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MEMORIAL DAY Shock Jocks ~!~~~~~!!_ M~~~~ ~ dep~~~e~:~~M:}n~l=ra=q~a~n=d..,...... A_b_r_o_a--,d Dropped Over erans this Memorial Day, Iraq. For the past four months wishes you had." As ian SIu rs these soldiers are proud to Ishikata has been stationed ' in Ishikata's. life be serving their country. Baghdad overseeing the translation now consists of By Associated Press and P.e. Staff of captured documents and media to seven-day . work• NEW YORK-One month after assist the commanders in locating weeks that often last By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM the firing of radio host Don Imus for insurgents. 16 hours a day. Executive Editor broadcasting sexist and racist gibes, "As a leader, I felt it was impor- Some days there are a pair of suspended New York shock tant for me to have this experience so briefings with his Lt. Col. George Ishikata has 23 jocks have been permanently pulled that I could understand-my soldiers higher-ups, on other. years of U.S. Army experience from the air by CBS Radio for a better, and so they cO,-!ld feel com- days there's the under his belt. For the past few years prank phone call rife with offensive fortable that I had gone through .the occasional visit he's been training and preparing his Asian stereotypes. same hardships as them," said with a team in a Cpl. Mitsuo Satoh battalion soldiers to fight in various ''The Dog House with N and Ishikata, a 44-year-old Sansei from remote area. (above, middle) parts of the world including Iraq, Elvis," hosted by Jeff Vandergrift San Francisco. "But the day is translates for sol• Afghanistan, and the Balkans. But and Dan Lay, "will no longer be "I'd liken it to any sport partici- basically work and diers in Japan. Lt. lately he felt like something was Col. George broadcast," CBS Radio spokes• pant ... you prepare to play in the big eat, not much else," missing: he wanted to experience Ishikata (left) is woman Karen Mateo said May 12. game. If you have a successful first-hand what his soldiers were See MEMORIAL currently serving CBS Radio dismissed broadcasting career and never get to the big game, going through. DAYIPage6 in Iraq. hall of famer Imus in April for his defamation of the Rutgers women's Creating a Pan Asian Culture Through Classical Dance basketball team. The cancellation of the show, Ken Kanesaka chased his '[ can help bridge the gap bef',\.'een Japan alld Onstage in Osaka with me to finish my degree because I dreams of breaking into America or even Japan and the rest of the world. . full makeup and flow- . only have one or two quarters left," nearly three weeks after the show kabuki. He did it. Now he's ing costume, he's said the 26-year-old Huntington hosts were suspended, was another indication of the increased scrutiny back in L.A. with dreams of known as Nakamura Beach, Calif. native. In 1998 during on radio hosts and the heightened bridging cultures. Gankyo, but on his his sophomore year at the University college campus he of Calif, mia at Lo Angeles Ken management sensitivity to com• By LYNDA LIN easily blends in with studied abroad in Tokyo and sponta• plaints in the wake of the Imus fir• Assistant Editor the young California t• neously moved to Osaka to attend ing. shirt crowd. kabuki training school where he "This is a victory not only for the BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.• After all, even a graduated at the top of his class. Asian American community, but for Nearly eight years after becoming professional kabuki "Also when I go abroad for lec• all communities who find them• the first American to break into tl).e artist needs his diplo• tures, people always tend to ask me selves constant targets of racist and cloistered world of kabuki in Japan, ma. sexist programming," said Jeanette Ken Kanesaka is back on native soil. "My father wants See CLASSICAL DANCElPage 5 See SHOCK JOCKSlPage 12 Blazing a Trail on Two Wheels Are AA Males Unwilling Targets of Virginia Tech Fallout? This Sansei's idea of a vacation is retracing the footsteps of Just weeks after Seung-Hui Cho shot 32 in Lee (left) and runaway slaves. On the inaugural ride through the a deadly rampage, media reports show an Meepegama Underground Railroad Bicycle Route, she catches up with increasing number of high school and col• were taken theP.e. lege age AA males being targeted for hate out of school for alleged incidents and school suspensions. By LYNDA LIN violent and Colleen Assistant Editor By CAROLINE AOYAGI-STOM . aggressive Shino at behavior. Colleen Shino is riding through the start of Executive Editor history - literally. her journey If you're an Asian American male of high school or to a psychiatric hospital for posting a violent image on in Mobile, Perched on her bicycle, she college age you might be feeling a bit uneasy these days. his Web site. And an Illinois high school student was Alabama. travels about 50 miles a day And with good reason. charged with two misdemeanor counts for writing a vio• through America's winding roads - In the past few weeks there's been a slew of media lent essay. and swamplands on the first-ever ride on the "route to freedom," a new bicy• reports involving young AA males, and they haven't Although some of the stories involve some question~ cle path thai retraces the approximately 2,100 mile journey slaves took before been flattering portrayals. One was the victim of an able-behavior on the part of these young men, many in and during the Civil War to inhale See BLAZING A TRAILlPage 12 alleged hate beating at Auburn University. One was sent the AA community See FALLOUTlPage 6

PICNIC TIME: Terminal Our Father's Club Island was populated by At its peak, the Terminal the annual event, it's much of the JA fishermen (~/ow). In Islander Club was an active same for old-timers who slap each 1971, the tradition of the social organization of for• other on the backs and make com• picnic (left) began. mer friends and neighbors. ments on graying hairs and fading Today, their very existence memories. threatens to fade into the The annual picnic has been going strong since 1971. In the beginning background of history. there were about 1,000 members of the exciusive Terminal Islander club, By LYNDA LIN a contingency of mostly Nisei bound Assistant Editor by a shared history and geography. Most members were born or have The Terminal Islander PICruCS There are only about 300 Terminal Bellis Park in Buena Park, Calif. lived on Terminal Island, once a usually open with the pounding of Islanders left, said Yukio Tatsumi, Every year Yukio, 87, looks out booming Japane.se fishing village, the taiko drums, relay races with club president for the last 22 years. into the crowd and sees fewer faces but now an industrial wasteland in screeching grandchildren running But the traditions go on. This June he grew up with. the Los Angeles-Long Beach metro towards the finish line and the 10, Terminal Islanders· will reunite "It's not a good feeling but that's area. echoes of karaoke performances. At again for their picnic in George See TERMINAL ISLANDlPage 6 2 COMMENTARY /LE'li'ERS PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 18-31, 2007

f': PACIAC CmZEN ~ COMMENTARY 2005 WINNERI ~ NfWAMERICA A Memorable Experience: JA Leadership Delegation to Japan V' MEDIA By LARRY ODA cultural America through the experi• ~ Awards In Writing A JACL Nat') President ences of a diverse group of JAs. Part of the delegation included: PACIFIC CITIZEN Recently a diverse group of Brian Matsumoto, president, Japanese Americans chosen by vari- Resources International, Aurora, 250 E. First Street, Ste. 301 , ous consulate generals of Japan Colorado; Brennon Morioka, deputy Los Angeles, CA. 90012 throughout the United States left on director Hawaii State Department of Tel: 213/620-1767, 800/966-6157 a week-long journey of discovery to Transportation; Albert Muratsuchi, Fax: 213/620-1768 Japan. deputy attomey general, California E-mail: [email protected] I . had the Department . of Justice; Miko www.pacificcitizen.org honor and privi- . Sawamura, chief, Breast and Executive Editor: lege of being Cervical Cancer Treatment Program, Caroline Y. Aoyagi-Stom nom ina ted California Department of Health residence, the U.S. Embassy, and Connecting Past, . Present and Assistant Editor: amongst the 12 Services; and educ~tor Sandra were privileged to have an audience Future." Lynda Lin Office Manager: delegates for Tanamachi, Freeport, Texas. with Her Imperial Highness, This was the most significant jour• Brian Tanaka this Japanese I was honored to have been part of Princess Takamado, at her residence. ney of my life. I am extremely grate• Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting A mer i can this delegation. My fellow delegates In Kyoto the visit was more of a ful to Consul General Yamanaka, the Lea d e r s hip were very' influential leaders not cultural 'orientation nature. We saw Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Publisher: Japanese American Delegation by Consul General only locally, but regionally and Kinkaku-ji (the Golden Pavilion), Japan Foundation Center for Global Citizens League (founded 1929) Makoto Yamanaka of the San nationally. Within the delegation attended a lecture and performance Partnership and the Japanese 1765 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94115, tel: Francisco Consulate. there were varying degrees of of Kyogen at the home of a 13th American National Museum for the 415/921-5225 fax: 4151931- The trip was sponsored by the knowledge of Japan, four of our generation Kyogen Master, an~ opportunity. 4671, www.jacl.org Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs members had never been to Japan toured Kyoto by bus and on foot. I saw and learned so much and JACL President: Larry Oda (MOFA), and the Japan Foundation .. and a like number had gone to In Hiroshima, we made a courtesy had access to people and places that Nat'l Director: Royd Mari Center for Global Partnership school in Japan or had lived there. call to the city offices and were are only seen in pictures. The experi• Pacific Citizen Board of Directors: Gil Asakawa, chair- (CGP). The Japanese American The delegation spent eight nights received by the vioe mayor and his ence of hearing the actual words of a person; Roger Ozaki, EDC; Lisa National Museum (JANM) provided in Japan, five in Tokyo, one in Kyoto staff before visiting the Hiroshima Hibakusha, and interacting with Hanasono, MDC; Kathy administration and organization for and two in Hiroshima. We visited Peace Memorial Museum. At the Princess Takamado will be part of Ishimoto, CCDC; Nelson Nagai, the trip. with high ranking government offi- Peace Museum, after a short tour we my fondest of memories. NCWNPDC; Sheldon Arakaki, The purpose of the week-long cials, elected representatives, were fortunate to have a private Beyond that, I have developed a PNWDC;_Larry Grant, IDC; Ted Namba, PSWDC; Naomi Oren, visit was to give JA leaders an Japanese business leaders, JAs doing audience with Miyoko Matsubara, deep abiding respect and friendships Youth. opportunity to become acquainted business in Japan, as well as with an atomic bomb survivor. with my fellow delegates, and the with Japan and to meet and educators and citizens. In the aftemoon, the CGP organ• individuals we met in Japan. I will r-~·iEWS7A[f5EADLiNE:-' exchange information with Japanese In Tokyo, as the seat of govern• ized a symposium where three of our be forever grateful for the opportuni• FRIDAY BEFORE DATE leaders in government, business, and ment, we visited many high ranking members, Harold Taniguchi, Sandra ty to take part in this wonderful pro• OF ISSUE. Editorials, news and the opin• cultural sectors. The trip was also an officials at the MOFA offices, the Tanamachi, and Donna Shimoda gram and feel a profound sense of ions expressed by columnists opportunity to give Japanese leaders Speaker of the House at his resi• Hollingshead discussed "Japanese indebtedness that I can only begin to other than the national JACL president or national director a greater understanding about multi- dence, the prime minister's official Americans at a Crossroad, repay. • do not necessarily reflect JACL policy. Events and products . advertised in the Pacific ~ Citizen do not carry the implicit SPRING CAMPAIGN LetteJz.4. tfJ. endorsement of the JACL or ~ this publication. We reserve the . . Editor right to edit articles: Helping Pacific Citizen Reach Its Potential 11 ~------Habeas Corpus PACIFIC CITIZEN (ISSN: 0030- B GAl been given little money to update equipment or hire 8579) is published semi-monthly staff. In recent years, the P.c., like iACL, has finished and Watada except once in December and January by the Japanese I never thought I would ever think this and !Uaybe the year in the black by being understaffed. Thank you to John Tateishi for American Citizens League, 250 this thought has also crossed your ~nd - "I am The Spring Campaign is also necessary because urging us to be outraged and alarmed E. First Street, Ste. 301, Los proud that articles like 'Why I Hate Blacks' will never P.c. budget constraints relegate it to a twice-monthly at U.S. Attomey General Alberto Angeles, CA. 90012 OFFICE be printed in the Pacific Citizen." periodical. This makes the P. C. less appealing to Gonzalez's outrageous statement HOURS - Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 that there could be exceptions to I cannot imagine why anyone advertisers who prefer weekly and daily periodicals to p.m. Pacific Time. ©2007. habeas corpus. This basic right in our would want to publish an article promote their businesses. 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In this regard, the P. C. Given the rising popularity of the ethnic press in Pc. is prohibited. the words of your dedicated past deserves our continued support. The Spring America and the direction that other AA newspapers national director who has dedicated POSTMASTER: Send address Campaign is one way we can continue to support the are following, the P.c.'s goal is not so farfetched. We himself to uphold the rights of us all. changes to: Pacific Citizen, clo P.c. and enable it to expand its style of journalism. should all try to help the P.c. reach its potential .• Only we in great numbers can ques• JACL National Headquarters, 1765 Satter St., San Francisco, For what it costs to subscribe to other printed tion and stop these threats to our CA94115. media, we can donate that amount to the P. C. so the Nelson Nagai is the Northern California-Western rights. staff can buy up-to-date equipment and hire more Nevada-Pacific district s representative on the Pacific &did~~'J~ staff. 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ARST your change of address (USPS I we receive, we appreciate the interest and Form 3575) JACL programs operate with STREET, SUITE 301, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012 views of those who take the time to send us bare bones budgets, the P. C. has .- ---_.------_. their comments. PACIFIC CITIZEN MAy 18-31, 2007 NATIONAL NEWS 3 National Newsbytes APA Groups Object to Arizone Restaurant's Use of 'Chinaman' By ASSOCIATED PRESS By Pacific Citizen Staff and Associated Press TUCSON, Arizona-Six Asian GQ Editor "Draws Fire for Use of Racial Slur Pacific American groups have asked NEW YORK--GQ editor Jim Nelson is being criti• a restaurant to stop advertising what cized for the racist and sexist phrase "Asian whores" he they say are racial slurs against used in his letter to readers. Chinese people. In the May issue of the men's magazine, Nelson uses And. so far, those groJ.ipS say the phrase "Asian whores" twice in reference to a DVD Eggrolls Etc. has yet to respond to that preaches the power of positive thinking. Nelson mailed and hand-delivered letters objecting to the business's fliers and wrote: "visualize what you want (an Alfa Romeo? menu. Leather pants? An Asian whore?), think positively, and The fliers read: "Every order is 'the universe will '.' . make it happen for you. '" delivered via rickshaw by first gen• Eggrolls Etc., a Chinese restaurant in Arizona, refuses to change its anti• Nelson responded to the allegations by saying that he was simply trying to eration Chinese immigrants ... We Asian flyer which uses the offensive term "Chinaman" even though" sever• poke rim at Western attitudes. really should charge more for deliv• al APA groups, including JACL, are protesting its continued use. ery, old Chinamen are getting expen• Radio Host is Fired for On-Air Remarks sive these days." Stop it Stop it Stop it! That's it. NO first letter to Eggrolls Etc. on Feb. VICTORVILLE, Calif.-Radio talk show host Barb Stanton was fired Jason Wong, president of the RICE FOR YOU!!!!" 12. Marie Hanna, president of the May 7 from KlXW-AM for making on-air racist Tucson Chinese Association, said Eggrolls Etc. owner Mike Pan Asian Community Alliance, said remarks. the word "Chinaman" has historical• Reynolds did not return repeated her group sent a letter to Reynolds On April 25, Stanton called Dominic Ng, president of ly been used as an offensive term to phone calls and e-mail requests for on April 12 and received no East West Bank, a "foreigner" and encouraged her lis• deride Chinese people and culture. comment. response. He said an attempt at humor can• The restaurant addresses the "I it's his attitude that teners to sever ties with Desert Community Bank for ihink not be used as a defense. ''When you potential controversy of its humor in offends me most," Hanna said. She merging with East West Bank. employ humor, you start to desensi• its menu. said Reynolds thihks he can ignore Stanton's weekday noon to 3 p.rn. radio show on tize and start to legitimize racist lan• "All offensive accounts, misrepre• the Asian community because it's a KlXW-AM Talk Radio 960 will be replaced by a " guage," he said. sentations or misspellings contained minority. nationally syndicated talk show hosted by Jerry Doyle. Wong. said the takeout and deliv• herein were intentional," according "We may be a minority here in ery business also mocks the lan• to the menu. "Should you be com• Tucson," reads her letter, ''but we are Possible Hate Crime at School Targets Asians guage patterns of first-generation pelled to voice your repulsion still 19,000 strong." SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-White supremacists are suspected of causing Chinese. regarding our sense of humor (or " The Tucson Lodge of the Chinese a bomb scare at Scotts Valley High School and tagging the walls of the school Under the heading "Fried Rice,". your lack thereof) we graciously American "Citizens Alliance, the with anti-Asian remarks. the menus read: "Don't say Flied implore you to write the newspaper, JACL, the Young Women's The high school was shut down April 30 by a bomb scare that may have Lice, it's not funny ... there's no 'R' write your Congressman or start a Christian Association of Tucson been the work of a white supremacist group calling itself the Scotts Valley sound in Chinese, that's just cruel picket line." have all sent letters asking Eggrolls Aryans Club, investigators said. really ... I know your (sic) saying it ... Wong said he hand-carried his Etc. to change its fliers and menu.• A suspicious device, which was not an explosive, was found tied to a tree near the principal's office just after 6 a.m. April 30. The graffiti, which tar• Application Resubmitted for S. Idaho . geted "Asians" and "Mexicans," is being investigated as a possible hate crime. Feedlot Near Minidoka MOl1ument The Anti-Defamation League has offered a $1,000 reward for information By ASSOCIATED PRESS leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for graffiti and the planting of the device. The JACL Watsonville-Santa Cruz chapter sent a let• JEROME, Idaho-A permit ter of concern to the district superintendant. application has been resubmitted for Jury Convicts Engineer of Conspiring to Steal U.S. " an animal feedlot that would sit Military Secrets for China about 1 112 miles away from the Minidoka Internment ational SANTA ANA, Calif.-After a six-week trial, a federal jury convicted a Monument in southern Idaho's Chinese-born engineer of conspiring to export U.S. defense technology to Jerome County. China, including data on an electronic propulsion system that could make The application by Big Sky Farms submarines virtually undetectable. LLP came just ahead of a May 7 The govemment accused Chi Mak, a naturalized U.S. citizen, of taking vote by county commissioners on a thousands of pages of documents from his defense contractor employer, possible 182-day moratorium on Power Paragon of Anaheim, and giving them to his brother, who passed them corifined-animal feeding operations. along to Chinese authorities over a number of years. Commissioners voted 2 to 1 to draft Mak was arrested in 2005 after being found with three encrypted CDs in a resolution for the moratorium and Local neighbors and several community groups, including the JACL, his luggage that contained documents on a submarine propulsion system, a it will likely be signed this week. worry that a proposed feedot near the Minidoka Internment National solid-state power switch for ships and a Power Point presentation on the Once the moratorium is signed, it Monument would have a negative impact on the area. future of power electronics. would still not affect the latest appli• Mak faces up to 45 years in prison when he is sentenced Sept. 10. cation submitted on May 3 because mals) would reduce the impacts the 'There's no way he can place that it was illed ahead of the moratorium. people in the area would be com• many cows' out there and not have a Four Charged with Bringing Women from China for "Big Sky is just rushing to judg• plaining about," said Robert E. negative impact on our lives." Prostitution ment here, you see," Commissioner Williams, an attorney representing " Officials are also concerned it KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Federal authorities charged four people with Diana Obenaur, who has been push• Big Sky Farms and Eden business• could reduce visitors to the former bringing women from China to the Kansas City area for prostitution after a ing for a moratorium since January, man Don McFarland, who wants to intemment camp. series of raids at businesses billed as massage parlors. told The Times-News. build the feedlot. Designated as a national monu• Authorities say they rescued 15 women from 12 businesses in Johnson The latest application proposes Dean Dimond, who lives next to ment in 2001, the Minidoka site was County, Kan., mostly at strip malls. Those charged were Ling Xu, 45, Zhong 13,188 animals, down from the orig• the property that's proposed as a originally a 33,000-acre prison com- inal request of 18,555. Nearby resi• Yan Liu, 35, Cheng Tang, 21, all Chinese citizens living in Overland Park, feedlot, said that if it's approved, he "pound operated by the War dents and backers of the Minidoka Kan., and Hongmei Madole, 31, a native of China married to a U.S. citizen expects McFarland to expand to the Relocation Authority at the Jerome Internment National Monument and living in Olathe, Kan. original number of animals from the County farming community of Hunt. have opposed the fe!'Xllot because of It operated from 1942 through 1945 They were charged with transporting people across state lines and nation• first application. possible odors. '''This whole thing - has anything and held as many as 9,397 U.S. citi• al borders for the purpose of prostitution. "But reducing (the number of ani- been honest about it?" he said. zens of Japanese descent. • The women are not facing charges, FBI spokesman Jeff Lanza said.• u.s. House Passes Hate Crimes Prevention Legislation After several years oflobby• Prevention Act (LLEHCPA) - ance will be punished to the full oftentimes rooted in a wider public unable to act. ing by civil rights groups, passed 237-180 and would also extent." sentiment of discrimination, xeno• The Judiciary Committe~ cited including the JACL, HR . expand categories to include violent The House vote came after fierce phobia, and intolerance," said U.S. FBI figures that there have been 1592 allows more resources attacks against gays and people tar• lobbying from oppositli sides by Rep. Mike Honda. 'The passage of more than 113,000 hate crimes since geted because of gender. Similar leg• civil rights groups, including the thiS' Act is a step in the right direction 1991, including 7,163 in 1995. It for law enforcement tQ islation is also moving through the JACL, who have been pushing for in promoting tolerance in our inte• said racially motivated bias account• investigate hate crimes. Senate, setting the stage for a possi• . years for ~dded protections against grated society." ed for 55 percent of those incidents, ble veto showdown with President hate crimes, and social conserva• The House bill would extend the religious bias for 17 percent, sexual By P.e. Staff and Associated Press George W. Bush. tives, who say the bill threatens the hate crimes category to include sex• orientation bias for 14 percent and WASHINGTON-The U.S. "Hate has no place in our society," right to expre~s moral opposition to ual orientation, gender, gender iden• ethnicity bias for 14 percent. House voted to expand federal hate said Floyd Mori, JACL national homosexuality and singles out tity or disability and give federal 'The passage of the bill in the crime legislation that will make it director, who noted that Asian groups of citizens for special protec• authorities greater room to partici• House is an important step towards easier for federal law enforcement to Americans have long been victims tion. pate in hate crime investigations. It creating communities free of the ter• take part in or assist local prosecu• of hate crimes. "Hate that leads to The JACL now plans to turn its would approve $10 million over the ror hate crimes create," said Aimee tions involying bias-motivated violence against specific classes of attention to the Senate where a simi• next two years to help local law Baldillo, director of programs at the attacks, acting just hours after the people requires strong enforcement, lar bill will be debated shortly. enforcement officials cover the cost Asian American Justice Center. "We White House threatened a veto. and this bill will not only enhance "Hate crimes are unique in that of hate c~e prosecutions. Federal hope Congress continues to work HR 1592 - the Local Law prosecution of such- crimes but will they are motivated by hostility investigators could also step in if together across party lines in sup• Enforcement Hate Crimes send the message that violent intoler- toward an entire community, and are local authorities were unwilling or porting such positive legislation.". 4 NATIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAY 18-31, 2007 ·APJ\:s in the News 'People's lives are on hold By Pacific Citizen Staff' waiting for visas. ' JACl Credit Union Wins Utah Chamber Award - Jayashree Bidari, The National JACL Credit Union immigration lawyer and chair• was recently awarded the Utah Asian woman of the Ohio chapter of Chamber of Commerce Business the South Asian Bar Association Award. The award recognizes the successes of Asian businesses in Utah. JACL Credit Union President Asian Immigrants' Say Visa Backlogs Hurting Families Terrell T. Nagata accepted the award on behalf of the business that By ASSOCIATED PRESS line for visas that are especially Singh, a coUege-educated factory scarce for the Philippines, India and worker, sat beside his wife in a small NAGATA is celebrating its 64th year of excel• lence. CLEVELAND-Asians, Ohio's China. apartment bedecked wit:lt icons of largest immigrant population in While Mexicans can walk across their·Sikh faith. . Azuma Honored with First Annual lotus Award recent years, say visa backlogs are the border into America, Ohio immi• "We want my son to come here so keeping families split up and that the grants arrive increasingly from the whole family is together," he Julie Azuma was recently honored by the Coalition of A:;ian Pacific problem isn't getting enough atten• India, China and the Pacific Rim. said, as his wife began to cry. Americans with the first annual Lotus Award for her dedication to the tion in the national immigration "For the Asian community, there's. The Unit~ States accepts a limit• APA community. debate. just no way your sibling from ed number of immigrants each year. Azuma, 63, started her owri business in 1994 when her daughter. 'They're worried a new law will Manila is going to illegally immi• The quotas are designed to spread Miranda was diagnosed with autism. She started a business providing not consider people like them," said grate here," said Rob Paral, a the coveted visas around the globe. learning products for children with autism and other developmental dis• Margaret Wong, an immigration research fellow with the American People from India, China, Mexico abilities. lawyer with many Asian . clients. Immigration Law Foundation. 'The and the Philippines face the longest 'They're worried it will only cover only way is legal immigration. And waits because demand there is so APAs Snag Jane Addams Children's Latinos and not Asians." there's just a long line for those high. Book Awards Marcela Gallardo was 52 in 1995, folks." "People's lives are on hold wait• a newly sworn-in American citizen, Gurcharan Singh and his wife ing for visas," said Jayashree Several APA writers and when she applied to have her chil• came legally from India in 1997, Bidari, ·an immigration lawyer and illustrators are winners of this dren join her from the Philippines. nearly 15 years after they had chairwoman of the Ohio chapter year's Jane Addams Twelve years later, she's still waiting applied for immigrant visas. The of the South Asian Bar Children's Book awards. for visas for them. couple brought their youngest son, Association. "A Place Where Sunflowers "It's very hard," said Gallardo, but left behind their eldest son. He Her group wants immigration reg• Grow," written by Amy-Lee who has been filling out forms, pay• had turned 21 while the family ulation to support family reunifica• Tai and illustrated by Felicia ing filing fees and praying. "I want awaited its visas, so he could not tion. It is pushing for visa quotas to Hoshino is the winner in the to be with my kids, too. I'm getting accompany ):tis parents. Rather, he be raised and made flexible to lessen TAl KADOHATA Books for Younger Children old now, and I need them here." had to petition to immigrate as an the long waits. category. Cynthia As a naturalized U.S. citizen, adult child. . "I suffer. I cry," she said. "Because Kadohata's · "Weedflower" is the winner in the Books for Older Gallardo is entitled to bring over her The wait for such a visa is more how many more years do I have to Children category. children. But her family must wait in than 10 years. be with them here?". Since 1953, the Jane Addams Award recognizes books that promote peace, justice, and world community. This year's winner will be pre• sented with their awards Oct. 19 in New York City. A.PAs Rally for Comprehensive Immigration Reform They came from all.over the coun• separated. We will be loud and say loved ones. 'That's too long a wait," Oregon~s Sato Awarded IT Executive of the Year try, from Los Angeles to New York 'No' to anti-immigrant, anti-family he said. The STRIVE Act would Dennis Sato, chief information officer for City. More than 500 Asian Pacific and anti-worker legislation." reduce to six years the current 23- Salem Hospital Regional Health Services, Americans, detennined to let their Honda, chairman of the year backlog. was recently recognized by the Society of voices heard, rallied on Capitol Hill Congressional Asian Pacific Other speakers echoed the same . Information Management as its IT May 1, waving signs bearing their American Caucus, was introduced theme - just and humane immigra• Executive of the Year for the State of demands to "Keep Families by Rep. Luis Gutierrez, D-lllinois, tion reform. The various organiza• Oregon and Southwest Washington. Together" and "Protect Irmnigrant tions included: the JACL, NAACp, Sato was honored for implementing a hos• Fan1ilies" and chanting "Legaliza• 'We will be loud and say "No" National Korean American Service pital-wide clinical-information system for tion, Now!" to anti-immigrant, antijamily & Education Consortium, Asian Spurred on by civil rights advo• American Justice Center, Asian Salem Hospital and his commitment to APA and anti-worker legislation. ' community as a member of the state cates, religious leaders and commu• Pacific American Labor Alliance, Commission of Asian Affairs. nity activists, the participants of the - Mike Honda Organization of Chinese Americans, Sato is a longtime JACL member and former president of the Marin historic APA national mobilization South Asian Resource Action Center, JACL. vowed to visit congressional offices who co-sponsored with Rep. Jeff and NaFFAA. and keep up the pressure through Flake, R-Ariz., the Security Through The JACL Sonoma chapter took Ota Appointed to California EPA next year's presidential elections. Regularized Immigration and a part in a May Day march in Santa "Among the stereotypes about us Vibrant Economy Act, or STRIVE Rosa, Calif. ' The chapter recently Pamela Oto has been appointed special assistant for the California as Asian Pacific Americans IS that we Act voted to lend their support to the Environmental Protection Agency. are supposed to be quiet," said Rep. In his remarks, Gutierrez noted Committee for Irmnigrant Rights, a Oto served as a deputy legislative affairs secretary for the Office of Mike Honda, D-Calif., during the that APAs face the longest family group that works to educate immi• Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Gov. Gray Davis. She has rally. "But we are not going to be immigration backlogs in the world, grants of their various rights here in also served in various capacities in the state senate and the assembly quiet when fan1ilies are going to be often waiting decades to reunite with the U.S .• including positions as committee assistant to the Senate Agricultural and Water Committee and the Assembly Local Government Committee. JACrs 'A Salute to Champions' Gala Dinner in D.C. Set lor Sept. 12 .Sen. Daniel K. Inouye will Monies raised will also go in D.C. with this gala dinner. Hirahara's Third Mystery Novel Wins Edgar be honored and actor towards funding the organization's In addition to the gala dinner various programs. event, the JACL hopes to organize "Snakeskin Shamesin," third in the series George Takei will narrate The gala awards dinner will honor additional events, including a pro• of Naomi Hirahara's novels set in the inaugural event. several individuals and institutions posed reunion on Sept 13 for those Southern California that features. gardener who have championed the causes of JACters coming from out of town. Mas Arai, won the Edgar Award from the By Pacific Citizen Staff JACL and the greater Asian Pacific Additional information will be Mystery Writers of America at a banquet American community. One of those announced shortly. • April 26 in New York. JACL's inaugural gala dinner

awardees will be Sen. Inouye. ~~. The Edgar Award honors the best in mys• event in Washington, D.C. - "A George Takei, a renowned actor who A Salute to ChampiOnS' tery nOI)-fiction, television and film. Salute to Champions" - has been scheduled for Sept. 12 at the J. W. appeared in the original "Star Trek" JACL Gala Awards Dlrtner So Cal APAs Recognized as local Heroes Marriott Hotel. This will be the first series and is currently a regular on time the national civil rights organi• NBC's "Heroes," will be on the din• Date: Sept. 12, dinner? p.m. Three APA leaders were honored with the zation will hold a gala dinner in the ner program as a narrator. Location: J.W. Marriott Hotel, Local Hero of the Year Award for their contri• nation's capitol. JACL has long been a member• Grand Ballroom butions to the .arts and social services. Martin Part of the proceeds raised from ship-based organization, but with Washington, D.C. V. Lee, Yvonne Wong Nishio, Debra H. Suh, the gala event will go towards the changing demographics, and new Cost: $200 per person, $2,000 Kenneth K. Inouye- (left) and Mitsuye M. establishment of a Public Policy immigrant populations the organi• Table ofTen . Yamada were honored May 10 with the award Fellowship in the name of Sen. zation hopes to develop new sources Info.: 202l223~ 1240, sponsored by Union Bank of Calif. • Daniel K. Inouye. of funding and increase its presence [email protected] . PACIFIC CITIZEN MAy 18-31, 2007 COMMUNTIY/NATIONAL 5 Unique Wartime Stories Chronicled Online CLASSICAL·DANCE Thl!. heroic stories of the 442nd ReT are highlighted (Continued from page 1) 'There are so many where did you graduate from? What people who claim is your degree? And when you say, that they tea{:h 'well, it's still pending at UCLA' ... Japanese classical . people don't take you as seriously." di;mce, but it's not,' So after requesting a leave· of absence from Japan's Grand Kabuki Ken wants to teach Chikamatsu-za, Ken reentered the the"dance style he world of academia - as a political learned 'as a child science major. (left). . "Yeah, I wanted to become a lawyer," laughed Ken about his for• PHOTO: KARl KANESAKA mer ambition. In June, he's scheduled to don a In fact, he almost twitches in dis• Extra----f less opulent type of costume - a , gust. . In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, eight fully digitized graduation cap and gown. But in the ''There are so many people who collections of APA veterans have been added to the Library of Congress meantime, this Japanese American claim that they teach Japanese clas• . "Experiencing War" Web series. (2.5 generation) is working on ambi• sical dance, but it's not. You're just cal koten, but it's all about learning The new series includes stories from World War II with a special empha• tious plans to build cultural bridges adorned in kimono \llld have some the etiquette: The way you greet pe0- sis on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. from Japan to the rest of the world. white make-up on your face and run• ple, the way you bow, the way you "We're honored to have oral histories from the 442nd Regimental He plans to start from his own U.S. ning around the stage, but that's not present your hands your eyes your Combat Team in our collection," said Bob Patrick, director of the Veterans classical dance studios. the point behind it," he said. "I was posture are imperative to under• really, really troubled with the idea standing the art of dance. History Project. "Many of these veterans put their lives on the line for their You don't use audiotapes? country while their families were confined to intemment camps back in the of 'It's America. It's alright.' "Ken has a deep appreciation for "I feel really old!" he excl~ed. States. We hope this series will build awareness and appreciation for their [Teachers] feel like they don't have the iniportance of cultural heritage A few years away from American contributions and also encourage more veterans from every ethnic back• to teach the fundamentals because and legacy, but he is not limited by culture has made Ken feel lost ground to share their experiences." they are so far removed and so far it," said Josephine Louie, co-founder amidst all the new technology - Featured narratives include the story of Jimmie Kanaya who, at 20, away." and former artistic director of the don't even talk about iPods, he can't eagerly enlisted in the military in 1941 - months before the attack on Pearl Japanese classical dance isn't just UCLA Chinese Cultural Dance Club get over CDs. Harbor. After helping his parents relocate from their Oregon home to an a recreation it's an art. To know the where she met Ken andirnmediately "In my kind of work, you're talk• Idaho intemment camp, Kanaya took his skills as a medic to the 442nd art, you have to live and breathe the saw the spark of excitement in his ing about a theater in existence for RCT. He aggressively looked out for his men and negotiated a halt to the culture it's derived from, so Ken is eyes when he talked about dance . . over 400 years and it's rarely, rarely fighting to bring in casualties from the battlefield. Captured by German heading up his own dance studios in With [puie, Ken is working on a open to the outside world," said Ken~ troops, he escaped three times and at war's end was the only non-Caucasian various locations across· California . dance - project that fuses together "We still use tape for our practices!" in his prisoner of war camp. Kanaya continued to serve his country during and Seattle. Chinese and Japanese classical He's been slowly trying to ease the Korean and Vietnam Wars. "I really believe that in order for dance to show 'how both cultures back into American culture and slip The collection also recounts the experience of Gordon Nakagawa, who our culture to survive, we really need have influenced each other. The into a few pair of jeans here and became a naval aviator in 1958 when the American military's main concern to emphasize it to our younger gen• story centers on two historical fig• there. was Cold War strategy. Ten years later, Nakagawa flew bombing missions erations. I can help bridge the gap . ures: The Chinese concubine, Yang "Over there you're supposed to be over Vietnam in a new A-6 Intruder. On a subsequent tour of duty in between Japan and America or even Kwei-fei (or Yokihi in Japanese) and quiet, humble and not question Vietnam, Nakagawa's plane was brought down, and he became a "guest" Japan and the rest of the world. I the Japanese Ono No Komachi, who authority and when you come back· of the North Vietnamese at the infamous Hanoi Hilton. really, really want to start giving was known for her beauty and here especially in the academic Also chronicled is the experience of Matthew Braiotta. Born in Korea back to the community and to ensure poems. world you're always talking and ask• and raised on Long Island by adoptive parents, Braiotta joined the Army in the culture continues to grow over "Ken understands that the cultural ing questions. 1999 right out of high school. His intention was to pick a military special• time," he said. art form is a livin thin that needs to ''But on the brighter side, it's real• ty in the combat arms. As part of an armored cavalry unit, he served in evolve and grow with the genera• ly nice to try to interact with other A real Japanese dancer Bosnia and then shipped out to Iraq in March 2003. Eight months later, J:1e tions, and with each augmented skill students and to really get back into On May 5th, Children's Day in was badly wounded by a roadside explosive device. Now out of the Army, and refined interpretation the . art the academic atmosphere. One thing Japan, Ken celebrated the grand Braiotta credits his military experience with giving his life purpose and form itself and the generations to fol• I really noticed was that everyone opening of rus Beverly Hills dance direction. low will benefit from it," said Louie. was just so friendly. In class people studio with a performance he chore• More than a ~ozen sets of individual collections - comprising inter• In the future, Ken wants to create just start talking to. you. It's kind of ographed himself. Over 60 invited views, letters, photographs and written memoirs - have been featured on a pan Asian dance troupe with influ• different from Japan where you have guests watched him glide across his the Veterans History Project Web site. ences from all over Asia. to be reserved and quiet," he said. dance studio floor. To date, more than 45,000 individuals have contributed their recollec• "We are all directly linked some• At the hilltop home he shares with The date for the grand opening tions to the Veterans History Project. As part of the continuing effort by the how and one way to show it is rus family, Ken is the portrait of per• was strategic - May is also Asian Library to make its collections accessible online, almost 4,000 of those sto• through dance," he said . • fect etiquette. He addresses people Pacific American Heritage Month. ries can be accessed via the Web .• as "Mr." or "Ms." and utters an "I'm not just Japanese. I'm RELATED STORY ON THE WEB: Read LEARN MORE: www.loc.govlwarstories almost uncomfortable number of Japanese American," said Ken, who "pleases," but for a moment, the has also taken over classes formerly 'Conquering the Floating World,' the ~ pristine demeanor parts for a very taught by his Little Tokyo classical p. C. first article on Ken Kanesaka Rep. Honda Calls lor Investigation 01 Post• American eye roll especially when dance teacher Madam~ Bando at www.pacificcitizen.org WWII Brothels ·Ior U.S. Troops in Japan you get him started about the sad Mitsuhiro. nature of Japanese classical dance in He gives each student the options For more infonnation on Ken ~ By· ERICA WERNER the military of the imperial govern• America. of "more modern shinbuyo or classi- dance studios: www.kyonokai.com Associated Press Writer ment, the imperial military's policy, in capturing, coercing and kidnap• WASHINGTON-Democratic ping girls and wQmen for the pur• Man Strives to Sustain Chinese Cemetery iI, Lovelock Rep. Mike Honda said May 3 he pose of sexual slavery." By ASSOCIATED PRESS April 7. Known as Ching Ming - wants a closer look '\t reports that An Associated Press review of wruch translates to clear and bright American authorities allowed the historical documents and records LOVELOCK, Nev.--Chinese - it is a day for Chinese families to operation of an official brothel sys• shows that American authorities per• immigrants helped build Nevada's visit ancestors' graves. tem for Gis occupying Japan in the mitted an ofiicial brothel system to railroads in the last half of the 1800s, It was a happy communion with aftermath of World War II. operate despite internal reports that but were little appreciated during family members to show respect to Honda, sponsor of women were being their lives, and that disdain often fol• their ancestors. a resolution urging coerced irito pros• lowed them into the grave. "TIus is the third year we've done Nevada Japan to apologize 'This is the military of the At the time, they were considered it," said De Leeuw, a Lovelock busi• titution. THE OTHER CITY: Lovelock, NV "formally for coerc• imperial government, the Tens of thou• second-class citizens, even in death. ness owner and history buff. ing thousands of imperial military's policy .. ,' sands of women Their graveyards were outside the "Last year, we had about 20 peo• He is working with the city's ceme• Asian women into were employed to boundaries of the cities' official ple, including the mayor and sheriff tery board for construction of a fence sexual slavery as the provide cheap sex cemeteries. and some other local dignitaries," he around the cemetery and other bnperial Japanese during the war, to American troops until the spring The restillg places often were said. "We didn't have· any Chinese improvements. said he has asked the Congressional of 1946, when Gen. Douglas ignored, particularly after most of there." His biggest challenge, he said, is Research Service to look into allega• MacArthur shut down the system, the immigrants and their descen• Lovelock's Chinatown was estab• trying to fmd exactly who is ,buried tions of brothels set up for American documents show. dants had departed by the 1930s. lished in the 1880s, said Gene there. soldiers after Japan's 1945 surrender. Supporters of Honda's nonbind• Lovelock was no exception,' but Hattori, director of Anthropology at "None of the graves are marked," Honda rejected comparisons ing resolution want an apology sim• Larry De Leeuw is working to the Nevada State Museum. he said. "We have no plot plan." between the actions of the Japanese . ilar to the one the U.S. government change that. The remnants of Lovelock's What. De Leeuw does have are during the war and the U.S. occupa• gave to Japanese Americans who De Leeuw is spearheading an Chinatown remained until the 1970s death certificates from Pershing and tion forces. He said the Japanese were interned during World War II. effort to preserve the city's Chinese when they were razed to make way HumbQldt counties that tell him the comfort women system was set up That apology was approved by the cemetery and locate descendants of for Interstate 80 thfough town. names and dates of death of Chinese and sanctioned by the Japanese gov• Congress and signed into law by those buried there. When De Leeuw moved to residents. He is hoping the Chinese emment and armed forces. President Ronald Reagan in 1988 .• The city scheduled a Chinese Lovelock several years ago, the Memorial Day event will help raise ''It's different," he said. "TIus is Memorial Day event at the cemetery Crunese cemetery was in disrepair. awareness .• 6 NNrIONAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 18-31,2007 MEMORIAL DAY stand he believes that the Iraqi War is TERMINAL ISLAND an illegal action. But when he (Continued from page 1) accepted a commission in the mili• (Continued from page 1) he said. tary, he swore an oath to protect and life," said Yukio who was born on defend our Constitution. Terminal Island in 1920. The Ongoing Debate. "That's a pretty sacred oath, and Today, the tight-knit group that With the Iraq War now in its for him, as an officer, he had an survived intemment and dislocation fourth year, the issue is an ongoing equal responsibility to the soldiers faces its biggest challenge - finding debate amongst Americans. who serve under him ... In my opin• new leadership. Congress is even trying to set a troop ion, he abandoned his responsibility Min Tonai calls it the "intimida• withdrawal timetable but President to his soldiers by refusing to deploy tion of ~ng over for older Nisei.'; George W. Bush has already balked with them. That's just not accept• Others call it a dislocation of person• at this idea. able." al history. With virtually all of the .Although much has been made The same sentiments have been Terminal Island Issei gone, a rapidly about the animosity amongst Iraqis expressed by many of the veterans aging Nisei population and largely towards the American soldiers, organizations representing the disinterested younger generations, Cannery housing on Terminal Island before WWII. Ishikata believes their presence is WWII JA soldiers. the club is going through some making a difference. growing pains. his uncle, Sanzo aka, and attend Terminal .Islander. 'The Nisei are "The people all want what we Why We Serve "Poor Yuki has been looking for a Japanese and kendo classes. He was dying off and they're the ones who . want ... a better life for their kids, a Growing up as a teen in Long successor for years," said Tonai, 78. a Terminal Island regular, so he formed this close-knit community. little more money in the bank, crea• Island, New York, U.S. Marine Cpl. Club officials face the challenge learned to speak the pidgin dialect, a They've kept in touch with each ture comforts to make life better. Mitsuo Satoh, 23, was like any other ' of identifying potential new leaders mixture of Japanese and English that other and made these reunions hap• And in general, life goes on as , average American teen. But at home who know the unique history of the was unique to island residents. pen ... Because we're the third gen• though things are normal," he said. with his Shin Issei parents, he spoke Japanese fishing village,. but are But the' small fishing village's eration, we are tied to the organiza• "But no one I know of questions Japanese and was immersed in the enthusiastic enough to keep annual legacy is mostly wrapped up in its tion just because of our parents." us being here. If we weren't, things Japanese culture. traditions going and club members demise. After the attack on Pearl ''No Sansei were born there," said would be very bad. Regardless of For the past fo~ years, Cpl. Satoh tightly stitched together. Harbor it took just 48 hours for the Dana Shioji, Tatsuo's son. "It's nice whether we should have invaded or has been. stat~oned at C~p In the early 1900s, Terminal U.S. government to displace all of that you have these memories, but I not, if there was justification or not, C:~urtney m. Okinawa, .Jap~. His .. Island was a thriving community Fish Harbor's residents. wasn't there." those are issues for a Monday morn• bIlingual skills as an mtelli~ence built around fishing and settled by 'They had to leave in 48 bours. Before his passing, Tatsuo was the ing quarterback. We're here, we analyst.have not o~~y allowed ~ to Japanese immigrants. By 1906, pio• Where could they go on such short unofficial photographer for the have this situation, and leaving arbi• serve his country, It s allowed him to neering Issei and their families dom• notice?" said Tonai. Terminal Islander picnics. He took a trarily is not the answer." experience his ancestral roots. inated 99 percent of a section of the ~The bitterness caused them to lot of pictures and arranged them Alex, a lance corporal in the U.S. "I've had a great opportunity in island called Fish Harbor. draw together more." into albums and brought them to Marine Corps, is getting ready 'for the last Jour years as a U.S. Marine Because of the area's physical iso• Fish Harbor residents were every reunion. his third deployment to Iraq. Due to serving in Okinawa. I have the abili- lation, it was truly a place where trapped between worlds. They were "He would point at the pictures his intelligence work, the 20-year• ty to protect the freedoms and secu- everyone knew your name. mistreated by the government and and laugh with his buddies. Of old Sansei asked that only his first rity of both Japanese and American "Everyone knew each other on also ostracized by the general course in later years, he would point name be used. ' people," he said. Terminal Island:; said Yukio whose Japanese community because of to this person and say, 'He passed Like Ishikata, Alex believes he "For me, serving in the military is father Kobei Tatsumi was an exec• , their pidgin dialect, a derivative of away. She passed away too, '" said and his fellow marines are making a the best way I can show my appreci- utive 'Of L.A. Seaf~, one of the Wakayama-ken language. Harriet. difference in Iraq. With a small four• ation for both countries. Although only Japanese canneries during the "On top of that they were fisher• Every year, she looks forward to man fire team, Alex and his squad's I'm an American, I will never forget time. man who spoke coarsely," added the picnic. Both Dana and Harriet duties include patrolling the cities to where my roots come from." Back then, fish was king and Issei Tonai. are planning on going to the picnic reveal the location of violent insur• As America prepares to honor its men would spend three weeks at sea, So the group of friends and neigh• this year - for the kids. gents. veterans this Memorial Day, these one week at home mending their bors banded together. In 1971, six or Even for the club president, it's "Our main goal in Iraq is not to soldiers continue to serve honorably, nets while Issei women worked at . seven organizers formed the difficult to get younger generations piiJage and plunder, it is to win over much like their p:OOecessors. the canneries. They left their Terminal Islanders. During its hey• committed to the club. Yukio and the hearts and minds of the Iraqi "For me, I serve to give back and American children home alone day, the club hosted two major wife Chiye, who met as classmates population." But he admitted, "It is help the country that has given my because it was safe. The doors were events a year: the New Year Eve's ' on Terminal Island, have tried to get becoming harder and harder day by family so much," said Alex. "I feel a never locked on Terminal Island. party and the picnic in addition to their grandchildren involved and day because as the firefights contin• great honor in serving my country, Fishermen who worked for the group tours and other activities. although they have attended picnics ue, more Iraqi insurgents are dying. especially in the Marine ~o~s. We canneries were provided housing _ But because of the natural attrition in the past they live too far away to It is our mission to only use deadly all have great honor, bemg m the barracks for about $6 11 month. of members, group reunions and make it a regular event on their cal• force when necessary." Corps, not many people can earn "I remember tagging along with activities have been pared down. endars. th~~ titl~." .,.. my dad to collect rent:; said Yukio. Over the years, the activities at the Right now, the Terminal Islanders The Watada Question I enJoy all of [Amenca s] pnvl- For the most part, Fish Harbor res- picnics have evolved - more are looking to p'ass the torch. When it comes to discussions of leges, so it's only right I should do idents never had to leave the island. English is spoken and nihonbuyo "We need someone young, at least the Iraqi War in the JA community, my share of service to it .. . I vote; All the essentials were located just (Japanese classical dance) perform• someone in their 60s," said Tonai . • one name is likely to come up more because I feel. I have a responsibility steps away. A local Japanese theater ances have been incorporated to than others: Ehren Watada. The first to. ~et my v~lce. be heard, and m~ played the latest samurai movies and entertain participants, but some say lieutenant's second court martial for mrlitary servIce IS much the same, an ice cream parlor offered a respite the club is facing an imminent refusing to deploy to Iraq last June is sai~ Ishikata. "In appreciation to a from hot summer days. demise. _ • scheduled for July. natIon that has done so much for so Tonai lived across the bay in San "It's a dying organization," said "I don't think Watada was right in many -: not wi~out ~rror, ,~ut gen- Pedro, but he would go to Terminal Harriet Shioji, a Sansei whose what he did," Ishikata said. "I under- erally WIth good mtentIons. • Island often as a young boy to visit father-in-law Tatsuo Shioji was a FALLOUT allegedly told the VICtlm he was Lee is now back in school after done that," said Eng. added all that up and just couldn't being attacked because he is Korean. hiring an attorney and will be .But the stories involving young shake that unmistakably Asian face (Continued from page 1) The student's name has not been allowed to graduate with his class. AA males keep on coming. of Seung Hui Cho from their minds, believe they all have one thing in released to protect his identity and Prosecutors are now· looking into and they got spooked." common: fallout from the tragic the police are currently investigating whether the misdemeanor charges Video Games and Expulsion More recently a Thai doctoral can• VIrginia Tech shootings committed the April 20 beating as a possible will be dropped. In Fort Bend County, Texas an AA didate has been expelled from by lone gunman Seung-Hui Cho. hate crime. Clements High School senior has illinois State University because of ''I do think that there is a pattern of Just a day after the Virginia Tech Young, Male, and Asian been suspended for creating a vio• complaints that he exhibited aggres• stereotyping in the media," said shootings, State University of New Being a young AA male these lent video game that included sive, anti-social behavior towards Jason Eng, president of the Asian York at Cobleskill student Tharindu days l).asn't been easy. It's left many detailed maps of his high school. professors and students, including Pacific American 'Coalition at Meepegama made the mistake of weary of their surroundings and Police also discovered five swords asking whether he had the right to Northwestern University. "Whether posting a picture of himself with a more mindful of their behavior so and a hammer in ilie student's bed• purchase a gun. that stereotyping for this particular shotgun on the social networking unnecessary alarms won't be raised. room during a search of his home, · The student whose name has been incident is intentional, I can't really site Facebook. He was immediately Illinois State University student prompting them to abel him a withheld has been in the U.S. since say. I'm very sure that there are sent to a psychiatric facility and Keith Meyer, a Korean American, "Level 3 terrorist threat." 2003 but is now being detained by many students who are , writing received a five-day suspension. remembers the odd stares he Although the video game was cre• the U.S. Department of Homeland pieces of work that contain violence, In Illinois, Cary-Grove High received on the day Cho went on his ated a couple of months before his Security. He will likely be sent back but the media has specifically cho• School honors student Allen Lee, 18, rampage. suspension, !:he school was contact• to Thailand later this month. sen to target Asian Americans." was banned from classes after a "It was almost like they wanted ed by a parent just days after the 'This tragedy happened because In the tragic aftermath of the teacher alerted school officials of his me to say something or even look for Virginia Tech shootings. The student of the actions of an individual and VIrginia Tech shootings, 33 were April 23 essay filled' with violent an apology for what my fellow has been suspended and will not be not because [Cho] happened to be an shot dead, including the perpetrator. images. Although he wrote the Korean has dorie," he said. allowed to graduate with his class• .Asian American, however, I fear that Although the horrific events of April assignment after being told to "Be "Although I am sorry and wish this mates. So far no police charges have we have not heard the end of the 16 were the result of one person's creative; there will be no judgment incident never took place, I don't been filed .. arguments that will attribute this hor• actions, media reports have empha• and no censorship," he was charged feel responsible, as a Korean or a '''Given the current climate in ror to aspects of culture," said .... sized Cho's Korean American her• with two misdemeanor counts of person ... My heart and prayers will America over violence in schools, it Yoshino. itage, something that has come to disorderly conduct. go to the families of the victims but I was pretty dumbass for this kid to "A person's race is not at fault, it is stigmatize the entire AA community. "I believe the case of Allen Lee ... will not apologize for a mentally dis• design a shoot 'em up game based the individual, the shooter being And young AA males are suffer• would have been handled very dif• turbed youth's action even if we on the layout of his own damn Korean did not make him pull that ing the harshest repercussions. ferently were he not Asian share the same race." school," wrote Angry Asian Man trigger any more than if he were not American," said Bill Yoshino, JACL "I did feel that there was an over• blogger Phil Yu. Korean,:' said Meyer. "It is always Hate Incidents and Midwest director. 'This points to a all air of wariness· following the 'This business with the computer far easier to point the finger at others Suspensions knee-jerk reaction where people and whole tragedy, because I think that game and the swords, coupled with rather than finding the real reason At Auburn University in Alabama, institutions look at convenient fac• many individuals in the United the fact that this kid is Chinese but I think too many lives have been an AA student was attacked by a tors such as race to act out their States would never have suspected American ... I have a feeling more lost to sit around and play pass the group of fOll( white males who anger or fear." an Asian American student to have than a few of the folks in charge blame." • PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 18-31, 2007 SPORTS 7 SOCCER BASEBALL 6-4 Japanese Forward Giving Minn. Qkajima: 'Hardlya Dicey Deal for the Red Sox

Thunder the Boom they Need BOSTON-Hideki Okajima ST. PAUL-Thunder General import in the sports world this year, didn't come with a nine-figure price Manager Djorn Buchholz recalls only on a much smaller scale. tag or the international intrigue of baseball's posting process. His sign• seeing Keisuke Ota's resume and Boston Red Sox pitcher Daisuke ing wasn't broadcast live on two application for the soccer club's try• Matsuzaka has had every move continents. And while reporters out combine in scrutinized after signing a six-year, tracked the private jet bringing February. $52 million deal with .Boston that Daisuke Matsuzaka to town, Buchholz said also included a bidding rights fee Okajima came in under the media he found Ota's that boosted it to a $103 million deal. radar. details - a 6- Ota is one of the highest-paid . The left-handed reliever was the foot-4 forward players on the Thunder - which second-most coveted Japanese who had still means he is making less than pitcher signed by the Boston Red played several $4,000 a month on a six-month con• Sox in the offseason, largely written years as .the tallest player in the tract. off as .a baby sitter who could ease Japan League - to be "a little The language barrier, while navi• Matsuzaka's transition to the major intriguing," though he also knew gable. on the field, does make for leagues. better than to get too excited interesting moments off it. Alfredo He's making things easier for Boston Red Sox pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka (right) and Hideki "We invited him to the combine," Esteves ~ a Thunder defender and Dice-K, all right, apd in just the way Okajima, laugh during warm-ups in the outfield at Fenway Park. Buchholz said, "but a lot of times native of Portugal- is Ota's room• the Red Sox had hoped: by mopping you invite Qut-of-country people and mate and unofficial spokesman. up for Matsuzaka and the rest of the "Obviously, I couldn't anticipate batters, allowing three homers in 11 you never know if they're going to Esteves explained that he doesn't Red Sox starters with inning after how well he's going to do here," spring training appearances. When showup." speak Japanese, but he said he does scoreless inning and helping Boston Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui the regular-season started, it was Thunder coach Amos Magee already know' quite a bit about his ..take an early lead in the AL East. said. "I'm not surprised with the more of the same: He gave up a results he's had so far, knowing him homer on the first pitch he threw in remembers finding out a few days new teammate,' who arrived here to "He comes with a pedigree of and knowing what kind of pitcher he the major leagues, to Kansas City'S ahead of time that Ota was planning stay on April ] 8. Esteves has been . pitching in big markets and pitching in big stages," said Craig Shipley, is." John Buck. to come to the combine but admits showing Ota around the Twin Cities - - who handles international scouting Matsui, who played with Olci.jima Okajima hasn't allowed another he didn't look at the player's applica• and helping him 'get acclimated. for the Red Sox. 'This had nothing in Japan, is one of the few major lea- run since. tion very closely "He's trying to pick up some basic to do with Daisuke. I don't think . guers who knew what to expect. Red "We were saying he was setting Then Ota - paying his own way words," Esteves said. "Me and my teams are in the habit of signing this Sox manager Terry Francona people up in spring training because to fly from Japan - arrived in the teammates are trying to help him, player to help that player's adjust- acknowledges he needed some time he didn't show all of his pitches," too." . Twin Cities and stepped onto the ment." to figure out what do with his new infielder Alex Cora said. field. Skepticism and indifference More important, though, is Ota's Okajima was picked as the top AL lefty. That's not far from the truth. from the GM and coach changed potential on the field. The .Thunder rookie in April with a streak of "When you're just looking at him "Through my experience, I into excitement in a hUrry. has made a conscious effort to get scoreless outings that was at 14 ... he doesn't throw real hard. His leamed spring training and the pre• "Amos called me and said, 'You bigger and taller after being among recently. After he eamed his first fastball is kind of straight. season games are not as significant have to come watch this guy, '" the smallest teams in the USL First major league save against the New Fundamentally, he does things you as the regular season," Okajima said. Buchholz said. "We talked to him Division in recent years. Ota gives York Yankees, the Boston Herald wouldn't teach to a young pitcher," "I prepare myself to be 100 percent after the first day and tried to get a the Thunder a true target player at' joJ.

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• JOHN TATEISHI • • H ARRY H ON DA • FOR THE RECORD VERY TRULY YOURS ' Pete's Editorial Cartoons Setting the Record Straight Began Here 50 Years Ago

've made a statement in the past (more loyal old guard JACLers helped support the out here in Ohio, we were far from the activi• T WAS 50 years ago that editorial car• than once) both here and in speeches that legislative effort across the country. Many in ties of the Japanese American community. I I I toonist Pete Hironaka submitted his first has irked a lot of people (sometimes the community and in the JACL stood by and drawing titled, "Forgotten in Our Rush?" decided to give it a try. inlmensely) and has drawn quiet praise from hoped we would fail so they could see "real" for this page (May 26, 1957). Genesis to this ''That was 24 years ago (this writing occurs others, arid that is this: redress legislation introduced. cartoon is told in his book, "Report from in 1981). I have sent Harry a cartoon for If not for the JACL, redress would never In fact, two other bills were introduced, one Round-Eye Country: a Collection of every issue of the Pqcific Citizen since the have happened. sponsored by a group in Seattle, and one by Sketches, both Verbal and Visual, by a decision was made." A bold statement perhaps, maybe even an the NCRR in Los Angeles. Both bills were a Transplanted American!" (1981). arrogant .one. But it's true. Had the JACL not challenge to us as direct appropriations bills, "Some time in 1952," Pete recounts, "I got *** gotten involved with redress, the Japanese but neither stood a chance in hell of passing a call from a Mrs. Yuh Yoshihara. She had There followed a brief interlude several Anlerican community would very likely still and only became distractions because they seen my name in the (Dayton Daily) News, years ago when there were no Hironaka car• be waiting to see a bill get out of the offered those congressmen only lukewarm on and knowing that it was a Japanese surname toons, but we're happy now to see him back Congress. redress an out by saying they were supporting [and] I was tempted to tell her I was Polish on this page every issue. Before going any further, let me also say one of the other appropriations bills. As a because we were getting some Polish litera• Many readers will relish his selection of that without the Big Four, as we referred to result, we lost crucial votes but we still pre- ture in our mail. She extended an invitation to over 150 cartoons in his 207-page book. them (Dan Inouye and Spark Matsunaga in vailed. . Jean and me to her home. There was a small Another Memorial Day piece ("Lest we the Senate, Norm Mineta and Bob Matsui in The commission bill passed and a blue-rib• group of Japanese Americans in Dayton that forget who paved the way") shows a faint bon panel was established and ultimately had organized the JACL chapter. Yuri and her scene of a "Nisei who made the supreme the House), we never would have seen a played a critical role in paving the way for a husband, Hideo, were having a group over sacrifice" on a steamroller paving the high• redress bill emerge. Clearly, they were the redress bill. The commission's work gained for a short meeting and a social get-together. way for "Our life today" family following most critical piece in the whole picture once national publicity each time it held public Qlideo was chapter president in 1953.) in their roadster. the legislative battle began, and we all owe "We found it be an assemblage of congen• them our thanks for their personal commit• hearings (and it held nine) and again when it ial people. Jean and ijoined the JACL. (For * * * ments in shepherding the two JACL-spon• issued its report in December 1983, and yet the record, Dayton IACL was founded in It was May 8,1969, when Pete's family sored redress bills through the Congress. again when it issued its recommendations six 1949. Ex-Florin Nisei leader Mas Yamasaki, was ready for supper and he was finishing a But there was a critical moment early in the months later in June 1984. now of Houston, was elected president.) cartoon. Then came what sounded like a gust campaign, and that came when the JACL The work of the commission helped raise "Shortly thereafter, we started receiving the of wind, heavy rain, hail and suddenly it was decided to seek legislation to establish a fed• the issue of the internment in the American Pacific Citizen, the official weekly JACL "ominously dark outside." eral commission to investigate the-circum• conscience. There's no doubt about tha( fact. newspaper published in Los Angeles. I Pete's home was in the path of a tornado: stances that led to the wwn exclusion and And for the first time, the internment became looked forward to reading it every week for "indescribable - everything happened within internment policies. part of American history, and the commis• we were isolated from Niseidom here in the a matter of seconds." He vividly writes of the It was a tough decision for us, for not one sion's 400-page report articulating racism as a Midwest. I still read the P.e. quite regularly, destruction. The tornado swept his two-car of us who were involved in that decision root cause for the government's policy always scanning for names of old friends garage off its foundation and dumped it wanted it. But we recognized the political became part of the nation's official record. back on the West Coast and others scattered halfway into his neighbor's yard. Shingles in realities of D.C. and knew no other course Without that report, without the enormous to various regions of these United States. front on Pete's home were peeled off, win- would get us to the end we sought. publicity generated by the hearings and the

"When I received the June 3~d edition of o dows shattered, debris inside from ceiling and And let me say for the record, we were not report, without the awareness across the coun• the P.e. back in 1955, I leafed through the _ walls; yet Pete inked his cartoon, ''TlIlle for forced into that decision, as many seem to try, without the recommendations that urged paper deliberately as per usual. I came to Bulldozing," and met his deadline. But the believe. Dan Inouye said to me, "You're the monetary compensation and an apology, we Washington Newsletter column by Mike cartoon, sketched during this traumatic week• ones who w~nt through the internment, this is never would have had a chance with any leg• Masaoka, JACL \yashington representative end, addressed repeal of the Detention Act of your' decision. Tell me what bill you want to islation . . .. He lamented the fact that after 10 short 1950, some remember as "Repeal of Title ll" introduce and we'll do the best we can to get So why bring all this up again? Because years, the remembrance of the supreme sacri• of the Internal Security Act. it passed." It was o,ur decision alone to seek those who've written the history of redress fices of the Nisei Gis was steadily declining Spearheaded by a few members from Bay the commission. seem to forget the significant and critical role every succeeding year, especially on . Area chapters, Berkeley, Contra Costa and But it was an ~popular decision that got an the JACL played, not just at the beginning of Memorial Day. Alameda, JACL lobbied to have Title II immediate and ugly reaction. As I've said the campaign but throughout it. "As I read [Masaoka's] column, I k~pt repealed in 1968. President Nixon signed the before, we took a huge beating for that deci• And also just to set the record straight. • thinking that there should have been an edito• repeal bill in 1971. sion and were harshly criticized and excoriat• rial cartoon to accompany Mike's conscience• ed for taking that step. John Tateishi is the immediate past national piercing meSsage. I cut the article out and put * * * Bu~ there's an important point to remember. JACL director and also served as the JACL's it in my desk drawer. NOW, A LITTLE BIT about Hironaka-san. Hardly anyone agreed with our decision. redress chainnan. His column appears regu• "Early in May of 1957, I came across the Pete hails from Salinas; his family was Not the cornmunity by a long shot. Not even larly in the Pacific Citizen. column [that I had clipped] and read it again. interned at Poston ll. After fmishing camp o most of the JACL members. I decided to draw up a cartoon (as mentioned high school in '45, he enrolled at Miami The course we above) and send it to the P. e. editor. Shortly University, Ohio, drew sketches for the cam• chose was so thereafter, I got an enthusiastic letter from pus publication, enlisted in the Army for two unpopular that no Monterey Chapter Hosts Harry Honda. He said he was going to use years with the Signal Corps in Japan and with other group the cartoon and wondered if I would consider the GI Bill, he graduated in fine arts and con• helped push for Teacher Training Workshop tinued in "post-graduate" work at the Dayton beComing a regular contributor to the P. e. passage of the Daily News for 15 years. Hired by a local ad "I had sent the cartoon as a one-shot deal. commission bill. So his query came as a surprise and a chal• agency as their art director for seven years, he It was clear to lenge. I thought about it for a few days. I quit to open his own studio "and has no me tltat ?nly the knew it was going to be tough. Living way regrets." • . most devoted and HEY, GMtG ... I JUST PUNCHED IN NISEIGI THESE ANCIENT IN WORLD WARn AN·D CARTOONS •. , GOT ATON OF 00 r--'---..-.L..-----.., WHAT -0, .. ","_" STUFF ON ~~ THEY MEAN? I__ GRANDPA'S . GENERATION!

Sandy Lydon - author of 'The Japanese in the Monterey Bay Region' and historian emeritus from Cabrillo College - was one of the keynote speakers at a JACL Monterey chapter sponsored teacher training workshop on the 'Japanese American Experience in American History' recently. Also speaking at the event was Mas Hashimoto, a Poston internee Forgollen in Our ~lISh? and retired teacher from WatsonvUle. Greg Marutani, a member of the National JACL Education Committee, presented an overview of the JACL Curriculum Guidf and other useful resources. More than 80 partiCipants, largely educators and counselors, attended tile workshop that included a look at the historical events . leading up to the internment and the experiences of JAs during and after their incarceration .• PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 18-31, 2007 ENfERTAINMENf 9

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- Grace Lee, the filmmaker

Th'e 'Girliest' Zombie Flick Ever

After making a film about The Makings of a Filmmaker "I'm just as much a spokesperson her ubiquitous name, Grace Maybe there's a zombie in all of as anyone else." Lee sinks her teeth into a us. If Lee were one, she said she would be like Judy (Suzy Redefming the Zombie fictional documentary Nakamura), one of the film's undead 'This is the girliest zombie movie about Zombies in L.A. who frantically chronicles her life in ever," said Lee, who currently heads colorful scrapbooks including one her own film production company in By LYNDA LIN dedicated to her trips to the super• Los Angeles. "You really feel for Assistant Editor market. Underneath her putrid flesh, them ... or do you?" Judy grapples with her own shame The four main zombies in the film They have a problem with rotting of being, well, a walking corpse. have personalities big enough to flesh and body odor, but they still "We knew we wanted an Asian rally anyone into their comers as have feelings. In Grace Lee's zombie. She's just so funny the stuff they struggle for social acceptance. "American Zombie," the undead she says like, 'I'm definitely going to But hovering above the witticism, wield political power, hold full-time marry a human,'" said Lee. scrapbooks and quirks is the danger• jobs and go to therapy. These aren't Lee didn't always know she want• ous potential for it to go completely your parents' zombies, so haters ed to become a filmmaker, but she's wrong - and it does. please step back. always been a storyteller. In high To researCh, Lee watched classical They're Zombie-Americans, per• school, the Missouri native worked zombie movies and read up on zom• haps one of the most marginalized on the school newspaper and was bie lore, but for the most part they minority groups in history. Some working towards a journalism had to create their own zombie were scattered in the audience of the degree at the University of Missouri, world, complete with fictional zom• blue. of caHfor'hia sold-out screening at the recent VC but then switched her major to histo- bie-related non-profits like the Film Festival in Los Angeles where .ry. Zombie Advocacy Group and the Lee climbed onstage and asked if After college, Lee's parents decid• Center for the Study of the Living they were any zombies out there. A ed to move to Korea and she decid• Deceased. few hoots sounded out. ed to go along to reconnect with her Fans have flocked to the 'They're shy," said the filmmaker. roots. It was there that she discov• "American Zombie" MySpace to If you're wondering why her ered the visual rrtedium. She started leave messages of support and name sounds familiar, you've either making "Camp Arirang," a qocu• camaraderie, but some real-life zom• known a Grace Lee or you've seen mentary about U.S. military prostitu• bie 'culture purists h4tve balked at the the 2005 documentary 'The Grace tion in South Korea. It was then that idea of redefining their beloved liv• Lee Project" where Grace Lee, the Grace Lee the ftlrnmaker found her ing dead. filmmaker, tracks down and profiles calling. "I love zombie flicks, but I have Asian Pacific American women with She came back to the U.S. to mixed feelings after watching the the same name. enroll in the Master's program at the trailer. Zombies should be the mind• So how does this Grace Lee go University of California, Los less dead not activists. They are no from a film about APA women to Angeles Film School and started a longer your family, friends or loved one about zombies? project about women who share her ones, they are the living impaired The seed was planted the 'way same name. and they will eat you," wrote most horror movies start out - in Suddenly Lee became a house• Trinutcyclops, a Salt Lake City• the dead of the night when Lee's hold name and not just because there based indie band. friend Rebecca Sonnenshine (who are currently 188 Grace Lees listed For the most part, Lee isn't inter• co-wrote the script) said she was in the phone book (so far). The filin ested in serious blood and gore. being persecuted in her sleep. struck a chord with APAs who want• "I'm not a big fan of horror films. "If you meet her, she looks like a ed to see and hear more from the I'm more into psychological horror schoolteacher - very mild man• filmmaker. She recently accepted an and personal horror," she said.• nered," said Lee. "She said, 'I can't award for 'The Grace Lee Project" sleep. 1 have insomnia.' Every time and found herself fielding a question To purchase 'The Grace Lee she went to sleep she would dream about last month's tragedy at Project': http://www.wmmcom of something trying to kill her or Virginia Tech where a Korean bite her. She told me about this little American gunman killed 32 people For more information: girl zombie who would chase her. I , before turning the gun on himself. www.americanzombiemovie.com. said, 'Well maybe you're part zom• She shirks from the idea of speaking www.leeleefilms.com. bie.'" for an entire community. www.gracelee.net

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Kanshu, 82, brothers, Kaz (Eleanor), Mas Geoffrey (Stella); 2 gc.; brothers, Torrance, April 5; WWll veteran; James (Yoko) Awaya; and sisters• Gardena, April 19; survived by (Patsy), Howard {Celeste) and 'Wally (Grace), Kengo, Harold survived by wife, Midori; daugh• in-law, Helen Yamamura, Kyoko wife, Hiroko; son, Yoichi (Misa); Stailey (Pam); and sisters, Takako (June), Elvis (Kaz) and James ters, Jeanne (Gregg) Taniguchi (Hitoshi) Chiba, Kazuko (Hiromi) daughter, Keiko, Tomoko (Steve) (Takao) Nishiura and Gladys (Karen); sisters, Amy and Michi and Julie (Howard) Zola; son, Uyeda and Kinko Awaya. Sakurai and Nobuko (Dave) Mau; Kitagawa. Okada and Nancy (Richard) Thomas; and 4 gc, This compilation appears on a space• 7 gc.; and sister-in-law, Masako available basis at no cost. 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Shoji (Patsy) Akisada; and sister, and Keiko; sisters, Samiko . Fujii, Gladys H., 81, April 23; Iriye. survived by daughter, Gwendolyn . Matsuhara, Kiyoshi, 64, April Grace Yokonuma . (Kaoru) Matsuda and Yuimiko Ishimoto, Sady Sadae, 84, Palo Shigeoka; son, Robin (Kathleen); .10; survived by sisters, Emiko Saito, Charles Makoto, (Marc) Ishida; brother, Tetsuro Alto, April 5; survived by son, 3 gc.; and sister, Jane (Alan) (Shingo) ' Sakamoto, Michiko Gardena, April 23; survived by (Etsuko). Bruce; 2 gc.; sister, Masae; and Beldin. (Jimmy) Matsunami and Toshie wife, Julie Shindo; sons, Glenn, Wat~nabe, Chiye, 91, brother, Woodie. Furogawa, Yasuo, 88, Rowland (Yoshio) Setoguchi. Dennis and Steven; 1 gc,; broth• Sacramento, April 27; survived by Iwamoto, George, 84, Garden Heights, April 5; survived by son, Nakagawa, Atsuko, 66, April ers, Harold and Richard (Lily); son, Glenn (Nancy); and sister-in• Grove, April 16; survived by sis• Susumu (Naomi); daughter, 21; survived by husband, Edward; ' and sisters, Jane Arakawa and law, Fumi Tatsuno. ters, Mary Oshima, Chiyo Inouye, Doreen Saito; and 3 gc. and sisters, Toshiko Plunkett and Katherine Saito. Yoshimoto, Shigeru F., 83, Reiko Mibu and June Kajiwara; Furutani, .Joe, 81, April 14; Shingo Tanaka. Sato, Tadao Ted, 90, South Albuquerque, N. Mex., April 10; Kanegawa, Shuzo Bobby, 74,. survived by wife, Mihoko; son, Nakamura, George Yonekuni, Pasadena, April 23; survived by survived by wife, Yo; son, Craig April 26; survived by wife, Craig; and brother, George. 86, Salt Lake City, April ' 18; ,wife, Haruko; daughters, Jean (Nancy); daughter, Midge Kikuye; daughter, Debbie; sons, (Warren) Arthur; and brothers, Hashimoto, Suehiko, 98, WWII veteran, MIS; survived by (Koki) Ito, Carolyn (Ted) Matsuda Eric (Grace) and Lenard (Yumi); 2 Fred (Marie) and Hank (Lily) . • Arleta, April 15; survived by wife, wife, Mary; son, Malcolm; daugh• DEATH NOTICE gc.; sisters, Kiyomi (George) DEATH NOTICE Sao; and sons, Hikowo (Etsuko) ter, LuAnne; sisters, Lily Uyetake LILYYURIKO KOJIMA CHIYE WATANABE Passed away Mar, 30 with her Passed away April 27 in family by her side. Survived by Sacramento, Calif. She is survived husband, James; sons, Ron and by her son, Glenn (Nancy); sister• David (Tina); daughter, Judy in-law, Fumi Tatsuno; nephews, (Gary) Tsuji; 3 gc.; brothers, Rod, Sheridan and Dean Tatsuno; Richard (Louise), Ken (Donna), and nieces, Arlene (Gene) Damron, Mo.ri (Carol), Aki and Tak (Carol) Valerie (Carl) Sermon, Melanie Jio; and sister, Atsuko Kiyomura. (Ron) Chochran; Gwen Tatsuno, A private service was held in San Jessie (Rob) Roth and Marice Jo.se. (Steve) Shiozaki.

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