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PACIAC aCrnzEN LETTERS TO THE EDITOR HOW TO REACH US E-mail p:@padfi o:::.ib z8ll .a g Ollin e www padfio:::.i tizen org I Civil Discourse Payback Comments Te l (213) 620-1767 Fax (213) 620-1768 on Immigration are Distasteful Mail 250 E. First Street, Suite 301 Los Ang8es, CAOOJ12 While I welcome a vigorous These comments, especially STAFF debate on immigIation, I also in regards to the Pearl Harbor ExeCtitive Edta A oyag~S t om feel that we should be committed attack, are because of fear and Card in e Y to a civil discourse informed by lack of information ("Amid Ass istant Ed ta Lynda Lin thorough research and evidence Rescue Efforts in Quake-hit ("Ariz. Immigration" letter, 1hrch Japan, Racist Comments are Rep:J rt er Nalea J. Ko 4-17). Rampart on the Web", Pacific fuderal social services require Business Man age..- Citizen, 1furch 18-31). Stad Hisayasu citizenship. 1-1oreover, we must I personally overheard a remember that immigIants OrCtilat im person say: "Japan's a rich Eva Lau-Ting sanctioned and undocumented - country - let them just help Advertising Representabve are significant contributom to our themselves" shortly after the Brad Ki yomura Don't Forget About Books economy. They are consumers, and earthquake and tsunami. The Pacific Citizen newspaper thus pay taxes, and toil in some (ISSN 0030-8579) is pJljished In regards to the Pacific Citizen article "Cultural DisconnectAmong Franklin Roosevelt was an of the most grueling, unsafe jobs semi-m mthl y (exc8j1: on CB in De• Japanese American Youth" in the 1hrch 4-17 issue, I would like to active participant in the events cemb er and January) by the Japa• with little to no avenues for social remind your readers that there is another way to learn about Japanese leading up to Pearl Harbor. nese Ameri can Otiz8lls LeagJe, mobility. Pacific Citizen, American history besides learning it in school and talking to your In the book "Day of Deceit" Our economy, unfortunately, is 250 E. 1 st Street, Sui te 301, Los elders. It's called "books." by Robert B. Stinnet, many of Angees, CA 90012 dependent upon maintaining an In the Indianapolis public library system, for example, there are 68 the events leadin g up to the Perio d cal postage paid at L. A , CA underground and exploited labor P OS TMA S TERse nd a OJ ~ books about the internment (cataloged under "Japanese Americans• attack are clearly defined. The market I am proud that the JACL changes to Natimal J ACL, 1765 Evacuation and Relocation, 1942-1945"). attack was really not a surprise Sutter St , San Fran d sco, CA 9411 5 has taken a courageous stance The titles range from books appropriate for small children to - not to Roosevelt anyway - on immigration refonn and IS JACL Presi OOl t Dav id Kaw am cto books by historians to the report of the Commission on "Wartime and this should be known to all. National Di recta Floyd Moo fighting against demonization of Relocation and Internment of Civilians, as well as OIaI histories Comments such as "payback" Pc. EDITCflIAL BOAR D all immigrants. and books of photogIaphs. Books make nice graduation gifts, too. are not right Ju d th Amo, ch airperS01 , Paul Ni wa, EDC: Kevin Miya zaki, MDC: J, DEGUZMAN Boob Han ada, eeoC: vacant, NC• NANCY N, CONNER San Fernando valley JON I, TAKATA Vv'NP DC: Hu!1l Burlesm , PNWDC: via email JACL Board Member Thornton, Colorado Jeff Itami , IDC: Ond Ha r td~ e , PSWD C: Smya Kuki, Yooth SU BSCRIBE SPRING CAMPAIGN NATIONAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT Get a m e- year su bsai ]1: im ct the Pacific Citizen newspaper at wwwpadficcitiz8ll ag a call Warm Spring Thoughts (OOJ) 95 6-61 57 JACL Membership ADVERTIS E By Kevin J, :Miyazaki To advertise in the Pacific Citizen, call (OOJ) 966- 6157 a e- mail is an Ongoing Issue ttiyomura@pacifio:::.ibz8ll .a g As I sit at my desk writing during the LEGAL last week of 1furch, I see freshly fallen By Floyd Mori No PCf"t ct this puljicct ion may be rep--oo Lne d witro..t the express per• snow on the ground outside my window. mission d the Pacific Citizen. In :Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where I live, Thank you to all those who contributed Editaiai s, news m d the op ini cns ex• Spring can arrive painfully late. to the JACL during the recent year-end presse d by cd Lm ni a s ether th m the d ~ I am a product of the :Midwest. And my nct icoal JACL presi de rt cr nction al giving program. We are very grateful for recta do net nece 83arily retiect JACL life here is a result of Japanese American your support. pdicy Everts m d p--odLds advertiood history, as my father's family chose to Although corporate funds have in the Pacific Citizen do net carry the implidt endc..-seme nt ctthe JACL a settle in the Midwest after the war, rather been secured in recent years and have this puljicct icn We reserve the rig rt to than return to their former home and been beneficial to help run the JACL's ed tarti des. ~ 20 11 life in Tacoma, Washington. My mother various programs, it remains a fact Perio d cal s paid at Los Ang8es, arrived later from her native Hawaii, and for some reason found the that the JACL is a membemhip driven Calif and mailing office aforementioned weather agreeable enough to stay for the past 56 years. organization. The major monies for the :Milwaukee is not unlike other cities away from the West Coast, in that operations of the organization are still JACL MEMBERS our JA community is a small one, and our JACL chapter is shrinking as derived from the membership dues. Change of our Nisei members age. On a recent trip to California, I was reminded National JACL is operating with some key positions remaining Address unfilled because of budgetary concerus. This makes increased worn. for SEE MIYAZAKI/PAGE 13 the JACL staff, who should be commended for the good work they do If you've moved, please send new with limited resources. information to: It is no secret that the JACL membership has been decreasing due National JACL to our members aging and passing on without enough younger people 1765 SUtter St. to replace those who leave us. Now, as we go fOlWard, we must do our FranciSCO, CA part as JACL membem to build our membership base. We have been 94115 focusing on reaching out to young potential members. Allow 6 weeks for ADDRESS SEE MORI/PAGE 13 an ______STATE ZIP To a void interrup• JULY7·1Q tions in delivery, ffl ______please notify your postmaster to 0$100 0 $150 include periodicals Mail to: in your change of Ohen 14 $IX! 0 OTHER Pocific 250 E. First Street, Su~e 301 address (USPS Los Angeles, CA. 90012 Form 3575) L.' •••••• ,.•••••••• " • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• PACIFIC e CITIZEN IN-DEPTH APR. 1-14,2011 3 Japan Earthquake Fundraising Spikes, Nuclear Disaster Worsens American donors have dipped into The JUSAjoined forces lNith other student their pocketbooks to help those organizations for a three-day event to raise in need following the devastating funds for the disaster in Japan. A total of earthquake that struck Japan. $8,000 was raised and 2,000 paper cranes were made in an effort to help. By Nalea J. Ko Members of the Olympia JACL chapter Reporter in Washington state held two events to also raise awareness about the recent devastation Fundraising efforts for Japan have revved in Japan. up nationwide as the nuclear crisis in the "This has a huge impact for us as Japanese country intensifies. Americans simply because Japan is part Donations from American donors for of our heritage, ancestral, and cultural the Japan earthquake and tsunami disasters awareness that we recognize and are very totaled over $161 million on March 25, proud of," said Bob Nakamura, the president according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. ofthe Olympia JACL. Nakamura says over American Red Cross has raised about $1,200 -was raised, which lNill go to Direct two-thirds of the total donations collected. Relief International. The surge in donations comes two weeks The JACL partnered lNith Direct Relief International to create the Japan Relief and after a 9.0 earthquake struck Japan, which generated a tSlUmmi. To date about 10,668 Recovery Fund. Direct Relief International are reported dead and some 16,574 people as of March 24 raised more than $1.9 are missing, according to Japanese police. million. The inundation of nelNS coverage on the "The immediate need is cash in order to tragedy is overwhehning to some Japanese purchase the needed supplies," said Floyd residents. Mori, JACL national director. "We looked a "I barely want to watch the news due to little bit further to determine what supplies the sadness afthe tragedy," said 34-year-old they were sending and who they were Kumi Sone Mendoza, a Japanese American helping. Their target has been the disabled living in Tokyo. "Every day since the quake and elderly and they have supplied fuel, and tsunami [it] is all they are showing on personal items, food, and blankets." TV. But in the beginning of this situation, Those working in the devastated areas I honestly felt that they were 'hiding' the near Sendai say they are concerned about truth." helping displaced residents 'iVith their long• Making recovery efforts more complicated term needs. is the developing nuclear disaster in Japan "I saw more people who have gotten that seems to worsen by the day. The the common cold by living in the crowded Fukushima Daiichi power plant, which shelters," said 35-year-old Nahoko Hamda, is northeast of Tokyo, was crippled by the New England JACLer and a registered nurse tsunami that hit Japan's northeastern coast. who is working in shelters near Sendai. The facility's power system that cools "Fooo, water and medication are vital for the nuclear fuel rods was destroyed in the a couple of months. But then people need tsunami. houses, jobs, education, and money which Officials lNith the Tokyo Electric Power they have lost." Organizations in the U.S. are also helping Co., which O\VllS the facility, said March 28 (Top) A mother feeds her that radioactive water was leaking from the to raise awareness about the tragedy in Japan baby at an evacuation facility. Traces ofplutonilUll were also found amongst the youth. center in Yamagata in the soil outside on March 28. "Japan's recovery 'iVill take years, and March 24. Hundreds Fears and anxiety overthe crippled nuclear we hope to keep raising the awareness of of thousands remain homeless, squeezed plant in Japan are now spreading across the the younger generations," said Saki Miata, the founder of Konnichwa Little Tokyo, a into temporary shelters world as other countries report finding traces without heat, warm food of radiation. nonprofit that introduces foster children to Japanese culture and history. "We need to or medicine and no idea "I think it's far less serious than what to call home. Chernobyl," said Naj Meshkati, a nuclear continuously meditate and send our positive energy toward the victims." power plant safety expert at the University of In Uttle Tokyo (left), Southern California, on March 23. "Because Students at Martin Luther King High Japanese Americans step in the case of Chernobyl that started lNith an School in Riverside, Calif. will hit the stage up fundraising efforts for explosion of the reactor. Then there was not on April 1 to perform in hopes of raising earthquake and tsunami a containment dome to keep the radioactive funds for Japan. victims. material inside. In this case the reactors have "The students and I wanted to take the not explooed, thank Goo." opportunity to find a way in helping. What explained 56-year-old Keiko Tanaka, a Daiichi power plant on March 24. Nuclear The 1986 accident at the Chernobyl better -way to help them than to provide professor at Meiji Gakuin University. "I experts say power plant workers are putting Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine is considered music for a fundraiser," said Charles Gray, have about 30 bottles - enough for my their lives at risk by saving the plant. the worst nuclear plant disaster in history. band director. family for a month." Some say this nuclear accident is more than N e\VS of the nuclear disaster in Japan Fundraising efforts continue nationlNide However some Tokyo residents are one country can handle and the international is changing daily, prompting Japanese as fears of contaminated tap water swirl in not worned about fears of contaminated community needs to step in to help. Americans to spring into action. Japan. The news sent Japanese residents to drinking water. "Where is the international atomic "Every time I watch the news, it scares the stores and vending machines in search of "I am personally not too concerned about agency in this situation?" Meshkati said. me, be it the new estimated death toll or bottled -water. the tap water here, but I am sure families are "Unfortunately I followed the Chernobyl an update on the nuclear reactor situation," Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara warned more cautious," said 34-year-old Edward Yi, accident and I -was very disappointed 'iVith explained Risa N aka, a senior at Cornell residents on March 23 that tap water was aKorean American living in Tokyo. "I don't the international community's response to University and president of the Japan U.S. not safe for infants because of high levels of plan to change anything that I have done that and everything." Association, or JUSA. "There is a part of me radioactive iodine. 'iVith everything that has been going on." " In this situation we see international that's frustrated that we can't do more for "But lNithin a few hours of the news, all Radioactive -water seeped into two workers atomic agencies really missing in action Japan and the people in Japan." the bottled waters have disappeared from the supermarkets and vending machines," boots and burned their legs at the Fukushima here." • 4 ...... ,. ... "'" N-DEPTH PACFIC'::CITIZEN The nese Americans of the Jet
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Wct1 1 Wal' I>tOll itio >ili 'Tt', 'H. lib. 1 "l.isperit ilI.ym:t' • • • PACIFIC!i: CITIZEN NATIONAL APR. 1-14,2011 5 Asian Americans Aim for 'Va es hora'-Style Citizenship The citizenship workshops will Univision and the National Association of "It is better to become a citizen," said start in California and then go Latino Elected and Appointed Officials. San tis, who got help filling out the papeIWork national Wang said she has often fielded questions through a local citizenship program. "You about why AA advocates can't mount a work and you pay taxes and then you don't similar campaign, which led her group to have a right to vote." ByAmyTaxin draft a plan to create a naturalization network Janelle Wong, a political science professor Associated Press Under the program, AAadvocates will host at the University of Southern California, said six large-scale workshops across California once Asian immigrants naturalize, they are LOS ANGELES-Inspired by a highly to offer free assistance in multiple languages relatively high-propensity voters. They are publicized Latino naturalization drive, Asian filling out naturalization forms. also more likely to get involved in politics in Americans are fanning out to help immigrants California is home to about 5 million other ways, for example, by contacting their across California - and eventually the Asians who account for about 13 elected officials. country - become U. S. citizens. percent of the state's population. Many immigrants, from Asian American advocates say getting Advocates hope to eventually all countries, are reluctant more immigrants to naturalize is crucial expand the effort to other states to apply to become citizens, to flex the political muscle of the state's with large Asian communities fearing their English isn't good fastest-growing ethnic group and give such as Texas, Georgia, Nevada enough. Others are thrown off the community a louder voice. And it has 'It is better and Ohio, said Karen Narasaki, by the $680 expense - often become even more pressing since the country president of the Washington• more if they seek help from a ramped up immigration enforcement, to become based Asian American Justice lawyer. making citizenship a requirement to get Center, anAPALC affiliate. a citizen. I In the California drive - more government contracts and to avoid Asian immigrants are already which is funded by $250,000 in deportation if convicted of a crime. more likely to naturalize than private donations - advocates The task is daunting. In California - Latinos and more than 60 plan to follow up with new home to a third of the country's Asian - Peggy Santis, percent become U.S. citizens U.S. citizens to make sure they population - dozens of languages are 59.year-old within a decade of getting a are registered to vote. spoken, in addition to dozens of dialects, green card, according to 2005 Thai immigrant Asian immigrants have and myriad often-competing Asian-language statistics from the Department shown a strong interest in media outlets reach diverse segments. of Homeland Security. learning how to become "Everything we have to do is multiple But advocates say many still citizens, though many are in terms of the amount of resources and need help with forms that are skeptical about asking effort," said Karin Wang, vice president of closely scrutinized by immigration officials, questions of the U.S. government. programs at the Los Angeles-based Asian especially older immigrants who may have That's one of the reasons federal Pacific American Legal Center, which is difficulty with English. authorities rely on community organizations spearheading the drive. Peggy Santis, a59-year-oldThai immigrant trusted by immigrant communities to help The campaign - which started last who became a citizen recently said having promote naturalization, said Jane Arellano, week with a workshop in the San Gabriel someone help fill out the papeIWork makes district director for U.S. Citizenship and Valley's sizable Chinese and Vietnamese a big difference. Immigration Services in the Los Angeles communities - is modeled after the "Ya es The insurance agent from Anaheim area. hora" citizenship campaign launched by a applied to naturalize last year after living in "That is how we reach our ethnic close-knit partnership between community this country for decades when she realized communities," she said. "They trust their groups, Spanish-language media giant she felt like an American. leadership." • Renewed Call for Confirmation of Edward Chen Chen, a magistrate judge, classified as a "judicial emergency." has waited longer than any "The American people deserve true access other judicial nominee for a to justice, and our judicial nominees should not be forced to live in limbo," said Karen K. confirmation vote. Narasaki, president and executive director of the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC). By Pacific Citizen Staff Born and raised in Oakland, Calif., Chen was part of the famed Fred Korematsu President Barack Obama's pick for a legal team, which successfully overturned judgeship in San Francisco has cleared the Korematsu's World War II conviction. Senate Judiciary Committee for the fourth In 2001 Chen was appointed as a time giving Asian Pacific American leaders magistrate judge in the Bay Area, and has hope that Edward Chen will be confirmed presided over criminal and civil trials. over a year after his initial nomination. Republican opponents continue to The committee voted 10-8 along party lines question his work with the American Civil :March 17 to recommend the confirmation Liberties Union, where he served as a staff of Chen, a magistrate judge whom Obama attorney. first nominated to the U. S. district court in In 2007, the Bar Association of San August 2009. Francisco named Chen "Judge of the Year". Facing Republican opposition, Democratic His other accolades include the Bay Area leaders have not brought Chen up for a Asian Pacific American Law Students Senate floor vote. Obama has re-nominated The seat Chen has been nominated to is classified as a 'judicial emergency.' Association Conference, Unity Award, him twice. :Minority Bar Coalition and Building Bridges Asian Pacific American leaders are Lifetime Achievement Award, among others. renewing their call for a Senate confirmation we urge the Senate to give him the up-or• (NAPABA). He has also served on the board of without additional delay. down vote that he rightly deserves," said Chen has waited longer than any other directors for the Chinatown Community "Judge Chen is eminently well-qualified PaulO. Hirose, president of the National judicial nominee for a confirmation vote. Development Corporation and the Asian to serve as a U. S. district court judge, and Asian Pacific American Bar Association The seat that he has been nominated to is American Bar Association .• 6 APR. 1-14, 2D11 NATIONAL CONVENTION PACIFICOCITIZEN 'Project: Community!': Not Just a Summer Project college, other than the fact that I enrqed the and community leaders who were working our counselors - who spoke aoout the need Japanese programs I could pursue atrITj own on a mural design of a growing tree that and importance of youth involverrent in the leisure, as the opportunities were available represented Little Tokyo - symoolic of further development of the community - Of course, looking at the consistent history the generations that have contributed to the were not Just talking the talk, but walking it of rITj activities and involvement with the JA growth and development of Little Tokyo The counselors were young and actively community and continuous and our community. And yet I woIting in the comrrunity, providing a study of the language, it was aoout to slllnt the growth relatable and positive example Never seems obvious that it had a of lllf own tree of knowledge before had I seen such genuine passion for much greater bearing upon 'As fhe nexf of the importance of the J A the comrrunity as I did here, especially in me than Just a hobby community when it was Just rITj mural project group I was fortunate to But I didn't actually generafion, aoout to bloom have Craig Ishii and Kristin Fukushima as By Molly Serizawa realize this until I if's our What came to life in me rITj group counselors who, for me, embody participated in "FroJect was the realization of rITj what it means to be a JA youth woIting in I grew up with a lTDm and grandparents Communityl" To say responsibilily true passion and sense of the comrrunity who upheld traditional Japanese CUSWffiS It was a life-changing obligation to rITj comrrunity As the next generallon, it's our so I recognized that my Japanese American experience would be an fo continue MJre than a year later, responsibility to continue our ancestors' ethnicity was integral to my family, although understatement our ancesfors' I have since transferred to effortl so that we can procure a future that I largely took it for granted Just one week after the a school with a Japanese is as inspiring and benefuial for generations Up until the SlllTll"lEf of 20J9, when program ended, I was efforfs so fhaf language program and J A to come "FroJect Comrrunityl" taught me I participated in JACL PSW's "Froject oound for Reed College studentl because I felt an that this isn't Just a SUlTllTEr project - it's Communityl" Just before my freshrrnn (Portland, Oregon), where we can procure acute cultural disconnect a lifetime comrnitrrlcnt to our future as a year of college, I didn't really know what there was no Japanese a fufure fhaf is from the commumty community. • it IlEJnt to be lA, Or, what it moant to be a language program and call horre. If it wasn't for part of that community hardly any JAs. &l!rething as inspiring and "FroJect Communityl" I Molly Serizawa i5 currently a 50phomore at This may sound nonsensical since I've in me had changed during really don't know when or Scripp5 College. been involved with the JA community "FroJect Communityl" beneficial for if I would have realized how from childhood, participating in everything Towards the end of the generafions fo much the community means JACL NATIONAL CONVENTION from Carrv Musubi, OSULA SlllTll"lEf program while rITj group ID= carrv, Wakaba Japanese &hool, Yon~i 12 was woIting on our final come. What struck me lTDst J ci n us st the July 7-10 JACL mt iomJ basketball team Nikkei Federation Pising mural project - our therre aoout the program was the convenbon in Los Angeles to paticipate Stars Youth Leadership Frogram, to serving was "Little Tokyo Past, talented, passlOnate and in workshops md discussion tracks such as a teacher's assistant and tutor in my high Fresent, and Future" - it determined individuals who 33 'Ci,;c Engagemoot m d Leadership school 's AP Japanese program suddenly dawned on me what I would be carre together to learn lTDre aoout the JA Devek'i::moot' m d 'Ccmnunity Admittedly, I could not acknowledge why leaving behind community and ensure its preservation. The Preservatioo m d De~oprnoot' It was 11l1portant to conllnue rITj pursUlts 1ll There I was, surrounded by students lTDst intriguing partof the program was that , Registration------• Packages Sy 5/31 After 5/31
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" LOS ANGELES-A student who posted On March 18, university officials said an Internet video of her tirade against they would not discipline Wallace because the Asian population at the her video was an exercise University of California, Los of free speech, not hate Angeles, said March 18 that she speech, and it didn't violate is leaving the school, despite 'In an attempt the student code of conduct the university's decision not to UCLA's vice chancellor discipline her. to produce for student affairs, Janina In a statement to the Daily a humorous Montero, said in a statement Bruin campus newspaper, that campus officials were Alexandra Wallace said she YouTube "appalled and offended by has chosen to no longer attend video, I have the sentiments expressed classes at UCLA because of in the video, "but it did not what she called "the harassment offended In the infamrusYouTube rant, Alexandra Wallace canplained aoout Asians frequenlly talking seek to hann or threaten a on their mobile phmes by saying, 'Ohhh. Ching dlong ling long ting tmg.' of my family, the publishing of the UCLA specific person or group. my personal infonnation, death In the video, Wallace threats and being ostracized community said her complaints aren't manners" and goes on to complain about Wallace took down the rant shortly after from an entire commllllity" in and the entire directed at any individual Asians frequently talking on their mobile posting it March 13 , but it had already gone the wake of the three-minute and people shouldn't take phones while she tries to study. At one point viral and sparked a strong reaction at UCLA, video. Asian culture.' offense, but "the problem she mocks them saying, "Ohhh. Oting chong where at least 37 percent of the school's "In an attempt to produce a is these hordes of Asian ling long ting tong." 26,000 undergraduates are Asian, 32 percent humorous YouTube video, I people that UCLA accepts Wallace suggests in the video that people are white, 16 percent are Hispanic and 4 have offended the UCLA commllllity ,nd into our school every single year. " calling to check on the fate of Japan's percent are black. the entire Asian culture," Wallace said in the She says the numbers would be fine tsunami victims go outside so they won't Wallace could not be reached for further statement, her second apology. if Asian students would "use American freak people out if they get bad news. comment. • Crash Highlights Chinese American Gambling Market By Associated Press Another company, Sky Express, charges $12 for a round trip, with a free $60 casino NEWYORK-Atage 75, Moo LingNgis boous. hard of hearing and often lonely - a resident Ng celebrated his birthday March 11 by of Manhattan's Otinatown who finds a way taking to Mohegan a World Wide Travel bus to fill his days: by gambling. that left about six hours before the one that About 30,000 Otinese New VOlkers like crashed. Patrick Kennedy, an unemployed Ng per week board discount buses that take car seIVice chauffeur, was also on the trip. them from Otinatown to casinos outside the On :March 14, Kennedy was at the bus city - buses like the one that crashed on a stop, greeting Ng. return trip from a COllllecticut casino, killing 'Me and you - we made it back! " 15 passengers. Kennedy told Ng as they gave each other ''I go almost every day; it's exciting, and I the thumbs up in froot of a bus operated by have company, "said Ng, who takes a bus to Dwayne Smith, a driver for World Wide. a casino hours away. ''Some people go almost every day, " The crash is illuminating how casinos Smith said, although only a handful of around New Yolk in many ways treat the people showed up for the March 15 trip, city's Chinese Americans as their bread and which was canceled. butter, a population with an ancient gambling Mohegan Sun, the casino in Unca~ille, Connecticut, from Wlere the doomed bus was Right behind the World Wide bus was tradition that will reliably hand over money. raurning last month, caters especially to Chinese American gamblers. another one, run by Sky Express and leaving ''If you run a casino, Otinese business is a for Connecticut's Foxwoods casino at 1 major part of the business, "said Peter Vee, p.m. and returning arolllld midnight, driver Chinese American gamblers; its website has $15 for the 200-mile round trip to Mohegan assistant executive director for behavioral :Marvin Ha said. a Cbinese-language section offering gaming Sllll, said Matthew Yu, operator of Sunflower health seIVices at the Hamilton :Madison :Many Otinese American gamblers and bus promotions. The casino estimates Express, the ticket agency that coordinated House, which offers Otinese-language are elderly, looking for company and that a fifth of its business comes fnxn ethnic sales. treatment for compulsive gambling. 'There's entertaimnent. Others are immigrants with Asian clients. The World \Vide Travel bus left:Manhatian no other population that is exclusively few friends or family in the United States. The typical gambling package includes for Mohegan on :March 11 and started the targeted by the gambling industry like the And some are men at ri~ of losing their a round-trip bus ticket, plus cash bonuses return trip just before 4 a.m. local time Otinese. " homes, jobs and families to accommodate subsidized by casinos, some of which also :March 12. The journey ended when the bus Vee noted that Otinese children grow up their pastime, Vee said. offer meal coupons. flipped on its side just a few miles short of seeing some fonn of gambling "as part of As a result, Vee said, when gambling On any given weekday in New Yolk, home and siid into a sign pole, shearing it in everyday ritual. " becomes a problem, people doo't seek about4,CXXl seats are sold on dozens of such two and leaving a mess of bodies and twisted ''We incOlporate i tin all major cel ebrations, treatment ''until they are totally lost - buses, and 6,000 on weekends, Vee said. metal on Interstate 95. and it's for money - playing cards, dice, pai until they lose their homes, their jobs, their More than 90 percent of the passengers come ''People are scared, " said Yu, holding gow, "he said. families. " Others, he said, commit suicide. from Otinese commllllities, drivers told The his head in his hands as he sat in his tiny, Mohegan Sun, the casino in Uncasville, Three years ago, Mohegan donated Associated Press. windowless office up two flights of stairs Connecticut, fnxn where the doomed bus $25,000 to Yee's program, he said .• was returning last month, caters especially to Each passenger on the ill-fated bus paid from Canal Street, Otinatown 's main drag. 8 APR. 1-14,2011 VOICES PACIFIC ~ CITIZEN THE SHIGEKI SHAKE DOWN The Sendai I Will Never Forget BY PETER SHIGEKI FRANDSEN
The Sendai Connection
IN VIEW OF the disastrous earthquake, as Buhei 1-1atsudaira. They boarded the devastating tsunami and the nuclear crisis in Facific 1-1ail side-wheeler, arrived in San Sendai plus Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi Francisco on 1-1ay 27, 1869, and went to last month, these areas of Japan are no Sacramento by riverboat to Gold Hill, E1 stranger to these pages. First of all, our late Dorado County, where they founded the PH OTO CCU'lT ESI ~ PETER FRM,vfl'N Tokyo correspondent Tamotsu Murayama Wakamatsu Tea and Silk Rum on June Peter Frandsen (left) in Iwate prefecture in 2003. has cited the first Japanese person to set 9. They brought Japanese mulberry tree foot in California was Hasekura Tsunenaga seedlings, rice, bamboo for food and craft, (from Sendai) in November 1613. tea nuts or seeds and silkworms. The year was 2003. Theseason was transitioning Lord Date 11asamune of Mutsn The best known member of the colony from spring to swnmer and the location was a tiny private beach Province, a military commissioner of was Okei Ito, n ulSemaid to Schnell s two the northern provinces for the Tokugawa daughtelS, Frances, two, and filSt U.S. born tucked away by a 45-minute hike through horrific events that we, as an international Ieyasu government based in Sendai, chose Nisei, 1-1ary, two months old. the woods. The town was Myako in the community and as individuals, have Hasekura as ambassador to promote trade Because of the heat, drought (1871) and Iwate prefecture of northern Japan. end ured. We are forced to remember with Spain and visit Rome because of the lack of water to irrigate the fann, the My friends and I had spent the afternoon and relive the emotions of tragedies like 11"asamune S '~vowed object of acquiring colony went bankrupt Schnell returned relaxing on that beach, basking in the beauty the earthquakes in Indonesia and Haiti, the esoteric details of the Catholic faith." to Japan, promising to return with money, of this secluded town on the eastern shore Sept. 11th and Katrina. It is also easy to The embassy, with around 180 people, but didn t. Thus, the fann was sold to their ofTohoku. We had purchased and grilled an quickly compare and contrast the extent of left Japan in October 1613, hnded a month neighbor, Francis Veerkamp. obscene amount of yakitori skewers, passed destruction, support and reaction to these later at picturesque Cape 11endocino, 1-1any returned to Japan but five were the time phying the ancient Japanese chess, various tragedies. Calif., for water and provisions. Continuin g known to stay: Okei, Sakurai, 1-1asumizu shogi, and telling stories. In this, I find great pride in bein g Japanese along the California coast to Acapulco, the and two believed to be from the colony I wasamonthorsoaway from completing American. embassy rested inland at Cuernavaca, the named in the 1870 Census as houseboys a two-year mission for my church, which Watching the news stories, reading Fr.lllciscan stronghold associated with the for Judge EJ.C. Kewen atEI Molino Viejo, was based in Sendai, and I wanted to freeze e-mails from friends and relatives in Philippines and Spanish trade. now known as San 1-1arino, Calif. time. I didn t want Myako or Hirosaki or Japan and listening to interviews on the The Hasekura Embassy, on a second ship Nursemaid Ckei Ito, 19, who was Sendai or any of the other quintessential radio, I am stunned by the strength of the from Vera Cruz, stopped at Havana Rubor not found in the 1870 Census, died of inaka (rural) towns to ever change. They Japanese character. The lack of looting, the (where a statue of Hasekura stands today), pneumonia in 1871 and was buried on the were quaint and perfect, like a step back in commitment to community, the goodness on its way to St. Augustine, Florida. grounds of the Veerkamp property. Sakurai time. I guess I didn t want my life to change of strangers looking and caring for one On a third ship to Spain, where they served the Veerkamp family until his death either. fur that moment, everything was another is hudable in the highest degree. stayed for eight months, Hasekura was in 1901 and rests at Vineyard Cemetery, still and perfect. On the brink of despair, this Japanese baptized with 20 othelS before the court of Colma. The destruction of these cities has been ethos is incredible. Even as the international King Philip III in 1-1ad.rid in February 1615. 1-1asumizu married Carrie Wilson, the emotionally wrenching. Watching YouTube community rushes to bring aid to Japan, the On a fourth ship, the Hasekura dau ghter of a freed slave husband from videos of Myako washing away and Japanese character is aiding the rest of the Embassy sailed from Barcelona across the Mssouri and a Blackfoot Indian woman of looking at pictures of the aftermath of the world by teaching the rest of us how to deal 1-1editerranean to Civitaveccia, a port city Placerville. 'Kuni" led a nomadic life as a earthquake and tsunami in those cities have with tragedy. for Rome since ancient time and one of the farmer, cook and fishennan. He died alone been devastating. I think of the people I We must not let them down. While many towns liberated by the 1 OOth Infantry durin g in 1915 and was buried in Colusa. He had knew, who were likely going about their of us in the Japanese American community World War II. In Rome by November 1615, nine children, six died in infancy. Grant, reguhr lives, and it pains my heart. would love to jump on the next plane to the embassy was received with great pomp Harry and Clara survived. Listening to early reports about the Japan to help in any way possible, sadly, it and ceremony. Hasekura presented lettelS In 1941, the FBI summoned 11rs. Carrie Sendai aiqJOrt bein g underwater, I thou ght is not realistic. But, there are other ways to from Lord Date and exchanged gifts with Wilson 1-1asumizu, then in her 90s, to of all the times we would drive to the help, and we must use any avenue possible Pope Paul V The letter and Hasekura s inquire about her citizenship status since airport to pick up fresh, new missionaries. to salve the wounds of this catastrophe. portrait are preserved at the Vatican library. her husband, dead now for 27 years, was Watching the news footage of rice farms 1-1any people have given money to rnOUGH NOT OBVIOUS, the Japanese. being washed away with the force of the the Red Cross and donated throu gh their Sendai connection is associated with Aizu Reporting at Walerga Assembly Center, tsunami waves, I remembered the many church groups or non-governmental Wakamatsu (Fukushima Prefecture), the she and 'Kuni s" children (half-Japanese, hours I spent on buses and trains traveling organization of choice. This too will help. strongest military post in the 1800s in and one-quarter African American) were across Tohok u marveling at the serenity and We must not let up in our efforts to help our northern Japan under Lord 1-1atsudaira not evacuated. And it was Col. Bendetsen beauty of those rice farms. Japanese brothers and sisters regardless of Katamori of Sendai. During the spasmodic who told 1-1aryknoll Father lavery if a I used to love the springtime when you how many generations separate us from the Japanese Civil War (1864-68), his army, child had one-sixteenth Japanese blood, could get off your bike and take a picture motherland. Please make a phone call or get loyal to the Tokugawa government in Edo, they '\vent." in front of the rice fields filled with water finally lost in January 1868 to the Satsuma, At the centennial celebration of the and capture both the mountains and their online to find ways to help. Choshu and Tosa forces, whose battle Wakamatsu Colony in 1969, a state reflections in your picture. Even as the media turn their cameras cry was, 'Rid the foreignelS, restore the historical plaque was dedicated at Gold Now pictures tell a different story. towards the next sensational story, we must emperor Hill with then Calif. Gov. Ronald Reagan Sendai will always have a special phce in not forget to care for those in Japan. The With Lord 1-1atsudaira s fortune present At the banquet in Sacramento, my mind and in my heart. With this tragedy, way in which we, as individuals, react to diminished, about 40 joined Eduard the presence of Kuni s descendants was, I hope that it will find its way in the hearts tragedies like this will define our own (John Henry) Schnell, 29, to start anew indeed, special. • and minds of the international community charactelS .• in America. A munitions merchant who as well. taught gunnery to the Aizu forces, married Harry K. 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Mile-Hi JACL Hosts Twin Cities JACL Participates Teacher-Training Workshop in Social Studies Conference The Mile-Hi JACL Education A Day of Remembrance Committee sp::msored a recent commemoration was held at the teacher-training workshop at the university the next day Dr Gina University of Denver focusing Mumma- Wenger sjXlke aoout on the World War II Japanese the history of art education in American experience the WWII JA concentration A panel of speakers discussed camps Mumma-Wenger said the Impact of the WWII many of the children's artwork incarceration on JAs reflected the trauma they Incoming Mile-Hi Chapter suffered as a result of living in President Harry BudlSidharta camps surrounded by armed also provided up:htes on guards and barbed wire fences newly introduced legIslation in Instead of teaching, camp Colorado since the passage of teachers were enOJuraged to test Arizona's anti-immigration bill the children's loyalty toward and the "ban" on ethnic silldies the United States, a020rding to in the state's schools Mumma- Wenger OJtgoing Mile-Hi Chapter There was an inherent (L-r) Cara',ll Nayematsu, Janet Maeda Carlson, Judy M urakarri and Sall y Sudo at the T'l>i n Cities JAQ. bocth President Suzy Shimasaki irony in teaching incarcerated dJring the Minnescta Cooncil fa- th e Social Stud es sping ffi1ferooce in Rcrllester, Minn and the education OJmmittee JA silldents aoout American were instrumental in making democracy, said Dr Jan Fielder The Cities JACL COpIes of JACL publications Japanese American Internment and the IIXl rkshop possible Ziegler, a speaker at the event Education Committee participated including, "Journey from Gold 9111 Community Resources for Committee members include During WWII, many in the Minnesota Council for the Mountain The Asian American Educators' Kathy Namura, of the Japanese )'Jung JAs started to exhibit S:xial Silldies spring conference Experience' Cartson compared the hate American Resource Center of disciplinary problems caused held at the lvtJ.)'J Civic Center in Janet lvtJ.eda Cartson, a retired crimes and resjXlnses in the Colorado; Bonnie Qark, of the by the loss of traditional scdal Rochester, Minn. on lvtJ.rch 4 college professor, and Carolyn aftermath of the Sept 11th terrorist University of Denver; Linda order, added Ziegler, wi nner Oier 1:D scdal studies educators Nayematm, former executive attacks to the events after Japan Takahashi-Rodriguez, of the of the Adele l>1ellen prize for attended the OJnference themed, director of the Multicultural attacked Peart Haroor Asian Education Advisory her M k 'The Schooling of "mt Your Typical 'Standards' Center for Academic Excellence Nayematm discussed ideas on Council : Richard Hamai, of Japanese American Children Judy Murakami and Sally Sudo at the University of Minnesota, how to integrate the JA WWII the Mile-Hi JACL; and Leslie at Relocation Centers During manned the infonnational Mth, led a breakout session titled, experience into the Minnesota Sakato WorM War II". and distributed complimentary "Lessons Learned from the social• silldies academic standards 12 AP R. 1-14, 2011 NATIONAL PACIFIC QCITIZEN sitv " Maui WWlllnternment Camp Sites are Part of Research
The two sites are among 13 in Hawaii that will be part of a resource study.
By Associated Press
WAILUKU, Hawaii-The National Park Service has identified two sites in ~ui as former Japanese internment camps. Park officials say the Kalana 0 tvhui building in Wailuku a nd the Horizons Academy of Mani in Haiku lie on areas that held Japanese Americans during World War II. The two s ites are Students Ask USC to Issue Honorary Degrees among 13 statewide to be partof a resource study. A Park Service spokeswoman says in 11aui, there is little left The Los Angeles-based private university host such ceremonies after the passage of Assemb ly from the camps. But officials are holding a series of meetings has honored its WW"II-impacted JA Bill 37, which called on california State U uivernity, across Maui (bunty to seek the co mmunily 's input on how to students, but not with honorary degrees. University of California and community colleges to preserve their history. award these degrees. Con gress recently instructed the National Park &rvice to carry Knowing thatthe last step hasn't been taken to issue By Pacific Citizen Staff out the study. Internment camp sites have been found on all si't honorary degrees at USC has motivated the coalition Hawaiian is lands .• of students to act, said Kikuchi. Japanese American students at the Universily of The student group has spearheaded a petition to Southern california who were unjustly uprooted from ' 'i> upport the initiative to grant honorary degrees to our their homes and universities during World War II have fellow Trojans," which will be delivered to universily a new ally - a coalition of c urrent USC students in president C L. :Max Nikias. Polaris Tours their 20s who are appealing to the private university to Setsuko Nishi, a former USC student whose Presents: issue honorary degrees to forme r Nisei students. education was interrupted by WWII, said honoIary 'We are putting 10 pIactice what our school degrees for Nisei students would be "symbolically 2011 Tour Schedule encourages us to do and apply our edncation through s ignificanL" Kikuch~ J ... 7 ·Jun.9 Las Vegas ill SImmertn. e: SilolW: Cellae Dion leadership, " said Sally a first year master ~ny Nisei were in the transitional age between Jul.17 ·Jul. 26 s.•• er Japll.: Hig"lig"ts for t"e Whok!: Family student study in g public administration a nd coordinator hi gh school and college when WWII broke oul To be of the Nisei Diploma Project at USc. A.g. lO.Aug. 17 Greill Pacilc NOrthwe..t: VaAco. ver, VICtoria, denied a rite of passage like receiving a college degree Seank!:, WIlistler In 1942, over 120 USC students were forced and graduation is traumatizing, said Nishi, who went AIg. 30.Sep. 13 GeJIs of Mabysia to dtscontinue their education in compliance with on to earn her doctorate degree in psychology at the Oct. U·Od. 20 Leg'Hy oft"e bcas - Peru, Mach Picc .. .. Executive Order 9066, w h ich forced JAs into University o f Chicago. N:lZII1Lines internment camps after Japan auacked Tharl Harbor. "fur those who didn't finish their education or for Oct. U·Od. 20 AIhI. n Jap:u.: Majestic Fall Colors Tbe project's goal is to honor these JAstudents who those who had a particularly bad e.'l:perience [because Nov. 3·Nov. 13 Isl:u.dsofOkiaawa & S"ikok. were unable to continue their education becanse of of the internment] this may be healing," said Nishi Nov.29·Dec.13 AICieJlt Capitlls of n\liland & Laos wartime hysteria. about the honorary degrees. Dec.18·Dec.20 Holiday in Las Vegas: S"ows: CirqIe du Soleil ''M:ystere'' 'What hits home is imagining your own degree Ltst A pril, the JACL national board unanimously being taken away from you and what emotional passed a resolution calling on USC to "act with a lQll impact that has on you," said Kikuchi. Apr. 3.Apr. 12 SpriJIg Japa •. "'!he Beauty of t"e Cherry Blosso.s" particular priority on issuing honorary degrees to Apr. 12.Apr.24 SoIt" Korea: AU Major Higldig"ts & Dr.t. a Sites In 20 08, t he USC Asian Facific Alumni Association former N isei students." honored their former Nisei students during an April ''i think it's important because USC is adistin guished We will be happy to send you a brochure! 25 scholarships and awards gala. The univernity also school, and people view USC with such high regard honored the students during a football halftime s how. 24 lInim 9:juare, !iii"'. 506 lInioo aty, CA 94581 on a state, nation a~ and international level that this lOll F"",: (8()()) 8541-2882 But many California universities and community ~ wwwJlJurpojarisJ>Ofl1 project can only help USC gain even greater respect PolarisTours Bnail: mar...ra@!ourp_is.com colleges have either a lready awarded N isei students by demonstrating such commitment to its students," with honorary degrees or have announced plans to said Kikuchi.• THRIVE IN THE C ULTURE. FAMilY & WARMTH OF THE Universities Seeking Nisei For Honorary Degrees APANESE AMERICAN COMMUNITY Two California universities are seeking former Approximately 700 students enrolled at UC Japanese A merican students to recognize with Hastings and four other university schools were honorary degrees. among the 120,000 JAs sent to Santa Ana College's spring internmeut camps during WWIl commencement is slated for May 20. Honorary Degrees Thus far, 10 students who meet the Twenly -two JA students who had their criteria established by the Universily Help identify former college stud ies interrupted because of of California have been identified. Nisei students lAtlo World War II have been identified. UC Hastings students who were were unable to graduate ~ & ''it's never 100 late 10 right a wrong ," because of the internment. unable to receive their degrees will KOKORO said Erlinda 1. Martinez, Santa Ana be awarded an honorary degree of .." 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Sl documents the Department of Justice internment camp in Santa ~ The 6th Annual Japan Festival ~ John Marshall, an Intern ati ona lly Info: Call 773n28-7171 or Fe as well as the internment experience in Lordsburg and Fort : SALT LAKE CITY, UT ~ known textile artist of natural [email protected] ~ Stanton. It will run in conjunction with the exhibit "Taken : FBI at April 30 , 11 am. fbers and fashion deslgwr, will ~ Japantown Street lead a lively disrusslon on th e rol e JapaneseAmerican World II the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center." : 100 South ( Between 200 West tattoos have played In Japanese Internment Exhibit ; and 300 West) rulture since ea rli est times. DAVENPORT, IA Inlo: Nicole Nathan at 5031224-1458 or ; The festlvalltu1l1 begin with Info: 916/427-2841 or April 4, 4 to 7 p.m. [email protected] ; opening ceremonies and feature jkpca21 @yahoo.com St Ambrose University, : li ve en tertainment on two stages Rogalski Center ~ during tile cay. The Nihon Matsuri 518 West LocustSt CCDC : Wellesley Friends Meeting : Festi val committee has arranged The exhibit "Japanese American EAST ~ : 26 Benvenue Sl for performances and workshops Internment in World War ~ ~ by t\110 Japanese artists, including The 26th Annual Shlnzen W Intends to help viewers JACl New England Chapter'S Please join us for this disOJssion ; on Japan's earth(JJake and : shlnobue artist Miwako Mori and Run and walk understand the leny:hs a country 'Crisis In Japan' lecture ~ : tsuna mi, recent events in ta lko artist TakahUo "'shino. The FRESNO, CA may go to sacrifire ind vidual WELLESLEY, MA ~ ~ Fukushima, and th e long-term popular anlme contest will be held April 23, 6 am. freedom and liberty of its April 2, 10 to 11 :30 am. : on sta ge a swell. ~ Woodward Pert citizens when national serurily is ~ Info: www.nihonmatsuri.com ; The JACL Fresno Chapter is threa tened : pleased 10 announce this year's Info: To pre-register call NCWNP ! run and VIEIlkl The evenl is open to 309fl93-1300 : runners and walkers of ailleveis ~ The Chinese for Alflnnative ~ and benefits th e Central california Free Rim Screening of : Action's Celebration of Justice ~ Nikkei Foundation, the Shlnzen 'Vincent Who?' ~ SAN FRANCISCO, CA ~ Friendship Garden at Woodwa rd MINNETONKA, MN ~ June 9,6 p.m. : Par!<. and the Fresno JACL April 3, 2 to 4 p.m. The Sisters of : Empress of China Restaurant Scholarship Fund. Hennepin County Library 1838 GrantAve II!!I!I Info: www.proraceggroup.com 12601 Ridgedale Dr. 1 Tile Celebration of IiiiiiiIII or 559/434-1662 In 1982 at the height of anti• : Justi ce Is CAA 's Japanese sentiments, Vincent M anzanar ~ largest funa-al ser of Chin was murdered in Detroit MEET TH E ARTISTS AT A SPECIAL VIP RECEPTION ~ th e year wh ere civil rl~ts, LGBT by two lMlite autoworkers who ~ rl ~ t s, and political leaders gather King'S Hawaiian Hukilau blamed him because they were : to honor extraordinary Indivic1Jals. Fundrciser out of work. This dorumentary ~ It 's also a fun setting lMlere old TORRANCE, CA fea tures interviews with key ; fri ends ca n reconnect. April 20, 6 am. to 10 p.m, players at the time. ~ Into: www,caasf.org or call King'S Hawaiian Bakery & Into: Call 952A147-8800 or visit ,._.. lff.... ""..... s ...er... .I<'U'SI ...,..~ ~ ~ Lcri Rctns G~ Ta<.ei MCflQ,Je BrI .... Fong at 41!l.-274--6760 ext Restaurant www.vincentwhofilm.com ; 313 ~ 2808 W. 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A live auction will be Southern California's 10th PACIFIC ~ CITIZEN OBITUARIES APR. 1-14,2011 15 TRIBUTE George Yoshito Masunaga IN MEMORIAM September 2,1914 - March 3, 2011 Furukawa, John Mutsuo, 88, Nagata, Grace Miyako, 88, Mission Inn located in Riverside, George Masunaga was born Calif.; she later married art on September 2,1914, in Fort student, Shigeru; her family was Lupton, Colorado, graduated interned at Heart Mountain during from Brighton High School WWII; she is survived by her and the University of Colorado children, Tek, Taka, Jeanie and School of Pharmacy in 194 1. Seiko Buck.in!jlam; 9 gc; 9 ggc. He served as a chemist for the Denver and Rio Grande Tokunaga, Sumio, 84, Honolulu, Railroad before doing a tour of HI; Feb. 18; he was a retired duty with the U.S. Army during crane operator with Oahu SUgar; WWII. He served as a civilian Gardena, CA; March 5; he was survived by wife, Michiko; sons, pharmacist at the LOIM"Y Air born in Kansas City, Mo.; he is stockton, CA; March 22; her Nolan (Mavis), Leo (Diane); force Base in Denver. George survived by his son, Manabu John; family was intemed during WWII sisters, Tomii Orita, Hisayo (Mikio) nephelNS, Kenny (Dianne), David at Rohwer, Ark.; she was an active Soma, Chiyono Hshinuma; 3 gc. and his brothers, Jess and John, operated several drug (Eugenia), Robert (Beverly), and merrtJer of JACL; predeceased by He was Mile Hi Chapter Cedric (Christy); niece, Arleen brothers, George, Sam, Norman, Tsukahara, Berta, 95, Dallas, stores in the Denver metro area. president from 1947 to 1958 (Dan) Pavan. Mas and Roch Funamura; also Texas; March 9; she was the and organized the biennial predeceased by sisters, Minnie youngest daughter of Dr. Kinya In 1958, George mar- ried Mary Funakoshi of Fort JACLConvention in Denver in Higashi, Grace Toshiko, 77, Masaoka and Dorothy Morita; and Ura Tsukahara; predeceased 1992. Lupton. Althou!jl they did not she is survived by her daughter, by her parents; sister, Mary; He was a Millineum and Sharon; sons, Keith and Kevin; have children of their own, brothers, Henry, William, Woodrow Thousand Club member, daughter-in-law, Lynn; sister, they are beloved by many Vvtlo and Theodore; survived by many active in the University of Mary Iyemura; brother, James call them, Uncle and Auntie. nieces, nephews and friends. Colorado School of Pharmacy, Funamura; many nieces and George is survived by his wife, SilTflson Methodist Church, nephews; 1 gc. Mary, a sister Mary Fujimoto Uchizono, Taro, 89, Japanese Association of and brother, John Masunaga. Colorado, Japan America Nakamoto, Toyoko "Toggie," 89, He and Mary attended Mile Society, the Nisei Post (VFW) Los Angeles, CA; March 25; she H Chapter JACL meetings Colorado and the Colorado is survived by her children, Cathy regularly until his last illness. Pharmacist's Society. Funeral (James) Rogers and Dale (Sol); He was a mentor to all; qJick March 10; she is survived by sister, Shigeko Taira; many nieces with stories, laughter and Service was held at 11 :00 husband, Tom; daughters, June, and nepheVv'S; 3 gc; 2 ggc. shared a wealth of the history a.m., March 8, 2011, Simpson Susan and Cynthia; brothers, of JACLand of life. Methodst Church, 6001 Wolff Richard and Roy Nakao; sister, Takaezu, Toshiko, 88, Honolulu, St., Arvada, CO 800m. Mae Okayama; 2 gc. HI; March 9; she was a Japanese American cerarric artist; her work. Fountain Valley, CA; March 22; TRIBUTE Kanamori, Lynne Kurami, 56, is on display at the Srrithsonian he was a U. S. Army vet with the March 22; she is survived by her American Art Museum and the 442nd R CT; predeceased by wife Shirgeru "Shig" Motoki husband, Glenn; brother, Kevin Los Angeles County Museum of Rosie; brother Saburo and sister May 14, 1922 - February 5,2011 (SUsan); sister, Janet (Kent) Art, among other places; she is Toshiko; survived by wife, Estella; Fujimura; dau!1Jter, Cheryn. survived by two brothers and four brothers Jiro (Toy) and Shiro Shigeru "Shig" Matoki passed sisters. (Minnie) Uchizono; sister Ikuko away on February 5, 2011 atthe Kawamura, Wallace T., 89, Iguchi; sons, stanley (Sharon), Dr. age of 88 years. He was born Honolulu, HI; March 4; he was a Rodger, and Craig (Karen); many on May 14, 1922 in Ichinosek.i, U.S. Army vet; he served during nieces and nephews; 6 gc. 1 ggc. Japan. He lived with his farrily in WWII with the 442nd RCT; he Seattle, Washington until World is survived by wife Mabel E.; War II when they 'uVere placed in daughter Terry Sasamura; brother, an internment camp in Minidoka, Michael S.; sister, Edith Torikawa; OTA Idaho. 2 gc. KKEI Shig enlisted in the U.S. Army ~fORTUARY and was stationed in Japan Munesue, Tsuneo, 91 , Honolulu, during the Korean War. He was HI; Feb. 27; he retired from USPS honorably discharged in 1954. after 37 years; predeceased by his Shig graduated from the Univer• 707 Eas, ~ Street wife, Grace; he is survived by son, 91 1 VENICE BouLEVARD sityof utah in 1958. He worked Gary; dau!jlter, Gail L. (Paul T) Los ANGELES. CAUFORNIA 9001 5 Los Arlg6jes. CA 900 t 2 TEL(213)749-1449 for the Civil Service at Hill Field Kaneshiro; brothers, Ben (Bemice) FAX (2.13)749<:1265 Ph. 2131626-044 ' Air Force Base and became a supervisor for production manage• and Harry; sisters, Betty Iwamoto, 1l _ "!"& Il \l) I: b . "" !-"n ' ''I! .' n ' . ~ . Fax 213-617·2781 ment of the F -16 fighter plane. He retired from the Civil Service in Mary (Yoshio) Toyama; nieces and 1980. nephews; 3 gc. He was active in the Mount Olympus chapter of the JACL and served a term as president. Shig is survived by his wife, three REVERSE MORTGAGE sons, four grandchildren, and five !Teat grandchildren. Callfor a!r££ information packnge HONOR YOUR If you are 62 or older and own your house, LOVED ONES a Reverse Mortgage may benefit you! 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