•• •• aCl lC Cl lZell National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League Newsstand: 25¢ (60e postpaId) ISSN: 0030-8579 Whole No. 2,382 Vol. 102 No. 12 941 East 3rd St. #200, Los An eles, CA 90013 213 626-6936 Friday, March 28,1986 Death sentences for Korean students Apr. 28 new date for hearings condemned by supporters in U.S. WASHINGTON-The first hear• "Of necessity, the focus will be by Robert Shimabukuro the three were recruited by a ing on House redress bill HR on the restitution issue:' Uyehara LOS ANGELES - Two former North Korean agent living on 442, originally set for March 19, said "We will again have to tell Western illinois University stu• Long Island in New York has been rescheduled for Apr. 28 of the humiliation, the lost years, dents charged with being agents They- allegedly received indoc• by Rep. Dan Gliclanan (D-Kan), and the betrayal and rejection of North Korea, fomenting dis• trination and training from Suh chair of the Judicicny Subcom• by our nation because seven of sent among other Korean stu• Chung Kyun, a fonner publisher mittee on Administrative Law the ten members are new to the dents, and advocating the over• of the Korea Overseas Journal and Governmental Relations. subcommittee" throw of the South Korean gov• who is de cribed by the Korea The bill must be approved first Four of the members are co• ernment have been sentenced to Herald as the leading North Ko• by the subcommittee and then sponsors of tile bill: Barney Frank death, while a third was sen• rean agent in the U.S., through by the full Judiciary Committee (D-Mass.), George Crockett (D• tenced to life imprisonment, said Lee Chang Shin, also a fonner before it can be voted on by the Mich.), Howard Bennan (D-Calif), Jai Hyon Lee, professor of jour• student at WlU. Lee was sen• Jai Hyon Lee full House. and Frederick Boucher (D-Va). nalism at WID, during an inter• tenced in absentia to an undis• connection with the North Ko• JACL-LEC executive director LEC is currently lobbying mem• view at the Korean Institute for closed prison term. rean UN mission, has not visited Grayce Uyehara and LEC legisla• bers Harley Staggers (D-W.Va), Human Rights. Lee, whose family immigrated North Korea, and knows only tive strategy chair Grant Ujifusa Hank Brown (R-Colo.) and Patrick The three, who were sentenced to Chicago 11 years ago, vigor• one ofth e three students, Hwang. met on March 11 with Glickman Swindall (R-Ga). Also on the sub• Jan. 28. were part of a group of ously denies the charges and According to J ai Lee, the and Janet Potts, associate counsel committee are Thomas Kindness 22 people an"ested last June in plans to sue the Korea Herald charges against the three stu• for the subcommittee, to discuss (R-Ohio) and Howard Coble (R• South Korea for allegedly belong• for libel dents are groundless because the re cheduling of the hearing. N.C.). ing to North KOl"ean spy rings in Suh denied the allegations there is no evidence that Lee ''Rep. Glickman is supportive "All it will take to advance the the U.S. and West Germany. again t him elf, saying that the Chang Shin and Sub are North ofthe hearing process," aid Uye• legislation to the full committee:· Kim Sung Man, Yang Dong Hwa South Korean government named Korean agents. ''Lee Chang Shin hara, "and will do evelything in said Rep. Robert Matsui (D-Cali(). and Hwang Dae Kwon attended him becau e his now-defunct is a pennanentr ident applying hi power to give the redress is- "is to convince a majority of the WID from the fall of 1982 to Feb• paper wa popular with Korean for U.S. citizenship. He went to ue a fair hearing within th time ubcommittee. or six members. ruary 1983. According to the students in the U.S high school in Chicago and has constraints of the Judicicny ub• that redress should be and must Korea Herald. the official South ccording to the Chicago mdny friends th reo Suh is a commIttee." be considered by the Congress." Korean government newspaper, Tribune, Sub aid that he has no fornier editor of a Korean lan• was the case dW1Jlg hear• "Matsui added. "I am pleased guage newspaper in New York ings held in 1984 on RR 442's that the committee has give.n which has been very critical of predece or. H.R 4110, the ub• RR 442 a high priority and et the South Korean government• committee will deteImine the the date for the hearings soon JA's promotion causes protest the repr ive policie of the election of witnesses who will after Congre returns from its Continued 00 Back Page be called on to testifY. recess .. . I am confident that SEATTLE-Accusations of rac• career. HR 442 will receive a fair hear• ism surfaced at a March 19 meet• ''This sickens me to no end to ing from an infonned panel" ing of the Seattle Community ee the union corne up with this Endorsement of redress legislation "I hope that this bill will move College District trustees, the grievance," said Alan Sugiyama, quickly through the committee," Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. a member of the Asian Executive considered by New York city council aid Rep. Norman Mineta (D• Six speakers bitterly de• Directors Coaltion Calif). "Now that the bill has nounced faculty leaders for hav• "It seems like a matter of rac• NEW YORK-A city council com• more than l2D ponsors in the ing taken public action against ism. Here's a highly qualified in• mittee heard testimony about House, I belie e ow' chances for Chancellor Donald Phelps on dividual and all that resistance," the WW2 internment ofJ apanese success are getting better and the eve of his bid to be Seattle said Jerry Shigaki, chair of Seat• Americans dUling a March 19 better. Public School superintendent tle Central Community College's hearing on a re olution. pro• "1986 has been a good year for Phelps, one of six fmalists be• Asian American Task Force. "Or po ed by Councilwoman Miriam national efforts for redre Re• ing interviewed by the Seattle maybe it's a basic ploy to jeopar• Friedlander, urging COngl"e to cent judicial decisions indicate School Board, had drawn faculty dize the po ibility of [phelps] pa redr bill H.R 442 and that th courts UPPOlt the fmd• leaders' wrath by promoting his becoming superintendent" S. l053. ings that the government hid in• personnel director, Naomi Iwata• Janet Ray, the faculty union Friedlander ha aid that pa formation ab ut th intenlmenl Sanchez, to the newly created repr sentative. said the union sage of the bill '\vould finally which reinforc om· ause. The position of vice chancellor for protest is not motivated by rac• h lp rectifY the utrag u vi la• re olution of thi i ue is long human resources and intergov• ism or any desire to hurt Phelp tion of basic civil rights suffi red overdu ." ernmental relations. or Iwata-Sanchez. Sh called it by the J apane e Am !iean and Phelps said the promotion la t the only way to speak out against Al uti an p pI during lhi month which boosted I wata• adding an expensive layer of ham [ul chapt r in Am ric n Sanchez's salary by $4.700 to bureaucracy. hi ·t ry." $52,112, was in keeping with 'We perceived this as an act Sp aking b for the ouncil extra duties she had taken on of in ensitive and in ffici nt ommitte on Int l11ational In• But leaders ofthe Seattle Com• leadership," Ray aid. 'We pro• tergroup Relation and p cial munity College Federation of tested the proliferation of ad• Ev nts were 1£ Ii Inaba-Wong Teachers called the move a ministrators. Th faculty body of onc rned Japan Am r• wasteful administrative addition has, as part of its charge, the care ican ,442nd R gim ntal ombat in a time of tight budgets. Union of this institution W think thi Team v teran William Kochiya• leaders voted no-confidence in is one of those decisions we rna, and Stan Mark f ian Phelps, filed a grievance and sent needed to speak out against" Am !ican Legal D fens and out confidencelno-confidence Trustees, however, denounced Education Fund. ballots to all 950 district instruc• the union and endorsed Phelps Kochiyama lat d his xp ri-· tors. and Iwata-Sanchcz. nce a an intern and a a Asian American community "I resent it, as a citizen of this soldier fighting for th U.S. in leaders praised Phelps and lwata• city," said Trustee Lee Pas• Europ . Sanchez and denounced the quarella, ''that Dr. Phelps has the lnaba-Wong discu d th union move as racist opportunity to be appointed to a hearings h ld by U1C ommi • Speakers also attacked the major school district which is in sion on Wartim Relocation and EAST JEETSexecutives --'-->-._- timing of the move, calling it an disarray, and thi has jeopar• Internment of ivilians and th (left) and Gedde Watanabe meet with American auto worker Michael Keaton attempt to undennine Phelps' dized it" introduction of redI' , I gi.Ja- in Ron Howard's new hit comedy "Gung Hon (see review on page 5) .;;2_---...,;D..;,A.;;;C;.;,;IF..;,lc;...;,cl;.;n.. ZEN.. ..;.'_F.r.ld.IY., ... M.I.rc.h.2.8 ... ,.19,.; 8.6 ______":i,!!S: weeks advance notice to report address change with label on front ! If you are moving / Wish to subscribe, arriving at the university a few: Write New Address below. Effective date ...... Onizuka fund drives under way days ~r the shuttle disaster. 'I Please send the Pacific Citizen for: Onizuka earned b~chelor's 0 1-Yr $20 0 2-Yrs $38 D·3-Yrs $56 Three scholarship funds es• The first recipient will be and master's degrees m aero- tablished in memory of as• selected in April by the fund's space engineering at CU. Aboard To: ...... tronaut Ellison Onizuka, who . steering committee. the shuttle with him was the CU- ,Address: ...... died in the Jan 28 explosion of Campaign c City I State/Zip ______~.t"' '--- -- lliE IRMA HOTEl - , BUFFALO BIll BAR Phone ( ) 0 Work 0 Home THE IRMA RESTAURANT 12th &. Sheridan. Cody. WY 82414 30 7 · 58 7 · 42~2 Friday, March 28, 19861 PACIFIC CmZEN-3 • - nn SAN FRANCISCO-''Kimochi, Inc.• Researcher takes issue with The Future of Our Generations" is the --community Affairs theme of that organization's 15th an• anti-bilingual ballot arguments niversary celebration, to be held Apr.. CUPERTINO, Cali£-The third annual Pacific Pespective." Info: Emily Take• SAN FRANCISCO--A recently ropean immigrants are able to uchi or Alan Oda, (213) 478-8241. 13, 1-3 p.m, at San Francisco Medical Cupertino Cheny Blossom Festival fea• Society, 250 Masonic Ave. Donation: published study by Dr. Chalsa learn English SAN DIEGO-Minoru Yasui, national tures traditional Japanese food, enter• $20. Persons 70 or older will be guests Loo, director of Chinatown Re• The study found that Chinese chair of LEC and coram nobis plainWI: tainment and craft exhibits Apr. 12, 10 ofKimochi. There will be a light buffet search Center and visiting pro• immigrants are aware that Eng• gives a free public lecture Apr. 9, 8 p.m, am-5 p.m, at Oaks Shopping Center and entertainment RSVP by Apr. 4. fessor at UCLA, questions argu• lish facility would improve their at UCSD's Peterson Hall, JUn. 100. on Stevens Creek Blvd (across from Info:~ ~ve akajo, 563-5626. ments used by opponents of bi• opportunities. "Nine out of eveIY DeAnza College). Highlights include Asian Pacific American Advocates of "Jan, Ken, Po," a play by David Heruy lingual ballots. two performances by San Francisco Califumia holds its flfth ar.nual confer• ten Chinatown residents believed Hwang, Philip Ran Gotanda and Hick argu• Taiko Dojo, a tribute to Toyokawa, Cu• ence Apr. 5. Speakers, video presenta• "We examined three that knowing English would Shiomi, runs Thur.-Sat at 8 p.m. and pertino's sister city, and a children's tions and a San Diego tour are sched• ments posed by those who wish qualify them for a better job," Sun. at 3 and 7 p.m until May 4 at Peo• "hands on" craft table. Admission free. uled. Info: Ofelia Merlau, (619) Z364296, to eliminate bilingual ballots said Loo. "Moreover, Chinese Un-' ple's Theater Coalition, Bldg. B, Fort Info: Margaret Abe, (415) 967-4456. or Manny Pecus, (619) Z36-2004. and found that facts fail to back migrants want to adjust to Amer• oAKLAND, Calif.-Photos -o7f--C.... h.... in-a, Mason A psychological drama about up their claims," said Loo. ''The ican ways. They judged as many LOS ANGELFS-Koreisba Chushoku Tibet, and Japan by Tim Uyeki will be' . a love triangle, this Asian American English-<>nly ballot will work Theater Co. production stars Lane Ni• American traits to be worthy of Kai, the nutrition program for the el• on display next month at Ohana Cultur• against the assimilation of lan• derly, marks its 10th anniversaI)' Apr. shikawa, June Mesina Ouelette and acquiring as they judged Chinese al Center, 4345 Telegraph Ave., starting guage minorities." traits worthy of retaining." 12 (cocktails at6 p.m, dinner and enter• with a reception Apr. 6,1-4 p.m One William Ellis Hammond and is di• tainment at 7, dancing at 9) at the Quiet photo, "Unloading Rice in Chongqing," rected by Shelly Souza Info: 776-8999. The stUdy, funded by the San According to the study find• Cannon Restaurant, Montebello Coun• was exhibited in the May Show of the The Miles to Go total fitness class for• Francisco Foundation and the ings, it is more difficult for Chi• by Club. The theme will be "Arigato: Cleveland Museum ofArt in 1983. Info: Nikkei will hear from two members of National Institute of Mental nese to learn English than for San Kyu' as volunteers Yukiye Morl, (415) ffi8..186a Cheap and Nutritious on Apr. 2, 10 am, Health, is based on surveys of a European immigrants because Fumiko Takei, Tomiko Ogata, Shizuko Filicisimo Patayan of Peasant Move• at Christ United Presbyterian Church, representative sample of San the structure of Asian languages Takeda, Takayo Kato, Yoneko Kamiya• ment in the Philppines and Francisco 1700 Laguna Lynn Fitzwater and Ruth Francisco Chinatown residents is entirely different from that of ma, Hama Muraki, Seiko Kawabe, and Lara of Philippine Peasant Institute Yoshida will demonstrate how to cook and on U.S. Census data. European languages. 'The more the late Toku Horibe will be honored will give an analysis of the current situ• healthful, inexpensive gourmet-style The results of the study con• dissimilar the native language is Emcee will be actor George Takei ation in the Philippines Apr. 5, 8 p.m, dishes and sell copies of the Cheap tradict claims that immigrants from English, the more difficult Tickets: $39. Info: 600-91'73: ~. at Ohana Cultural Center. Tickets: and Nutritious cookbook. Admission is are unaware that learning Eng• will be the task of acquiring the Asian Pacific American Chamber of Info: 543-2546. tree. Info: Kiku Funabiki, (415) 008400>. lish will improve their socio• English language/' said Loo. Commerce holds a steering meeting 'MONTEREY PARK, Calif-East LA SEATfLE-Japanese Baptist Church Apr. 4, 7 p.m, at Woo Lae Oak Hestau• College, 1~1 Brooklyn Ave., is the site celebrates the remodeling of its recep• economic status; that immigrants In addition, English language rant, 623 S. Western (just north of Wil• of the 11th annual Cherry Blossom Fes• tion hall and gymnasium with a suki• are unwilling to adjust to Amer• acquisition is more difficult for shire), to discuss the White House Con• tival Apr. 19-21>, 11 am-6 p.m. Featured yaki dinner Apr. 2J) at the church, 100 ican ways; and that learning Eng• those who, like nearly 90% of the ference on Small Business to be held are demonstrations ofsu:mi~, odari, tai• Broadway. There will be two seatings: lish should not be difficult for Chinese immigrants interviewed, Aug 17-21 in Washington, D.C., and a ke, ikebana, origami, karate, jude, kara• 11:30 am.-2 p.m. and 4-7 p.rn. A cultural Chinese immigrants because Eu- came to the U.S. in their adult pre-conference for Asian delegates oke, and other Japanese arts. There program follows at 7 : ~ . Tickets: $5 Sontinued 011 P~ge '1 scheduled for May 17. Info: Carmen will be a special keto concert by perfor• adults, $3 children under 12 and adults Suarez, (714) 529-9657. mers from Nagoya on Sat, 7:~ p.m. over 70. PartiCIpants are asked to bring AVAILABLE NOW FROM "Family Dynamics: Challenge and Admission: $5 adults, $3 cllildren, stu• canned goods for Emergency Feeding Change," a panel presentation by Dr. dents with rD. Info: Kathern Inouye, Program. Info: (206) 622-7351. Vlraf!V~ACrIVN Edward Himeno and clinical social (213) 283-9002- Nippon Kan Heritage Assn. presents workers Grace Choi and Racquel Fur• SAN MATEO, Cali£-An exhibit of a program of Japanese classical dance beyre, looks at psychological and social photographs, documents and other and music of keto and shakuhachi Apr. developmental stages and bicultural memorabilia of Japanese Americans 19, 7 : ~ p.m, at Nippon Kan Theatre, AKIRA KUROSAWA issues in child rearing on Apr. 1, 7:~ in San Mateo County is on display 628 S. Washington St Dancer Hanayagi p.m, at Nora Steny Elementary School, through Apr. 24 in the Keyston and Yosono of Seattle collaborates with $59.95 each 1730 Corinth Ave. Clinical social work• Stranger galleries of San Mateo County keto player Terisa Kobayashi, shakuJuv AkinK"ro_'s Akira Kurosawa's er Kenneth Mitsuhata discusses "Child Historical Museum at College of San chi player Takeo Yamashiro and dancer Rearing: Strategies and Techniques" at Mateo, 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd Spon• Yoshiko Kamo ofV ancouver, B.C. Tick• the same location and time on Apr. 8. sors: Go For Broke, Inc., San Mateo ets, available at Uwajimaya and House lH[HIDO[N THE HIDDEN FORTRESS Both programs are part of the Western JACLand San Mateo County Historical ofHice, are $5 general, $3 students and fO!I~~T~ (Kakushi Toride no San·Akunin) Region Asian American Project's se• Society. 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Certainly, States and the resulting impris• the testimony which the Commis• sion on Wartime Relocation and onment of Japanese Peruvians In~mment during WW2. Through a corre• of Civilians received spondent, we've received some would establish that our govern• ment worked very closely with additional bits of infonnation at least for long, a military bent Freedom of Infonnation Act save thousands of Jews in Europe which we'd like to share with you. the Peruvian government, involv• upon imposing its will upon But if an in-depth study could who were to become victims of ing some high officials of our gov• helpless people. be made, how revealing it would the gas chambers? Oh, of course, ernment ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS that IT MAY BE that Japanese be. It would hopefully provide there was a war going on in the Peruvian government does In the ensuing roundup, there Peruvians, not unlike some of the basis for initiating steps so Europe, and Europe is farther not look kindly upon this subject were instances reminiscent of their counterpart Japanese Amer• that we would not have a repeti• than Peru. But it's still an unset• being discussed, nonetheless what occurred in Nazi Gennany, icans here in the U.S., are reluc• tion of such a disgraceful act be• tling thought Did we even try? there apparently is a museum and elsewhere, when Jews were tant to examine the facts and tween nations. BY ALL THIS, it is not our in• which displays artifacts and being rounded up: some sympa• depth of what occurred in Peru THE THOUGHT OCCURS to tent to criticize our own country. some mronnation relating to this thetic non.Japanese Peruvians in 1942. The political atmosphere us, in passing, that if our govern• But as a free American, desirous tragic episode. warned their fellow Peruvians in Peru may be such that one ment possessed the capability to of our not repeating these mis• Notwithstanding, the story of of Japanese ancestry of an im• would be discouraged from pro• remove people from one country takes in the future, we openly ,this act, involving the then-pres• pending roundup and told them ceeding with a meaningful study and ship them to this country• and freely raise these questions. .ideni;e who was veIY hostile to the to hide. How successful such of that aspect of that country's for less than noble purpose~ We've got a great system here, resident Japanese, is not well• warnings were, we do not mow. history. They may not, for exam• then why could not that same and we want to improve upon it known within the Peruvian pop- We doubt that one could avoid, ple, have a counterpart to our capability have been invoked to and keep it that way. not really new, since I used to nese management team or one Times which stated that Onizuka wonder about Peny Mason and that was in direct competition carried a sacred eagle feather Love, Japanese Style Della Street, Clark Kent and Lois with Japanese companies. He re• into space as a message of hope Lane, and a few other TV work plied that maybe they could to all Indian people. ''I mow Rex Morgan loves couples. But television has pro• cover that aspect in the series. The feather had been pre• June," my dad used to tell me ONE THING vided its own twist to the wom• rll be watching for it, believe me. sented to Onizu.ka by students at frequently. ''I don't mow why he LEADS,' en's movement-let a man and a If they need any technical ad• the Chemawa Indian School in doesn't just come right out and TOANOIHER woman be paired off profession• vice, I lmow who they can ask Salem, Oregon Norbert Hill, tell her that And I know that ally, and keep the audience guess• Up in Portland, Ore., there s an executive director of the Amer• June loves the good doctor, and ing as to what else is going on engineer named Max Ozawa who ican Indian Science and En• I don't understand why she between the two. until recently was project en• gineering Society, said that Oni• doesn't tell him so." "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," Bob gineer for Hyster Co., a company zuka will eIVe as an inspiration If I had been a little more ''Remington Steele," and the lat• feeling some heat from Japanese Shimabukuro for American Indian children for aware at the time I would have est hit, ''Moonlighting,'' are all lift truck companies. After com• years to come. answered, ''Because Rex and June _____....,jl.illlllliilliil1ll_~ based on thi type of relation• plaining bitterly for about ID Hill added that Indian chil• are really Japanese." But I know that the couple in question ship. The problem with these se• months about Hyster's anti.Japa• dren, their teachers and those wasn't, so I didn't I never could are in love-like Rex and June), rials is that after a while I end nese ad campaign (see March 22, who !mew of the sacred feather understand exactly what the ap• or there are existing obligations up feeling the same way my dad 1985 pc), Ozawa decided he had held pipe ceremonies for the as• peal of the comic strip was to my and commitments to others. felt about Rex and June: What's had enough and 1 igned Feb. 28, tronaut in February. Another dad, butitwas one ofhis favorites. I used to think that that was a wrong with these gu , anyway? 1~,aftero erroyearsofservice. eagle feather is being beaded in Since that time, I have better source of drama than those But a program like .. heers" The company, it seems, under the fow' acred colors to present watched a few Japanese soap ofAmerican soaps which seemed lost orne ofi humor and drama a new pre ident, started running to Onizuka's mother. I operas on the tube when was to dwell quite a bit on who was once Sam and Diane got it going; tho e ads (intemally to dealers 000 home, some Tora-san movies, some screwing whom, and where love th writers had to separate them and customers), after having giv• We are orry to repOlt that we Japanese "modern" movies (as and sex and power were some• to try to regain orne of their ear• en Ozawa assurance that they have no more 1985 PC Holiday opposed samurai movies} Much to how synonymous. But now I won• lier sparkling dialogue. S tllese wouldn't be run again. There are Issue for sale. Although we do of the drama stems from unspok• der. programs have a way of s If-de- still four other Japanese Amer• have a few left, those are being en or unaclmowledged love, as Since the advent of "Cheers" tructing. Viewers either get icans working for Hyster. held to end out to the chapters chances for romance get passed a few years back, we have seen bored because the coupl ap• I hope "Gung Ho-the elies" in July a part of their Holiday over because the time is just not ''will a new genre on TV-the they pears to be too uptight to let the doe not turn into a ''will they or Is ue kits. We are toying \\ith the right, people are too afraid to ex• or won't they" television series, parks fly between them, or the won't th y" eries. I can ju t ee idea of reprinting the 25 pages press or acknowledge their feel• modern day television versions viewers get bored if th couple it: a white plant worker will fall (altho_u~ of copy but we would need to ell ings all viewers just of Rex Morgan, MD. Now this is lets the sparks fly becau e a we in 10 e with the Japanese xecu• at I ast 300 copie at $6 each. all lmow, courtship is defmitely tive' daughter. EvelY week w '11 ISSN: 0030-8579 we need to lmO\ hO\ much in• more interesting than consum• wond r, will th y get it on or will tel st there i Please let us or mation ... isn't it? they all be turning Japanese? your PC repre el1tati e mow if My dad would probably 11k Stay tuned. ou are int rested. pacific citizen ''Moonlighting'' but he would still o o o Narl JACL~, 1765 Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94115, b asking the sam qu tion. ("15) 921-5225 Being more aware, I would pro1:r For.the Record Pubhshed by the Japanese AmerIcan Otizens League fNf!Ay Friday except the first and last weeks ably answer, ''Becaus I think of the year at 941 E. 3rd St., Los Angeles, CA 90013; (213) 62EHl936. • 2nd Class postage paid at Los Angeles, Ca. • AMuaJ &.blcr1p1lons-JACL membefB: $10 of na1lonaJ dues tel vision' turning Japane ." provides cnryear on a per-household basis. Nonmembers: $2Otyr., $38 two years, payable In advance. • Forelgn~: Add U.S.$12.00; 1st class aJr- U.SJCanada addresses: $25 And it may w 11 be. "Gung Ho" extra, JapanlEurope: U.S.$60 e)l1ra. • News or opinions ~ by coIumnIst8 other than the NaUonaJ President or Na1lonaJ DIractor is being turned into a w klv do not necessarily re1lect JACl policy. series by Paramount, only two OfFICERS we ks after the movie op ning Frank SaD, Nan JACl PresIdent Dr. Clifford Uyeda, PC Boatd ChaIr here in Los Angeles. At a p eorTORIAL13US1NESS STAFF conference I wa ask d by actor ActIng EdI10r Robert St1mabukuro Asst. Editor: J.K. Yamamoto Sab Shimono what I thought of AdvertIsIng Mgr: ...... RIck Momll AdIIertIsIng: Jane M. Ozawa BuslneeslMalllng: Marl< SaIto the movi . I told him that I would CrcuIaIIon: ...... •...... •.. ,... .•••.•.•.•...... TomI Ho5hIzakI have b n more interested in a Produdkln: ...... MIlly lman GenefBl Mgr/Openlllons: • ...... •...... Hany K. Honda portrayal of a Jap nes Am r• POSTMASTER: Send address changes to PacIflc CItizen, ican working with oth r Am r• 941 E. 3rd St, #200, Los Angeles, CA 90013. icans in a company run by aJapa~ Friday, March 28, 19861 PACIFIC CmZEN-5 between homes in Maine and Florida Samples of Success Stories Yoshizawa's nephew, David Who's at the Helm? Hosokawa, until a few years ago Disney Productions in Japan and was president and general man• We all know who the acting di• the Tokyo Disneyland Division. ager of Sun Coast Publications, rector, chairperson and mem• BY THE FROMTHE Robert Nakasone is president a subsidiary of the Chicago Tri• bers of the JAClrLEC Board are, FRYING PAN: of Toys ''R'' Us, USA Store Divi• bune organization, with a string but who is running the ship BOARD sion, in Rochelle Park, N.J. Toys ofweekly and semi-weekly news• called Redress? ''R'' Us is the world's largest toy papers in Florida He left Sun There has been a lot of discus• .lIill specialty retail chain, operating Coast to take over operations of sion about the redress program • Hosokawa nearly 200 stores in the U.S. and a chain of community papers in with no total agreement about by Yosh Nakashima a number overseas. A recent re• New Jersey. the past and the future. A variety lease says Robert Nakasone has The Nakasone brothers and of impressions about who is run• bills in Congress. As I have stated served in a number of manage, Hosokawa, incidentally, are San• ning the program can be elicited before, there must be total hon• Is there a subtle and consistent ment posts with the Jewel Com• sei in their late thirties and early depending on whom one talks to. esty and communication about pattern ofdiscrimination that con• panies, Inc., was president of forties. The problem that I see is that strategy and priority among the tinues to keep Japanese Amer• Jewel's Brigham Ice Cream Divi• And finally, the Los Angeles unanimity seems to be lacking leadership and anyone who can• icans out of top corporate jobs? sion from 1m to 1982, then be• Times recently published a There seem to be a lot of miss• not play by those rules should bow Some Nikkei contend this is so. came head ofthe Midwest Stores lengthy feature about Robert ing pieces in total communica• out now as quickly as possible. I have my doubts. It seems more Division of Jewel Food Stores Fujioka, founder and chainnan tion among the leaders. likety the Nikkei presc; hasn't been and a member of the executive of Design West Inc., of Irvine, The question that some of you Persons engaged in self-ag• aware of those who have made committee. which designed the Samsonite will probably ask-what are the grandizement should step aside good in big business, creating the For this information we're in• attache case and numbers among specifics and just what is being in order to reduce the amount of perception of a fteeze.<>ut debted to Rae Yasumw-a ofSanta its clients General Motors, RCA, talked about-cannot be answered internal friction which they, for In discussing this subject in a Ana Heights, Calif. Xerox and Apple Computer. at this time. The call to unity and reasons unknown, may provoke. If recent colwnn I asked readers RobertNakasone's career is not All of us may have different the supposed perception as to the present program is to progress to tell me about Japanese Amer• unlike that of Arthur Yoshizawa, ideas ofwhat constitutes success. where one stands on the issue of in an orderly manner, there must icans holding important corpo• Portland-born Nisei and veteran By the standards of America's redress and the LEe has a lot of be an end to the terms ''uslthem'' rate positions. There's been an of the 442nd, who held executive capitalistic society, these Japa• voids without full knowledge. when discussing the roles of encouraging response. Let me sales jobs with General Foods, nese Americans are successful There are a multitude of ways JACL and JAClrLEC in the pro• tell you about some of them Pillsbury's new products divi• There undoubtedly are many in which an individual can give gram. We must also set aside the Take, for instance, the Sansei sion, and Pepsi International others like them making it in the and show support for a particu• questioning of authority when Nakasone brothers, Steven and With Bristol-Myers he was Far corporate world, belying the per• lar program Some of us choose certain situations arise. Robert, sons of Bob Nakasone East vice,president for market• ception that racial discrimina• to support the present redress It is my finn belief that every and his wife, the former Frances ing, and chainnan of the board tion bars Japanese Americans program indirectly; if that effort person involved with the redress Kayko Ota, both ex-Seattleites. in a joint venture with the Japa• from top jobs in the business is translated into dollar figures, program knows what they are Steven Nakasone is manager of nese Lion organization Now re• world despite their impressive it becomes quite substantial doing and that no one is going to business and legal affairs ofWalt tired, Yoshizawa divides his time abilities. Tell us about them. Everything doesn't happen in jeopardize the total effort Washington, D.c., as some people We need to select leaders who think We in California do not stand to support the whole rather horizons and those of the Sansei need lecturing on the finer points than just one part of the organi• were greatly expanded. of politics and lobbying. It is to• zation We need leaders who be• '30' to the Readers However, even today, because tally insensitive for some to think lieve in what the entire organiza• of our similar or common back• that they are the resident expert tion is doing, not just a portion For a number of years, I have ground, the Nisei tend to dwell in the political process and that had the privilege and the plea&• There is more to a vital healthy too much on the past This is without them our total program organization than one program ure of sending in occasional col• NISEI mainly because we want to give would collapse and fail. umns to PC, but with limitation no matter how important itis. We IN JAPAN: the Sansei and Yonsei the bene, Ibeiieve that IT is time to reas• must work together so that we in space and proliferation of' fits of our experiences. Still, we sess the manner in which we are younger, updated writers, it's. can successfully accomplish our need to pay more attention to the communicating among oursel es goals. Last, but equally impor• time for my ''retirement'' present and the future. about the redress program and ''Nisei in Japan" was a labor Barry tant, we must work closely with The U.S. looks quite different come to terms with the most im• oflove in that it has given me the Saiki and fully support our staffas they to the Sansei than she did to the portant issue-passage of the two support l!§. opportunity to share my views on Nisei. Instead of pessimism and topics, sometimes informational, self~onsciousness, optimism controversial or provocative• ghettoed may be more apropos and self-assertion are more typi• and occasionally sentimental• for many-life. But during the cal of our younger generations. with PC subscribers. war and postwar years, as relo• And this is as it should be in the 'Gung Ho' SO-SO The Nisei, as a rather homo• cated families in the Midwest continuing process of assimila• geneous group in the prewar and East, and as U.S. soldiers in tion and awareness as individuals. by Robert Shimabukuro litie for harmful postures are days, lived a rather sheltered-. both Europe and the Pacific, our While the struggle for civil ' With an opening weekend great To Howard's credit the rights was largely won from the gross of $7 million for his latest movie steel a narrow path be• late 1940s to the mid-l9OOs, racial film "Gung Ho," director Ron tween conflicting work, play and prejudice is incipient and insidi- I Howard appears to have parlayed family ethics without being overt• ous. Its roots are firmly grounded a ticklish ituation (The Japanese ly racist Michael Keaton plays Opening Ourselves Up paper out of interest to learn in some sectors of American s0- are coming!) into another winner Hunt Ste enson, a wacky, ex-jock more about themselves. The need ciety. The redress hearings made (financially). labor leader who spins a basket• As the Assistant Dean at the for self-validation runs very high, some of these apparent Howard has thri ed doing ball story to convince the workers University of Oregon Law School, especially on this campus where We still have Min Yasui, Gor• movies that are, in reality, to accept the Japanese manage• I interact with hundreds of law students of color are in a clear don Hirabayashi and Fred Kore• stretched-out TV itcoms--that ment team, while Gedde Wata• pl~ students. Because of the dearth and obvious minority. matsu fighting for their dignity is, fllms in which the humor is nabe Kazuhiro, an off-beat of Asian American and other For the children and eventual as well as ours. The repressive ba ed on an improbable (and/or Japanese ecuti e who is caught minority professors on campus, leadership of our communities, elements need to be understood impos ible) ituation "Spla h" bet\' n hi 1 pect for Hunt, I sit on a number of dissertation we desperately need to open our• for what they are and pointed wa funny until it degenerat d the Americanization of hi chil• committees for minority graduate selves up to these sensitive issues. out The PC has a vital role to into som what of an animal rights dren, and p ures from hi su• students. I have used articles Failure to do so could mean the play in this area movie when in en itive cien• palm in Japan. from the PC in both capacities. end of our culture. We cannot As long as the Nikkei are iden• tists (the villain ) and curi ity in mo t comed.i stereo- The holiday edition of the PC wait We should not wait tifiable by physical features or eekers invaded the "plivacy" and type abound. The onflicting was of particular value. My copy The PC has undergone many by name, we need to have some ignored the ''rights' of th mer• alu . t m are pm1rayed b. has already been read by a half• changes during the past few years. knowledge of our heritage and Th connel ting charact r . Georg maid. hunlor wa 10 t half• pl~ dozen students: one law student Change is difficult for most of us, to retain.the best values accrued way through the movie. W ndt your good 01 Am r• whose mother is a Japanese na• and changing from one pe~ from our ancestry, for the con• Ditto 'Night Shift," in which a icanworkingcla redneckra ist tional and father is Caucasian tive to another is an even more whil ab himono pl Kazu• tinuing benefit of our contempo• morgue was tlUned into a brothel, istant~ had never seen the PC before. complicated process. This transi• rary American society. It is a bit and "Cocoon," which poked fun at biro' a Saito. a "by-the, The student read it from cover tion, however, can be supported too late for Sansei to begin study• e and th enior citiz n. And book" Japane e xecutiv Patti f to cover. His wife, who is Cauca• by open minds and open hearts. ing about their Nikkei back• now, along corn 'Gung Ho," about Ya utak h bri appeanmc sian, also read every article. Thanks for your coverage• ground when one of th m sud• a Japane e auto company, an as K zuhiro good, obedi nt Similarly, other graduate stu• Japan s wif1 whil Mimi Ro• thanks from all the students denly encounters som fonn of Motors, which nies to 1 viv an dents read with great interest the whose spirits and lives have been frustration. ailing Am riC#li automobil fac• g pI HWlt' utspoken, in• articles of interracial families. enriched by your sensitivity and Japanese Americans as a tory and town in Pennsylvania. dependent AmeIican girlfriend. One student will be doing her Th '-drinking. boisteJ. u your willingness to take a risk whole know too little about the I Gung Ho" i pretty rou h a master's thesis on picture brides. 700, Rights Act be eliminated," stated second language before learning GUAGl:: 1.00. I to read it; twice as many Chinese Women's art to be showcased CootiDued from Page 3 _ «It is incorrect to assume that immigrants could converse in English as could read English. "Recent immigrant groups an immigrant who cannot read LOS ANGELES-Linda Nishio, Arts, and the National/State! ears. 'Thus, language assistance in the County partnership. articularly those of middle to an English ballot is incapable of Marl Umekubo, Carol Chen, May speaking English," Loo added voting booths helps voters whose Sun and Hyun-sook Cho are The exhibition, "Cross Pollina• elderly years, would be most de• mastery of written English is not tion," will be on display in the rived should the language as• The report showed that immi• among 22 women artists who will yet at the level of their spoken Bridge Gallery at City Hall until sistance provisions of the Voting grants tend to learn to speak a be honored at a City Hall recep• mastery." tion Apr. 16, ~ 7 p.m. Apr. 29 and from May 23July 4 Loo concluded that ''those who Twenty posters have been at the Woman's Building, 17Zl N. advocate for the elimination of created as part of a poster com• Spring St Sets of the posters will the biliterate provisions of the mission project sponsored by the be distributed free to community ihonmachi site of Health Fair Voting Rights Act are fueling ra• Woman's Building and funded and arts centers and public in• cial fear. by Atlantic Richfield Founda• stitutions. SAN FRANCISCO-The fourth ing their time include San Fran• 'They demonstrate an impa• tion, Coca Col~ City of Los Each poster depicts the artist's annual Nihonmachi Health Fair cisco and Golden Gate JACL, Ni• tience and intolerance for what Angeles, California Arts Council, relationship to her ethnic back• · be held Apr. 12,9 am-2 p.m, sei & ~etirement, Asian Amer• is a nonnal process of accultura• National Endowment for the ground or cultural community. at Christ United Presbyterian ican Qptometrist Group, Nikkei tion and second language acqui• The goal of the project is to Church, 1700 Sutter St lions" Club, Kimochi, Inc., S.F. sition provide women artists with funds Services to be offered free of DeI)fal Society, Satsuki Kai, Inc., 'They claim they want assimi• and technical assistance to pro• charge include vision, blood Nihonmachi Little Friends, and lation ... if this is indeed what The report appears in the Fall duce new works, and to increase pressure, hearing, podiatry, oral Japanese Cultural & Community they want, then logically they 1985 issue of International Immi• the artists' visibility through eli&• and glaucoma testing Blood test• Center of No. Calif. should defend, not defeat, the gration Review (VoL 19, No.3, p. tribution of their works. ing will cost $15. Those who wish This year, the health fair is sol• multilingual ballot provision." 493-515). Info: (213) 22H>161. to have their blood drawn must iciting financial support to help not eat for 12 hours beforehand cover the cost ofsupplies, renting Roll ~ Marin: 4-George R Sakanari, 5-George T Veoice Culver: 19-Tom Nakamura. --1000 Club Shimizu. Washington, DC : 5-Albert Fukuda. Health exhibits will be dis• equipment, mailing blood test re• Marina: 5-Fred J Fujioka. West Los Angeles: 17·John Y Tosbiyuki, 14- played to show participants how sults, and so on Anyone wishing (Year of Membership Shown) Marysville: 2(}.George Yoshimoto. Elmer M Uchida. to take charge of many of their to work as a volunteer at the fair • Century; •• Corporate; L Life; Mile High : Life-James H Imatani. West Valley: 17-George M !chien. is asked to call Jinny Sakumoto M Memorial; C/L Century Life Monterey Peninsula: 17-Haruo Pet Naka- LIFE health care needs and what to sako. T Comp Kuramoto (Ari ), Dorothy T Ito do ifhealth services are needed. at ffl8.02IJ7. Those who wish to Summary (Since Jan 1, 1986) New York: 22-Jack K Kunitsugu, l5-Frank (Chi), Glenn H Murakami (Chi), Harvey Bilingual translation will be offer financial support should Active (previous total) ...... 550 KOkazaki. Aki (Chi), George T Aratani (Dnt), Jean Y Totalthis report: # 10 ...... 105 Orange County : Life·Joe S Akiyama. Koda (Liv), James H Imatani ( MHi ), Joe S available for Japanese-speaking make checks payable to S.F. 7~arol Current total ...... 655 Pan Asian: Ann Taeko Saito. Akiyama (Ora), Dr Toshio Inabara (Por), participants. JACL and send them to P.O. Box Pasadena: 17-George Shiota. George Higashi (Sal), John Owada (SLC), Community groups volun~r -=- 22425, S.F. 94122. Philadelphia: 38-William M Marutani4'. Vernon T Yoshioka SD), Shiro Fujihlra MAR 10-14, 1986 (l05) Placer County: 6-Kazuto K Miyamura. (Set), William Ishida (ful) , Charles Tatsu• Portland: Life-Dr Toshio Inabara, 12-Fred da, Sr (Twi). Arizona : Life-T Comp Kuramoto. lrinaga, S-Robert S Kanada, 24-George CENTURY CLUB· Berkeley: Zl-Hiroshi Kanda, 2O-Vernon Tsugawa. 6-William T Yamazaki (Cle), l3-Al Ha· Nishi. Puyallup Valley: 21-DrKiyoaki Hon late (Dot), 7-William M Marutani (Phi), 7- apan trip for Scouts planned' Boise Valley: 13-Chickie Hayashida, 22- Reedley : 2O-George Ikemiya. Tobru Yamanaka (Sac). William Kawai, 13-Roy M Oyama. Sacramento: 30-Seiko Hara, 20-Ge0rge T The contingent leader is Mas Chicago: Life-Harvey Aki, I-Thomas E Matsui, 27-Mamoru Sakuma, 7-Tohru Redress Pledge ~ ...... S ANGELES--A local contin• Crowley, 16-Shigeru Hashimoto, Life• Yamanaka·. ent of Boy Scouts is being' or• Dobashi, who has attended pre• Dorothy T Ito, 17-Seichi Konzo, Life• Saint Louis: 4-Kenjo Itoku. (Here is the missing November pledge anized to attend the 9th Nippon vious jamborees both in Japan Glenn H Murakami, 16-Virginia F Salinas Valley : Life-George Higashi. report with grand totals adjusted.) y Scout Jamboree scheduled and the U.S. He will be assisted Tomjta. Salt Lake City : 17-James S Konishi , Life• Actual amounts acknowledged by JACL Clevland: 12-William T Yamazaki·. John Ow ada. or Aug 2-6 at Mt Zao near Sen• by scout leaders Jun Okimoto, Headquarters for the period of: Contra Costa: 15-Tosh Adachi, 17-Elizabeth San Benito: 3l-Frank Hishita. #21a: NOVEMBER, 1985 ai, Japan Shoichi Sayano and Lucky Sawa• Betty Hoye, 33-Satoko Nabeta, 5-Ed Na• San Diego: 17-Carl H Kaneyuki, Life• 1985 Total: $ 71 ,759.65 The LA-area troop will leave mura kano, 32-Dr Thomas H Oda, lKlIiyoko Vernon T Yoshioka. Prev. Gr. Total : ...... $218,050 .04 n July 2B and return Aug 19. In .The jamboree is held once Otagiri, 24-Sho Sato, 32-Fumiko Sugihara, San Fernando Valley: 23-K David Yoshi• This Report: (15) ...... $12,300.00 5-Yoshiro Tokiwa, 6-Toshio Yamashita, oka. Grand Total: $230,350 .04 ddition to attending the jam• every four years. At the un8 and 25-Joe J Yasaki. San Francisco: 28-Steven Doi, 6-Thomas T ••• ree, it will tour such cities as 1002 jamborees, held in Gotemba Dayton: 10-DrKazuoKlGmura. Machida, 14-Akio J Mochizuki,:t-Robert K Lodi JACL $20 ; White River aUey Detroit: IS-Mary Kamidoi. Sakai, 36-Susumu Togasaki, 31-Takeo B JACL $395 ; French Camp JACL $720 ; okyo, Nikko, Matsushima, Sen• and Mt Zao respectively, about Downtown Los Angeles: Life-George T , Beppu, Kumamoto, Nagasaki 3l, Asian violence, women's con• hicago gears up for confab cerns, aging and tirement, Nakashima seeks reelection leadership development, U.S.• CAGO--Getting ready and set rates for JACL guests. Japan relations, parenting: de• Vic p id nt for g neral op• o that everything will be "go" Events in the package include veloping youth identity, and re• ration Yo h Naka hirna i th or the 29th Biennial National a ''Windy City" reunion evening, dress. fi t candidate for Nati nal ACL Convention from July 20-25, Kick-Off Reception and Dinner, A separate program for JAYs JACL offic to fOlnlally fil \l ith hair Ron Yoshino reports that private viewing of an exhibit will run concurrently with the · committee is ''working to make from N ara at the Art Institute of convention The youth package . convention the best ever." Chicago, Mike Masaoka Distin• includes mixers, workshop, Sayonara Banqu t and Ball; and He promises delegates, boost- guished Service Award Dinner, tours, and other activitie geared Don Sakamoto, JAYS advi or. rs and their families "an enjoy• finals of the Speech and Foren• to JAYs. Trav 1 al1'angements and air ble week of JACL business and sic Competition, and the Sayona• Heading committees are Carol re Ivations at pe ial Jk L ocial activities in a world-class ra Banquet and Ball Yoshino, registration; P ny Mi• conv ntion fare may be mad 1'ty" . Special events scheduled are yake, convention souvenir book• by calling Yamada Trav I Serv• "Interaction ... We Can Do a women's caucus luncheon, Chi• let; Chiye Tomihiro, finance; ice toll-free at (800) W.:;n8}., xl ore Together" is the theme of cago Today bus tour, CUbs-Padres Lary Schectman, public rela• 974. e convention, which takes place baseball game, and perionnance tions; Lillian Kimura, Windy City Yoshino said that regisb'ation t the Hyatt Regency Chicago. by Mina Sarna No, the Chicago• Nitecap; Paul Igasaki, Kick-Off brochw'es will be disbi.buted to e hotel, conveniently located based Asian American theater Dinner; Art Morimitsu, Masaoka all chapters in April and that ''w r shopping, sightseeing and group. Dinner; Aya Takada, Art insti• look forward to welcoming every• .. is offering special room Workshops will focus on anti- tute exhibit; Tsune Nakagawa, one to Chicago." • 8-PACIFIC ClnZEN I Friday, March 28,_198,- 1 SAIKI Journalists form D. C. chapter C.t " .... 6umP.5. the u.s. We statesiders are gen• WASIDNGTON-A Washington, Wall Street Journal; Jao Hoon erally ignorant about the post• D.c. chapter of Asian American Ahn and Francis Tanabe, both Pearl Harbor days in Hawaii, Journalists Assn (AAJA) was es• of Washington Post; Helen Chang, just as the Hawaiian Nikkei tablished March 16 at the offices United Methodist Church Soci• know very little about the reali• 01 '':orp. for Public Broadcasting. ety; Jessica Chao, Public Broad• ties of prewar coastal states. The .. , )i Mei Chan, cover story re• casting Services; Patrick Chu, fonnation ofthe Hawaii JACL in porter for USA Today, was ap• USA Today; Theo Feng, Asian 1900 is contributing to better pointed acting president American Art & Media; Akio Kcr communication My off-the-cuff 'We're very excited about the noshima, OSHA Media Services; estimate is that there are about chapter's fonnation," she said, George Wakiji, freelancer; and 5O, Frida ,March 28, 1986 I PACIFIC CmZE~ and a student at Benjamin Car• s~nssweeps~enceawards dozo High School, won the $10, Four Generations KUIITANIKIEI Japanese American .Peopze- of Experience ... ~~~y Travel Club ,.Books FUKUI Travel with JACL & JATC Friends ~ Ogala & KuboIa Delphine H1rasuna and Mortuary, Inc. Mortua/)') 1986 Departures & Group Tours 707 E. Temple St. Diane Hirasuna are the au• 911 Venice Blvd. Walkikl Holiday Tu-Wed dip only $349. thors of Vegetables (Chroni• Los Angeles. 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