Newsstand: ~ (60e Postpaid) # 2.519 Vol. 108. No. 8 ISSN: 0030-8579 941 East 3rd St. Suite 200. Los Angeles, CA 90013 . (213) 626-6936 Friday, March 3,1989 Redress Appropriations Mineta, Matsui, Urge Leadership Colleagues for Support WASHINGTON - This past week take the lead to assure that this land• have already died. The vast majority (Feb. 23) Reps. Norman Y. Mineta mark legislation is realized. of the approximately 60,000 survivors (D-Calif.) and Robert T. Matsui (D• "On August 10, 1988, when Presi• are more than 60 years old. The $20 Calif.) urged their leadership col• dent Reagan signed H.R. 442 into law, million proposed for FY -90 would leagues in the House of Representa- . he said, 'For here we admit a wrong. compensate only 1,000 people. The tives to support a budget and approp• Here we reaffirm our commitment as Department of Justice estimates that riation of $SOO million for redress in a nation to equal justice under the law . ' 2,400 eligible people will die during fiscal year 1990. "Unfortunately, his flfSt opportunity that same year. In letters sent to Speaker of the to rectify this wrong-his fiscal year "The (Justice Department's) Office - House Jim Wright (D-Texas) Majority 1990 budget proposal---ilid not reflect of Redress Administration has located Leader Tom Foley (D-Wash.), Major• that commitment, nor ' did President more than SO,OOO possible be• ity Whip Tony Coelho (D-Calif.), and Bush's proposal. Public Law 100-383 neficiaries. For most of them, the pro• Budget Committee Chair Leon Panetta authorizes $SOO million per year for cess of verification will be brief and (D-Calif.), Mineta and Matsui wrote: redress compensation; President straightforward. There is no question "Let us begin by thanking you for Reagan allocated only $20 million. that if the full $SOO million permitted your successful past leadership in "We fully understand the difficult under law were appropriated for Fiscal working to redress the grievous wrong financial pressures of this fiscal year. Year 1990, every cent could be of the forcible removal and internment However, we also fully understand the promptly and properly disbursed, as of Americans of Japanese ancestry . As grave situation of the redress program. Congress directed. The funds would with the authorizing of redress legisla• "Of the 120,000 Americans who • go to recipients who have waited more tion, Congress will be required to ag~in suffered through this tragedy, half Continued on Page 2 UCLA's Chancellor Young Passes Buck on Nakanishi's Tenure LOS ANGELES - After promising Nakanishi's campus and commu• voice of Asian Pacific peoples IS msig• for the past four months to make a nity supporters contend that the under• nificant. " new decision on the tenure case of Pro• lying issue in the case is racism. Matsuda urged supporters of fessor Don Nakanishi, UCLA Chan• ''This case has been going on for Nakanishi who wished to contribute to cellor Charles Young has chosen not three years!" said Gann Matsuda, a his legal defense fund to write to the to decide the matter and will send the longtime UCLA student. "We are de• Don Nakanishi Legal Fund/Asian Photo By Kothleen Novoll case back for further study by lower aling with people at the top who be• QUEEN OF THE ICE-Kristi Yamaguchi, a 17-year-old from Fremont, Pacific Legal Defense and Education level committees. lieve that Professor Nakanishi 's re• Calif., skated into the hearts of America and to a second place berth Fund, Japanese American Citizens This surprise announcement occur• search on Asian Pacific American • in the women's individual competition and first place in the senior level League, 244 S. San Pedro St. , #S07 , red late in the week of Feb. 12, accord• communities is irrelevant and that the Los Angeles, CA 90012. pairs with partner Rudy Galindo at the U.s. figure skating champion• ing to Dale Minami of San Francisco, ships last month. She is the daughter of Dr. Jim Yamaguchi, a Fremont one of two attorneys retained by dentist who serves as the insurance commissioner of the Fremont Chap• Nakanishi for his case. National JACL Sends UCLA Letter ter of the JACL. Her mother, Carole, has also served on the chapter's "Y oung has decided to duck from board. Kristi will skate this month in Paris at the world championships. making a decision," said Minami. Supporting Don Nakanishi, Tenure "The case will now go back to lower SAN FRANCISCO - JACL National tinued. Mile-HiJACL Testifies BeforeColo.'s House level committees where it has been President Cressey Nakagawa, in a let- In conclusion, Nakagawa wrote, studied several times before." ter written to UCLA Chancellor ''Tenure should be granted to Professor DENVER - At a hearing before the wire enclosures. Marge Taniwaki gave Campus supporters of Nakani~hi, Charles E. Young, urged that Profes- Nakanishi based on his scholarship, Colorado House Finance Committee her impressions of life as a child in meanwhile, reacted with anger over sor Don Nakanishi be granted tenure.. his teaching skills, and his service to Feb. 12, five Mile-Hi JACL members camp. the latest round of delays on the case, The letter came as a result of action the university and the community." testified on behalf of the bill, HB 1263, William Takahashi gave a brief his• which is now entering its third year of taken by the JACL at the last month's . . so that recipients of redress payments tory about the unequal treatment of controversy. "For the past four National Board meeting. The board Native American Support will not lose State entitlement pension Asians in that they were not allowed months, Chancellor Young has as• voted to support Nakanishi's efforts to In addition to JACL support, the or welfare. The State Senate is yet to to become U.S. Citizens and that he sured all of us-students, alumni, and gain tenure at UCLA. In the letter, Los Angeles Native American Com- hold its hearing on this matter. was not able to become a citizen until the Asian Pacific community-4bat he Nakagawa commented upon the im- mission, representing American In• Bob Horiuchi, Chapter redress well after the war although he had would soon make a fair, new deci• portance and necessity "that the facul- dians in the region, voted unanimously chair, explained the Civil Rights Bill completed his medical training. sion," said Karen Umemoto, head of ties of universities reflect the ever-in- Feb. 21 to support the demand for of 1988 (Redress bill) to the commit• Dr. Sumiko Hennessey, director of Student/Community Projects in the creasing diversity of the population." Nakanishi 's tenure. According to Le• tee. Tom Masamori testified about the an Asian mental health facility in De• Asian American Studies Center. Continuing, he wrote, "It is also signif- nore Stiffman, a research director at evacuation and incarceration as well nver, gave testimony on the effects of "Now, after all these months, he's icant to note that no Asian American the UCLA American Indian Studies as the military service of Nisei while the incarceration on the elderly who making no decision. This sends us a has served as a tenured professor at Center, said that the outcome of the their parents were still behind barbed would be directly affected by this bill. clear signal," said Umemoto, who has the Graduate School of Education at Nakanishi case will have significant a masters' degree from UCLA's Asian the University of California at Los bearing on the careers of American American Studies program. "UCLA Angeles ." Indian faculty and graduate students. officials are leaning toward rejection "It is our belief that all institutions "Professor Nakanishi is highly qual- of Professor Nakanishi once again," in both the public and private sector ified, so if he can 't receive tenure, then she continued, "and we will not let have an obligation to enact affirmative what chance will others have against that happen." measures for promoting the diversity these forces of racism in the univer• reflected in our society," the letter con- sity?" asked Stiffrnan. Two students leaders-Mary Kata• yama, president of the campus Nikkei Student Union, and Greg Santiago, president of Samahan Pilipino-also also expressed disappointment. Nakanishi, a Yale and Harvard graduate, is striving to become the first Asian American with permanent fac• ulty appointment in the UCLA Graduate School of Education, where 47 of the current SI faculty are White. Photo By Tom Mosomori He was rejected by Young in the MILE-HI GOES TO THE HOUSE-Waiting for the hearings to start for faJ] of 1987 but won a new review of HB 1263, a bill to keep Colorado redress recipients from losing state his qualifications for appointment after entitlement to pension or welfare, are Chiyo Horiuchi, Bob Horiuchi, winning two grievances against the Dr. William Takahashi, Marge Taniwaki and Dr. Sumiko Hennessey. university . ~~------~~====~~=== REDRESS TOLL-FREE NEWS IN BRIEF HOTLINE Basketball Coach Dave Yanai No Longer 'Obscure' (800) 228-8375 CARSON, Calif. - Headlines, photographs and the 3,SOO-word story in the 9:30 am-6:00 pm Eastem Time Los Angeles Times this past week (Feb. 16) portraying Cal State Dominguez English I Nihongo Hill's Nisei basketball coach, Dave Yanai, as "a gem of a coach (toiling) in Deportment of Justice relative obscurity" is now completely shattered because of the outstanding Office of Redress Administration publicity. [The P.e. acknowledges several clippings supplied by readers who - ~ 19a7 Eclipse Comics P.O. Box 66260 were impressed and wanted to make sure we didn't miss the story.] Currently, BLAST FROM THE PAST-Violent and racist imagery is brought back Washington, DC 20035 Yanai is the lone Japanese American coach in college basketball, but not the from WWII, courtesy of Air Fighters Classics, a comic book reprinted flfSt (Bill Kajikawa at Arizona State, 1949-S7) as some may wonder. by Eclipse Comics of Forestville, Calif. (see s.tory on page 3). 2~ACIFIC CInZEN I Friday, March 3,1989
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Kale, a House leadership priority to get the guest speaker, Office of Redress Administration; Ellen Nakamura, full amount for redress budgeted and Seabrook Chapter president; New Jersey State Sen. James R. Hurley; appropriated. We look forward to Grayce Uyehara, former JACL-LEC executive director; and Nagao. working with you in these efforts." Charles Nagao Honored by Seabrook JACL NCJASC Sh;nnen SEABROOK, N.J . - Nearly 100 nial Tor the nonoree with praises and people attended the 1988 Seabrook presentations included New Jersey Ka; Set for March 11 JACL Keiro Kai on Dec. 3, 1988, at state senate minority leader, Sen. MOUNTAIN VIEW , Calif. - The the Seabrook Buddhist Temple. It was James R. Hurley, and New Jersey As• Northern California Japanese Amer• a special tribute to Charles T. Naga6 semblyman Edward H. Salmon, while ican Senior Centers (NCJASC), a co• for his lifetime of community service U.S. Rep. WilliamR. Hughes, redress alition of 14 Nikkei centers, will host . and outstanding efforts as chapter re• advocate and sponsor of H.R. 442, the annual Shinnen Kai on Saturday, 'dress chair. made a surprise stopover. March 11 , at the Mountain View The festivities began with words of Nagao was also lauded by former Buddhist Temple, 575 Shoreline Photo by Steve Sakai welcome by Lenore Wurtzel, toastmis• National JACL-LEC Executive Direc• Blvd., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. HIROSHIMA'S SANSEI-Jazz fusion musicians Hiroshima will appeor tress, and a buffet dinner headed by tor Grayce Uyehara, and in Japanese Last year, 700 seniors filled the spa• March 12-May 7 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles as part of Fusaye Kazaoka. for the benefit of the Issei , by Hiroshi cious facility for the afternoon lunch• the new play Sansei, based on the experiences of band's members. The Rev. Rebecca MacDonald of Uyebara. eon and entertainment provided by the Pictured above are bandmembers (I -r) Danny Yamamoto, June the Seabrook Buddhist Temple rep• Other tributes were given by past various senior centers. This year's Kuramoto, Dan Kuramoto, Machun and John Mori. A gala benefit/cul• resented the clergy while a souvenir chapter President John Fuyuume of party is being dedicated to the memory tural exchange between L.A and the city of Hiroshima is set for March photo of the senior citizen guests was Bermuda and Marileo Ono who rep• of Amy Maniwa. Seniors should con• 11 at the Taper. For info on the play or the benefit, call (213) 972-7680. arranged by Sunkie Oye. resented the group in Japanese. tact their nearest center for transporta• On April 7 at 8 p.m ., the Leadership Committee of the PSWDC of the The impressive list of after-dinner A handsome award citing his distin• tion and lunch information: JACL is sponsoring a fundraising theatre outing to see Sansei, to be speakers who took part in the testimo- guished service was presented the hon• Berkeley Senior Center 526-1433; Eden Ja• followed by a reception. For information on the JACL outing, call John oree by chapter President Ellen Naka• panese Senior Center 562-7369; Enman No Saito at (213) 626-4471 or B.J . Watanabe at (714) 779-4140. DEATHS Torno Senior Center in Sebastopol (707) 823- mura. 0376; Hamilton Senior Center 931-0030 (Wed• In his bilingual acknowledgement, nesday only); Japanese American Services of Available Exclusively To lACL Satoshi Hoshi, 69 Nagao credited the assistance given the East Bay 848-3560; Kimochi Inc. 93 1-2294; Sakura Kai Senior Center 525-7086; San Mateo The Hague, Netherlands him by his daughter, JACLer Irene Individual Members And Group JACL Community Center 343-2793; Shinwa Mr. Hoshi . retired legal researcher for the Kaneshiki , which enabled him to con• Kai (Diablo American Club) 682-8069; West United Nations International Court of Justice, tinue the decade of redress work. She Valley JACL Senior Center 253-0458; Yu Ai The died Jan . 21 . J989 , at The Hague. Netherlands. Kai (San Jose) 294-2505; Yu Wa Kai (palo He was 69 years old. likewise received a special citation from the chapter. Alto) 327-9273; Tri City Fujin Kai (M!. View) Born at Seattle. Wash., he was graduated 967-3992. [Area code: al l 415 except where JACL-BLUE SHIELD from Garfield High School and the Univ. of A redress chair. Nagao introduced indicated.) Washington and the Univ. of Michigan law the featured speaker. A sociate Ad• schools and served with the U.S. Army 442nd NCJASC meets monthly to discuss Health Plan ministrator Alice M. Kale of the Office the service needs of the Japane e Infantry (1944-1947) in Italy and France. In of Redress Admini tration. Washing• 1949. he wa~ graduated from the Univ. of American elderly, share program in• Geneva Law School at Switzerl and and in 1952 ton. D.C. formation and idea , keep other agen• he joined the International Court of Ju tice and On her first outreach vi it to Sea• retired in 1986. having served as a staff member cie informed on the growth. ervices brook. 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JACL Credit Union Meeting on March 18
SALT LAKE CITY - The ational ing, inrere. ted 10 the po ition. i en• JACL Credit Union will hold its annual coura",ed to file a re oume \ ith Ted dinner meeting on March I . at the agata, nomination hair, c'o a- Doubletree Hotel, _15 \! e t outh tional JACL tredit Union, P. . Bo Temple, Salt Lake City. Happ. hour 1n I, alt Lake City, lIT 84110. is at 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7. A Minimum requirement are: lember- busin meeting will begin at 8 fol• hip in the credit union: mu. t be 1 lowed by dancing to live music from years of age or older; mu t be bonda• 9:00 p.m. ble; mu. t be able to attend regular Co t of the dinner i $15 per monthly meeting . Re ume mu~t be member and partner with reservation , received by March 14, 5:00 p.m. $18 at the door. Charge to non-mem• A~ of December 19 8, the National bers will be $21 each with re ervation JACL Credit Union had 3,070 mem• and $24 each without reservations. Re• bers with 1.35:! members as borrow• servations mu t be made with the credit ers . A et amounted to union by March 14. Local phone: 355- $9,642. 189.31. Dividend di tributed 8040; out of tate: (800) 544-8828. to members in 1988 wa $487.787.46. 1989 Eclipse Comics' Two members of the BoarifOfDI• The credit union i expanding its erv• JAPANESE RA TS-On the left, an enlarged partion of Air Fighters Classics, a WWII-era comic book reprint. On rectors will be elected at the annual ice to include VISA credit card with the right is the cover as it appears in its entirety. Such dehumanizing imagery was commonplace at the time. meeting. Any member, in good stand- a low intere t rate. Comic Book Reprint Revives WWII Stereotypes of Japanese By George Johnston Spin." Apparently played for laughs, raci t artwork and dialogue is not chil• The "good old days" of the IO¢ he is a deformed , dimwitted Chinese dren , but older teenagers and young comic book are back again . .. ort 'laundry man tricked into test-piloting adults who can understand that the im-' of. Thanks to Eclipse Comics of a new airplane against the Japanese. ages are not correct, that they just re- ' Forestville , Calif., kids of all age can Ironically , two of the artists whose flect the temper of their time. Despite enjoy reprints of WWII-era comjc . work appears in the reprint comic• this, not everyone thinks the reprinting Although the price is now $3.95 a pop Bob Fujitani and Fred Kida-are Japa• of "wartime propaganda" is a good instead of a Mercury head dime, the nese Americans (Fujitani is dead; idea . negative racial depiction of the Japa• Kida , now retired . recently worked on "1 think that it's obvious that they're ne e enemy in these comics are still the Spiderman newspaper comic just trying to make money off of it ," the same. strip.). Additionally, the artist who re• believes Trisha Murakawa, co-chair of The publication is Air Fighters touches the artwork today i Miyako the Pacific Southwest District Council Classics. Now in it fifth i sue, the Graham , a native Japanese. JACL Civil Rights Caucus. "I think quarterly comic book is a black and According to Eclipse Comic ' Cat it's irresponsible that they're doing white reprint a comic printed during Yronwode, (pronounced Ironwood) , this. In their disclaimer they say that the early 194Os. The first is ue of the the reprints were done because of the they knew then and ·they know now reprint' color cover, dated November popularity of today's revived Airboy that they're racist (the comic books) 1987 , hows the main protagonist, Air• title. Fans who were curious about the and that they're innaccurate depictions SAGA OF THE MIS-That's the title of a workshop set for March II , boy, engaged in a dogfight with a background of the character, whose of Japanese," she said. 'They need to 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Department of Water orange-skinned, fanged Japanese rights were purchased by Eclipse, are have a stronger djsclaimer," she and Power, III N . Hope St. in downtown Los Angeles. Co-sponsored pilot. In the foreground, the pilot now able to read the original rare Air• added. by the Military Intelligence Service Veterans Association of Sout hern grimace in pain as blood sprays from boy adventures, as well as those of The disclaimer found in the inside California and the Franklin D. Murphy library of the Japanese American his mouth after being shot by Airboy. Iron Ace, Sky Wolf and others as they cover of the latest issue reads: Cultural and Community Center, the pragram will include several panels The cover of the latest issue, number battle the Japanese and Germans dur• "We re-present these original stories with the of Nisei veterans who distinguished themselves in different areas of five , shows a similar layout and theme, ing WWII. understanding that in 1943 America was at war the Asia Pacific Theater during WWII. Those interested in registering but instead of a single enemy pilot As Yronwode explained it, today's with Japan and Gennany, and that images of should contact Ken Akune (213) 323-4746, Victor Abe, (213) 514- buck-toothed, orange-skinned Japanese and being shot, Airboy is firing upon a Airboy is the son of the WWII-era Air• monocled, overbearing Gennans were com• 0772, Mits Usui, (818) 886-0974, or Hayato Kihara, (818) 336-6530. pack of rats with human heads-Japa• boy, now dead. Today's Airboy even mon. We know now-and we also knew then-• Pictured above are Henry Kuwabara (right) and Hideo Imai, with a nese heads. Disappointment awaits has a Japanese sensei who was shot thai such racial stereotypes are not accurale. British officer, examining captured Japanese planes in Malaysia in 1945. those wishing to see more of the same, down by his father. 'The main reason We present this volume both as a piece of his• for reprinting these old stories," she lOry and as an example of one of the most-loved however, since the story on the inside comic books of the 1940s." SHORT&SMALLMENSWEAR has Airboy battling Germans instead said, "is because some of these comics Murakawa was also concerned with of Japanese. are so hard to find and our fans . . . . FOR THE PROFESSIONAL MAN. the possible negative effects that the Outrageous as it may seem today, they want to go back to the beginning Suits & Sport Coals in 34 • 44 Short and Extra-Short, also Dress Shirts, Slacks, reprints could have. 'They're rein- Shoes, Overcoals and Accessories by Givenchy, Lanvin, TaJlia, ArrrIN, John Henry, WWII-era depictions of the Japanese and find out 'How did they originally London RlQ, Sandro MoscoIoni, Cole-Hann and Robert Talbott portrayed not a just an enemy nation, meet?'" '(;nntinued on page 5 but a race of Mongoloid idiots and Comic books, despite having more vampirish sub-humans. Although al• older fans these days, are still generally ESTABLISHED 1936 KEN & COMPANY lies to the U.S. in WWII, the Chinese perceived entertainment for children. 2855 STEVENS CREEK BLVD. LOCATED IN THE NEW are also portrayed as less than human. Based on reader surveys cited by Yron • Nisei Trading SUITE 2249 VALLEY FAIR SHOPPING CENTER Issue one of Air Fighters Classics wode , Eclipse believes the audience Appliances - 7V . Furniture SANTA CLARA, CA 95050 SECOND LEVEL, NEAR MACY'S. ~or ~omics _ PHONE: introduce the character of"Wun Win.s these with their blatantly. PUlINITURE SHOWCASE 408/246-2177 2975 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles (213) 383-4100 q:.. c!.(.. u·& ED SATO WAREHOUSE SHOWROOM ~rrs,u- PLUMBING & HEATING 612 Jackson St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 Remodel and Repairs, Water Heaters (213) 620-0882 Across 51. John's Hasp. 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EDITORIAL OF THE PACIFIC CmUN: Day of Remembrance FROM THE FRYING PAN UBRUARY 19, the Day of Re~mbrance, the day Lo commemorate BILL HOSOKAWA r the signing of Executive Order 9066 by President Roosevelt in 1942, has come and gone. In preceding years it was an occasion to recall that Death: Something Everyone Must Confront dart day so many'years ago when a popular, democratic president call• ously approved an outrageous violation of the Constitutional rights of an American minority. This year, its observance was neither so widespread nor as fervent as in time past. It may be that the Day of Remembrance has served its purpose. Colorado's former governor, Dick tics, but it seems logical that if Joe at what point the benefits oflife,s8ving • Today there is widespread understanding that E.O. 9066 was wrpng. Lamm, created quite a stir several Average Nisei was 18 in 1942, he measures are outweighed by the costs, President Gerald Ford acknowledged this in a proclamation signed Feb. years ago when a speech he made would be 65 years old today. and how long the patient hould be 19, 1976. The Commission on Wartime Relocation and Int.errunent of about soaring medical costs was mis• Talking about aging and death is not kept alive artificially. But in tead of reported by a newspaper. He said that easy, as Dick Lamm .s experience confronting these choices squarely, Civilians. in its report to Congress in 1982, recognized the grave injustice health authorities, the medical profes• resulting from E.O. 9066. President Reagan last Aug. 10 igned the scan:e medical resources should be proved, but the American culture has used to help the young rather than to made a detennined effort to face sion and the public shun them. Raising redressing that wrong-and offering the government's apology. measure extend the lives of the dying. He said, realities surrounding tenninal illness. unpleasant questions or stating an February 19 was a day to remember a deep and soul-searing injustice. in effect, that the elderly have a duty Oddly enough the Japanese, who are opinion on such an emotionally August 10 is a day to commemorate a victory for justice and wipe out to make way for the young rather than reputed to be such fatalists, have not charged issue invites discord and hard the bitter memories as the nation makes slow and sometimes faltering cling to what has become a meaning• reached that point according to an ar• feelings ... progres toward the better America that JACL seeks. less life. ticle by Juzo Shiomi in Sankei Shim• "It is heresy (in Japan) to suggest But the victory is not complete so long as every detail of the Civil But it carne out in the press that bun, translated and distributed by the that weeks connected to a heart-and• - :"iberties Act. including payment of sums that are included in the law, Lamm had said the elderly have a duty Asia Foundation's Translation Service lung machine with tubes protruding is carried out. We must continue to strive to make August 10 truly a to die. The story was distributed by Center. from nose and mouth are an affront to Day of Commemoration. the news services and one New York Emperor Hirohito's lingering illness the patient's dignity . Or to say that an tabloid ran it under a headline that said was the peg for Shiomi's article. expensive, painful medical interven• something like "Larnrn to Elderly: Shiomi says the emperor was never tion may not be financially justified Drop Dead." told he had cancer. Wrote Shiomi: LEnERS TO THE EDITOR We can laugh about it, but the sub• "Most doctors inform close family "The spiraling cost of hospitaliza• ject of advancing age and its inevitable members, but not the patient, of a fatal tion and medication alone is reason ' consequences are a pertineent matter. ailment ... Should the elderly ill de• enough to rethink our attitudes about Dissent Healthy Both Sides Right These days, whenever two or more mand the truth about their condition, needlessly prolonging life. Now is the I. n', it time to demythologize the phrase The "no-no" citizens and the "yes· yes" Nisei meet, the conversation is less or accept the fiction of an eventual time to assert our right to a meaningful shim.1 liM' ko1ljo, a pejorative evasion and citizens had every right to declare Ibeir likely to be about sports or cards or recovery? Should they entrust their fate death . moke ~::reen often employed by be• independence Oimited as it was). while the other sex than about the declining to medical experts and passively agree Shiomi reaches no conclusions leaguere.1 J-A spoke per..ons when chal• being barl>ed-wired in concentration health of one's self or colleagues. The to hospitalization, surgery and life• beyond that, and neither do 1. Since lenged 01 be ieged by their apo lates? camps. decisions about life and death arc per• Moreover. hero-anthrophagia is not unique average age of Nisei was said to be supporting technology? Or should they Being a leader without any followers about 18 at the time of the Evacuation ~ insist on participation in major medical sonal, who can say more than to to J·A community. Any infonned reader gives me the right to climb the highest 01 world Ittcrdture know that di putation in 1942, which was 47 years ago. I decisions? suggest that they are something to mountain and hout at Ibe top of my lungs am confused by the mysteries of statis- "Family members have to consider think about? 1\ uO\y n.al and. among other benefits. and declare that both sides are right. exerci-.c<, lhe mind and language . Further• mon:o contcntion decompre sees the dis• It was a sad period in American history Icmpenxi mind and is generally good for when some of the people in power includ• EAST WIND you ing the Supreme Court justices and Ibe orne of the literature of dIssent i eleg• president of the United Slates, lost Ibeir BILL MARUTANI ant 10 \ igorous and witt) to blackly funny. humanity and Ibeir sense of justice. The french. not unexpe tedl) ha\'elbe lan• I have friends on both side~I love and Jew~ Ni-Soku San Man guage. knack. and !lare for it: the respect them, equally. an't think. write, or ,'peak without: the Engli h Immerse It in poetJ) or drama and M. YAMANAKA the rnencan~well. just for the hell of it. Palo Alto. Calif. It I. more common in the democracie~ thing," includes meanings such as LITERALL Y TRANSLATED, and among people chronically persecuted SOUND FAMILIAR? Undoub• tedly, there are a number of Nisei out "bundle,. sheaf, reams (as in it comes out: "Two bundles (for) or repmsed . We are. however. novice in L.rters to the editor should be typewritten paper) ." Its Jam (Japanese) reading .3975 ounces." Which may, nor thi art fonn; iiliibboleth and solipsism are (~or ~nted there who've heard the Issei use the legibly and is taba(neru) or tsuka(neru) mean• may not, be "dirt cheap," depending to be avoided and then uuth may even be no more than 200 MJrds. A cont.ct phone expression ni-solal san-mon." A few revealed. number and address must be Included or Nisei may even know what it means, ing "to tie in a bundle." Okay, so on what comprises the bundles and P.C, not print the letter. LeIters may be we have ni-soku. or "two bundles." whether the .3975 is gold or plain fJ1 UYAMA wi" and a fewer still might even use it in aub/eCt to edftirrg. So what about SAN-MON and how dirt. I have no idea as to the origin Ell worth • Maine their daily chats. I lose on both counts; I only vaguely recaJl hearing the phrase does it fit in? of this expression; my guess would when I was yet a kozO, which means THE "MON" of SAN-MON is the be some fable or moralistic story. I BY THE BOARD going back a few years. While looking kanji for "literature," readily known never asked the Issei for I was much 100 young; /wzli's were to be seen LILLIAN KIMURA up the jiten definitions of "eta" and to most students of kanji as "bUD," "buralru-mio" I happened to stumble as in bun-she (document, writing). and not heard, and , anyway, I across "NI-SOKU SAN-MON" and From here, the plot thickens, so pay hadn't the foggiest notion of what something stirred within me. close attention. "Mon" means 11 the expression meant. P.c. Board Meeting: Input Wanted So I checked it out. I DOth of a hyaku-me, a measure of There are undoubtedly scholars weight. (So now we have to rum• of the Japanese language who can TIIE EXPRESSrON, interpreted enljghten us on this point. (not translated, to which we'll get mage around in the back of the dic• \'00 belie\e more Boani needs to come to grips with-staff Would that in linJe later), means "dirt cheap:' Other tionary to locate a table of weights OH, YES: about "eta" and than ten we will be in the year stability. )m definitions appearing in the jiten: & measures.) We find that one "buraku-min." A daughter of a 2(XX). I7esuming JACL will continue As ho the one '" lives on opposite "dog-cheap; buy (seU) for a song.'" momme (is the "one" redundant?) .friend telephoned me since !>he was I e.~ t ~ coast. one of my concerns has been into the ne century. In American slang it might be stated equals .1325 OZ.; so hyaku-me (one doing a term paper and wanted to h:ific Citizen Board ",ill be meeting wben we receive the paper which is hundred "me") means shifting the check a few things out with me. I as "a sreaI." or perhaps "a bargain. » OIl distributed in the Los Angeles area on March 11-12 at the PSW JACl... But his last interpretation might be decimal point two digits to the right looked up the two words in my poe• Regional Office, Los Angeles. 10 dis• the Tuesda) of the Friday publicarion a bit mild compared to "dirt cheap." which gives us 13.25 oz. Therefore Y.et dictionary and did not find either \: the future f JAo..: official pub• date. Paying extra for first class mail of Nl-SOKU. SAl'-MON How's it the III DOth of hyaku-me cancel each listed, even though it consists senice. get my copy on Moodayor lication and its role in helping to shape r written? I checked that next. other out, taking us back to one over 1,300 pages! So J checked my JAo. to be the orgmi.zaIioo we want Tuesda) of the foUov.ing week. Others momme or .1325 oz. (One cannot Kenkyusha (which has almost three it 10 be. usually get tbeirs OIl Thursday or fri• STARTING WTIH the easy pan help but wonder why they simply times more page!>) and-would you da.·. Old news by then. A case in point 1mt: ni is ·'tv.'on (as in ~ichi. nn didn't say "onemomme~ ratberthan believe it?- the words were not Of inunediaIe ooocem is the staffing is the Hobda\ Issue. While it was al• and, yes. you guessed it: san is this backward-forward shifting.) listed in there either! It has me won• situation. We ha been opoating ",ith read'\' We. niine reached me 00 De• "1hree~. So far, so good: ~o of . ow. let's pm the pieces together dering. ~ .. acting odin for a while: there have 31. The New Yod Olaprer -SOIllCdling" for three of ~some to see what kind of Frankenstein Is there some kind of a "literary been • number of staff changes. The c~onpoge5 thing else". SoKu. the first -some- IDODSteI' is wrought. conspirncy" going on? Friday, March 3, 19891 PACIFIC CmZEN-5 Economic Characteristics of Asian/Pacific Islanders Shown This concludes the Pacific Citizen's south (1: 6.6%), west (1: 80.3%). (I) Educational attainment- Per• force (Ii ted in 2124189, 1: 67.8%), excerpts of the 1980 Census booklet (e) Age and sex-percent under 5 sons 25 years old and over (1: civilian labor force (1: 394,511), per• P.C. BOARD published Illst Dec. 23, 1988. years old (1: 5.2%) , 18 years old and 473,206), percent high school cent unemployed (1: 3.0%), Female over (1: 79.1%), and 65 years and over graduates (listed in 2124189, J: 81.6%), 16 years old and over (J: 325,238), Continued from Previous Page The tables below indicate "Selected (1: 7.3%), median age (listed 2124189, labor force (J: 190,416), percent in ;;'Y" AN Board raembers till hadn't received Social and Economic Characteristics" J: 33.5), and males per 100 females l~bor force (1: 58.5%), civilian labor theirs by January 15. Harry Honda ha for the Asian and Pacific Islander (1: 84.8). Data Are Estimates Based force (J: \89,878), percent un• been' exploring a method by which di - population for 1980. The characteris• on a Sample Taken from employed (1: 3.3%). tribution for members who live in the tics not shown below (except for 1: Cd) Type offamily (J: 167,795)• percentages for married-couple 1980 U.S. Census (h) Income in 1989 below poverty Midwest and East can be done through families (J: 84.1 %), female househol• .e•• ,.*"E;,p •• level-Families in poverty (1: 7,103 / Chicago. Other Characteristics in Booklet der/no husband present (1: 11. 9%), and percent 4 or more years of college (1: 13 .1%), persons 15 years and over in The Board needs to talk about at• Itemized for the Record, male householder/no wife present (1: 26.4%), males 25 years old and over poverty (J: 38 ,463 / 6.6%) . tracting new readership and the use of 4.0%), persons per family (listed in (J : 204,598), percent high school the P.C. as a vehicle for expanding Japanese Tally Inserted 2124/89, J: 3.6%). graduates (J: 84.2%), percent 4 or * * * membership. Layout and design are (e) Nativity, citizenship, and Ian· more years of college (1: 35.2%), Copies of orange-color covered also concerns. Japanese added) and part of a larger guage-Percent foreign born (listed in females 25 years old and over (J: booklet, "We, the Asian and Pacific Some talk has already begun about table include: 2124/89, J: 28.4%), persons 15 years 268,808), percent high school IslmuJer Americans" ($1.25 postpaid, converting to desktop publishing which has the potential for cutting (aJ Total persons-(Same as and over (1: 597,787), percent citizens graduates (1: 79.5%), percent 4 or 25% discount on bulk orders of 100 costs, reducing time needed for type• "Number" in the P.e. 2124/89, J: (1: 81.2%), percent of persons 5 years more years of college (1: 19.7%). up), are available from the Superinten• 716,331). old and over who speak a language dent of Documents, U.S. Government setting, accessing news articles from (g) Labor force status-Persons 16 other sources and receiving items from (b) Region in four parts--north• other than English at home (listed in Printing Office, Washington, D.C. years old and over (1: 588;105), labor chapters which already use compatible east (1: 6.5%), midwest (1: 6.5%), 2124/89, J: 44.1). 20402 . force (1: 398,816), percent in labor equipment so as to avoid resetting. Readers are invited to send their concerns and suggestions for the Board Table 7. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the Asian Population: 1980- Continued to consider at its meeting. Send them (Data are estimates based on a sample) to me in care of the Pacific Citizen. We want to be responsive to our "pub• Cam· lic." Total Total Asian bodian Characteristics United and Pacific Total Asian (Kampu Indo- Japa· Paki· Viet· States Islander Asian Indian chean) Chinese Filipino Hmong nesian nese Korean laotian stani Thai namese COMIC BOOKS Vvl.,;UI'A nON Continued from Page 3 Employed persons 16 years troducing these old stereotypes to new old and over ...... 97,639,355 1,689,070 1,591.252 170,855 4,548 399.964 361,469 684 4,274 382,534 140,748 8,348 7,285 19,893 80,715 Percent ...... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 generations," she said, adding, "I think Managerial and professional that they're just perpetuating these ra• speciality ...... •...... 22.7 28.8 29.7 48.5 10.8 32.6 25.1 9.4 24.2 28.5 24.9 7.& 45.2 23.4 13.4 Technical, sales, and administrative cist stereotypes." A somewhat differ• support ...... 30.3 30.8 31.0 28.0 21.5 30.1 33.3 13.0 30.1 34.2 27.4 11 .3 26.5 23.3 26.7 ent point of view on the comic book, Service ...... •...... 12.9 15.6 15.3 7.8 17.9 18.6 16.5 22.5 19.2 12.8 16.5 21 .9 10.7 24.8 15.3 however, is held by Neal Yamamoto, Farming, forestry, and fishing ...... •. 2.9 21 2.1 0.9 2.7 0.5 2.8 2.6 0.7 4.4 0.9 3.8 1.2 0.4 0.9 Precision production, craft, and . a Los Angeles-area cartoonist. repair ...... 12.9 8.4 . 8.2 5.2 14.2 5.6 8.3 14.3 10.1 10.0 9.9 14.6 5.4 9.1 14.5 "I look at it pretty much in the same' Operators, fabricators and laborers •... 18.3 14.2 13.9 9.6 33.0 12.7 14.0 38.2 15.7 10.1 20.4 40.7 10.9 19.0 29.3 way that I look at the flap over most C~SS OF WORKER of the Black organizations wanting to Employed persons I 6 years take Tom Sawyer and Uncle Tom's old and over ...... 97.639,355 1,689,070 1,591,252 170,855 4,548 399.964 361,469 684 4,274 382,534 140,748 8,348 7,285 19,893 80,715 Cabin out of the libraries," said Yama• Percent ...... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Private wage and salary workers ...... 75.6 76.2 76.3 77.6 87.4 . 75.9 79.1 87.4 77.4 70.8 76.2 85.1 78.4 84.2 85.9 moto. "True, 1 think Eclipse probably Federal govemmenl workers ...... •. 3.9 5.0 4.8 2.8 2.4 4.4 7.0 2.2 7.9 5.3 3.1 3.7 2.8 3.5 2.0 Continued on Page 6- Slate government workers ...... 4.6 6.4 6.3 7.9 2.7 6.3 4.5 4.1 3.9 9.0 3.9 4.3 7.1 3.8 4.2 local government workers ...... •. 8.7 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.3 5.1 6.5 5.4 4.8 6.4 3.3 5.0 5.4 2.8 5.2 Self·employed workers ...... •..... 6.8 6.1 6.3 5.7 2.0 7.2 2.7 0.9 5.7 7.9 11 .9 1.6 5.9 5.1 2.3 1000 Club RoD Unpaid family workers ...... • 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 1.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 - 1.6 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 (Year of Membership Shown) WORKERS IN FAMilY IN 1979 • Century;" Corp/Silver;·" Corp/Gold; - Corp/Diamond; L Life; M Memorial Families ...... 59,190,133 818,029 765,244 97,596 3,033 191,640 167,513 862 2,274 167,795 67,457 8,432 4,003 7,455 42,261 Percent ...... •.... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 The1988 Totals ...... 1,001 (842) No workers ...... 12.8 7.8 7.7 6.2 32.1 7.1 5.4 45.0 9.9 5.9 -S.1 47.0 4.6 7.5 21.4 1989 Summary (Since Nov. 30,1988) 1 worker ...... 33.0 29.2 29.0 35.6 25.5 27.5 23.3 33.6 35.0 30.6 33.7 26.7 45.9 30.9 27.5 Active (previous total) ...... «)3 (34) 2 workers ...... 41.7 45.7 46.0 48.7 32.3 46.8 49.6 14.0 39.4 44.0 46.9 19.9 39.7 52.0 35.9 Total this report: # 10 ...... 69 ( 0) 3 or more workers ...... 12.5 17.3 17.3 9.5 10.1 18.7 21 .8 7.3 15.6 19.5 13.3 6.4 9.8 9.6 15.2 Current total ...... 472 Life, C/Life, Memorial total ...... (34) INCOME IN 1979 .. Feb 13 -17,1989 (69) Median family ...... (dollars) .. 19,917 22.713 23,095 24,993 8,712 22,559 23,687 5.000 20,516 '27.354 20.459 5,159 20,877 19,349 12,840 Chicago: IS-Robert Bunya, 33·Lillian Ha· Median household ...... (dollars) .. 16,841 19.966 20,231 20.598 9,306 19.561 21 .926 4,977 17,168 22,517 18,145 5,277 19,223 16,120 12,549 yano, Io-Tadao Tanaka. Median income of persons with income: Cincinnati: 33-Ben Yamaguchi. Cleveland: I7-Shig IserL Persons 15 years old and Clovis: 15-Roy Uyesaka. over ...... (dollars) .• 8,089 8,808 8.902 10,319 5.217 8,133 9,406 4,688 8,812 10,287 7,977 4,151 11 ,895 7,862 5,886 Contra Costa: IS-ToshAdachi, 36-SatokoNa· Male, 15 years and over ....(dollars) .. 12,192 11,718 11,834 15,799 6,167 10,797 10,749 4,948 11,156 15,026 11,970 4,607 13,639 10,993 7,262 beta, 9-Toshio Yamashita. Female, 15 years and over .(dollars). 5,263 6,685 6,780 6,073 4.508 6,064 8,253 4,257 6,140 7,410 6,077 3,649 4,960 6,435 4,694 Detroit: 42-Joseph Sasaki. Per capita ...... (dollars) .. 7,298 7,037 7,173 8.667 2.807 7,476 6,915 1,562 7,129 9,068 5,544 1,550 8,023 5,605 3,382 Diablo Valley: 23-Harry Manji. East L.A.: 5-Linda Fujioka, 5-Robert Taka• sugi. Table 8. Selected Social and Economic Characteristics for the Pacific Islander Population: 1980- Continued Florin: 4-William Kashiwagi, I-Kern Kono, (Data are estimates based on a sample) 2-Bill Tsukamoto. Fort Lupton: 7-Sam Koshio, I-Joe Sasaki, Total 5-Don Tomoi, 35-Jack Tsuhara, 7-Hiratj> Polynesian Micronesian Total Asian and Total Uno, I-Tom Urano Jr., 34-Frank Yama· Characteristics United Pacific Pacific guchi. States Islander Islander Total Hawaiian Samoan Tongan Total Guamanian Melanesian Fremont: 17-ShizuoHarada, 7-KeikoOkubo. Gardena Valley: 25·Harry !ida. OCCUPATIUN Greater L.A.Singles: 6.Joe Chino. Employed persons 16 years old Hoosier: 9-Charles Matsumoto, 9-Mary Ma· and over ...... 97,639,355 1,689,070 97,818 82,562 68,399 11,098 2,281 13,623 11,966 1.409 tsumoto, !hShirley Nakatsukasa, 9-Walter Percent ...... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Nakatsukasa. Managerial and professional speciality ...•. 22.7 28.8 15.6 15.9 16.6 12.4 10.7 13.6 13.6 12.8 Mile-Hi: I7-Robert Inai T achnical, sales, and admInistrative Mt. Olympus: I-Floyd Mori, 2D-Ker1neth support ...... 30.3 30.8 28.4 27.7 28.3 26.4 19.2 33.1 34.5 19.6 Nodzu. Service ...... 12.9 15.6 21.4 21 .5 21 .7 19.8 25.9 20.0 18.3 29.2 New York: 9-Matsuko Akiya, 28-Yoshi Imai. Farming, forestry, and fishing •...... •... 2.9 2.1 3.0 3.2 3.3 1.8 6.8 1.9 1.5 3.6 Oakland: I6-Shizuko Akahoshi. 8.4 11.9 11 .7 11.6 12.5 12.1 13.3 13.8 11 .9 Precision production, craft, and repair .•• .•. 12.9 Pasadena: 2D-Robert Shimasaki. 18.3 14.2 19.7 19.9 18.5 27.1 25.3 18.1 18.4 22.9 Operators, fabricators and laborers ...... Placer County: 28-George Nishikawa ClASS OF WORKER Portland: 5-Eugene Sakai. Employed p8fSOn9 16 years old and Puyallup Valley: 3I-Victor Moriyasu, over ...... 97.639,355 1,689.070 97,818 82,562 68,399 11,098 2,281 13,623 11,966 1,409 Sacramento: 5-Kazuo Ninomiya, 22-Kiyoshi Percent . .. .• ...... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Tamano. Private wage and salary workers .....•.... 75.6 76.2 74.5 74.8 73.9 78.3 83.5 71 .1 71.7 84.7 Salt Lake: 2O-James Kooishi. Federal government workers•• •....•...•. . 3.9 5.0 7.7 6.6 6.7 7.7 1.8 15.1 16.5 2.2 San Femando Valley: 34-Isamu Uyehara. State government workers ...... •. ..•. 4.6 6.4 7.3 7.11 8.6 4.2 1.6 4.8 3.1 4.5 San Francisco: 25-Raymond Konagai, I2-Ki- local govamment workers...... 8.7 5.7 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.7 6.0 6.6 6.4 5.0 yoshi Yukawa. SeIf~ workers ...... 6.8 6.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 1.9 6.8 2.3 2.3 3.6 San Jose: 7·Kazuko Tokoshima. Unpaid family workers...... 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 - - - San Mateo: 3-IGyoshi Katamoto. WORKERS IN FAMilY IN 1979 Seattle: 17-Masao Sutow, 5-John Uno. Tulare County: Io-Kay Hada, 3I-Sawato Ha- Families ...... 59.190.133 818,029 52.785 44,690 36.153 6.963 1,236 7.281 6,543 720 takeda, 34-Mike Imoto, 7-RaJph Ishida, 34- Percent ...... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Morofuj~ 2.5 7.0 6.9 5.7 Hiroshi Mayeda, 29-Harry 34-Ed No workers ...... 12.8 7.8 to.4 11.1 10.8 14.4 Nagata, U-Stanley Nagata, 31-Gele Shi• 29.2 31 .9 31.8 31.4 34.2 25.9 33.3 32.7 29.2 1 worker...... 33.0 maji, 38-Tom Shimasaki, 33-Jack &lmida, 2 workers ...... 41 .7 45.7 41 .2 40.8 41 .1 37.1 52.1 43.9 44 .2 41.4 3 or mont workers ...... 12.5 17.3 16.4 16.4 16.7 14.3 19.5 15.9 16.2 23.8 9-Yeiki Tashiro, 18-James Yasuda, 34-Hi· saoYebisu. INCOME IN 1979 Venice Culver: 22-RocIger Kame*, 2l-Fred 19,917 22,713 17.984 18,148 19,196 14.242 16,717 17.400 18,218 16,325 Makimoto, 33-RobertRyono. Median family ...... (dollars) .. ~Brian Median household ...... (dollars) •. 16,841 19,966 16,109 16,136 16,593 13,848 16,250 15,960 16,894 15,604 National Associated: Kashiwagi. CENTURY Median Income of persons with Income:- 3-Dr RodgerT Kame l VnC I. Persons 15 years old and over..•...... •..... (dollars) .. 8,089 8,808 7.565 7,551 7.711 6,907 7,233 7.641 8,159 7,383 Male, 15 years and aver...... • (doIlars) .. 12,192 11 ,718 10,225 10.398 10,912 8.674 8,901 9,567 10,279 8.407 For the Record Female, 15 years and over .•....(doIlars) .. 5.263 6.685 5,526 5,487 5,549 5,133 5,115 5,775 6,163 5.976 A typographical error appeared in Per capita .•..•.....•...... ••..(doIlars) •. 7,298 7,037 5,220 5,239 5,691 3,573 3,671 5,178 5,533 4,449 last week's ''East Wind" column. Jitm (dictionary) was misspelled ''jitan.'' NOTE: Data coIurms, "Total Asian and Pacific Islander" and ''Total PacifIC Islander," include groups not shown separately. PBfcents may not add to total. P.e. regrets the error. - R~ts ~ rounds to zero. &-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, Man:h 3, 1989
a letter asking Eclipse to cease publica• COMIC BOOKS tion of the comic book. to trengthen• Continued from Page 6 ing the disclaimer, and po sibly to a k• FLORIDA venture Hotel, 515 S. Figueroo SI Registra• by Chen & Doncers, Mulbenry Street Thea• could have used a bit more discretion . ing Eclipse to mask the cover with a tion and Continental Breakfast: 7:30 am. • March 18---The Marikami Museum and ter, 70 Mulberry St. March 17-18, 8 pm; But, comic book or no , there i some disclaimer printed on it. Japonese Gardens 2nd Annual Black Tie Welcome: 8:30 am. Workshops: 9 & 10:45 March 197 pm. Reservations and info: 212 historical value in it as comic art, and am. Lunchean: 12: 15 pm. Tickets: $35/ea. Eclip e Comics. which i consi• Gala, 4000 Marikamai Park Rd., Delray 349-0126. it was a product of its time." dered an "independent" comic book Beach. Info: 407 495-0233. pre-poid, $50 at the door. Info: 213 933- 1151. Yamamoto continued, adding, producer, al 0 tran lates and reprint ORANGE COUNTY • March 11-"Organizing Asian Pacific FRESNO 'This is not a general comic. People Japanese manga (comic books) for Workers: Looking Towards the Future/' • March 11-Orange County Sansei Sing• just don't go in and buy it the ame American audience . Becau e of thi , • March b-ll-Amerasia Week, California 9:30 am-3:30 pm, March II, auditorium les is sponsoring a doy of fishing, Anaheim State University Fresno. March 6 features of the United Food and Commercial Work• Lake. Bring own equipment; some rentals way they do a Superman or Batmall the Civil Rights Caucu i al 0 consid• Lynda Wong, keynote speoker, noon, CSUF ers Local 770 at 630 Shatto Place. Registro• ovailable. Kids welcome. Cost: $8. Reserva• comic ... thi isn't important enough ering contacting Eclip e' Japanese campus. March 11 features "Festival tion: $25, includes lunch; reduced registra• tions and info: Dennis Matobo, 213 638- for me to be offended by it, to be partners about the reprints, from the Night," with San Jose Taiko Group and tion fees available for low-income people. 1161, ext. 65 between 7 am and 3 pm. honest." Although Yronwode would point of view that the comic book ac• otl1er Asian cultural entertainment, 7 pm, Info: Kent Wong, 213 748-9000. • March 19--Golf pointers for beginners, not divulge the exact sales figures , she tually i more harmful to the image of CSUF campus. Info: Franklin Ng, 209294- • March II-USC Hawaii Club 10th An• sponsored by the Orange County Sansei 3002. nual Luau, 6:30 pm-midnight, USC Cam• Singles, 9 am, Heartwell Golf Course, Long did say that Air Fighters Classics sells the Japanese than it is to American pus Gym. Tickets: $12.50. Info: Groce, 213 Beach. Cost: $3.50 bucket, $6.50 18 holes, about 10 times less than Airboy. of Japanese ancestry . LOS ANGELES AREA 745-2204. por3.lnfo: Lorna, 714 774-6030 ofter4 pm. The PSWDC Civil Rights Caucus, Eclipse's Yronwode realize the • March II-Seiha Wakayagi Kabuki • April 10-I4-UC Irvine presents Asian meanwhile, is considering contacting content of the comic books i mcist, • Present-April 2-"Longing for Home," Dance, Japan America Theatre, 244 S. Son Week 1989, "East Within West: Coming To• on exhibition of recent works by Si.mwook Eclipse Comics to work out some sort Pedro St. Tickets: $25. Info: 213680-3700. gether," a week-long celebrotion of Asion but downplays the matter. "It's a situ• R. Park, Pacific Asia Museum Foyer Gallery, • March 12-Screening of Pok Bueng on culture. Info: 714856-7215. of way toning down the offensive na• ation where one person can be of• 46 N. Los Robles Ave., Pasadena. Info: 818 Fire, a film by Supochoi Surongsoin in os• ture of the "Golden Age" comic re• fended and another can say , 'Well , 449-2742. sociation with Vi suo I Communicotions, Los OXNARD prints. Daniel Mayeda, a member of there was a war going on and this is • March 4-"Asian Americans: A Family Feliz Theater, 1822 N_Vermont Ave., Hol• Affair 1990," a one-day UCLA Extension • March 18---"How to Get a Job Teaching the PSWDC Civil Rights Caucus, ex• a historical document. ' I don't tind lywood. Tickets: $10 in odvonce, $12 ot . symposium, 9 am-5 pm at UCLA. Admis• English in Japan," and "How to Do Business the door. Info: 213 680-4462. plained some of the actions they may anything wrong with reprinting histor• sion: $85/person, $1 SO/couples, porents. in Japan: A Practical Guide," two seminars • March 13-"Family Core of the Elderly in take. ical documents . I think it's good for Info: UCLA Extension, 213206-8154. presented by Naginata Associates, Oxnard Japan," 0 free lecture by Daisaku Maeda, College. "Business": 9 om-12:30 pm. "Eng• Emphasizing that no course of ac• everyone concerned to know about his• • March 4-East Son Gabriel Volley Japo• director of the Deportment of Sociology, nese Community Center Spring Dance, 8 lish": 1-4:30 pm. Info: 805 986-5822. tion has been fmalized, some of the tory ," she said. "By publi hing these, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontol• pm, ESGV JCC, 1203 W. Puente Ave., West possibilities he mentioned -ange from we're doing nobody a dis ervice. " ogy, 7 pm, Dodd Hall, Rm. 200, UCLA cam• Covino. Admission: $8. Door prizes. Music: pus. Info: 213 206-1459. Dr. Howard Sato. Info: 818 337-9123. SACRAMENTO AREA • March 14-"Japon's Response to It's • March S-Hina doll festiva., or Peach fes• Rapidly Aging Population," a free lecture • April I-Dragon Run '89, the Asian Aloha Plumbing tival, New Otani Hotel & Gorden. Info: 213 by Daisoku Moedo, noon, Dodd Hall, Rm . Pacific Community Counseling 8k run and Lie . #440840 -:- Since 1922 CD rOc 629-1200, ext. 53. 200, UCLA campus. Info: 213 206-1459. 2 'mile walkathon. Info: 916 452-7836. PARTS - SUPPLIES - REPAIR • March 10-An evening of short stories 777 Jun~ero Serra Dr. San Gabriel, CA 91776 • March 18---"Book-signing porty celebrat• (213) 83-0018 • (818) 284-2845 by women writers, including Cecilia Mon• ing the publication of Seventeen Syllables SAN FRANCISCO AREA ~harac . guerra Brainard, 8 pm, the Woman's Build- and Other Stories by Hisaye Yamomoto • March 100JASEB/East Boy Nikkei Sing• ing, 1727 N. Spring St. Admission: $5, $4 and Desert Run by Mistuye Yamada, 2-5 ' - . for Woman's Building members. Reserva• les combined bingo night, Southern 'Japanese Grrarms p.m., Conference Room D, JACCC, 244 S. tions and info: 213 221-6161. Alamedo Buddhist Church, 32975 Al• Cor, nercial & Industrial AIr Conditioning Japanese Names Son Pedro St. Free. Sponsored by the and RefrigeratorContractor varado Niles Rood, Union City, 7 pm. Info: , ' ,Jap.anese Famliy G,es.iS • March ll--Gala benefit performance of Franklin D. Murphy Library of the JACCC Sansei, a new play by Hiros!1ima, Mark Terry Ushijima, 415 352-8668. and the Amerasia Bookstore. Info: 213638- Glen 1. Umemoto ~ . Taper Forum, Los Angeles Music Center. • April 8---"J-Town Revue," AMC Kabuki Uc. #441272 C38-20 '"12558 Valley VIew. 2725. 6:30 pm: Los Angeles-Hiroshima opening Theatres in Japontown. Proceeds to go to• SAM REIBOW CO., 1506 W. ,Veroon Garden Grove, CA EI ~ wards the Japonese Cultural ond Commu• 92645 - (714) 895-4554 ceremony and entertainment (the Music NEW YORK Los Angeles 295-52041 Since 1939 Center). 8 pm: Sansei performance. 10 pm: nity Center. Volunteers & info: 415 567-' Benefit celebration buffet dinner (the Pavil• • Present-March 14-" 14 Summer Days in 5505. ion Restaurant). Tickets ana info: 213972- Hangzhou, Chino," photos by Susan Yung, 'J~a£anes~ 7680. Shneyer & Shen, 250 W. l00th St.. Mon.• SEATTLE KAMON Fri., 9 am-5 pm; Sot. 1-5 pm. Info: Ric A.mencan (Family Crest) '. March 11-"Routes to Business Suc• • Present-March 12-"Fragfments of cess," an Asian business symposium, spon• Cherwin, 212 316-2700 or Susan Yung, 212 • The OrigInal BRONZE "JJt KAMON" • 769-5656. Modern Archeology," features artist/ sored by the Asian Business Association, . photogropher Irene Kuniyuki among the 7 'The only Kamon created for Japanese Americans-designed to the U.S. Small Business Administration and • Present-March 31-"Turning Leaves: last over 2000 years. The Family Albums of Two Japonese artists, Alonso/Sullivan Gallery, 207 Har• Pacific Bell, Santa Barbora Room, Bona- vard Ave. E. Tues.-Fri., 11 am-6 pm, Sat.• _ • KAMON RESEARCH & CONFIRMATION· American Families," New York Chinatown 'Will find your family's authentic Kamon, proven used by your ancestors. History Project, 70 Mulbenry St., 2nd fl. Sun., noon-5 pm. Info: 206 325-4186. 'PC Advertisers Look Sun.-Fri., noon-5 pm. Opening celebra• • Present-March 31-"Reflections of , LEARN INTERESTING FACTS ON YOUR JAPANESE SURNAME· 'For a fact sheet containing basic, background info. (on your surname, only) send tion: Feb. 5,2-5 pm 12. Info: 212 619-4785. Spring," includes works by Irene Kimura, Forward to SeJVing You' us your last name written in kanji, along with $7.00 (investigation fee). • March 17-19-Babo Dancers, sponsored Michi Osaka and Aki Sogabe, Kirsten Gal• lery 5320 Roosevelt Way N.E., doily 11 am- YO,SHIQA K...AM.ON ART 5 pm, Thurs until 9 pm. Info: 206 522-20 11 . NEW-Mailing Address: P.O. Box 2958. Gardena. Califomia 90247-1158 • March 18---Nippon Kan Heritage Associ• Kei Yoshida, Researcher/Artist For App't: (213) 629-2848 Japanese Phototypesetting ation presents Madame Hanayagi Nina Yoshi~a, Translator Yohsano in "Folk Donees of Japan" 7:30 pm 628 S. Washington St. Admission: $7, general; $5, studentslseniros; 75 and older, TOYO PRINTING CO. free. Tickets available at Uwajimaya, House of Rice or at the door. Info: 206 OEUGHTFUL 309 So. 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