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Former Gen. Shinseki Outcry Over TV Show Reveals Community Fracture Lines Honors Men of Go For Broke By LYNDA LIN with war or human tragedy. 'The Vietnam War and all Assistant Editor the politics are not something that I packed in a bag and By CAROLINE AOYAGI amongst members of the crossed borders with," he said. Executive Editor Democratic Party. "My memories of the homeland are of playing jacks More than once, Tuan?s intellectual thirst led him to Democrats, most notably Sen. with my friends, not staring down communist troops," pick up Karl Marx literature or Mao Tse Tung's infa• John Kerry, often evoked said Tuan Tran, of growing up in Vietnam. At the age mous little red book, and each time Tran's mother Shinseki's name while attacking of nine, Tran fled his native land for a strange place lashed out at her son's treachery, ripping out the book President George W. Bush's current called America, but the 32-year-old Los Angeles resi• pages that she said had caused her so much pain. Like policies in the war with Iraq. dent says the most commonplace items still jog child• many other refugee families, the fractures that divide a PASADENA, Calif-Although Mainly, that Shinseki had long hood memories, none of which have anything to do generation that experienced the atrocities of war from fonner Gen. Eric·Shinseki ha~ been wamed the Administration a war in the younger generation that did not, con• retired from the U.S. Army for more Iraq could not be won without the tinues to deepen. than a year now, his name was a build up of hundreds of thousands "It's not good ... I don't even want to prominent feature in the recent of U.S. troops, a prediction that has think about it," said Lang Tran, 54, wip- . national elections, especially proven to be prophetic. . ing a tear from the comer of her eye At the time, several media while her son throws up his hands in reports played up the tensions exasperation. between U.S. Defense "It's been this way since I was a child. Secretary Donald Rumsfeld I'm not supposed to say or do things that and Shinseki, the 34th Chief of 'can be offensive, but I don't know why," Staff, after Rumsfeld said Tuan Tran, heatedly echoing the sen• announced the general's suc• timent that silently unites and vocally cessor a good year before divides the Vietnamese American com• Shinseki was set to retire in munity today. August 2003. Last month, the generational conflict These days, Shinseki is stay• came to a head over a fledging television ing out of the limelight, turning show that aired brief images of the down a number of media Communist Vietnamese flag and a photo requests, even from the likes ·of

See GO FOR BROKElPage 6 See VAX-TVlPage 2 Asian Pacific American Politicians IN MEMORIAM JA 'Giant' William M. Marutani Passes, Make History in Recent Elections Leaves Behind Civil Rights Legacy Early Exit Polls Indicate Flushing businessman, gamered a an AA to the state legislature. By Pacific Citizen Staff Regarded by many as a pillar of whopping 70 percent of the votes. Flushing is known for its diversity APAs Went to the Polls in the Japanese American community Meng's Republican challenger, where 51 percent of the residents are Unprecedented Numbers. Famed civil . rights leader and with his life-long contributions to Meilin Tan, received 20 percent of AA. retired Pennsylvania Judge William justice and civil rights, Marutani the vote. Meng, By Pacific Citizen Staff M. Marutani became the first Asian American "I cam• originally died Nov. 15 in presiding judge of a court of gener• paigned fro m A handful of Asian Pacific Lumberton al jurisdiction outside of the Pacific door to Taiwan, has American politicians made history Leas, New Coast States. He served as a judge door," said lived in during the recent national elections Jersey, leaving of Philadelphia County's Court of Meng, who Queens for while an unprecedented number of behind an Common Pleas from 1975-1986. attributed over 25 APAs cast their votes, according to indelible lega• "He certainly was one of the his historic years with the latest exit polls. cy of leader• giants in our history," said JACL victory to his wife The state of New York has its ship. EDC District Governor Paul his cam- Van Tran Bobby Jindal and three first-ever Asian American legislator Marutani had been battling Uyehara, adding, 'The Philadelphia paign's concerted effort to reach as kids. with the victory of Jimmy Meng in Parkinson's disease for years before JACL chapter, and indeed all long many people as possible. On the West Coast, the state of the 22nd Assembly District. In this his death at the age of 81. He is sur• time JACLers, are deeply saddened Meng's district was redrawn in ethnically diverse district of vived by his wife, Victoria, eight , 2001 with the specific aim of getting See ELECTIONSlPage 6 Queens, Meng, a 61-year-old children and eight grandchildren. See MARUTANVPage 5 Publisher Hopes to Unit~ AAs in Wiscon~in with New Magazine Venture By CAROLINE AOYAGI Hmong-only newspaper, Filipino UNITING A Executive Editor magazine, and the like. COMMUNITY- "This actually weakens the Heidi Pascual, publish• Heidi Pascual is venturing into strength of our group as Asian er and editor of Asian territory where many have struggled Americans," she added, "and fur• Wisconzine, at one of the many brainstorm• and failed - she's launching a mag• ther adds to the lack of understand• ing sessions she held azine targeted to the Asian ing of each other's cultures, contem• for the diverse Asian · porary needs and concerns. Asian American community. Pacific American com• And she's doing it not in Los Wisconzine aims to create a com• munity in Wisconsin. Angeles, New York, 0):' Houston, mon forum where Asian American The magazine is set to where sizeable numbers Of AAs issues can be discussed." launch in January, reside. Her new magazine will tar• Pascual, a 53-year-old Filipino 2005. get AAs in the state of Wisconsin. American, plans to launch A Wiz in Photo courtesy of Asian Wisconzine "There is a need for it in January 2005 and it will be the first Wisconsin," said Pascual, about her and only publication in this state to home, gender topics, business, gov• members of the AA community. new magazine, Asian Wisconzine cater to the diverse AA community emment, and arts and entertainment. But in a community where lan• (A Wiz). "I have observed that Asian that includes the Hmongs, Filipinos, In addition to regular features that guage and cultural differences are Americans here segregate them• Chinese, Korean, and Jap'!llese. . will focus on specific AA communi• prevalent and the AA community is selves from each other in many She plans to cover topics such as ties in Wisconsin, A Wiz will also ways: Chinese-only newspaper, science and technology, health and include columns from various See WISCONZINElPage 2 2 PACIFIC CITIZEN, Nov. 19-DEC. 16, 2004 VAX TV But community members like model. However, VAX TV is not a co-founder and campaign director of Asian Media Watchdog, which PACIFIC CITIZEN (Continued from page 1) Lang Tran, who fervently shakes news agency equipped' to handle her head "No" when asked if it is topics of importance to the commu• launched a petition to get the show 7 Cupania Circle, of Ho Chi Minh. The show, okay to show communist images in nity unless it is prepared for the back on-air. Monterey Park, CA 91755 Tel: 3231725-0083,800/966- Vietnamese American Xposure any context, would rather not have response." KXLA-TV Channel 44 recently 6157, Fax: 3231725-0064 (VAX TV) - a 30-minute English her emotional scar tissue picked at. Without a place to broadcast, reached an agreement to re-air E-mail: [email protected] language cable television series - "I say I just want to live peaceful- VAX TV officials and its supporters VAX-TV, which returned to its reg• [email protected] was axed by parent company, ly," she said. launched a campaign to get the ular Saturday schedule as of Nov. Saigon TV, after only two. episodes Her son, however, does not see series back on-air with an online . 13. Executive Editor: The victory, although sweet, may ' Caroline Y. Aoyagi when angry --- any harm in petition and a Nov. 4 open forum .. Assistant Editor: viewers com• , drumming up a Its purpose was "to bring to surface drive a wedge deeper between the Lynda Lin plained about How many shows little dialogue the differences between young, old, generations. Sa Dao said that VAX Office Manager: the images and have you seen like this and pointed out conservative, and liberal." TV producers have not yet decided Brian Tanaka protested in that it was a The mood and comments, whether to change their formula in Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting that feature people like us front of their documentary according to Sa Dao, perfectly illus• order to embrace more members of Publisher: Japanese American Westminster, English-speaking based on his- trated the generational divide. A the older generation. Citizens League (founded California stu• torical facts, VAX TV protestor said he was dis• "Our staff felt like we didn't do 1929) 1765 Sutter Street, San Asian Americans without dio. ' not a political appointed that · the South anything wrong and to change our Francisco, CA 94115, tel: accents and without 415/921-5225 fax: 415/931- The footage , ad. "Does the Vietnamese flag and national reporting would compromise our 4671, www.jad.org came from stereotypes? His tor y anthem weren't paid tribute to at the joumalistic integrity," he said. JACL President: Ken Inouye . CNN and was Channel get forum, said Sa Dao, adding that for But in ethnic media, which banks National Director: John part of a docu• pulled off the younger generations saluting a for- . on the support of specific viewers in Tateishi mentary about - James Fujikawa air for showing eign flag is odd. order to be competitive with main• Pacific Citizen Board of Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair• the 1999 Little documentaries "I grew up in the United States in stream media, the future of VAX TV person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; Saigon protest where members of on [Adolf] Hitler?" he asked. areas that didn't have many Asians. is yet to be set in stone, but many Ron Katsuyama, MDC; Grace the community vehemently protest• "Interestingly enough, we aired For me VAX TV is important," he say that what's at issue here is more Kimoto, CCDC; Valerie ed a shopkeeper's right to display a the documentary on PBS. It wasn't v said. than the show. Yasukochi, NCWNPDC; Ann photo of Ho Chi Mirlh in his store. negatively received at · all," said "How many shows have you "Individuals of both generations Fujii-Lindwall, PNWDC; Larry have to make a concerted effort to Grant, IDC; Andrea Parker, VAX TV, an MTV-style show Eddie Wong, executive director of seen like this that feature people MPDC; Alayne Yonemoto, geared towards younger English• the National Asian American like us - English-speaking Asian work with one another and to under• PSWDC; Maya Yamazaki, speaking Vietnamese and Asian Telecommunications Association Americans without accents and stand one another," said the NCVA. youth. Pacific Americans, was touted to be (NAATA), about the "Saigon USA" without stereotypes? A show like "Is it OK for a member of the r------, on the forefront of "infotainment documentary. "I think it was a that needs to be supported. This is younger generation to respectfully NEWS/AD DEADLINE: I television" with young hosts and regrettable decision made by really about the older generation disagree with a member of the older FRIDAY BEFORE DATE : original programming. But after Saigon TV," he added. controlling the younger genera• generation. Yes. However, respect is . OF ISSUE. : I their Oct. 9 episode, controversy However, critics argue that the tion's voice," said James Fujikawa, a reciprocal relationship." • Editorials, news and the I opinions expressed by col• erupted over images that some TV show needed to be more tuned umnists other than the argued should never be shown on into the commullity and should WISCONZINE munity. In 2001 she was awarded national JACL president or Vietnamese media. have been able to handle the (Continued from page 1) the Woman of Achievement Award national director do not Even though VAX TV officials I;esponse to such an incendiary necessarily reflect JACL from the Wisconsin Women of policy. Events and prod• denied any political agenda in air• topic. relatively small- only two percent Color Network, Inc. and in 2003 she ucts advertised in the ing a clip of the documentary, "Unfortunately, [VAX TV] could statewide according to the latest was honored with the Woman of Pacific Citizen do not carry Saigon TV yielded to the voices of have approached the topic of learn• U.S. Census figures - Pascual has Distinction Award from the the implicit endorsement of ing about their culture without incit~ the JACL or this publica• the protestors and pulled the plug a huge task" before her. Philippine-American National tion. We reserve the right to on the show. ing the community. In light of "I am taking a big risk, I know," Historical Society, Wisconsin I L ______edit articles. ~ "I think it's an example of how recent legislative matters in Orange said Pascual, a co-owner of The Chapter. the community is yet to except the County that had the support of . Madison Times Weekly newspaper, Pascual believes ethnic specific PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030- younger generation," said Sa Dao, many Vietnamese American citi• 8579) is published semi-month• who hopes to rely on her years of publications playa vital role in help• ly except once in January and VAX TV associate executive pro• zens - namely to provide advance marketing and publishing experi• ing to unify community members. December by the Japanese ducer. "It hurts me to see how notice of visiting Communist lead• ence to make sure A Wiz succeeds. . "I think Asian American publica• American Citizens League, 7 divided we are." ers to the Vietnamese American "But all good business ideas should tion1; must be a unifying medium, Cupania Circle, Monterey Park, He compares the decision to air enclave, VAX TV should have been CA 91755. OFFICE HOURS - be ready to take a risk, shouldn't not only for understanding com• Mon.-Fri., 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. the controversial clip to mainstream more attuned to the community," they? I'll just do the best I can." monalities among Asian American Pacific Time. ©2004. media's decision to show pictures the National Congress of Pascual indeed has some tough peoples, but also for accepting and Annual subscription rates: of Osama Bin Laden after the Sept. Vietnamese Americans said in their times ahead. In recent years several respecting differences," she said. NON-MEMBERS: 1 year-$35, 11 th terrorist attacks. official statement. ethnic publications have downsized "An Asian American publication payable in advance. Additional "It's difficult to watch, but neces• ''The NCVA respects VAX TV or closed entirely. One notable must be ready to advocate for Asian postage per year - Foreign sary to show," said Sa Dao. and wishes it well with its business periodical rate $25; First Class example is A Magazine, a national American causes, and must also try for U.S., Canada, Mexico: $30; AA publication that was high on to empower its readers." Airmai~ to Japan/Europe: $60. gloss and entertainment but never Already, Pascual has set up a (Subject to change without managed to garner a degree of website (www.asianwisconzine.• notice.) Periodicals postage mainstream exposure. paid at Monterey Park, Calif., com) to help stir interest in the mag• and at additional mailing offices. Still, Pascual is not to be deterred. azine and to attract potential adver• Permission: No part of this She has already held a number of tisers and subscribers. publication may be reproduced brainstorming sessions with mem• She will try to avoid the same fate without express permission of bers of the Wisconsin M communi• as other AA magazines by constant• the publisher. Copying for other ty and reports that the response has ly trying to improve her product. than personal or internal refe(• been overwhelmingly positive. She ence use without the express "I guess lshould always try to permission of PC. is prohibited. also notes that according to a 1998 adjust to changing times, keep read• POSTMASTER: Send address report from Simmons Research, a ers' attention by continuou ly changes to: Pacific Citizen, c/o whopping 71 percent of AAs are improving my product through rele• JACL National Headquarters, more likely to read a magazine than vant information and their specific 1765 Sutter St., San Francisco, the average American consumer. CA94115. concerns," said Pascual. For decides wehiVe~hijred The reaction of the AA commwii• She's working hard to makeure ~I!W begin!lillgs•. lwtebratioos, ty has been "very enthusiastic and AWiz gets off to a positive start early Th~·fulfjt(mellt4fyb!-lf ! llreams JACLMEMBERS supportive," she said. ''There were next year and has high hope that l!feyoud&0tq ;hen gartien. we ilav~ takanpartt 17 of us during the first brainstorm• the publication will be around for a allthefJg\lt elements In.p~te ing session of AWiz, coming from longtime. Change of Address i~/' ytWroaliking naed$ different Asian nations. It was not "My dream is to make Asian If you have moved, W~::3 l(!t ' ti~guide you down a patte hard to organize a group of Asian Wiscoll zine one of the be t A ian please send information Qf •. ullpatatteled clI~tOtl'ler service Americans who were all excited to American magazines not onl y in Weare Y

To avoid interruptions in receiving your P.C , please notify your pcst• With Imr 290brall(~e$911 tnt Wl!st(AA taU ij$ to find e blanch ~you, master to include periodicals in f/(ftse tllntlttletesemm:1..goo.S12-79t6 (Japanese) fu)!ll MOltday to frtday, _SPIll (PSt); your change of address (USPS 1,.aQM~a.44B6 (Ellglish) ftomltondaylc Slmday; 6$m ..llpm (PST). Form 3575) PACIFIC CITIZEN Nov~ 19-DEC. 16, 2004 NATIONAL NEWS Match Found for Woman Trying to Recruit South Asian Cell Donors

By KRISTA LARSON and kind offeeling like I don't know With an identical match, Awal Associated Press Writer what to expect," Awal said from and Dutta have jurnped the fIrst, Seattle. most critical hurdle in her recovery, TRENTON, N.1.-A 29-year-old The last few months included a but they acknowledged. a difficult New Jersey woman whose desper• steady wave of grass-roots efforts, road lies ahead. The initial days ate search for a bone marrow trans• including 188 dOllor drives organ• after a transplant will be key, and plant launched a nationwide cam• ized in 83 cities around the country. Awal will receive drugs to help pre• paign to recruit more donors of It was not immediately known when vent her body from rejecting the South Asian descent has found a the British donor joined the registry donor's stem cells. . perfect match. and whelher it was in response to . '''The journey js a little bit longer Pia Awal of Lincoln Park, who the couple's efforts, Dutta said. than anyone knows, and we don't has been battling acute myeloge• Still, Awal appears to have beaten know what the journey is going to nous leukemia, initially was told some steep odds. An estimated 70 entail, but we know that with our that the odds for a lifesaving beliefs and with the transplant were slim. Her. support we've. been 'Jap Rock' Receives New Name best chance was from anoth- , At the time MatchPia.org getting, we know we er person of South Asian can fIght it," Dutta said. Responding to new legislation "I just felt like this town can no descent, among the most was launched, only 60,000 to Awal credited her that bars geographic areas from car• longer afford to go on record as try• underrepresented groups in supporters with helping rying offensive names and criticism ing to use any name that could be the nation's bone marrow 85,000 South Asians were list• her endure the wait. from the JACL, Highland Beach offensive," Zwick said. "It's like registry. " ot only has their officials have quietly voted to people .using the N-word. If you Family members and ed as possible donors.' support led to our suc• rename "Jap Rock." don't stand up for what's right at that other loved ones built a Web cess with the drive, it's JACL Executive Director John time, the opportunity may pass." really led to my success site and helped get 12,442 Tateishi had called the name '~offen­ Officials of the Morikami emotionally, the way more people tested in just 14 sive to Japanese Americans as a Museum and the JACL have been percent of people in the National we continue to get so many e• weeks. Now a stem cell - or bone racial slur." pushing for the name change to Marrow Donor Program are mails," she said. '''That really brings marrow - donor in the United Highland Beach Mayor Tom Reid "Yamato Rock" to honor the Kingdom had been identifIed, and Caucasian, meaning there is a criti• such a smile to my face because had previously objected to the Japanese farmers who founded the blood tests confIrmed the donor is cal need for minority donors, clearly I see how loved I am. That change, but earlier this month, he colony in what is now northern an identical match for Awal. according to Moazzam Khan with just encourages me to want to con• and the four other commission~rs Boca Raton. The name change falls "We were very happy obviously the South Asian Marrow tinue to fIght. It's a very special feel• unanimously voted to rename the . on the lOOth anniversary of the set• because our prayers were Association of Recruiters. ing." surf spot "Yamato Rock." tlement.' answered," said Tun Dutta, Awal's At the time MatchPia.org was The couple, whose families both fIance, who has helped lead the lalJIlched, only 60,000 to 65,000 innnigrated from India, know of at Highland Beach's decision to Highland Beach officials will effort to fInd a compatible donor. South Asians were listed as possible least 35 other South Asian patients rename the jetty was sparked in part notify the Florida Department of Awal is expected to undergo the donors. currently waiting for matches. by a new state law that requires local State of the change. In 2005 they are transplant later this month. She and The relatively small population of They hope their efforts will create governments to report places required to send "Yamato Rock:" to her fiance, along with their cat, have Americans of South Asian descent a lasting legacy for others who will labeled with ethnic or religious slurs the U.S. Board of Geographic packed up their belongings and is one reason why it was difficult to need transplants. They recently and to suggest a new name. Names and the state Office of headed to Seattle, where she plans fInd a match. There are only about start(!d the South Asian Marrow Commissioner Miriam S. Zwick Tourism, Trade and Economic to undergo the procedure. 2.5 million people with South Asian Foundation to help patients pay for - who recalled being offended by Development to update maps and "I'm very excited, but at the same' ancestry in the United States, Khan fue expenses rdated to fInding a the name "Jap Rock:" when she historical markers. time I'm also scared and rn:rvous said. match and to help recruit future moved to the area 20 years ago - "You're really paying tribute to donors. lobbied for the change. She said it people [with the name change] as "Even though we have found a may take some time for people to opposed to creating or continuing at match, our efforts are totally not New Sculptural Signage get used to the new name, but the very least an unpleasant over," Awal said. '''This is definitely Tells Stories of WWII a mission. By no means are we done "you've got to make the start some• reminder," said Larry Rosensweig, yet." • time," she said in an interview with director of Morikami Museum just the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. blocks from the site . • "The markers tell stories of a broad range of home front experi• ences - from the Army Cancels Orders for Kauai Veteran incarceration of By ASSOCIATED PRESS days, said his attorney, Eric Seitz. Richmond's Japanese Miyasato, his wife, Estelle,. and American community HONOLULU-A veteran of the their 7-month-old daughter, to ' the city's lively f)fst Persian Gulf War is suing the Abigail, live in Lihue, where he wartime nightlife, Army after it ordered him to report opened an auto-tinting shop two advances in civil rights for duty 13 years after he was hon• years ago. and other legalities," orably discharged from-active duty His lawsuit states that Miyasato said East Bay historian and eight years after he left the is suing not because he opposes Donna Graves, who reserves. the war in Iraq, but because his . conceived the project Kauai resident David Miyasato business and family would suffer and served as project received word of his reactivation in "serious and irreparable harm" if manager. September, but says he believes he he is required to serve. A team of completed his eight-year obligation Miyasato enlisted in the Army in researchers and to the Army long ago. 1987 and served in Iraq and designers spent the "I was shocked," Miyasato said. Kuwait during the fIrst Persian past year selecting "I never expected to see something Gulf War as a petroleum supply sites iilong the like that after being out offue serv• specialist and truck driver. Richmond marina, MARKING HISTORY-The new 18-foot high ice for 13 years." Miyasato said he received an collecting wartime his• interpretive marker tracing the history of World His federal lawsuit, filed Nov. 5 honorable discharge from active STAYING PUT-Kauai Army vet• War II sits along the path of Richmond Bay tories related to the in Honolulu, seeks a judgment duty in 1991, then served in the sites, and creating the eran David M. Miyasato with his Trail. declaring that he has fulfilled his reserves until 1996 to fulfill his daughter Abigail was relfeved to markers, which are the military obligations. eight-year enlistment commit• learn that he will not be heading latest addition to the Rosie the The city of Richmond made Assistant U.S. Attorney Harry ment. to Iraq. history with a Nov. 17 dedication Riveter World War IT Home Front Yee said his office would defend The Army announced last year of a new series of eight sculptural National Historical Park established the Army. He declined to comment that it would involuntarily activate Reserve or any other Army markers tracing World War 1I his• in 2000. further. An Army spokeswoman at an estimated 5,600 soldiers to Reserve unit. '''These markers will help people tory along the path of Richmond the Pentagon declined to comment serve in Iraq, Afghanistan and "I fulfilled my contract," Bay Trail - once the site of understand the dramatic changes to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin. elsewhere. Army officials would Miyasato . said. "I just want to Kaiser shipyards. that Richmond experienced during Miyasato, 34, was scheduled to be tapping members of the move on from this, and I'm opti• The new interpretive markers World War IT," said Rick Smith, report to a military facility in South Individual Ready Reserve - mili• mistic that r.ll be successful." consist of a graceful I8-foot-high chief of interpretation for Rosie the Carolina Nov. 2. tary members who have been dis• Miyasato speculated that he sweep of metal - suggesting the RiveteriWWll Home Front National Within hours of filing the law• charged from the Army, Army may have been picked because his prow of a massive wartime ship Historical Park. suit, however, Miyasato received a Reserve or the Army National skills as a truck driver and refueter - and richly colored graphic pan• The dedication also included a faxed letter from the Army's Guard, but still have contractual are in demand in Iraq. He told meet-and-greet session with home• els fIlled with images of wartime Human Resources Command say• obligations to the military. reporters he did the same work as Richmond and the memories of town historians: 442nd battalion vet• ing his "exemption from active Miyasato said he never re-enlist- that done by a group of Army women and men who made the eran Jun Honda, Henry Accomero, duty had not been fmalized at this • ed, signed up for any bonuses or reservists who refused to deliver city part of President Roosevelt's Betty Reid Soskin and Eduardo time" and that he has been given an was told that he had been trans• fuel along a dangerous route in "Arsenal of Democracy." Carrasco . • administrative delay for up to 30 . ferred to the Individual Ready Iraq last month . • 4 NATIONAL COMMUNI1Y NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, Nov. 19-DEC. 162004 Judge Tashima Says War on Terror National Newsbytes Threatens to Trample Civil Rights By P.e. Staff and Associated Press By ASSOCIATED PRESS ancestry during wwn. ocratic society governed by the rule . The 70-year-old jurist, who was oflaw," he said. Lawyer Charged with Attempted Federal appeals Judge A. Wallace one of about 110,000 people of One of the conference's atten• Murder of Korean American Attorney Tashima,' who was detained at a Japanese ancestry imprisoned dur• dees, John Q. Barrett, a professor of SEATTLE-Prosecutors charged a lawyer with attempted flfSt-degree relocation camp during World War ing the war, was held at a camp in law at St. John's University in New murder in the shooting of a rival attorney who had sought a contempt cita• II, says the current government's Arizona. More than 40 years after York, said he was encouraged there war on terror is threatening to the war, the United States apolo• is more public discussion of civil tion against him. destroy the United States' democrat• gized to the internees and paid them rights now than during wwn. He The prosecutor said William R. Joice, 50, shot Kevin Jung in the back of ic values and trample on citizens' $20,000 apiece. also said there were important dif• the head in early November as Jung sat in a car outside his office. A witness rights. Tashima, who spoke at the ferences between what occurred scribbled down the license plates of Joice's rented car as it squealed away Tashima, speaking at a civil rights Japanese American National during wwn and what is happen• from 'the scene, and police tracked him down through the rental company. conference Nov. 6, said he is partic• Museum, also criticized President ing now. Records show that Jung asked a county superior court judge to find Joice in ularly concerned that hundreds of George W. Bush's administration "The type of war we have now contempt for his tardiness and his refusal to provide documents. people have been incarcerated for for interrogating people based sole• makes it different; this is a no-nation Jung, a 44-year-old married father of two, sustained serious brain damage. long periods of time without lyon their race and for searching enemy. Al Qaida is not going to sur• Joice faces a 20-25 year sentence if convicted of murder, but could face life charges being brought against them. library, university, Internet and other render on the U.S. battleship in prison or the death penalty if Jung dies. "It's happening allover again," records on people without any prob• Missouri," he said, alluding to the Tashima said, comparing the detain• able cause they committed a crime. vessel on which the Japanese sur• ing of people without charges to ''The war on terrorism threatens rendered at the end of World War II. Senator's Wife Doing Well After Cancer Surgery incarcerating Japanese of American to destroy the very values of a dem- HONOLULU-Maggie Inouye, wife of U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye, is rest• • ing and doing well after surgery in Washington to remove a cancerous Commemorating Colorado Issei Pioneers growth, the senator said. Doctors removed the growth and 3-4 inches of large inte~tines on each Agriculture in the San Luis Valley their educated children departed, residents. side of it during the three-hour operation at the Walter Reed Army Medical of Southern Colorado was nurtured chang~g Funds should be directed to the responding to economics, Center. by Issei recruited from Stockton, technologies and vocational oppor• ASC Foundation and may be tax Because of the operation, it was the first time the senator was not in California in 1925. The families of tunities. deductible according to IRS tax Hawaii on Election Day. He was recently re-elected for his eighth Senate Yoshiye Inouye, K. Kamisono, To commemorate those earliest laws. Contributors of $250 or more Kichigoro Ono were followed by Japanese pioneers, a depository for will be acknowledged on a garden tenn. those of Yojiro Hattori, ' Nitaro personal and organizational papers, plaque. Dedication is anticipated in Katsumoto, Mitsumasa Miyake, records, and photographs has been the spring of 2005. Former Miss Hawaii USA Toyosuke Ogura, Tokuzo Takahashi, established at the Nielsen Library of For information please contact Pleads Guilty to Drug Offenses Eichi . Yoshida, and Hideichi Adams State College (ASC) in Kathleen Ashida in LaJara, CO HONOLULU-Tiffrni Limahai, who was known as Tiffini Hercules Yoshida. They joined the few Alamosa. To memorialize the earli• (719/274-5144), Ben Fuji in when she was crowned Miss Hawaii USA in 1998, faces a maximum prison . Japanese families in the region Alamosa, CO (719/589-4150), est Issei and subsequent generations, . sentence of 15 years and fines up to $35,000 for possession of crystal employed by the Denver and Rio a Japanese garden is in development. Tammy Lopez with the Adams State methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia. Grande Railroad. Through cooperative efforts of the College Foundation in Alamosa, CO These families changed agricul• remaining SLV Nikkei and Adams (719/587-7122), or Ron Inouye in The 30-year-old fonner beauty queen and her husband were arrested Sept. ture in this high altitude valley and State College, fundraising is under• Fairbanks, AK (907/474-9403). 14 in a police raid at their Kailua home. attracted additional Issei. National way to raise $35,000 for a 20' by 60' Deadline for receipt of contributions About $1,000 worth of crystal meth, small quantities of cocaine and mar• buyers and shippers sought the qual• Japanese garden on the central cam• by the Foundation is Dec. 30.• ijuana, and a digital scale were found in a backpack. • ity produce and broadened the econ• pus. Donations are being solicited omy of this arid valley. As subse• from institutions, individuals, and quent generations worked the lands, . families, particularly former SLV APAs in the News By Pacific Citizen Staff Past JACL Chapter President is an 'Ageless Hero' Mas Inoshita, past president of JACLArizona chapter, was awarded an Ageless Heroes Award for his con• tinuing volunteer work and education even after retirement. Inoshita was selected in the "Love of Learning" category for his commitment to sharing his life experiences of being incarcerated at the Gila River Internment Camp during World War II. He has given dozens of pre• sentations each year in high schools, colleges and museums. Inoshita received his Ageless Hero Award at a Nov. 11 luncheon, hosted by Blue Shield of Arizona.

MoMA Architect to Build Houston's New Asia House Building Yoshio Taniguchi, best known in the United States for his work on the expansion of the Museum of Modem Art (MoMA) in New York, has been commissioned to design the new Asia House, a capital project of Asia Society Texas. The new building will be located ' in Houston's Museum District and will be Taniguchi's fIrst freestanding new building outside of Japan. Groundbreaking for the new building - which will feature exhibitions of Asia Society's renowned penna• nent collection - is expected to take place in 2006. Two APA Queens Reign for First Time in School's History For the fIrst time in the University of Washington's Homecoming history, two queens - Emi Nomura Sumida and Glorya Cho - instead of the traditional king and queen. were crowned as 2004 royals. Sumida, who was also the Seattle Japanese Queen 2004, and Cho were simply the most deserving candi• dates, said officials.

Takei, Nakano to Receive Japan Government Decorations The government of Japan recognized California Assemblyman George Sakaye Nakano and George Takei, of "Star Trek" fame, at a Nov. 9- ceremony in Tokyo for their contributions to the Japanese American community and for their efforts to promote Japan-US. relations. Both Nakano and Takei received the Order of the Rising Sun dec• oration, the highest civilian distinction, for promoting exchanges between the two countries. Aoyagi Named County Homeland Security Chief Gordon Aoyagi, Montgomery County's flre administrator, will take over as the county's new homeland security director starting next year. Aoyagi has served the county for nearly 20 years in various roles that have included emergency prepared• ness and response. In his new job, he will coordinate emergency management among other responsibilities. Moy Named New Police Chief Jones Moy, 48, was sworn in as Monterey Park, Calif.' s police chief after serving as its interim chief for a year. He becomes the first Asian police chief in a city that boasts an Asian population of 63 percent. Over the next decade, Moy plans to have his department get more involved in community policing. He is also looking at putting his cops on foot or bike patrol through this city of about 60,000 .•

,. PACIFIC CITIZEN, Nov. 19-DEC. 16,2004 COMMUNITI 5 YOUTH FORUM MARUTANI Association, which saw the con• struction of the Washington, D.C. (Continued from page 1) The 'True' Face of Asian America: memorial commemorating the com• by the loss of Bill Marutani, one of mitinent of the Issei mid Nisei during Representation in the Media . the true shining stars in JACL's 75 WWIl. year history. He has eamed our high• With his passing, there are few By ALEXIS IllSAKA Americans over 100 years to attain with Asians through the media. As a est respect and admiration by show• community members who have not fair representation in the media result of the proliferation and promo• ing us all how to walk the walk." been touched and affected by e are in the 21st century while their struggle for cultural and tion of stereotypes in the media for Marutani's journey was marked in Marutani and his work. of ridicule for Asian societal acceptance continues. so many years, Americans are bliss• W 1942 in a barbwire Tule Lake irltern• JACL Executive Director John Americans whose pres• AAs are at the beginning stages of fully unaware of the true identity of ment camp where JAs were relocat• Tateishi said Marutani "was in many ence is rarely felt in contemporary media representation. Despite the AAs. ed in wartime injustice. In 1943, he ways a monumental fIgure in the mass media. fact that AAs have lived and thrived The media grants AAs very few volunteered for military service and JACL." Throughout in the United States for over a centu• roles. Most call for us to act "Asian" was initially rejected because of his "I had the honor of meeting the history, the ry, we are still not considered and we end up playing into our own ethnicity, but was subsequently . media has "American." Regardless of our vari• stereotypes due to our limited Honorable Judge Marutani during drafted into the infantry. Marutani imp 0 sed ous national origins, Japanese, options. Lucy Liu, Jackie Chan, Pat the JACL's campaign for Redress," was later sent to military intelligence stereotype Chinese, Koreans, Cambodians, and Morita, and Connie Chung provide said JACL President Ken Inouye. "I upon stereo• Vietnamese are lumped into one exposure, but often reinforce stereo• school and deployed to Japan as a will, always remember his passion type on AAs. group - Asian. types rather than break them. second lieutenant to serve in the for civil liberties and justice. Judge The longer Although we resent and resist The 'media is not the only one to counter intelligence corps. On the Marutani was a man of deep convic• these images upon per• these images, there is a logical rea• blame for stereotypes. We are just as grounds of a U.S. Army hospital, tions and he will be missed by all of ceptions and ignorance endures, the son why these stereotypes continue responsible for the negative images Marutani met a Japanese nurse with us within the JACL family and we more impervious to change they to prosper. Stereotypes have a grain and lack of representation on televi• whom he fell in love and married. extend our most sincere condolences become. of truth in them, and represent what sion. After the war, Marutani graduated to his family. The entire country We now have a complex of stereo• AAs are to other Americans and who Since our immigration to from the University of Chicago Law mourns the loss of such a great types that has matured into images we are to ourselves. We are, after all, America, Asian parents have strong• School in 1953 and joined the American." that we have come to accept. the ones who developed martial arts. ly enco~ged their children to pur• Philadelphia law fIrm of MacCoy "Bill was a major JACL fIgure, Fictional, racist, or otherwise, com• We are the ones known to excyl in sue careers in medicine, law, engi• Evans & Lewis and embarked on a having served as, the orgallization's mon knowledge of AAs is derived academics. We are the, ones whose neering, or business. The notion is tireless fIght for social equality. As legal counsel and as the JACL's from media representations. history in America began with that if the children become educated, an attorney, he took part in civil choice for the Commission on Although Asian faces in Hollywood menial jobs as laborers, laundrymen, it reflects well on the parents. rights drives in the South and helped Wartime Relocation and Intemment are few compared to other ethnic domestic servants, gardeners, and Materialism and high income is organize the 1963 March on of Civilians dUling the. important groups, we must remember that we cooks. what constitutes success. Asian sons Washington for the JACL. days of the redress campaign ... and have had a long history of media These stereotypes are real images and daughters aspire to fulfill their From 1960-1970, he served as although his role had diminished in invisibility. As the media industry from our immigrant history. parents' dreams at a cost to Asian JACL's national legal counsel, for the past several years, he'll nonethe• begins to cast more AA faces, we Unfortunately, these images of Asian identity in America. which he presented oral arguments less be missed by those who knew must be an active', vigilant force to people have not evolved to reflect We seldom encourage our chil• before the U.S. Supreme Court in the him and remembered for his shatter these insidious prejudices. the entire spectrum and richness of dren to pursue careers in the visual 1967 Loving v. Virginia, the ruling achievements and commitments to In the acceptance of any culture, I AAculture. and performing arts, in journalism, which struck down anti-miscegena• the organization," added Tateishi. would argue that the historical trivi• Media representation of AAs is in politics or in entertainment. Our 'tion laws. Marutani was also a frequent con• alization of an ethnic group goes unbalanced by a lack of exposure to Asian voices need to be heard and In 1981, he was appointed by tributor to the Pacific Citizen with through four, progressive stages of actual AAs. Because AAs consist of our faces seen in mass media. If we President Jimmy Carter to the his "East Wind" column. In his own media representation: .immigration, 3 percent of the nation's population do not encourage our children to Commission on Wartime Relocation words, he writes about his own early humiliation, marginalization, and according to the U.S. Census, most advocate for AA interests, the media .and Internment of Civilians to days of breaking down barriers: representation. It took African of the nation becomes a~quainted will depict Asians through their own review the facts and circumstances "When I arrived to Philadelphia perspective. that led to the internment of JAs. from law school ... there was not The future is in our hands. We Based on Marutani's recommenda• another Asian American lawyer with must support each other so that we tions, congress issued a solatium whom I might commiserate. It was a can illuminate Ol!f own perspective. payment with an apology to those lonely period," he wrote in July We must write our own stories. Until Blue Cross of California affected, including Marutani who the public realizes how dehumaniz• 2003. accepted the apology from President ing and deconstructive these media In lieu of flowers or koden, the images are, and until our voices are George Bush, but declined the mon• Marutani Family suggests a.charita• heard, these stereotypes will mask etary payment. ble contribution be made to the the "true" face of Asian America . • Marutani also served on numer• Judge Marutani Fellowship fund at ous civic, charitable boards and Alexis Hisaka is currently studying the Philadelphia Bar Association: commissions, including the Go for journalism at the University of San 1101 Market Street, Phila., PA. Francisco. 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' olution to support the Ruth & former governor of the Mountain The Clark Institute in Hanford Sherman Lee Institute for Japanese Plains District Council. boasts some of the best Japanese art Art and Culture at the Clark Center The goals of this committee are in the United States, resident art in Hanford, Califomia. simply to increase the awareness of scholars or docents all gathered in a Cultural preservation has been the the richness of the Japanese culture peaceful setting. domain of chapters, but the resolu• and help Japanese Americans tion will expand the effort to the dis• understand more fully the values For more information please con• tricts. inherent in the culture of their ances• tact the Institute at 559/583-4915 or JACL President Ken Inouye cre• tors and develop cultural education visit the website http://www.sher• ated a special Cultural programs for the chapters and dis• manleeinsititue.org. • Preservation/Heritage Committee tricts using the Clark Center. 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Administration in June 1999 and (Continued from page 1) (Continued from page 1) currently in Congress. to the 5th District and 15th District served a full four-year term. A deco• California has elected its first "We took this race very seriously. of California, respectively. Mike Wallace and "60 Minutes." rated veteran, he served two combat Vietnamese American to the legis• We started every day as though we Other winners included: State But Shinseki is keeping busy after tours in Vietnam and has been lature with the victory of Van Tran were 30 points behind," said Jindal, Rep. Martha Wong to the 134th retiring from a 38-year career in the awarded the Distinguished Service in District 68, an area that includes who raised $2 rnillion more than his District of Texas; U.S. Rep. David U.S. Army. He's a board of governor Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Southern California's Little Saigon. closest opponent in the race. "We Wu, District 1 of Oregon; and for the Go For Broke Educational Star, and Purple Heart. Tran is now the nation's highest• knocked ' on 100,000 doors. We California state Reps. Leland Lee Foundation and is helping to keep Shinseki noted that it wasn't until ranking Vietnamese American held dozens of backyard parties." (District 12), Wilma Chan (District the story of the' Japanese American he was an army officer that he final• elected official. Jindal, a former health official in 16), Carol Liu ~istrict 44), and veterans alive .. ly knew the whole story of the hero• ic JA soldiers who fought in WWII Tran, a 40-year-old Republican the Bush Administration, is the fIrsr Judy Chu (District"49)'- "Today this country is again a nation at war. Thirty-eight months even though many of their family . attorney, is a source of pride for his Indian American to be elected to The recent elections were a mile• have passed since the attacks against members were incarcerated in U.S. community, the U.S. stone for the APA community as a [New York City] and Washington, internment camps. But it was at the . but he also Congress record number of APAs headed to D.C. and September 11th," said Medal of Honor ceremony for 22 believes he is since Dilip the polls. According to NAPALC Shinseki, commenting only briefly JA soldierS a few years ago that being targeted Singh Saund (National Asian Pacific American about the current war in Iraq, as the Shinseki came to realize the full by those sup• of California Legal Consortium), APA voters keynote speaker at the foundation's extent of the accomplishments of in 1956. across the country turned out in porting the third annual dinner Nov. 6 at the the JA vets. current com• Things did unprecedented numbers but many Ritz-Carlton, Huntington Hotel & '''The terrible price they paid in munist gov- not go as well still faced obstacles at the polls. Spa. blood ... I personally am indebted ernment in for Stan According to the NAPALC MATSUNAKA MATSUI "As the last chief of the 20th cen• to you," said Shinseki. The JA vets Vietnam, a Matsunaka, a report, some of the problems APA tury and the first chief of the 21st "are examples of how to live our government from whom Tran and former state lawmaker, who lost in voters faced included a lack of lan- . century ... [I had] to deal with the lives." his family escaped 30 years ago. his bid to unseat Republican Rep. guage assistance for many Asian effects of September 11, 2001, the Soon, Shinseki's picture as the '''That's the burden of public life Marilyn Musgrave in. the 4th voters although required by law, attack on the homeland and than 34th Army Chief of Staff will go up and I'm fully aware of it," said District which covers northern including a lack of translators and preparing formations to go off to in the Pentagon. In it, he will wear Tran, who noted that he has Colorado. indiscriminate handling of lan• Afghanistan and to Iraq," he said. his field uniform holding a black received death threats. Matsunaka, a Loveland attorney, guage specific ballots. Shinseki noted that 38 months beret, not the uniform of a general. Tran said he plans to focus on who also lost to Musgrave in the "While 1 am pleased that Asian after the attacks at Pearl Harbor dur• He will be leaning against a desk public safety and transportation 2002 elections, was accused of American voter participation was ing World War II many battles would with a photo of his ~loved family. when he gets to the state capitol and being behind a slew of negative ads significant, we still have a long way have already been fought and won; Behind him will be a mural showing wants to fight against illegal immi• that portrayed Musgrave in an to go in eradicating discriminatory Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt the painting of the "Lost Battalion," gration and ease the financial bur• unflattering light. barriers to civic participation," said would have been meeting; and the illustrating the heroics of the famed den for small businesses. Matsunaka has long denied Vmcent A. Eng, NAPALC deputy Allies would have been three . 100th Battalion and 442nd '''There is. a unique responsibility being behind the negative ads director. "When a community part• months away from declaring victory Regimental Combat Team rescuing by virtue of the fact that I'm which were in fact paid for by for• ner reports that a poll worker berat• with the unconditional surrender of the Texas Battalion after suffering Vietnamese American but ... 1 have mer software developer, Tim Gill, ed her for requesting a Chinese bal• its enemies. horrendous casualties. to represent everyone equally and 1 who is also the founder of a gay lot because she had a 'Japanese• "So if we measure both wars '''The heroics symbolized in this intend to do that," said Tran. rights foundation. Musgrave was sounding' name, it is clear that today . in places like Iraq and painting ... 1 wanted to be sure you Although Republican Bobby targeted becaus~ of her anti-same racism and stereotyping is still a Afghanistan 38 months after have a permanent place in the Pentagon," said Shinseki, "for what Jindal may have fell short in his bid sex marriage stance. very real and valid problem that September 11, 1 for one can't help but renew my respect for the ... vet• you did for me, my children, and for the Louisiana governorship last As ·expected, several veteran . interferes with the ability of Asian erans who fought in World War II their grandchildren ... all of us." year, he coasted to an easy victory politicians coasted to easy victories Americans to vote." . and the decisiveness of their accom• 'This is a small debt of grati• in his bid for a vacant U.S. House in the recent elections. U.S. Sen. plishments," said Shinseki. tude," he said. "All of us are eternal• seat for suburban New Orleans in Daniel Inouye won his eighth con• Associated Press contributed to Shinseki, a native of Kauai, was ly grateful to the young men of Go the recent elections. secutive term with 77 percent of the - this story. appointed to the position of Chief of For Broke." •

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HONOLULU-Timmy Chang ran across the field and gave the would become a record-breaking remembers all too well when he was. football - and a hug - to his passer. booed and benched at Hawaii. father, Levi, on tIle sideline. "I stayed home wanting to Now he has not only cemented his 'There's no better person I could accomplish something big here," he legacy at the school, but he has left give the ball to than my father," he said. "It's been up and down - with his mark on all of college football. said. "I just wanted to thank him and injuries and a lot of things - but He moved to the top of the NCAA my family for everything they've with a strong family, good friends, career list for yards passing, break• done for me." we pulled it through." ing the record of 15,031 set by Teammates mobbed Chang on Chang was coming off one of his BYU's Ty Detmer from 1988-91. the field, and Detmer, a backup with worst games, a 69-3 loss at No. 14 The milestone came on a 7-yard the Atlanta Falcons, appeared on the Boise State in which he threw four scoring pass in the first quarter of stadium's video screen and congrat• interceptions. Hawaii's 34-23 victory over ulated Chang in a recorded mes• "When you get whipped like that, Louisiana Tech Nov. 6. He received sage. there's a lot of doubts going through a standing ovation for several min• Chang went on to set another people's minds," Chang said. "But Phoenix Suns guard Yuta Tabuse drives the floor againt the Atlanta utes and was presented' with the ball. record. On the flISt play of the sec• the guys stayed strong. We picked Hawks during the fourth quarter Nov. 3 at America West Arena in "It was very special," Chang said. ond quarter, his 5-yard pass to up the intensity and we made it Phoenix. Tabuse, playing in his first career NBA game, is the first ever "I can remember not too long ago, I Gerald Welch broke tIle NCAA work. We found a way to win." Japanese player to make an NBA team. (AP Photo/Roy Dabner)" got booed." career completions mark of 1,231 Hawaii coach June Jones is glad He finished the game with four held by Texas Tech's Kliff Chang finally has the yards passing BASKETBALL touchdowns and 285 yards. The Kingsbury. record. fifth-year senior from Honolulu has Chang also holds the record for "It's just awesome," Jones said. Diminutive Point Guard First 15,303 yards witIl at least four career attempts (2,211), intercep• "He'll be so proud of this i 5, 20 games remairung. tions (75) and total offense (15,096). years from now." Japanese Player to Make NBA Team Chang entered the game needing The only major passing record Jones believes Chang's mark will PHOENIX-A 5-foot, 9-inch was cut before the start of the regu• 14 yards to break Detmer's record. left for Chang to chase is career IDs stand for a long time, especially if point guard who mixes off-court lar season. He played for the Suns in He overtook the Heisman Trophy passes. He has 98. Detmer holds the the Warriors win three more games humility with an on court flair for the Vegas and Rocky Mountain winner with a toss to Jason Rivers on mark witIl121. to qualify for the Hawaii Bowl. no-look, fastbreak passes is the first Review summer leagues. the Warriors' second series. Chang, who started 10 games as a "I really don't think this r\,!cord Japanese-born player to make an "A true point guard is hard to WitIl flashbulbs sparkling freshman in 2000, always had high . will ever be broken if he finishes the NBAroster. find," Nash said. "He had a really throughout Aloha Stadium, Chang expectations, but never thQught he last five games," Jones said .• Yuta Tabuse was told Nov. 1 that good summer from all accounts, and he would be one of 12 players suit• he worked hard this preseason to HOCK EY ing up for the Phoenix Suns' season really find a spot on this team." opener at home against the Atlanta In Japan, this is a monumental Ice Hockey Finds. Unlikely Home in Tropical Thailand Hawks. story, said Yasushi Kikuchi, who "Hopefully the Japanese people covers U.S. sports for the newspa• BANGKOK, Thailand-In tropi• Diego Gulls. Bangkok's main rink closed in 2000. are excited about my position right per Hochi Shimbun. cal Thailand, ice and sticks are most But .regardless of background or Many players balked at the next best now," Tabuse said after the Suns' "He's going to be as big as when commonly found together in a tall skill, players hailing from Califomia venue, which resembled a swim• practice. lehiro came here," Kikuchi said. glass holding a colorful cocktail. to Massachusetts, British Columbia ming pool more than a skating sur• The 24-year-old Tabuse was "He was a legend when he played But despite Bangkok's scorching to Newfoundland - along with a face. enveloped by about two dozen for his high school team, because temperatures, ice hockey is attract• handful of Europeans -lace up the Notorious for their violent out• members of the Japanese media they never lost. He's the most ing a dedicated following among . blades and hit the ice twice a week to bursts, the east-meets-west hockey when the news broke. But it's an famous basketball player in Japan." homesick expats and curious locals. get their hockey fIx. rivalry between Thai and expatriate intrusion the polite playmaker Tabuse thought the lehiro com• The country has an amateur leagiIe "It's a wild experience playing teams in the early days also threat• accepts without complaint. parison went a bit too far. and even a Thai National Team. hockey in Thailand," says TWHL ened to bench the game permanent• "It's good for me," he said, "and ''I'd say lehiro is bigger than Recently, Bangkok has hosted the Commissioner Scott Whitcomb, ly. A spiteful stick-swinging incident good for the Japanese people." me," Tabuse said. "He's the most 10th . edition of the international originally from Appleton, left a foreigner's head bloodied, and Tabuse made the team as the third famous athlete in Japan. But I'm Bangkok lee Hockey Toumament, Wisconsin. "Expats.are pumped that a bench-clearing brawl ended with a poi!lt guard - behind Steve Nash glad to be like lehiro and (Hideo) attracting more than 200 competi• they can play the game they love Thai player's arm fractured. and Leandro Barbosa - after Nomo for basketball in Japan." tors, many ' of whom traveled despite being far away from home." "It was like a war out there," Howard Ei~ley was waived. Tabuse will see little playing time, halfway round the world to crash The sport is making quite an recalls Toronto native Scott Murray, "It's a big day for him," Suns but that hardly matters now. His par• and bang on the ice rather than work impact on local players as well. player-coach of the Flying Farangs coach Mike D' Antoni said. 'The ents flew from Japan to be on hand on their tan. Vanchalerm Rattapong, star play• team. Farang is the general Thai guy's working his rear off, and he for the season opener. The tournament featured teams er on the Thai national team, term for westerners. "The Thais deserves it. I'm happy for him. " . "Everyone is big and fast in the from Russia, Canada, Switzerland, resolved to become a hockey player wanted to beat us. And of course, we Tabuse played two seasons for NBA," Tabuse said. "But I believe and Saudi Arabia, mixing it with after watching Canada's Mario . always wanted to win." BYU-Hawaii, an NCAA Division IT the most important thing is my Asian outfits from Japan, Hong Lemieux' score his memorable Murray worked to keep the game school. Last year he took part in the heart, and what I'm thirtking. It's Kong, and Malaysia for four days of series-clinching goal against tIle alive and tirelessly recruited players Denver Nuggets' training camp, but fun to play against NBA players." • high-caliber hockey reminiscent of Soviet Union in the 1987 Canada from hockey-playing nations to that played in Europe and North Cup. inject the necessary lifeblood. America. With a laser-beam shot and blaz• But the biggest boost arrived in The regular Thai-World Hockey ing speed, Vanchalerm is known as November 2003 when Bangkok's League has also proven a success the "Jaromir Jagr of Thailand." And Central World Plaza overcame its after launching its inaugural season for him, hockey is more than just a fear of flying pucks and dropped its in September. The league comprises game. long-standing policy of banning the some 60 players - half of whom are "It is a very important part of my game from its rink. Thai hockey now Thai. life," he says. "I work so I can afford had a pristine, Olympic-sized ice The TWHL is made up mainly of to play hockey." surface. It was game on. has-beens and never-will-bees who While Bangkok is becoming And despite taking several tllrash• simply can't get the game out of known as Southeast Asia's "hockey ings in international competition that their system, even in the tropics. The town," the sport's development here would have disillusioned a less competition's biggest name is one hasn't been without hiccups. resilient culture, the Thai National Sheldon Bailey, formerly of tIle The game was almost shut down Hockey Team keeps coming back International Hockey League's San before it got off the ground when for more .• Stories by Associated Press and Pacific Citizen Staff @S • Of tokyo cp 3APANESE RESTAURANT - 1973 Come and experience what yo",'ve been missin9~ EMPLOYMENT !LUNCH SPECIALS ! All you can eat buffet! -. $250 to $500 a week Business Buffet (M-F) 11 :30AM-2PM til Will train to work at home $7.95 (Adult) $4.45 (.children under 10) ~ Helping the US Government Sunday Brunch 10:30AM-2PM File HUDIFHA mortgage Refunds $14.95 (Adult) $7.50 (Children under 10) No experience necessary IDINNER SPECIALS I Live music every night! 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More Important Than Winning: Masaoka Congressional Fellow After a -highly competitive selec• Her work and commitment to issues Report from, Ground Zero in Ohio tion process, JACL's Mike M. affecting the Japanese American Masaoka Fellowship Fund community is substantial and quite By PAUL IGASAKI actor Paul Newman dropped by our the first time and unsure of their Committee named Maya Yamazaki impressive. The fellowship fund is _headquarters to cheer us on. choices. You're not supposed to as the 2004-05 confident that she will continue in I had to do all I could. I con• "I'm here to get my picture take time to try to change minds on Congressional and uphold the legacy of Mike tributed and raised money, support• taken," he said. "You guys are Election Day, but I was as happy to Fellow. Masaoka's public service through ed a Democratic primary candidate, doing the heavy lifting." see him, as he was to see me. I told She' will this fellowship," said Dr. H. Tom wrote articles, wore buttons, made We also canvassed, the bread and him why I supported Sen. Kerry receive a Tamaki, committee chairman. telephone butter of political fieldwork. We and why he is best for Asian $8,500 stipend The JACL established the Mike and round trip M. Masaoka Fellowship Fund in calls, dis• went door-to-door to offer literature America. He and his wife called on airfare to 1988 to honor Mike M. Masaoka played bumper or ride to the polls and also did the way out, "Kerry will win!" Washington, (1915-1991) for a lifetime of out• stickers and leaflet drops to get the word out. We have not prevailed in this D.C. to work in standing public service in promoting signs, made .On the street, one thing I hadn't election, but the fights that brought the Capitol Hill Office of justice, civil rights and human digni• speeches and seen before was that Ohio was, as me to this campaign must continue. Representative Robert Matsui, D• ty. The major purpose of the fund is debated our the media termed it, ground zero for Our margin of victory out of Calif., in Spring 2005. to develop leaders for public service opponents; but Election 2004. A Columbus tradi• Columbus and Frimklin County Set to graduate from the by providing opportunities for col• University of Washington with her lege seniors or students in graduate it wasn't tion apparently involves sending was larger than even our goals. I am B.A. in International Studies in or professional programs to work for enough. your troops downtown to the state disappointed and worried for our December, Yamazaki has been a member of congress or a senator. There was still time and there . capital to wave signs and cheer nation, but I don't regret the effort involved in the Asian Pacific · Students interested in applying for was nothing, nothing more impor• more loudly than the opposition the or my trip to Columbus. No, in the American community for years, a 2004-2005 Masaoka Fellowship tant than winning the 2004 night before the election. We saw end it was not about winning, but including se,;:eral positions on the should contact the JACL Presidential election and correcting the first Asian American for Bush about, as Spike Lee said, doing the national and district level boards of . Washington; D.C. office at: 1001 the selection of four years before. I with a sign, but he was the only right thing . • - the JACLand as co-founder and Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 730, president ·of Kaizen Group, an Washington, D.C. 20036; (email: set aside some time and volunteered apparent minority in their group. organization of yo~ths dedicated to [email protected]) or visit the JACL web• to spend a week on the ground in The night before, we heard and More of Paul /gasaki's columns fighting for civil rights. site at http://www.jacl.orglmasao• Ohio, the battleground - of battle• received briefings about what we can be viewed at www.imdiversity. "Ms. Yamazaki represents the ka.htrnl. ground states. should expect. The atmosphere was com. leadership of the next generation. The deadline is April 1, 2005 .• I drove out there a week before ugly. The Bush team (or their allies) the election with a friend who also was reported to have put out outra• wanted to take one more opportuni• geous flyers with false information GOOD MOAAltJG, fy to make a difference in 2004. designed to confuse and limit the OHIO .. GOZAIIMSU ~ Along with many other Asian votes. One brochure the newspaper MR. PRESIOENT. Pacific Americans, we wanted also reported, read: "Republicans vote to make sure our community did on Tuesday, Democrats on our part in winning back our coun• Wednesday." litS BfCOME try. We went to Columbus, capital In addition, the Ohio Republican of Ohio and on the fault line Party sought to challenge large ADAIL.Y R\IUAL. between the Republican South and numbers of recently registered vot• Democratic North of that state. ers targeting specifically young The Kerry/Edwards campaign people and minority communities. was working out of a union hall, a COUlt challenges went on through former electric appliance store and the night before the polls opened. If other sites vacant due to the eco• I thought that I was incensed at nomic setbacks that have plagued these efforts to deny _people's votes, Ohio and made this once strongly I was to see what the community Republican state competitive. We felt .on Election Day. made phone calls to APAs to ascer• I'm not a moming person, but we tain their voting preferences and went to our assigned polling places whether they needed help getting to in the predominantly African the polls. American section of the city at 6 APA voters weren't as antagonis• a.m. People started lining up before tic as some to phone calls, but they the doors opened. Many made no weren't solidly for one candidate or bones about their being motivated the other either. A number of names by the disrespect shown' for their on our list weren't Asian. People community by the efforts to lie to who seemed to be of other minority them ~d deny their right to vote. It backgrounds didn't seem to mind, was raining and the wait quickly got Play It Safe but one woman angrily told me that up to two hours, then longer. I was she was White, for Bush, and defi• soaked. So were -the voters. But Around Hoiiday Lights nitely not Asian. Too bad for her. they were undeterred. While we were on the phone, I met a sole AA couple, voting for

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never saw it corning. A peal of laughter unleashes from and Japan, has been dogged by bad press, starting with communi• Zhang Ziyi's lips, punctuating the end of a quietly ty objections to the portrayal of geishas .in the Arthur Golden answered question. I almost jump out of the chair with novel, the protracted ordeal of signing a director (botbSpike)Qnze her almond eyes locke~ on mine. and Steven Spielberg dropped out), to .the outcry of casting Ziyi had been picking through some English words to Chinese actresses in Japanese roles. '. . . describe a complicated movie scene that had her sus• All of which Zi hasn't paid,aPY attentiont6, but.:$1'te pOint• pended mid air for hours and rappelling down bamboo edly states, "It was the dir~~(sdecisioli,"\Y~en asked _~.· trees, but when the words continue to elude description of the about her casting as Sa¥p1i ' ~ittawhen s~ . neither;' ,. excruciating pain, the actress friends simply call Zi, erupts into speaks English nor Japanese:f!uently, " laughter. "None of us really imagin~ mat this fIlm, ,'tyteriioirs The fierce female warrior that we've seen in fIlms like of a Geisha,' would end up having,€h.iifest actresses "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" is but a whisper of playing the lead roles. This took us allby' surprise, but- · a presence face-ta-face. Her slight frame can barely handle the we also really treasure this opportuhlryhecause it's re<:t!• flambo)'mtt gestures she makes with her hands as she searches for ly rare in Hollywood to have a huge budget fIlm tha1js the perfect word to convey her thoughts. These are the same deli• not an action film, but a drama focusing on Asian char: . cate hands that have wielded swords with cunning onscreen grace acters and we really think that this is a really wonderful and are now used to push back strands of hair behind her ears as opportunity that we're taking very seriously," she>said she shies away from a request to practice her English language adding that she has been taking English and Japanese skills some more. lessons. "When we have our next interview ... I promise I will answer It is also not the first time Zi has brushed up against this question in English," said Zi, her head lowered coyly. controversy because of her filin choices that some feel But soon she starts chattering away in her native Mandarin with will forever keep her pigeon-holed in HoJlywood, espe• the high-pitch inflections and giggles reminiscent of her innocent cially after Hong Kong actor Chow Van Fat recently character in 'The Road Home," a role the then unknown 20-year• complained about being misunderstood. old from Beijing was hand picked to bring to life by director "Everyone has to take their own paths in life and

Zhang Yimou. make their own decisions and Chow Yan Fat is not dif• '--A' Five years and a few international box office hits later, Zi has ferent in that regard. I'm sure he has his .b-Wnreasons for ,.'~ jumped, kicked and twirled her way into Hollywood. She's the fIlms that he's accepted and the . 9DS'ihailJi's '" dressed casually in jeans and a gray jogging jacket, which she made, but for me that wasn't the reasq wliY.1 cari1~to w plays with mercilessly while talking about her success. Onscreen, Hollywood," said Zi...... '," she seduces audiences from all over the world with her spectacu• ''I'm really not too concerued about [being type<:.ast]. ' ~ ~". '''' . lar high kicks and her flawless face sells Maybelline cosmetics, Although America and the rest of the Western audience are , .... .Tag Heuer watches and Pantene shampoo. Before she bounds into more familiar with me through 'Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon' the room, a publicist informs me that Zi is downstairs doing an and 'Rush Houe2' or these more physical roles, I have been doing interview with Daily Variety. "I never even dreamt that one day I'd more dramatic films such as 'Purple Butterfly' and '2046,' which '-IIII!!!!I end up here in America making filins ... that's something that's are really different," she said. "And I like to keep a balance, so completely out of my dreams, but it's the kind of thing you can't sometimes the market calls and you have to do the big action plan for ... it's something that I've really never anticipated, but m0vies, but I do keep a balance with more dramatic roles." now that I'm here, I'm really doing my best," she said through a This December, she will come out swinging in yet another mar• translator. tial arts movie, "House of Flying Daggers," where she plays a ''I'm not as prolific as some other Chinese actresses. I wait a lot blind assassin and cuts her teeth into big budget melodrama under longer for roles and go through a huge amount of screenplays to the direction of Yim<;m again. - really find the right role, but once I find one, I put everything in it To prepare for the role, Zi said she lived with a young blind girl - 100 percent - because that's all I have. When I find that role, to study her motions. When it came time to throw herself in the that's all that exists, that's the whole world," Zi added. elaborate fight scenes where she had to run wildly through thick• Her role of a lifetime came fITst in Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, ets of trees, Zi wanted to perfectly capture how a blind person House of Flying Hidden Dragon," but perhaps another pivotal turn will come when would do it, so she coaxed her young accomplice to do it. [Daggers (2004) she puts down her sword to don a kimono and a British accent as "I told her to run. She couldn't. She was so scared ... I told her *Opens: Dec. 3 the lead in Rob Marshall's "Memoirs of a Geisha." 'Come on, pLease?,'" Zi squealed and crumpled in laughter again. The production of the f11m, currently being shot in Los Angeles . ..------~ Los Angeles Japanese Casualty ' Insurance Assn. 101 f. 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Union Cen1er for the Arts 120 Judge 10hn Nso SI" los Angeles, CA 900 J 2 c: (949) 903-4142 Beaverton, OR • (503) 643·4512 PACIFIC CITIZEN, Nov. 19-DEC. 16,2004 OBITUARIES 11 All the towns are In California except as noted. (Richard) Suzuki and Irene (Albert) and Marie (Richard) Negron. brother-in-law, Tom Ito; and sister• Doizaki, Nobuye Marie, 84, Hisako Doizaki and Sumiko Koizurni; 6 gc.; brother, Isao; sisters• Oye, Mary Shizuko, 95, Long in-law, Teri (Tom) Ong. Tarzana, Oct. 9; Fresno-born; sur- Doizaki; brother-in-law, George in-law, Kiyoe and Misao Beach, Oct. 3; Chico-born Nisei; Sugiyama, Eugene Marehito, vived by sons, Ronald (Kazuko) and Taketa; 10 gc.; and 4 ggc. Hatakeyama, Miek~ Iwamoto and survived by sons, Kenji (Michiyo), 77, Santa Ana, Oct. 9; Long Beach• Ernest (Kiyo); daughters, Karen and Hatakeyama, Fumio, 88, Yoshie Fujimoto; brother-in-law, Richard (Ellen) and Edwin born Nisei, WWII Veteran; survived Eileen (Michael) Stastny; sister, Montebello, Oct. 4; Los Angeles• Kiyoshi Nakano. (Cynthia); daughter, Michiko by wife, Sanae; daughters, Susan Akimi (Fred) Sakazaki; half-sister, born Nisei; survived by son, Kenji Hirohata, John S., 93, Phoenix, (Raymond) Chomori; brother, Bob ' (Robert) Kyke and Patricia Takako Asanuma; sister-in-law, (Harurni); daughters, Mary Oct. 30; Florin-born, Arizona Suyehara; 9 gc.; and 8 ggc. (Michael) Nagatoshi; 4 gc.; brothers, JACLer; survived by wife, Haruko; Shoji, Kobe, 84, Honolulu, Nov. Dr. Richard (Waka) and Dr. IN MEMORIAM 13; WWII Veteran, 442nd RCT; sur• Raymond (Sharon); and brother-in• This compilation appears on a space-avail• vived by wife, Chizuko; sons, Dave, law, Or. Takeo Susuki. able basis at no cost. Printed obituaries Kelvin and Tom; and.6 gc. Author Iris Chang Found Dead From self• from your newspaper are welcome. "Death Tao, Masayuki, 82, Torrance, Notices," which appear in a timely manner Soda, Steven, 5~, Los Angeles, Oct. 2; Sacramento-born; survived inflicted Gunshot Along Calif. Highway at request of the family or funeral director, are published at the rate of $15 per column Sept. 30; San Jose-born Sansei; sur• by wife, Mitsuko; son, Koji (Dona); By Associated Press 1968 and raised in Champaign• inch. Text is reworded as necessary. vived by wife, Janice; stepsons, daughter, Karen (Dr. Randal) Arase; Urbana, illinois, Chang earned a Scott and Bryan Kurosaki; mother, and 2 gc. daughter, Peggy (Dick); son, LOS GATOS, Calif.-Iris Chang, Lorraine; brother, Rodney (Wendy); Yamane, Kenji Kenneth, 55, bachelor's degree in journalism at Fillmore (Jacque); 5 gc.; 4 ggc.; and a best-selling author who chronicled Huntington Beach, Oct. 5; Shimane• the University of illinois and a mas• brothers, Paul and Herbert. the Japanese occupation of China ter's in science writing at Johns Wbereabo1ds ken, Japan-born; survived by wife, Kasai, James Kay, 83, Oct. 10; Keiko; daughter, Maya; father, and the history Hopkins University in Baltimore. Whereabouts Ie free of charge and survived by wife, Mary; son, Robert nm on a space-avallable basis. Hamo; and sisters, Hatsue Nohara of Chinese Chang worked briefly as a (Sharon); daughters, Kathy and and Takako Shimizu.• immigrants in reporter for The Associated Press Wendy (Tawnee) Kasai-Coulter; 3 GEORGIE TSUCHIYAMA? the United and the Chicago Tribune before gc.; and brother, George. Marianne (Wood) Catterton is States, was searching for George (sounds like leaving daily journalism to pursue Nagatani, Edward Nobutoshi, found dead in her own writing. At age 25, she pub• Sushiamo). She was an occupa• 84, Delano; Delano JACLer; sur• tional therapist at Bronx VA her car of a lished her first book, ''Thread of the vived by wife, Mitsuko; daughters, Hospital in New York treating self-inflicted Silkworm," which tells the story of Sharon Costablie and Jane Takehara; patients. with renal tuberculosis. gunshot, Tsien Hsue-shen, the Chinese-born sons, Jerry and Clifford; sister, Lily Georgie's family 'was in California authorities said. She was 36. physicist who pioneered China's Inatdmi; brothers, James, Roy and prior to internment. With inforr'na• Chang, who won critical acclaim missile program after being driven Ben; 6 gc.; and 5 ggc. tion, please contact Marianne at 707 East Temple Street 415 Windsong Drive, Sedona, AZ Gerald Fukui for her books "The Rape of Los Angeles, CA 90012 President from the United States during the Nishida, Genzo, 78, Las Vegas, 86336. Nanking" and "The Chinese in Cold War. Oct. 9; EI Monte-born; survived by DEATH NOTICE Ph. 2131626-0441 America," was found along Chang suffered a breakdown and wife, Setsuko; sisters, Hatsuko Highway 17 just south of Los Gatos, was hospitalized during a recent trip TAMIYE TAMI TANABE Fax 2131617-2781 Gotanda and Mary Tashima; broth-. Tamiye was born in Dunnigan, Calif. Santa Clara County, said authorities researching her fourth book about er-in-Iaw, Takao Takeuchi; and sis• on July 28, 1922 and passed away one Nov. 10. On Nov. 9, a motorist U.S. soldiers who fought the ters-in-Iaw, Surniko Kuwahara and day shy of her 82nd birthday, July 27, noticed her car parked on a side Japanese in the Philippines during Kuniko Shimizu. 2004. She was preceded in death by her road, checked the vehicle and called husband, Tom. She is survived by sisters, World War II, according to her for• Oda, Kimiko, Montebello, Oct. Yaye Florence Yoshimine of EI Cerrito, police. mer editor and agent Susan' Rabiner. 13; Sanger-born; survived by hus• Mary Kasai of Lincoln and Toshiye The official cause of death has not Chang continued to suffer from band, Sam; son, Jim (Mitsuye); Murakami of Roseville; daughters, been released, but investigators con• depression after she was released daughters, Carolyn .(Ted) King and Candace Cramer of Davis and Emily cluded that Chang, who was hospi• Jane (Stanley) Komura; 6 gc.; and 5 Berg of Petaluma; . grandchildren, Lara F.D.L.#929 from the hospital. In a note to her Salviati of Iowa, Jessica Berg of Elk talized recently for a breakdown, I family, she asked to be remembered ggc. 911 VENICE BLVD. Grove, Ethan Davis of Davis, Matthew LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 shot herself in the head. She lived in as the person she was before she Ogawa, Nonnan Kurasuke, 50, and Mark Cramer of Davis; and great• (213) 749-1449 San Jose with her husband and 2- became ill - "engaged with life, Rancho Palos Verdes, Oct. 11; grandchildren, Grace and Tai Salviati of Iowa. A memorial service was held in FAX (213) 749-0265 year-old son. committed to her causes, her writing Gardena-born Sansei; survived by R. Hayamizu, President Berkeley. H. Suzuki, V.P.IGen Mgr. Born in Princeton, New Jersey, in and her family," Rabiner said. • sisters, Linda (Yoshioki) Moriwaki

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