACADAMIA NUTS Jan. 4, when it discussed ways to improve markets & CARAMELS · DRY ROASTED-SALTED committee MACADAMIA NUTS · 8RITILES & CHEWS . for Idaho agricultural products in the Pacific. COCONUT CANDIES . HAWAIIAN JAMS & Speaking as a cattle rancher, Yarbrough said beef producers JELLIES · HAWAIIAN HONEY. SPECIAL have run inlo difficulty lrying to seU10 the Japanese. "When you GOURMET PACKAGE . starl dealing with those slan''''Yes, you'd belter be pretty Call Us for Fund-Raising sharp," he said. Later that day, Yarbroughdedared, " All the Japanese are my Sales Promotions good friends," and noted that Japanese Americans, the mosl Hawaiian Host Chocolates unpopular ethnic group in the U.S. during WW2, bave since be• 15601 S. Avalon Boulevard come among the nation's moot respected citizens. Gardena, California 90248 The slur prompted Pocatello Blackfoot JACL president Kunio Phone (213) 532-0543 Yamada to write Yarbrough a letter which read, in part: "Your P~T TOUI'ISAVAILABlE BY A.PPOINTMENT derogatory remark is an affront to Japanese everywhere, in· cluding those Japanese Americans with whom you claim friend· ship .... " "Hawaiian Roamer" Aslow.1S $40 eMS prOVided b), per da)'... for Iwo people. Asians encountering Black hostility . - , - .~~ ... ,-...... , , . Hawaii's top by Hiroshi Uyebara "Chink, Chink, Gook! Can you see . .-.... - '" PHILADELPHIA- Four hear• through those slits?" as she . '- '" ~ ings were conducted by the Phila• walked through the halls of the delphia Commission on Human QUEEN KAPIOLANJ KAUAI RESORT ROOM+CAR University City High School. As a \\.lll.. lk l- Fr.)m 56(1 .....lu,l i-Fnl m 51>-1 Relation,; fromOcl. 27lo Nov. 5to public school teacher for many ~~~ investigate incidents of violence years who had worked with Black packages against Asian refugees and im· students, she has encountered migrants. The hearings were a re.• similar hostility and sensed in, sull of Councilwoman Joan Spec• creasing racism. There was no ter's pnxtding of tile city council's doubt in her testimony that the inaction in the face of increasing slurs were racially motivated. violence against Asians in West During the past year a Vieblam· MAUl BEACH MAUl PALMS Philadelphia and the Logan sec• ese student was beaten am his ....., hulul. M .lui-Fnun5-l'l .... " hulul. M.mi- Fnlm $.10 tion of the city. Mayor Wilson neck broken and, recently, a For reservations and full information ... Goode's response was to tour the Hmong visiting in West Philadel· see your travel agent or phone toll free troubled West Powelton area and phia was savagely beaten with declare that the attacks on Asians both legs broken and surgical re• (800) 367-5004 were not raciaHy motivated. pair of his skull needed. The It was againsllhis background Hmong did not reporl attacks, thal Reil
Arizona to put on 3-month Japanese exposition Woo to try for city seat PHOENlX- "Behind Ihe Mask : onstratiCflS include dance. mar• is set for Feb. 6; "Double Sui• LOS ANGELES-Mike Woo for• A Cullural Exposition of Japan," tial arts. music and a special ki· cide" ,Masahiro Shinoda) for mally announced his cruviidacy a 3-month exposition designed to mono fashion show. The festival Feb. 13; and "TheBailadofNara• for the Los Angeles Cily Council provide a well-integrated ap• also incll.rJes a variety of items on yama" (Shohei Imamura' for Jan.14alhiscampaign headquar• proach to understanding Japan. sale to the public, including food. Feb. t9. ters. The council race for the 13th gels under way 00 Feb. 2 and 3 handcrafts. kites and novelties. "Mask" director Jean Micuda District will be a rematch with with "Matsuri. ,. Utilizing over 10 differenlloca· said thai the Valley has a Japa• Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson, The Matsuri. offering exhibits, tions during the next three nese American population of who defeated Woo by Iwo percenl• performances, and items for sale months, "Behind the Mask" pre• aboul 5,000 and the project will age poinls in a primary held four at Heritage Square and lbe Lalh sents a series of lectures. demon• recognize the contributiCflS of years ago. House, is open 10 Ihe public be• strations. and exhibits on a wide these residents-many of whom Woo,33, is a senior consultant to tween 11 a.m. and5p.m. each day. variety of subjects, including Ja• came to the area during the in• Slate Senator David Roberti and a Scattered around Ule square wi.ll panese Uterature. history, music, ternment years. member of various community be exhibits of bonsai trees. koi , religion, philosophy, politics, Participating groups include organizations. including Leader• ikebana. dolls. origami. calligra• crafts and arts, both traditional Arizona State Univ., the Bonsai ship Education for Asian Pacifies (LEAP), Pacific Asian American phy and Japanese swords. Oem- and modem. Society, JACL, Japan America Mike Woo A paneJ discussion on the Japa· Society. Phoenix-Himeji Sister Roundtable, and the Asian Pacific nese American experiences in the City, Phoenix Koi Club am Ike• Caucus of the Democratic Party. c1ude the redevelopment ofHolly• Foundation to train Valley is scheduled ror Thursday, bana of Arizona. If electa!, he will be L.A. 's first wood and the preservation ofGrif• Asian/Pacific leaders Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. at the ASU Sponsor.; are ASU Cen~ial Asian American city councilman. fith Park, said that incumbent Memorial Union Pinal Room Commission; the Phoenix Parks, The 13th District includes Echo Stevensm "has lost touch with the SAN FRANCISCO-The Coro In addition, exhibils of Japa• Recreab:m and Library Dept.; Park, Hollywood, Los Feliz, and people" and "is too close tospecial Foundation is now accepting ap• nese pottery, phOlography. Arizona Humanities Council; Ari• Silver Lake. Woo, whose plans in- interests. " plications for a public affairs prints, and Kabuki images are zona Canmission on the Arts; training course for leaders in the schedulErl. Performances include Consulate General of Japan in Los __ Community Affairs East Bay Asian/ Pacific canmu• Yuriko Doi 's Theater of Yugen Angeles; Mitsui and Company oily. Theprogrambegins March 2 from Portola Valley, Calif., on (USA) Inc.; and NKK Switdles of OAKLAND. Calif.-To inaugurate its racISm. Information: Rachel Shige• and ends Apr. 19. Application April 3, and Kabuki Wesl from America, Inc. gallery space, the Ohana restaurant kane, 755 14th Ave., Santa Cruz. CA deadline is Monday, Feb. 4. Pomona College in Claremont, ValJey residents are asked to an~ cultural center reatures works or 95062; 14(0) 462-2472. The program is designed to give calif., on April 14 . contact Dennis Petty, 965-1985, for artists rrom the K~ny Street ~~r~ LOS ANGELES-Leadership Educa• Asian/Pacific community leaders A Japanese film series with dis• information about the Matsuri, shop or San FrancISCO. The e.xhlbU IS tion ror Asian Pacifies presents an intensive, up-close introduction cussions following is also sched· find to call ~1l for informa. open all hours that Ohana IS open : "Korea's Emerging Role in World to public affairs decision-making [j bo ..' " lunches every day and through the Affairs" as a panel discussion with uled. "The Men Who Tread on the 10!,! a ut the BEtund the Mask evening hours Tuesday through Sun. in the Bay Area. It emphasizes Tiger's Tail" lAkira Kurosawa) Bill 1m. Dr. Eui-Voung Vu, and Irene hands-on training and the devel· senes. day. Inronnation: 658-1868. Choi on Thursday, Jan. 31, at los An• opment of a broad understanding geles Athletic Ctub, 6-9 p.rn .. Toog Soo of how a city fuoctions and how STANFORD, Calif.-Asian Pacific Chung rmderates. Tickets for dinner individuals and irntitutions inter• Student Union holds Its annual con• program are $17.50; students, $15; at Asian performing arts series opens door, $25.Reservations: J.D. Hokoya• acl to shape the public agenda. rerence on Saturday. March 2. Dr. Allan Seid, president of Asian Pacific ma or Larry Ng, (2131 743-4999. The program includes sessions neers of American modern dance LOS ANGELES-The Japan American Advocates or California, The Downtown Chapter of the on seven Tuesday evenings, three America Theatre opened its 1985 who taught such dance luminar• and Mabel Teng. co-chair or th! Chi· American Assn. or Retired Persons Friday afternoons and three Sat• winter/!:pring series last week ies as Martha Graham and Lester nese Progressive Assn., will gIVe key• meets at JACCC, 20M S. San Pedro. urdays. It is open to 12 individuals with Samul·Nori, the virtuoso Horton. In his Los Angeles debut note addresses. Five workshops focus Rm. 410. rrom 1:30 p.m., Monday, of Asian/Pacific background. Ap• dance-drurnmers from Korea. on Feb. 16, award·winnin~ cho-- on poliOCs, job prospects, art and Feb. 4. Persons 50 and over are wel• plicants must live or work In On Jan. 31 and Feb. I, Kodo, the Continued on Page' identity, mternalJonal affairs. and come. Information: 292-3165. 263-&169. Alameda or Contra Costa county. breath-taking taiko drununers A San Francisco-based program from Sado Island. Japan, are open to Asian/ Pacific leaders in back by popular demand aner other Bay Area counties wiU be playing to sold-out audiences dur• conducted in May. ing the Olympic Arts Festival. To obtain an appUcation. inter• Once again, they bring their 900- ested partIes should wrlle to the pound CHJaiko drum. Coro Foundalion, t370 Missioo SI., For dance enthusiasts. Saloru San Francisco 94103 , or call (415 ) Shimazaki presents a solo tribute 863-4601. to Michjo Ito, one of the true pio- • veon
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ranking Japanese champion EAST stepped forward; a teacup upside WIND down on U1e table was lifted, I ",... _.L.Ei;? whereupon a fly emerged ani flew II! up. No.3 drew his sword, slashed C=a:;;:::~ Bill the air, and the fly fluttered ro the ground in two pieces. No.2 then Marutani stepped forward, the second cup lifted, upward went a fly-and the sword flashed twice-and the fly WE'VE WRITI'EN BEFORE dropped in four pieces. There• how we make a bee-Iine for Japa• upon I the top--ranking swordsman nese movie houses whenever approached, the third cup was we're in San Francisco or Los An• raised, a fly buzzed out and ichi• geles. TIle fantasy nurtured since ban swished the air with his boyhood days of watching cham• sword. But the fly kept flying &/tf~ bara. \\lhen a stoic swordsman of around. Puzzled, the Olympian L..______...::::::.... ______...:..:.::...:.:.;;...=:..;.;,_-'--'--' few words-ala Gary Cooper or queried: "No. 3eut his fly inhalf; John Wayne-flashed his roh in No. 2 cut his into quarters; yet mighty exasperating to her. While A FEW YEARS ago, Vicki had none of them played except on an the name of righteousness and your fly is still buzzing in theair." she's patiently explaining to me, a supply of tapes taken from Ja• expensive Mitsubishi or Hitachi honor, sWl clings to us. But resid• Whereupon ichi-ban turned to the both of us miss what is then being panese television shipped from player. And there we were: stuck ing in these parts on the East Olympian and observed: " Hai, projected, so we both miss parts Japan. Eagerly, the layers of with two shipments of programs Coast, where Japanese movies are but that one mate no more. " of the movie. If any of you have wrappings were peeled back, and and a player that would not accept available only years apart in one Okay. so let me get back to the been to a theater where some we placed the nrst cassette on our them. We broke down and bought of the local " art" theaters, and subject of jidaiiJeki on terebi yokel nearby keeps ta1kingduring Panasonic player-only to get the Hitachi. We gave away the where the New York stations are (' 'period movies on television t.). the movie, you'll get an idea of squiggly lines and uninteWgible PanasorOC. just far enough away that OUf ON THE SUBJEcr of jidaiiJeki, what Vicki has to go through. In garble. Chagrined, we had the rooftop aeria! cannot pick up the I've experienced one of those fact, worse: in her case, thatyokei player checked; it was o.k. We The most expensivejidai• geki's I've ever seen, I'll you. signals (J1 Sundays, when some "good news, bad news" phases. is sitting right by her ear. then had the tapes checked, and teb station up in the Big Apple beams The good news is that frau Vicki ------.•....------• Japanese programs-well. it's also enjoys these period movies somewhat like living in a fast-food and she stumbled across a place will become the design en• hamburger joint and seldom see• some 40 miles away which stocks FREMONT gineers for tbeworld. ing chazuke-'n-koko. VCR tapes of Japanese movies. Continued from Front Pug ... And like NUMMI, Mazda has de• cided to hire union workers. Said In the same way that the Ameri• SPEAKING OF SWORDS• So now she rents up to three or can consumer electronics indus• MANSiill'. I'm reminded of the four at a time, and after dinner Kazuhiko Hoshino, one of Mazda's a concESSion from UAW . Itshould managing directors, the decision try has given up competing with story of the champion U.S. Olym· we'll sit down and enjoy a good 01 ' reduce boredom and make it to recognize the UAW came after the Japanese, the automobile in• pic fencer who had heard somuch katsudo-shashin. The had news easier tochange job assignments. dustry is about rodo the same. about thesamuraiswordsmanship part is that since I don't lDlder• "frank discussioos" with UAW Workers are urged to make executives. 'lbyota Objectives of Japan that he travelled to Japan stand everything that's being said "creative suggestions"; morning (and she does), I keep asking for It must be remembered that To• to see a demonstration by their calisthenics are voluntary, how• Mitswishi Joins tbe Parade yota will not have much to gain three top swordsmen. The third- an explanation. Which can be ever. And last month, it was an• economically from this venture. nounced that Mitsubishi Motors Slructure ofNUMMl While GM shares one-half the prof• Basically, Toyota and the UAW will also open a plant in the Mid· its for $20 million invested (nor• will prnduce the cars, and Chev• west, probably in illinois, Indiana, mally, a new model costs $100-200 New Typesetter Is Here! rolet will market them. Of the Ohio, or Kentucky. According to million toproduce), Toyotaobjec• $250 million invested in the re-• Toyoo Tate, president of Mitsubi• tives may be more subtle. Sankei Three boxes airshipped from board-is to be inserted, enabling opening, GM invested $20 million shi Motors Corp., MMC would not Shimbundeputy foreign news edi• New York have occupied one cor• the typesetter to accept data from plus the site. Toyota suppUed the operate the plant alone, but tor Jun Kusano claims that Toyer ner of the PC office since early other word processers in-house or rest. Nova is a SUbcompact, front· declined comment on the possi• ta's objectives are more strategic bility of joining hands with Chrys• December, having come during by modem from the outside. wheel-
Back in the Thirties, when Jim• distinguished from kibei, com• been voiced by Glen S. Fukushi• proper tenn is 'Nikkei Amerika• mie Sakamoto was publishing the pare sansei ... ma, a graduate of Gardena High jill' .... In fact, using Nikkei inJa• weekly Japanese American Cour· But just about the time "Nisei" School, Stanford and Harvard panese can be coofusing because ier in Seattle, the word "Nisei" FROM THE became accepted, they are van• Law School, a Fulbright Fellow at the tenn ..,compasses anything was a no-no . Sakamoto reasoned FRYING PAN: ishing from the American scene. the University of Tokyo, am now outside of Japan related to Japan. that he was running an English Sansei, Yonsei and Gosei are tak· an attorney in Los Angeles (See Thus 'Nikkei kigyo' is routinely language newspaper and "Nisei" Bill ing over. In the sense that Nisei Jan. t8 PC). used to mean Japanese.owned had no place in it since it was a Hosokawa means Japanese Americans, the "Whereas 'Japanese Ameri• companies operating abroad. foreign "urd. word has been applied to later can' demtes 'American citizen of Similarly 'Nikkei bijunesuman' At least. that's the way we who generations. But it is understand• Japanese ancestry', Fukushima more often refers to Japanese worked on the Courier interpreted able that Sansei, Vonsei, etalcon• writes, " 'Nikkei' merely denotes nationals than to Japanese his rule. In the Courier's stories and no one was happy with it. Still, sider the term inaccurate. 1 also 'related to Japan' or 'of Japanese Americans. The world 'Nikkeijin' Nisei were identified as "second wecouldn'l find a betler word . We gather that many prefer not to be ancestry'. Ctearly, much is lost is usedasanoun, but this toowben generation." That was awkward were stuck with "youth." confused with a generation which by using the latter term. I serious• used alme is ambiguous iJlas.. but the writers cwld live with it . Since those days "Nisei" has they regard Without great ad• ly question whether this emphasis much as it makes ethnicily rather But "socond generation" was become an accepted part of the miration of ethnicity over citizenship is in than citizenship its defining even more awkward in headlines. English language. It appears in Some of the Japanese Ameri• the be.st interest of Japanese characteristic ... It simply wouldn 't fit. So in many my Webster's Third New Interna• can pre.$, including Pacific Citi• Ameri~ilher for our future An impressive explanation. ~ instances Nisei were identified 10 tional: "(Jap, lit.. second gener• zen, have adopted the term "Nik• or for properly understanding our viously 'Nikkei' as used by theJa• he.adlines as "youth." That was ation, froni secord + set genera· kei" to apply to Japanese Ameri• role in American history. panese American press is an inac• accurate, aU right, since Nisei in tion ): a son or daughter of issei cans. Soond okay? WeU, aside "Nikkei is never used as a noun curate 'use of the term. But is those times certainly were young. parents who is bom and educated from its unfamiliarity. there are in Japarese to refer to an Ameri• there a better one that's accurate, But it was a stilted use of the word in America and esp. in the U.S.- more basic objections which have can of Japanese ancestry. The understandable and acceptable?
MOSHI A Tonosama Story MOSHI by such a delicacy had been demed latter is more descriptive. It looks The mention of samma brings teristic blue smoke rising from Jin Konomi him. So as soon as he went home like a small pike and tastes like back memories and longing for countless shichirin, charged he had his steward issue an order mackerel. A seasonal fish, its another taste of this fish. (Japa- with the most unbearably tantal• to the cook to serve him sam rna prime isearly autumn. Tradition• nese groceries have frozen izing smell in the world. I can un• One autumn day the lord of Ma• as soon as possible. ally it has been held in low esteem samma, but I haven·t tried it derstand why Lord Matsuye tsuye went on a horseback excur• The cook was in a quandary. because of its abundance and yet). In my childhood-adoles- thought the samma of Meguro sion into the suburbs t of Edo). Somma was one of the lowliest cheapness. But it is probably one cence in the height of its season, the most heavenly taste be e.n• After many miles of unconftned fi shes. dee.med totally unsuitable of the most delicious fishes of Ja• the eve.ning air of the neighbor- joyed in his life. This also I want to galloping and cantering in the to serve to such an exalted person• pan'scoastaJ seas. hood was heavy with the charac- explain ina later article. wide open country he was begin• age as his lordship. As he had ning to feel hungry when , as he never handled it, he did not know passed a farmhouse, he smelled a what todn. So he proceeded in his most tantaliz.ing odor. On a sud· usual haute cuisine manner. den impulse he e.ntered the yard. First he steamed the samma to REDRESS Support from Others Behind the house by the kitchen remove the oil ; then he had his UPDATE: door, he saw a woman squatting helper pull out all the fine bones, Minoru Yasui t before a shirchirin (portable one by one, with tweezers; then he Chair complish redress by themselves. solution supporting redress. Ulti• charcoal brazier). Some fish were marinated and broiled it. Our numbers and our direct influ• mately. the national organization broiling on the grill, and thick, Lord Kokura was sadly disap• Legislative ence is much too small. We must of teachers endorsed redress. blue srroke rose from the fire. pointed. The sommo: was even Education move other individuals and Further, Leslie K. Furukawa and The tantalizing odor filled the air. flatter than the other fishes to Committee groups to make redress their other Asian attorneys in the Los He summoned his attendants, which he was daily accustomed. cause, too, because it could ad• Angeles area proposed that the who had been following him at a At the next patace attendance, Arthur S. was a versely affect tbe future for all of State Bar ofCalifornia support re• respectful distance. He told a Lord K Chinese doseent, stated that thia Takasugi Responds Judiciously HARASSMENT was an isolated incident rather CITYOFCOMMERCE,ca.-U,S. Club: Mable Vos~ki, publ & disl CO.Dtl~uedft'omFron'P. than a reflection ofpossibleracial District Court. Judge Robert del; Geo~e Va,mate, 105. ". h,IS Job a~ a ~r~ Ledge ~as sta· ganization of Chinese Americans tensions in the area. The Eaton Takasugi fielded questions from Board . Mattl •. Furuta, Miki Hlme- tlonand IS tiunktllgofmovUlg. (OCA); ACJ secretary Roland County prosecuUr handliJl! the the audience to hiaWight the 1985 no. Geor~ !ge, Sid Inouye, J,une K~rl' Local Asian American groups Hwang; and Dan Dizon of Asian case against the frur men irxIicat· 'b . SU, Takesh.i Matswnoto, Brian Mine- h ' h "--' I . ed that re would not try bring ~ast 1.:00 Angeles JACL mstalJ~. zaki. Mid18el Mitoma. Michi Obi, w. Ie had ,ut:Cn mvo ved m the Pacific American Council. They to tlon dtmer Jan. 12 at Sleyen 5 Robert T. Obi , Sue Sakamoto. Mike Vm . cen~ Chin ~ase began to take learned that the Tien family had out the racial circumstances sur• Steak Hwse. Taketani, Ron Tsuji Min Yoshizaki. action unmediately aner the at- been subjected to several prior in- rounding the crime. Rather than deliver a prepared Also honored w~e the 1984 high tack was reported in Michigan cidents of harassment and vio- Local Asian Americans see address. the one-hme National school scholarship winners: ne'.'-'spapers. M~rs of Assn. of lence. The group also spoke with a similarities between the attack on JACL l~al counsel responded to Arthur Akinori Hashizume Roose- Chmese Americans (ACA) con- state civil rights officer, Al Stine, Tien and the 1982 killing of Vin• questions regarding the recent velt High- Patricia Hazama' Monte- lacted the Tien family. American who was investigating on behalf cent Chinby two whites whoappa• DeLorean case, his personal ex- bello High; Lisa Ann Naka'ma. AI- CitizensforJustice(ACJ)oot.ified of the state. renlly had hostile attitudes fDward periences with the polygrap, (lie hambra High ; Sean Suzuki , Schurr the FBI and the U.S. Dept. of Jus- Asians. detector), civil rights cases in his High : Cynthia Yukiko Takahashi. lice; a preliminary FBI investi- Community Reaction Asian American organizations eight years on the federal bench. Mark Kewel.High ; ~aymondMakoto galion is under way. AsianAmeri- Grand Ledge church leaders have vowed to do whatever is nec• and upcoming cases before him, Uyemur~. Wilson High . cans living near the town are have been meeting to see how the essary to assist Tien and provide especially the " M" Club. Heading the dinner committee mobilizing to attend the court pro- racial agitation can be countered, moral support. "Everybody re• Douglas K. Masuda, Esq., was were Michi Obi and Mabel Yoshi- ceedings. and some businessmen have of- sponded right away," said Chen. re-eJected to his seventh consecu- zaki, Ixth "M" Club stalwarts. Asian American leaders from fered Tienotheremployment. "I think we all recognized that we live ternl as president- a chapter Others in the club are Mattie Fu- different parts of the state met In spiteoftheconcern voiced by want to prevent another Vincent record ",tlich he said was possible ruta, Mas Dobashi, Miki Himeno with Tier!, his family, and local Asian Americans and others Chin case from happening. Right only because of the excellent and and MilfDn Noji. officials Jan. 9 to try to deal with throughrut Michigan, Grand now, we're giving the wheels of cooperative board around him : EdwanJ Himeno was emcee. the situation. In attendance were Ledge officials downplayed the justice a chance to do the right Officers: Dean Aihara, "p; Mitton Moo Himeno was installing offi- ACApresidentFrankChen;Andy incident. Mayor Lou Gentry and thing. But we also let them know Noji , vp ; Angela Kato, vp; Yuri Shi- ~ . Rev. Russell Hamada, Sansei Wong, a nationaJ officer with Or- City Manager Ron Lee, who is of we are concerned. It mamoLD. sec ; Deena Tokuda, sec ; priest at Nishi Hongwanji, gave 1------.. Byron Ba>a. lreas; Mas Dobashi. 1000 the invocation and benediction. PUBLIC HEARING - SERIES A special treat to close the dance segment of the series is the Caltrans will be holding three Public Hearings concerning an CnrWnued from Page3 week-long residency ofpost-mod• reographer Shimazaki will offer a ern choreographer Kei Takei and Employment Study for the 1-105 Century Freeway Project. program of his original works as her 11·member company Moving well as from the repertory of Ito. Earth. As one oftoclay's most pro• A showcase of Asian American vocative and innovative artists, Kei and rer company will present dance on March 16 combines the tNGLEWOOD unique styles of the San Francis• the U.S. premiere of " Light 20," oo-based June Watanabe Dance her latest piece in a continuing Company and emerging Los An• " Light" series which began in geles choreographer Heidi Asb• 1969. The two performances on ley. June Watanabe, a former May 24 and 25 , along with work• member of the Gloria Newman shops in the community, will end Dance 1beatre, presents a broad her month-long tour of Japan and spectrum of style with her crea• the United States. tive use of music as counterpoint The last in the series is the Los G.I.IIDfIU. to her choreography. Heidi Ash• Angeles premiere of a new work ley is a fourth-generation Japa• by the legendary Indian sitarist , , nese American whose works re• Ravi Shankar. With an aU-star en· o - o <" o· flect her devotion to traditional semble of fine musicians from • • o ~ .!' Japanese art forms and contem• home and abroad, this program z u "3 i porary influences. on June 7 and 8 treats audiences to ~ • Another Los Angeles debut on his latest work which fuses tradi· April 13 is Saeko Ichinobe & Com• tional lrrlian themes with Japa· pany. Sre creates works based on nese imtrumentation on keto, Century Freeway Transitway Japanese folk tales and legends, shakuhachi, shamisen and blending influences from the East taiko. ' and West. A winner of several All performances begin at8 pm. This study provides Cal trans with proposed goals for employing minorities and females to work on the choreography awards, her reper• Tickets may be purchased at 244 1-105 project. The purpose of the hearings is to gather public comments on the study findings. A tory has been performed by com• So. San Pedro Street in Little Spanish translator will be available at each of the hearings. panies ruch as the Boston BaHet Tokyo. Information and charge• Oates & Tlme, and Joffrey (( Dancers. line sales: 680-3700. Locations Inglewood High February 19, 1985 Auditorium 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. 231 So. Greyillea Ave Inglewood, CA Bateman Hall February 20, 1985 11331 Ernestine Ave. 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. Lynwood, CA Downey City Hall February 21, 1985 11111 Brookshire Ave. 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. the National JACL Downey. CA Credit Union. Just fUi These findings and hearing comments will be analyzed for use in preparing revised EquaJ Employment Opportunity goals for minorities and females. in below and maD. The Employment Study Report is available for viewing or purchase between the hours of 7:30 A.M. and 4:00 P.M. at: •••••••••••••••• Caltrans la m interested in joining. Plea se se nd Century Freeway Civil Rights Branch 120 South Spring Street, Room 3-SG me y our Informational broc hure . Na me ______Los Angeles. CA 90012 Address ______Copies are also available to read in the following locations: Inglewood 1-105 Information Office at 3520 W. Imperial Highway, Downey 1-105 Information Office at Cil y /Sla t eIZ Lp~ ' ______8830 Imperial Highway and CFAAC at 2610 Industry Way. Lynwood. If you wish to comment on the study. please submit your wriHen comments before March 8, 1985 to PO B9x 172 1 1 S"lt Lake C ,ty, Utah 84110 Caltrans. District 7. Century Freeway Civil Rights Branch, c/o Coun Burrell, Chief, 1-105 Construction & Te le phone (80 I) 355-8040 Civil Rights, 120 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. FrldIy, Jlnul" 25, 1985 I PACIFIC cmz£1I-7 rormer Japanese Congregational Church - no point. Thus, herquizzicalquestion: "Is Reflections on a Former Home rrom Hilo, Hawaii. and the other is the that the end?" former house of Vasuo Kubota in sao The }XlelJl, I conjecture, was composed Paulo, Brazil. An article describing the moving oJthe gressmen Robert T. Matsui and Nonnan in the hwse which now sits atop a hill In a separate building, there was a overlooking Lake lruka in Meiji-mura. Seattle Japanese Evangelicol Church Y. Minela, and senators Daniel K.lnooye whole floor or displays or photographs, and its dedication ot the Meiji-mura Mu• and Spark M. Matsunaga. ramily journals, and books, including our A Bedtime Story seum ran in the PC Nov. 9. Matsui referred to the building as "a sister's Camp Notes and Other Poems. Once upon a time, reminder of the many threads which in• by the Rev. Seiichi Michael Yasutake Other items or interest depicting the lire an old Japanese legend tertwine the Japanese and American cul• or the Japanese residents in the U.S.-in gOU03 told EVANSfON, ilL-Our ramily home ror tures am histories." Matsunaga. paying homes, schools, temples, churches, ken• by Papa. 12 years (from 1930 to 1M2) in Seattle, tribute to our father. noted lhat "the jinkai gatherings, and in camps-were an old woman traveled through Washington , was dedicated as a museum house was for many years the home of also on display. many small villages in Meiji-mura ll\ By special arrangement with (April Paperbacks) o II ... oIllandwntlerl "P'-' 11). PC 0-. o MacrobkU: CuI.i - Local Black residents of the -while acknowledging there are regardless of national origin re• is necessary to fmd political HEARINGS Logan area resented the sudden many problems--pointed out the ceive aX! to help them settle. solutiom. """"""' .....1'¥. attention focusing on violence positive aspects of projects in (3) R ,"==::....::sChapter Pulse Men and Women Diablo Valley Fujii; RliJy Dobana. memb. Law Enforcement Add 'i crnlte: Gladys Murakami, WALNtJI' CREEK, Calif.-John memb; Nancy Saba, nwsltr; Tue To• Tateishi is featured speakerat the moda, agmg & ret; Tetsuo Kato, Jack chapter's installation dinner, Kitagawa, vets. Sunday, Jan. 27, at King Tsin Res• taurant. 228O Oak Grove Rd . Spe• San Francisco cial guests are Rep. George Mill• SAN FRANCI~The board of er and Supervisor Nancy Fahden. governors will be installed at a Tickets are $14. Reservations t as dinner- Redress supporters honored at Yasui fete GARDENA, Ca.-Eighty mem• contributions to JACL's redress bers of the Redress Committee of campaign were Mabel Ota, Don Pacific Southwest District JACL and Betty Yamaoka, and Khan and their friends jOined Min Yasui KomaL at a dinner at Gung Hay Restau• Yasui, who is chair of the legis• rant onJan. 13. lative Education Committee r------I .m Inf.rested In becommg • St.,e Tr.mc 0ttIc., Those honored for their notable (LEC), spoke about the current CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL status of the new redress bills in OFFICE OF EOUAL EMPLOYMENT N.______For the Record the 99th Congress-HR 442 in the OPPORTUNITY House and S 100 in the Senate - Addr.ss ___~ ______The article about the Feb. 16-17 and the need fo r intensified lobby• 2~55-1SI AVENUE. P.O. BOX 898 Poston reunion sponsored by the ing, especially in California. SACRAMENTO. CALIFORNIA 95804 American Baptist National Min• He and PSW governor Harry (916) 322-6862 $1111 istries (Jan. 18 pc, did nol include Kajihara briefed members about the nl1Itber to call for fu~r in• the nature and role of the LEC, ...... """" ------formatim. Call Ray Jennings at which is about to become active t2t5) 768-2249. as the lobbying arm of JACL. ------f,lday, January 25, 19851 PACifiC cmu ..... ------~==~~~, Commentary Connections South Africa's 'Crime Against Humanity' South Mrica's apartheid poli• are supporting the South African cies seem oppressively familiar economy. even if indirecUy. Stan Shikuma, with seueral to those who kn"'" the history of -As Japanese Americans work other Asian Amencans, was ar• Japanese Americans: Individuals for a redressing of the WW2 in• rested Jan. 20 for demonstrating of the "wrong" race have been ternment and as they have 01>• against apartheid m /Tont 0/ the "relocated" and COnfll1OO to tained the support of civil rights SoulhAjriconconsulate an Seattle. crowdBi, sometimes desolate groups across the country, so by Stan Slikuma areas; they cannot become voting must Japanese Americans work International Examiner (Seatlle) citizens of their own country; and for the human rights of others, National attenlion has focused they cannot marry whites. among both at home and abroad, espe• recently on South Africa and its other restrictions. cially v.Ilere the V.S. government system of racial segregation Many Japanese Americam cite is involved. known as apartheid. Although other reasons for taking on a re• Sen. Ted Kennedy has indicated apartheid has existed Officially sponsibility to help end apartheid: that he will introduce legislation since 1948, and unoffiCially much -As Americans. whose pension to address V.S. policy in South earlier, many Americans are still funds, stock portfolios and sav• Africa. Letters may be sent to ignorant of the nature of lhesocial ings acrounts may be invested in U.S. senators andrepresentatives and political system that the companies doing business in on this issue immediately, how• United Nations has branded " a South Africa, Asian Americans ever. -Ed. crime against hwnanity." The Republic of South Mrica. '0' r~ more properly called Azania by ~ FRIC~ books with them that stipulate and downtown shopping areas, so lhe indigenous people, occupies where they work, where they live Blacks must commute in and out the southern tip of the African and where they are allowed to be. from wori< everyday. "Coloreds" continent. It encanpasses a tern· FREE Any white can demand theirpass• and Asians also have their own tory larger than lhe combined book at any time, and if they re• designated areas in which to live. area of Washington, Oregon, Cali• POLITICAL fuse to produce it, do not have it, No mi~ofraces is allowed. fornia and Nevada. It also main· or are in an unauthorized area, PRISONERS they may be jailed. Over 1,000 Under apartheid, education and tains iUegal control over Namibia health care for Blacks are virtual- (South·West Africa ), a former people are arrested under the Pass Laws each and every day. ly ignored. Half of all Black chil• UN trust territory with an area dren in Alania die before the age roughly twice the size of Cal• Another aspect of apartheid is the government policy of estab• offlvedue to a simple lackoffood, ifornia. sanitation and medical services. Azania is a resource rich na· lishing Black "homelands" called Bantustans. Thirteen per• Black children must pay to attend tion, with vast tracts of fertile school in crowded, often l1lOOown farmland and wealth of dia• cent of Ule most barren land in Azanja is reserved for over 70 per· classroans, while white children monds, gold , uranium and olher attend free , universal and mod• strategic minerals. It sits astride cent of the population. There are no cities or industry in the Ban• ern schools.whites in South Africa the Cape of Good Hope and the have one of the highest standardli- _ tustans; Blacks must travel to major shipping lanes connecting of living in the world, maintained the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. u.s. Rep. Mervyn Dymally (D-Calil.)was among those arrested Jan ..3 white areas of the country to fmd for derronstrating within 500 feet of the South Afnca Embassy In work. Black families are often not at the expense of the misery and Furthermore, due to the econo. exploitation of the vast majority Washington, D.C. His arraignment is set for today. allowed to follow their men as mic development under colonial of the p L1U------• cans in Lebanon, hijackings in ('miqnlbun ,...2 Kuwait and the killing of a Polish priest by Polish security forces, had already len the country. Chen goverrunent spokesman, said that but not in the Liu murder. " and Wu were picked up byauthor• "whoever is involved, whatever FBI agents and Bay Area police ities after their arrival in Taiwan their rank, they will be brought to are searching for a tape allegedly but have not been extradited to justice." Jerome Garchik, attor• made by Chen Chi-Ii before his ar• the U.S. because, Taiwan officials ney for the Corrunittee to Obtain rest as "insurance" in case gov• said, the U.S. and Taiwan do not Justice for Henry Liu, is among ernmentotlicials tried to place the have an extradition treaty. Tung those expressing doubt that Tai• blame solely on him. Wen Wei is still at large. wan will identify the mastermind Bao, a Hoog Kong newspaper, said The case devel~ into a major of the plot if it is a high govern• on Jan. 9 that it had learned from sumltomo's IncI1vkIual political scandal when Chen not ment o!lkial. " We still don't know a Bamboo gang member that part only confessed to the murder but how highthis thing goes, " he said. of the tape reveals the reason for Retirement Account also implicated government offi• State Dept. spokesman Alan the killirg-to warn overseas Chi· cials. Among those being ques• Romberg said that the involve• nese not to be disloyal to the Kuo• All Wage tioned isCoI. Chen Hu-men, a mil• ment of government officials in mintang or the Chiang family. itary inteWgence bureau director the killing is "a very serious mat· V.S. officials have not confirmed Earners Eligible! of the Defense Ministry, who re• ter" but added that "our general theexistenceofthetape, however. • Deduct up to $2.000 on your federal portedly met with Chen Chi-li be• position !Xl this is that this is a U.S. law enforcement officers tax return fore the latter went to the V.S. and matter that's under investigation also plan to visit Taiwan to ques• • Protect your savings for retirement aner his return. Col. Chen's supe• and law enforcement authorities tion the two suspects. • Choose from several Sumitomo IRA Plans rior, Military Intelligence Bureau are the ones who are dealing with Congressional hearings could • Check our floating rate account With hl~h director Vice Adm. Wang Hsi-ling, it. " money market Interest and an automatIc affect U.S. arms shipments to deposit plan was relieved of his duties and Rep. Mineta charged the Rea• Taiwan, which totaled $780 million questioned by authorities. Keogh plans are also available. Visit your gan Administration with being last year. Despite its nonnaJiza• local Sumltomo Bank today! On Jan. 16, President Chiang "selective about condemning acts tion of ties with the Beijing gov• - ordered an investigation into Chen of terrorism." The administra• ernment in 1979, the V.S. has con• Chi·li's connections with govern• tion, he said, " hasseen fit to speak tinued to supply Taiwan with ~~rr!.i!g!!:1 0 ~b ment officials. Victor Chang, a out on the ltidnapping of Ameri- weapons. • CITIZEN I Friday, January 25, 1985 Washington, D.C, Over the past 2-Aliiivuncemeni APARTHEID month, nearly 200 people have ContinuN frolll Pf'(!\ Ious page been arrested nationwide in pro• CHARISMA! tests opposing both apartheid in WoruhOpI III I*wcnaI ~ fortunately, government suppres• too In. ANn woman 0cItnII1Dr ...... sion has been severe. with many South Africa and Reagan admin• ...... 1 Jan 2. 111M w~ IUIrt May • • 191WLa.AI"ogoNs leaders killed. imprisoned or islrationsupport for it through the IlItortnIobOn IIICI EII'ocftn " banned:' a parlicularly vicious policy of "constructive en• CHARISMA, IHC gagement," form of house arrest. Many have T~ (2131119W1918.. ""'-.wm. been forced underground or into Under President Reagan, the po eo.9272. WhIItIM.CA90801 exile. United Stales has refrained from ~u.lr--.. Opportunity AUTOMOTIVE Dentist-Full Two of the oldest Black libera• criticizing the apartheid regime COLORADO in South Africa. Instead, Reagan _ ...... :..-...:...---_1 TOYOTA AVTO or Part Time tion groups are the African Na• Fertilizer Business tional Congress (ANC I, founded claims to be using "quiet diplo• MECHANICS PlEASE CAll Established . land. machinery (213)925-3765 in 1912, and the Pan-Africanist macy" to gently entice South and supplies. Next to railro ad. Coulee City, Wa , Congress of Azania (PACI, found• Africa away from its repressive In good location. Wanllng to IDE Mlf policies. Concretely , this has reUre. GOVERNMENT JOBS ed in 1959. These two organiza• ; ~~~~~:~~;~~~~~lJ'~" SIiO.S~/y R~C~~yU,~~t~ qt~RI SI8.s.5II · .... (303) 296-' 045 1 ~ tions are among Ule leaders in the meant a tremendous surge in No .. H,"ng-VOW Af.' I. l/\Ie? new housew/l Y:I SA. 7-unlt RV Fnloulno.. armed struggle developing there economic dealings with South CALIFORNIA traiter park on 9 city lots City C"111IOS1687-6OOQbl A-1317 now. Africa, a pariah among nations. • AUTO water and sewer. good work• Daily rental. Ugly Duckling shop and laundry room Sell 9---Ru1 Estate Recently, apartheid in South on whom the United Nations has Used Cars 01 North Hollywood . lor $185.000. negotiable, Halll-:,.----""''--....~ Africa has reemerged into the in• slapped an economic boycott. Van Nuys. Burbank & Pasade• in cash call (509) 632-5596 ~u PAOCUSIG CAUfORNLA ternational limelight. The white WWiam Garling, legal counsel na All or part Established or wille 10 , PRICE REDUCED. money maker. Call Chip Young Iolust MIl ~ ""'"' Pnmt-Omll '* co• minority government, under con• for the Rainbow I nslitute and (8181985-1500 Vlrginla·Leo Gllbeau. PROGRAMMING fDfII. 5111CftJ. 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Mervyn Oy• chaired the WashUlgton Current total ...... • 89 Hanako Nitake. 33-Shlgeji Klkkoman lnt11nc-. 17-Dr Takeda, 27-SK Uyeda. malty \Q..Cahr I, respon• JAN 7·11.118518t, Lawrence T Nakamura, 3- and cope with diffbJlties in family Slale COmmission on Edell T(Mnshlp : 2B-Tom Jane 8-KlyoshlJoe sible for media relations Al ameda I9-Hajlme Fuji· H Wong. Asian American Affairs Klloyama Yukawa and for h3lson With the or marital relationships, career, and has been president of morl. 2>Harry Ushijima, Fowler: 27-Kaxuo Hiyama San Gabriel Valley 12·Henry M Yoshlmine Asian/Pacific Is lander the Asian Amencnn Alli• I6-Mike Fremont lJ.Sally M Inouye. identity, and cultural differences. Arkansas Valley: S-Henry 5 Oshiro. commumty. women, a nd I5-Ted Inouye. San Jose. 4-Mary Ewing. 4· ance in Tacoma . Konishi• CanbbeM J\ctlon Lobby. George K Hanada, George Yamane. Berkeley: la-Dr Ellchl li'resllo I-Lil y Ishii. 29-Dr IS·Ray Akira JLlsumyo. 32·Dr MatsllTloto. She will also represent Tsuchlda M D.D.S., Ph.D.. of Cha l CI.'O rgc MSuda. San Gabriel Va lley: I4-M Oymally Ul his dls tnctclL• Boise Valley; 18-James N ham , N.J .• was oneofnine Goldcn ClitC . 31-Kalherine Paul Sagawa. To make an appointment ies of Gardena, Carson faculty members of the Oyama. neycs. Seattle: I·DaleShigakl-. Chicago: 13-Takeo llano, 21· and Hawthorne. Hollywood: I4-HLdcoKondo. Selanoco: 4-Kazuo MOrl Call Yasuko Sakamoto Umversily of MedLclne tlLroshL Miyake. 17·Sumi and Dentistry of New Jer• Rafft::n , 2O-i saTnu Sum MarysvL lI e: 8-Larry Matsu· Snake RIVer 23·GlSh at (213) 680-3729 • A\\ ards mura. 23- l\trs HenryOji• Amana. sey recently selected as Zmman Marian Uchida of Sac• I\lLle·HL gh 2-i·John T No· Sonoma Coun ty . 23·James F ramento, was awarded recipients of excellence.. guchL. 5-Terry Nlsluda Murakaml-. 23·Dr Roy Nikkei Family Counseling Program the Air Force Asian In-teachmg awards. The Book Sales: •And Salo, 9- Wllham T Voshlda Okamoto"'. Little Tokyo Service Center American/Pacific Is• 25-year facu lty member Milwaukee 22-Charles K Stockton IS-Frank Kita- lander Employment has taught at the under• Justice for All' Matsumoto gawa 244 S. San Pedro St.. Rm. 411 Mount Olympus . lJ-Mlnoru TwlO CltLes: ~George Roku· award for 1983 She. was graduate and graduate i I case • 18 books, $238 771 (In the Japanese American levels. Colleagues and JLm Mat9JmOfI tano recognized for her efforts 4-18-84/7-3-34 5,552.21 Monterey Peninsula: 16· Ventura Cwnty. 9-Akira Cuttural & Community Center) to promote cultural students choose the award , I total 115 chapt, 26 cSI RIO IoI Manaka, 23-A1do L Yatabe awareness of the Asian recipients. 7-9-84/7.26-&1 4,60091 Sugimoto West Los A~eles . 4-Grace 12 10lal tl5 chapt, 46 csl PaCific commumty and • Organizations New England 2.Margie FUJimoto. 4-Dr M Jack an understanding of those 9-7-84-9·17-84 2,445.90 VamamotQHopklns. FUJimoto.29-Dr TON lura 13 total i5 chapt. 7 cs) Oakland 22-James G NIShi West Valley; 24-Ko S Same• ''The unl) t-a1llDll 01.,.,... to. who are handicapped at KatsunU tKatsl Kuni• LSugu, executive secre• Redress FWid S12.609 02 Orange County I8-Dr shlma-, l-Suro Takel, 17- ~ .. n" · l\'lcClellan Air Force Base. ,4 total t3chapt, &csI Samuel R Maehara, 7· Dr Raym:md Uchiyama tary of the Japanese Redress Fund SI3.221 .&6 Tsutomu B Takenaga. 13· WhLte RI\'t!r Valley t-MI Chl • Business American Cultural and ,,& total {2 chapt. 2 CSI TSUlumlTIzTsuma. Maebori. t5-KoJI Norikane. Jon Nagamatsu of Ca• Community Center. was As of 10-21-&1 $13,693.33 Pacilica·Long Beach 30- II·Margaret Okltsu ,,6 totaI 12chapt . .. csl Easy 1500 FUJimoto. 20-0r NatIonal; 7-Frank Irl tanl . noga Park. Calif., has elected general chrur of As of 12·7-84 SI4,&&8.41 Tsunechiyo Makino. been a ppointed vice pres· the 1985 Nisei Week Japa• 117 totaltl chapt. 1 esl Brian R Kashlwagi , S-D r CONTAINS EVERYrHI NG Ident of production opera· Asofl-7-85 SIU87.48 Philadelphia: I-Rodger Karl KNtshunura. A JAPANESE AMERICA.." MUST KNOW TO nese Fesl1a1 . She also Nog.kl. tions at Rocketdyne. a • • • CENTURYQ.US- RESEARO:I AN ACCURATE fAMILY HJsroRV doubles as director pro REPORT 117 Portland: 31-Dr Toshiakl division of North Ameri• tern of the JACCC's 5-Henry Konis hi lArk I. 4· To place order I For Further Info. please contact: Golden Gate ( I I S238.77 Kuse ._ Mrs Henry Oji (Marl. 3· YOSHIDAK.AMONART can Space Operations of Franklin D. Mu~y Li• Puyallup Valley: 2S-Ted _--::'--..::.::,:..:.::..:=:'--__ Joseph K Tanaka (StLl, 1· 312 E.First St .. Suite 205 the Rockwell iniematlon· brary and editor of the Contributions Masumoto. Dale ShlgakllSetJ. 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