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Buddhist Temple Remains Heart of Community Through peace, war and redevelopment, Nishi Hongwanji has sur• mounted all obstacles, but now faces challenge of attracting younger members.
By LYNDA LIN Assistant Editor Hawaii's Waimea Bay. LITTLE TOKYO-Reverend TV Networks' Current Fascination Fumiaki Usuki starts his Sunday morning sermon with a simple With Hawaii Often Doesn't question, "It's June 27th, do you· Translate Into More Roles for APAs notice anything different?" There is a pregnant pause until he jokes that By CAROLINE AOYAGI "North Shore" which. recently he's tired too because it's still really Executive Editor began airing. The show is set at a early in the morning. "Do you five-star Hawaiian resort and fol• No one can blame the big televi• lows the intrigues and romances of notice any changes?" he asks again and then volunteers his own answer: sion networks for their love affair the hotel's employees and its guests. with the beautiful islands of Hawaii, "North Shore" has only one part· inside the walls of Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple nothing may but as several new shows are set to Hawaiian actor in its cast, Jason change, but the world outside is con• launch or are already on air, the lack Momoa of "Baywatch Hawaii," and stantly in flux. of Asian Pacific Americans in the the two leads are played by Brooke shows' casts have many APAs won• Burns ("Baywatch") and Kristoffer His words are met with a handful dering: what Hawaii i this? Polaha ("Birds of Prey"). of acknowledging nods from his In a state where Asian Pacific Interestingly, Polaha's character is congregation, a sampling of individ• uals, young and old with different For Whom the Bell Tolls: Reverend Fumiaki Usuki calls Islander Americans make up more suppose to be a "Hawaiian native." backgrounds, but who all gather at Buddhism a way of life. Here, he stands on the historic temple's than 80 percent of the population "It feels like someone is saying, bell tower, overlooking Los Angeles' Little Tokyo. and whites are considered the 'Asians are not as interesting to the oldest Buddhist temple in Little Tokyo to sing, chant and celebrate in minority, a look at the new line-up watch as white people, so we're changes. When fedora hats gave the entrance to Little Tokyo stretch• an enduring tradition. of shows for FOX, the WB network, going to pretend there aren't any in way to bell-bottom pants and poly• ing its cultural roots deeper through• Indeed, the world outside has and NBC show no APIA lead actors Hawaii,'" said Vic Chao ("Pearl ester suits were retired in favor of out the city and whispering histori• changed dramatically since Nishi and only one or two APIAs in sup• Harbor"), an actor based in Los aerobic-chic tights and leg-warmers, cal secrets to all who will listen. Hongwanji first embedded its roots porting roles. Angeles, after watching a recent Nishi Hongwanji never went out of But for a temple that waited and into the local Japanese American ''I'm really appalled;' said New episode of "North Shore." "I can't style. persevered even when its members community in 1925. Through the York based actor Triple Edwards, imagine setting a show in say, El The temple did, however, shed its were relocated to internment camps, turbulent internment era and the who has been working in the indus• Paso or Harlem and not casting peO:• skin once in 1969 moving from its Nishi Hongwanji faces new and post-war revitalization of Little try for 10 years now. "In a state ple of color." original location to its present-day possibly more daunting challenges Tokyo, the temple has bore witness where 80 percent of people are Other shows scheduled to be address at 815 East First Street today on the cusp of its l00th birth- to many social and political APA, they still don't use us. These . released this fall or early next year where it sits ornately and serenely at See TEMPLE/page 12 shows fail because they lack authen• are: "Rocky Point" from the WB ticity." channel and "Hawaii" from NBC. "It's a form of apartheid to contin• "Rocky Point" is set in Hawaii's Muslim Chaplain Makes First Public Appearance Since Exoneration ually sh~w the 30 percent that live in North Shore and is a coming of age By MADISON J. GRAY James Yee, originally from Yee was then found guilty of the the 50th state (whites) and ignore story about 19-year-old Cassie Associated Press Writer Springfield, N.J., was arrested last non-criminal Army charges of adul• the majority," said Columnist .Guy Flynn who heads home to her birth• year in a probe of suspected espi• tery and downloading pornography. Aoki. "To ignore us is to deny any place only to be confronted by her NEW yoR1<:.-In the first public onage at the U.S. military's deten• The reprimand he received was positive contributions we make to estranged father played by Billy appearance since his exoneration, a tion facility at Guantanamo Bay, thrown out by an Army general a society." Campbell ("Once and Again"). No Muslim Army chaplain who had Cuba. He was imprisoned for 76 month later. The alarming lack of APA actors word yet on supporting cast mem- been suspected of espionage days before all charges against him Yee's case has garnered nation• is illustrated in FOX's new show See NETWORK TV/page 6 thanked supporters of civil liberties. were dropped. wide support, particularly among He appeared June 25 at a the Asian American and Muslim Chinatown benefit to raise money American communities. JACL Launches for his legal bills, although a gag "James Yee would not have been Midyear Campaign order limited his ability to talk about targeted if it were not for this height• the case. ened hysteria against Muslims," said By JOHN TATEIsm "I'm not here tonight to talk about Wayne Lum, an · AA community JACL Executive Director my case, but to thank those who activist. stand in support of civil liberties," Queens City Councilman John As you read this issue of the Vee said. "I thank everyone for their Liu called Vee's case "another chap• Pacific Citizen, you'll see that we've patience, and God willing, they'll be ter in the long history of persecution embarked able to hear my story." of Asian Americans." once again on Vee, 35, ministered to prisoners at Several members of Congress, our annual Guantanamo Bay, where the mili• including Democratic Sens. Carl Mid-Year tary is holding suspected Muslim Levin of Michigan and Edward . Fund Raising terrorists. He was arrested in Kennedy of Massach\lsetts, have Campaign. September carrying what authorities called on the Pentagon to investigate I've some• said were classified documents. the Army's treatment ofYee. times been In March, Army officials dis• After he was exonerated, Vee asked why we missed all criminal charges against returned to his home base of Fort began a mid-year campaign and him, saying national security con• Lewis, Wash., and resumed his how important is it in the overall cerns prevented them from seeking duties as chaplain.• See TATEISHllpage 2. a court-martial in open court. _ .'
2 LEITERS· PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 2-15, 2004 TATEISHI summer months, we're generally at a keep the campaign going, we could -goes to a good cause in helping this trickle, which of course affects our put out the call to our membership organization doing the great job it PACIFIC CITIZEN (Continued from page 1) cash flow. and we could always depend on sup• always has done. 7 Cupania Circle, the overall budget. For decades, we So we began the mid-year cam• port. A fact: whether we raise $35,000 Monterey Park, CA 91755 paign to bolster our finances, and it's I could write volumes about that or $100,000 in our direct mail Tel: 323f725-0083, 800/966- did a year-end direct mail fund rais• now become a regular part of our 6157, Fax: 323f725-0064 er, but because of increased costs in and about how so many of you car• efforts, it's generally the same group E-mail: [email protected] running the day-to-day operations of budget. The mid-year campaign is ried the redress campaign for the of people who contribute, some• [email protected] the organization, and without the especially critical because it helps entire Japanese Americail communi• times reaching deeper into their reserves we could always fall back offset the trickle in membership rev• ty. But that's for another time. pockets to help out. So beginning Executive Editor: on in the past, we began the mid-year enues. It helps enormously to add to For now, we're asking all of you this year, we're asking everyone to Caroline Y. Aoyagi the badly needed flow. Assistant Editor: campaign to get us through the year. to contribute what you can to this take part in this campaign by con• Lynda Lin As I've noted previously here, our . When the call goes out to JACL critical fund raiser, whether it's $25 tributing whatever you can. . Office Manager: prinlary source of funding comes members, we've always found our or $100 or more. Anything you can Thanks in advance for your con• Brian Tanaka from membership revenues. membership to be very generous and contribute helps, and you know it tinued support. • Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting Essentially, we live and die by our supportive. Personally, I've seen this Intern: Yumi Sakugawa membership numbers, and the pat• over the years, starting way back Publisher: Japanese American tem of our renewals is such that the during the redress years in the 1970s Citizens League (founded bulk of renewals begins in and 80s. As the chair of the cam• I I want to help support JACJ.:s mission to protect civil rights, I 1929) 1765 Sutter Street, San November and December and peaks paign, and later as the director, education and promote cultural values and preserve the heritage Francisco, CA 94115, tel: I around March and April. 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"Now w.e · have Associated Press Writer human and civil rights groups, said A variety of security measures Memorial Committee, including come to a time when millions of the Patriot Act has become "the enacted after the 9/11 attacks, former internees, educators, busi• Americans born after those events NEWARK, N.J.-U.S. Sen. Jon shorthand for government actions" including a law requiring young ness and community leaders, are know little or nothing about them. Corzine and four other Senate men from certain nations to register working in partnership with the That is what makes it important to that have hurt civil liberties. City of Eugene, Oregon, and the me personally to take action to Democrats introduced legislation Mark . Corallo, a Justice with the U.S. government, have led Lane Arts Council to establish a preserve the knowledge of what June 16 designed to correct what Department spokesman, said to lengthy detentions and deporta• permanent public art memorial happened, so that nothing like it they consider the excesses of the department officials had not yet tions of people who had no terrorist that will help heal the communi• will ever happen again to any USA Patriot Act and similar nation• seen the legislation and could not connections and posed no danger, ty's role in the incarceration of its Americans." al security measures. comment on it directly. But he immigrants rights advocates say. Japanese American citizens during Because of the current racial The legislation would end the noted that most of its sponsors ''Thousands of people in our World War ll. 'tensions against Middle-Eastern special registration program aimed voted in favor of the Patriot Act, community have been SUbjected to The proposed site for the Americans, Endo-Aikens has at immigrants from the Middle which he termed "one of the most detention, secret hearings and memorial is the Hult Center for made an effort to educate the com• East, create an independent immi• important and essential tools we ' deportation," saiq Mary Rose Performing Arts. It is built on the munity and make sure that the gration court and Oakar, a for• site where JAs from western internment never happens again. elimiflate harsh mer U.S. ,con- Oregon were ordered to report, ''There still is plenty of poten• penalties for gresswoman and where they boarded the train tial, in the racist treatment that some immigra• "This law is necessary to restore consti• from Ohio and that took them to the prison Hispanic, Arab and other tion violations. president of the camps. Americans continue to experience Civil rights and American• Alice Endo-Aikens, a Sansei in our part of the country," she i m m 'i g ran t tutional freedoms that are being Arab Anti• who is a member of the Eugene ' said. groups praised Discrimination Day of Remembrance Committee The committee is trying to raise the proposal as a encroached upon by this administration." Committee. and a fundraising chairperson of $50,000 for the proposed outdoor long-overdue :'Thousands the Art Memorial Committee, is artwork that will be situated in a more have one person spearheading this garden at the Hult Center. So far effort to protect Sen. John Corzine, D-N.J. memorial. $4,000 has been raised. The com• civil liberties. been investi- Her family came to Salt Lake mittee is planning to complete the '''This law is gated and inter• City, Utah from Oakland, Calif. in project by February 2005. necessary to restore constitutional have to fight terrorism since 9/11." viewed by authorities simply a car caravan with an extended There are currently an estimated freedoms that are being encroached 'There has been not a single find• because of their perceived identity. family group in early 1942. "We 100 Nikkei still residing in the upon by this. administration;' said ing by the courts, by the Congress These abuses haven't made our avoided the prison camp experi• area. Corzine, D-N.1. ''This law, howev• or by the Justice Department's country more secure; they have just ence, but not the personal and Former Nikkei residents and er, will not compromise the nations inspector general of any abuses made us less just." financial loss, subjection to racist internees from the Eugene area are security. We can be both safe and under the Patriot Act," Corallo said. Margaret Stock, professor of maltreatment, and sickening sense ' also being sought. You can contact free." The changes proposed in the national security law at the U.S. of injustice that afflicted all Endo-Aikens at 5411343-2874. Corzine is co-sponsoring the Senate bill would end the govern• Military Academy at West Point, Japanese Americans at that time;' To donate to the construction of Civil Liberties Restoration Act with ment's blanket right to conduct said many of the government's she said. this memorial or for more infor• Democratic senators Edward deportation hearings in secret, post-9fll security measures have ''My parents, aunts, and uncles mation' contact Nancy Smith Kennedy of Massachusetts, Richard allowing closures on a case-by-case accomplished little other than were never able to talk much about Clark at nancy@smithfaillily• Durbin of Illinois, Patrick Leahy of basis, and would guarantee prompt demonizing Muslims and immi• the evacuation because of the sor• bookstore.com or Cindy Carlson Vermont and Russell Feingold of ~lease-bond hearings. grants. row and shame associated with it," at [email protected]. • Wisconsin. U.S. Reps. Howard The legislation also would "Many people thought that profil• Berman, D-Calif., and William require detainees to be apprised of ing Muslim men would help our Delahunt, D-Mass., co-sponsored it the charges against them within 48 security," she said. "Instead, these in the House. hours and would eliminate criminal mea ures hurt our security by wast• The legislation would not amend penalties for minor technical viola• ing law enforcement resources on the Patriot Act, and some provisions tions of immigration law, such as innocent people, isolating the of the proposed law target measures failure to report a change of address Muslim community, creating dis• that were not part of the Patriot Act. within 10 days. trust, alienating people who might• But Karen Narasaki, a spokes• The bill would limit the secret have been able to provide useful woman for the Rights Working seizure of private databases and information about terrorists." • ------
JACL Applauds 1 Michigan Anti-affirmative Action Senate Vote on Campaign Will Target '06 Election Hate Crimes Bill' By ASSOCIATED PRESS momentum away from the cam• paign, organizers said. Org~rs The JACL applauded the Senate LANSING, Mich.-A group that would have had to for its strong, bipartisan vote June wants to ban affirmative action at submit petitions by early July to 15 to approve the Local Law Michigan's public universities and have qualified for this November's Enforcement Enhancement Act other public agencies will not try to ballot. (LLEEA). The legislation, which get its proposal on the November Organizers will continue gather• ing petition signatures until October was offered by Sens. Gordon Smith, ballot, organizers announced June and then submit them to state elec• R-OR, and Edward Kennedy, D• 15. The Michigan Civil Rights tions officials, said Republican state MA, as an amendment to the Initiative instead is targeting the Rep. Leon Drolet. The group needs National Defense Authorization 2006 election for its constitutional at least 317,757 petition signatures Act, passed with a.65-33 vote. amendment. to get on the ballot. The LLEEA strengthens existing A Michigan Court of Appeals rul• "We're going to be ratcheting up hate crime laws to extend federal ing released late recently allowed the signature gathering effort protection to those targeted based on the petition drive originally target• through October;' Drolet said. their actual or perceived race, reli• ing the November election to move The initiative would prevent pub• gion' national origin, gender, sexual forward. But uncertainty before the lic agencies, universities or colleges orientation or disability and appeals court decision took some from granting preferential treatment received overwhelming bipartisan based on race, religion, sex, color, support. ethnicity or national origin. 'The strong, bipartisan support Enhancement Act." Supporters of afflflTIative action for this amendment demonstrates The majority of hate crime cases expressed skepticism about the June that hate crimes concern all which are prosecuted are handled by 15 announcement. Americans," said JACL National state and local authorities and this "We don't believe what this cam• President Floyd Mori. ''We com• practice will continue under the paign says;' said David, Waymire, mend the Senate for their vote to LLEEA. However, by providing spokesman for Citizens for a United strengthen federal laws and to give authority for involvement, the Michigan, a group of business and local law enforcement authorities LLEEA would allow the federal community leaders. 'They've mis• more resources to investigate and government to work in partnership informed Michigan so much about prosecute hate crimes." with state and local authorities by their intentions and their proposal ''When acts of violence are com• providing valuable technical, foren• that we do not intend to let our mitted in the name of hate, we must sic and prosecutorial resources so guard down until the tum-in date for mobilize the resources of our that local law enforcement agencies petitions has passed." national law enforcement to combat may fully investigate and prosecute The petition effort follows the them;' said John Tateishi, JACL hate offenders. Further, the LLEEA Supreme Court's 5-4 decision last executive director. ''We thank the would authorize federal jurisdiction June that the University of Michigan Senate for their action on this to address bias-motivated crimes in Law School could consider race to amendment and urge the Congr'!:ss states where the law is inadequate. create a diverse population.• to enact the Local Law Enforcement • • 4 NAT! 0NAL NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 2-15, 2004 National Newsbytes Investing in a Vision for the Future ...... •...... dicit spending, the act of program funding, as well as tion operates in hindsight without By P.e. Staff and Associated Press D spending more money staffing. Therefore, when viewing thinking about what would attract the budget . think about what will new people. To optimize future Beheadings Fuel Fresh Backlash Against Muslims than you earn, has become an issue for many when discussing provide the most value to members, prospects, it's imperative that some NEW JERSEY-The recent beheadings of two American businessmen in the government. Critics realize that as well as potential ones, while essential questions are asked. What the Middle East have increased an already strong backlash against Arab using more money than you have being realistic about how much we types of program,s will attract the Americans and Muslims, who have been persecuted since the Sept. 11th ter• can severely limit future prospects. can earn. The best way to do this is most new members? Does th,e rorists attacks. As we approach convention, the to ensure that the membership dues organization have the programs that The murder. of former New Jerseyan Paul Johnson has prompted hate time to approve a new budget nears. are going to the programs and posi- will allow it to be self-sustaining in mail, verbal attacks and anti-Islam signs and graffiti in New Jersey. I realize that while each chapter has the future? Throughout the country, mosques have been vandalized. a vote in the creation of the nation• Even if programs are in the budg• The American Arab Anti-Discrimination CoIlUllittee's New Jersey chap• al JACL budget, not everyone et, they are more vulnerable if they ter received a letter that read, 'Then in the tl1ITorists. Until you come forward enjoys reviewing the numbers. To rely on "soft money," whereas pro• to help us stamp out this vermin, you're as bad as they are. Don't be like the limit the potential for deficit spend• grams using membership dues are Japanese during World War II. They ended up behind bars." ing, I'd like to provide some far less likely to be 'Cut. Therefore, if you think that youth programs Calhoun County Shows Language Diversity insights that I have on the budget. There are definite concerns will attract the most new members, ANNISTON, Ala.-There are 26 different languages or language types regarding the budget, as the fiscal then ensure a youth director is paid spoken in Calhoun County. plan for 2005-06 did not pass unan• for by membership dues. If you The county's diversity can be attributed to two main sources: Jacksonville imously at the recent national board think that fundraising will create a State University's International House and the presence of Fort McClellan. meeting. An interesting note about self-sustaining JACL, then ensure a The list of languages, which'includes Tagalog, Hindi and Polish, shows the vote on the budget is that all development director is paid for by that this part of Alabama isn't as isolated as many would think, according to four of the dissenting votes came membership dues. If you think the the Modem Language Association which conducted the survey. from budget committee members; tions that bring the most value. If Pacific Citizen will attract the most perhaps most notably Art Koga, the JACL is delivering significant new members, then ensure that it's Senate Committee Approves JACL national treasurer/secretary value, it will become easy for any paid for by membership dues. If Study of Pacific Homeland Security Base and Ken Inouye, the sole 2005-06 member to succinctly provide a you think that membership is HONOLULU-A Senate committee has unanimously approved a bill national presidential candidate. compelling argument for people to important then maybe some dues that sets up a study to look at the feasibility of establishing a Pacific region The first thing to understand join the JACL. If the JACL is deliv• should be allocated towards mar• in the Department of Homeland Security. about the budget is the way that ering significant value, then the keting campaigns for gaining new The region would oversee Alaska, Hawaii and U.S. territories in the JACL is financed. The organization cost of membership becomes moot members. Pacific. receives two types of revenue: (the work of the organization will I hope that chapters take ade• Sen. Daniel Inouye said Hawaii's isolation in the middle of the Pacific "hard" and "soft money". "Hard clearly outweigh money paid) and quate time to review and discuss Ocean means the United States must focus more on securing the air and sea money," called such. because it's the nwnber of members increase. the budget prior to convention. At links to the islands. typically the most likely to be . Over the last five years the organ• the past few conventions it seems Under the bill, the committee must submit its findings no later than Feb. received, for the JACL is member• ization has strayed from focusing that the budget has been rubber• 1,2005. ship dues. "Soft money," called on the things that would bring the stamped. As a result, we may have such because the amount typically most value to existing and potential missed opportunities to invest in the Ten Hmong Begin Long Trek to Washington fluctuates more, for the JACL is members. This becomes most evi• programs that will create the most ST. PAUL--Zong Khahg Yang, 42, is leading 10 local residents on a best represented by grant!! and dent through the steady declining value. The budget can be very con• I ,ISO-mile walk from the state capitol to the nation's capitol to draw atten• fundraising line items. membership numbers. Instead, the fusing, but make sure questions are tion to the plight of Hmong people living in Laos. The upcoming budget calls for organization seems to often asked - I often have to request He said he hopes the walk will be one step towards ending the killing and record highs in grants and fundrais• become stuck in the status quo assistance with portions I don't harsh treatment of Hmong in Laos. And he said he hopes it will encourage ing. In fact, the budgeted amount looking to maintain everything; understand. Focus on the programs the United Nations to send peacekeepers into the southeast Asian nation and for fundraising ($496,350) alone in even_ if that means maintaining that will create the most value for' urge the Laotian government to allow humanitarian aid in the country. 2006, is greater than the best years what may not be bringing as much the JACL and ensure that they don't The federal government recently announced that it will provide addition• for grants ($186,064) and fundrais• value as a new program could. Note get cut; make sure that they are al money to Wisconsin, Minnesota and Califomia to help settle Hmong ing ($292,481) combined. In recent that not everything that has created being funded by membership dues. refugees. years, the organization has consis• value in the past will create value in Invest in a vision for the future - But Yang and nine others continue to walk to raise awareness. The entire tently had to aggressively cut the future. Not everything that has make sure that the' programs that trip should take two and a half to three months, he said .• expenses due to revenue shortfalls, attracted members in the past will don't get cut are the ones that will usually in the budgeted "soft attract new members. attract the most new members . • money" amount. While we must think about creat• APAs in the News The budget plays a significant ing value for current members, I I role in the organization as it dictates sometimes I fear that the organiza- Kato Named First Judge of Color to Head State Judge's Association King County District Court Judge Eileen Kato was recently elected pres• ident of the Washington State District and Municipal Court Judge's Asspciation (DMCJA), becoming the first judge of color to head the organ• ization. Kato has served as a King County District Court judge since 1994. She graduated in 1977 with an MBA from San Jose State University and in 1980 from the University of Santa Clara Law School. She worked as a special assistant to the U.S. Attomey, Western Washington District, and as a s~nior trial attorney with the Department of the Treasury~ JACL-sponsored In addition to Kato's election, Chelan County District Court Judge Alicia Nakata was chosen as president-elect of the DMCJA. 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PACIFIC CITIZEN, JUNE 18-JULY 1, 2004 COMMUNITI NEWS 5 JA Vets Honored by French Govn't on 60th Anniversary of Liberation of France Yeiichi (Kelly) Kuwayama and two Oak Leaf Clusters, Legion of Jimmie Kanaya, combat veterans Merit and Purple Heart. of the famous 100th The awards were conferred on Battalionl442nd Regimental the American veterans by the Combat Team French of World War Minister of II, were Defense, awarded the Michele Knight of the Alliot -Marie, Legion of at the Hotel Honor by the des Invalides, French a historic Government building used on June 5 on KUWAYAMA KANAYA as a veterans the occasion of the 60th anniver• hospital during King Louis XV's sary of the liberation of France and reign and where Napoleon is Europe. interred. The Nisei veterans were among U.S. Se,nator Daniel K. Akaka, the · 100 selected by the U.S. D-Hawaii, an honorary chair of the Department of Veterans Affairs, on Japanese American Veterans behalf of the French Government, Association (JAVA), remarked that to receive this prestigious award. he was impressed with the good• "My mind was with the will towards the United States by 100th/442nd veterans in Hawaii the French government and people. and the Mainland and with our fall• "It was stirring to witness one en comrades, many of whom gave hundred American veterans who their lives to liberate France;'said fought to liberate France receive Kuwayama, a combat medical spe• the Legion of Honor," said Akaka. cialist in Company E and holder of "They are noble representatives of the Silver Star and Purple Heart. "I the millions of brave men - true was accepting this medal on their American heroes, including mem• behalf." bersof the 442nd Regimental "This award is a recognition of Combat Team and 100th Battalion, . all Japanese American veterans, who fought to preserve our free• including the 100th/442nd, which dom and restore liberty to the peo• served in Europe, and the Military ple of France." • Intelligence Service, which served .in the Asia Pacific theater," said Subscribe to the Kanaya, a former medic of the Pacific Citizen. Call 100th/442nd. He is also a holder of . the Silver Star, Bronze Star with 800/966-6157
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Overdraft protection subject to $15.00 transaction fee for each advance. 6 COMMUNI1Y NEWS PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 2-15, 2004 NETWORK TV Jeff Eastin, creator and executive accordingly, and the vicious cycle NATIONAL CONVENTION (Continued from page 1) producer of NBC's "Hawaii;' said continues. We need to break this he made a concerted effort to visit cycle by creating our own projects JACL 75th Anniversary Convention to bers but the two leads have already Hawaii before starting production that show off how we want to be Present Native Hawaiian Cultural Experts gone to non-APA actors. of the show and was amazed at the seen." By DAVID FORMAN schools of traditional Hawaiian NBC's offering is "Hawaii," a diversity of its people. But even as APAs strive to create dance, Pua Ali'i 'llima on O'ahu show loosely based on the success• "It was an interesting mix of peo• roles and projects for themselves, Opening ceremonies for the 75th and Papa Laua'e Makana on flJl 70s show "Hawaii-Five-O." ple and we really wanted to reflect Edwards believes the key word is a Anniversary JACL National Kaua'i. Although there are no APA lead this in the casting," he said. "assimilation" rather than creating Convention in In addition to the opening cere• actors, this show at least features a "Ultimately, success will be the roles for APAs about APAs. monies, Takamine and members of couple of APAs in supporting roles. believability of the show ... that it "It's about assimilation. A char• Honolulu this August will her halau will teach a workshop on Set to launch this fall, Cary Tagawa looks like Hawaii." acter here, a character there so we include an 'oli hula (probably Lili 'u E, in honor of ("Planet of the Apes") plays Capt. Still, Eastin believes casting are a part of the mainstream," said - traditional Queen Lili 'uokalani, Hawaii's last Terry Harada and Aya Sumiko is more APAs is a "two-way street." Edwards. "We still have to be com• Native Ha• monarch) for convention attendees i LinhDias. Since "Magnum P.L," Hawaii has• mercial, and be able to sell it to the waiian chant and guests. In the past, she has I n't had a successful series and this mainstream." consisting of shared her cultural expertise at the has resulted in a diminished talent One positive aspect in the resur• I *** long, sustained Pan Pacific Hula Fest in Tokyo, The lack of minority representa~ pool of actors, he said. Currently, gence of Hawaii's popularity as a phrases - to welcome participants Japan, and the Hong Kong tion in film and television has long "Hawaii" continues to host open . filming location is the impact it has and guests in accordance with cul• International Dance Festival cele• I been an ongoing battle as shows casting-calls for guest spots and is had on Hawaii's economy, where tural protocols. brating the lOOth anniversary of the like "Magnum, P.L," "Seinfeld," set to air Aug. 30. one TV series can bring in about . The 'oli will be performed by University of Peking in Beijing, and "Friends" have been hugely $20 million. Vicky Holt Takarnihe, who is well• China. successful although often criticized "It definitely plays a big impact * * * respected throughout the Hawaiian A separate workShop on Native for their inaccurate portrayal of the As TV networks fail to cast APAs on our economic situation," said community for her cultural expert• Hawaiian Rights will consist of people who live in the cities the in lead or supporting roles, APAs in Donne Dawson, Hawaii State film ise and advocacy work on behalf of other distinguished panelists includ• shows are supposed to be set in. the industry believe it is up to them commissioner. "It's good to have at cul~ ing: Haunani Apoliona, chairperson For the past few years, the APA to create roles for themselves and least one successful series because Hawaiian.s, their traditions, as well as the protection and preser• for the. Office of Hawaiian Affairs, community, like the African finance production companies to a TV series ... helps sustain a work• vation of the cultural and natural and beloved musician who contin• American and Hispanic communi• produce their own material. force and helps build the industry." resources of Hawai 'i. ues to perform with the group ties, have been' actively working ''Without the necessary demo• Although the shows are success• Takamine is the co-founder and 'Olomana; Robert G. Klein, retired with the big networks such as NBC, graphic or political clout, APAs ful in showing the beauty of the po'o (president) of 'llio'ulaokalani, Associate Justice, Hawai'i Supreme ABC, CBS, and FOX to have more face no chance in gaining traction Hawaiian islands, she continued, a coalition of traditional practition• Court; Robin Danner, president of APA representation. Still, many in .within TV; let alone entertainment what is missing in shows like the Council for Native Hawaiian the community see little progress. as a whole, on the mainstream "North Shore" are the beautiful ers who are committed to proteCting Advancement; and Clyde Namuo, "MANAA (Media Action level, by advocacy," said Jeff Park, people who live in the state. their Hawaiian customs and tradi• tions. She is also the co-founder and administrator, Office of Hawaiian Network for Asian Americans) a consultant for Had to Be Made 'The shows look great but I defi• president of KAHEA: The attempted to get a meeting with Films. "What's lacking is an entre• nitely would like to see them reflect Affairs. Hawaiian Environmental Alliance, a For more information about these FOX about ["North Shore"] preneurial community of artists that our multiethnicity, the beauty of our coalition of Hawaiian and environ• and other events scheduled for the because we knew it was 'gonna be share resources, support each other people," said Dawson. "But I mental organizations committed to 75th Anniversary JACL National another whitefest, but they refused and streamline processes in order to understand [the networks] are try• protecting the natural and cultural Convention in Honolulu, Hawai'i, to meet with us, so I don't know produce and distribute product. ing to appeal to a broader a~dience, what attempts were made - if any Then, the market decides, which is specific demographics." environment of Hawai'i. Aug. 10-14, visit the convention website at www.jacihawaii.org .• - to include more APAs on this the way it should be. This is where As the networks continue to A genealogical descendent of Hawaiian royalty from the islands of series," said Aoki. "But judging by I believe the majority of our efforts appeal to a ''broader audience" that O'ahu, Maui and Hawai'i, David Foreman is a member of the results, I can't believe they tried ... should lie." oftentimes does not include the Takamine is also the founder and the 75th Anniversary JACL National . very hard." 'The general public can accept APA community, APA actors will FOX, like most of the other net• APA men as scientists, delivery continue to struggle for recognition kurnu hula (master teacher) of two Convention Committee. works, has a diversity statement boys, and martial artists because and an opportunity to showcase with the message that they are mak• ·that's what they've seen on TV;' their talents. . ing strides in minority representa• said Chao. "But they don't think of "Sometimes I think, 'Why am I tion. Calls to Mitzi Wilson, FOX's APA men as romantic interests doing this?" said Edwards. "But as vice president of diversity, were not because they aren't depicted as pioneers, I have to think, we're pos• returned. such on TV. The networks cast sibly the cause for change." •
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Registrations and cancellations received after July 15, Sayonara Banquet. Print Cardholder Name ______2004, are non-refundable. Registration may not be rein- PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 2-15, 2004 SPORTS 7 COMPETITIVE EATING Stories by P.e. and Associated Press JACL JR. OLYMPICS In 'Sport' of Competitive Eating Wiry Japanese Rules 52nd Meet Showcases Young Athletes TOKYO-He's taken on sumo - he breaks his wieners and buns in Island last year was marred by alle• Though smaller in participant team. wrestlers. No contest. Former NH.. half before shoving them mouth• gations he used the "Roman numbers than in previous years, the Three other meet records were bro• star William ''The Refrigerator" ward. "It saves me half the chewing method;' a strictly banned technique 52nd Annual JACL Junior Olympics ken, all in the Men's and Women's Perry, three times his size, took up effort;' he said. involving a failure - deliberate or proved to be another spirited show• Division 6 (8 years and under). the gauntlet. Not even close. Kobayashi, who weighs 155 otherwise - to keep everything case of outstanding young athletes. Brandon Toy of Sequoia (palo Alto) Nobody, but nobody, can eat hot pounds, says competitive eating down. Leading the way at the June 6 track won the 400 meters in 1:27.40; dogs like Japan's Takeru ''The requires a special brand of body• Japan's dominance of the Coney and field meet held at Chabot College Hannah Li of East Bay won the 200 Tsunami" Kobayashi. And, once building. Island contest, held since 1916, was Julia Chiang, a junior from meters in 37.12 seconds; and the San again, he's in train------began in 1997, when Piedmont High School competing for Jose 4x100 meters relay team ofKaty ing to devour the Hirofurni Nakajima the East Bay team, who was selected Drennan, Marissa Kitazumi, Kelsey field at one of com• won the first of his as Outstanding Athlete of the Meet. Sugino, and Holly Haraguchi won in petitive eating's two championships. Competing in the (Open) Women's 1:15.78. most venerable bat• Kazutoyo Arai won in Division 2, Chiang broke the 18-year San Francisco won the overall tles - the annual 2000, and the title has old 200 meter meet record with a team title and the accompanying Fourth of July hot belonged to Japanese time of 26.03 seconds and lnissed by Perpetual Trophy, while last year's dog wolfing contest eaters ever since. one inch matching the 26-year old champion, Sequoia, came in second, at New York's Coney Perhaps that's long jump record with a winning leap and San Jose came in third. Other par• Island. because Japan holds of 17' I". She also won the 100 ticipating teams were East Bay, San Kobayashi has its competitive eaters meters and ran a leg on the winning Mateo, Fremont-Eden, and won the New York in special regard. The Men's Division 14x100 meters relay Watsonville-Santa Cruz.• City contest an best eaters, like unprecedented three Kobayashi, are straight years, said celebrities. Hailed by - recently from his Takeru Kobayashi (right) poses with a tray of 44 1/2 hot his fans as "the prince home in Nagoya. dogs and buns, the amount he ate to win last year's eating of gluttony;' the 25- Competitive eat- contest for the third time. He wants to eat 51.5 hot dogs year-old earned an ing is starting to look this year. (AP Photo/Aki ra Ono) estimated $150,000 in like a potential - -_ -- prize money last year. Olympic event. It has its own gov- "You have to gradually build up Kobayashi got his start four years erning body - the New York-based your gut by eating larger and larger ago on the weekly prime time ''TV International Federation of amounts of food, and then be sure to Champion" event. Competitive Eating - and branches work it all off so body fat doesn't put He is confident he can push him• in the United States and other coun- a squeeze on the expansion of your self to do better at Coney Island, tries. stomach in competition;' he said. "I where he swallowed 44112 hot dogs For serious hot dog eaters, tech- start my regime about two months in 12 minutes last year. "I think I can do it;' he said. 'Tm nique can be pivotal. Kobayashi before a big competition." Winners: Julia Chiang (left) shows off her trophy for Outstanding swears by the "Solomon approach Kobayashi's victory at Coney shooting for 51.5 hot dogs." • Athlete of the Meet, which she earned by setting a record in the 200 meter. This year's 1st place winners (right) in the Women's COLLEGE BASEBALL Division Six-4 x 100 Relay are little powerhouses. Suzuki Propels CSU Fullerton to Victory OMAHA, Neb.-After struggling Fullerton also won national titles GOLF at the start of the season, Cal State in 1979, 1984 and 1995 - all under Saiki Gets First LPGA Tour Win Fullerton ended it in style. current Texas coach Augie Garrido. Jason Windsor pitched a five-hit• Suzuki, a former Baldwin High PITTSFORD, New York-Kim Jones shot a 74 to drop back into a Saiki won for the first time in her 12 ter, Maui's Kurt Suzuki's RBI sin• School standout from Wailuku, tie for second willi Mi Hyun Kim years on the LPGA Tour, shooting a (72) of South Korea, a runner-up here gle capped off a three-run seventh lined a two-out single into left field, I-under 71 in 2002 who picked up her 10th top- inning and Cal State Fullerton won scoring Ronnie Prettyman from sec• June 27 and 10 finish this year. ond for the winning run. Suzuki had the national championship with a 3- overtaking Annika Sorenstam managed only a 2 victory over Texas in the College been 2-for-20 in the College World Rosie Jones by 73 on June 27 and fell into a-tie for World Series on June 27. 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Kim remembered ties resulted when the l00th was mis• ENERAL Mark Clark of the of being provided clothes of dead asking GenerilI Ryder: "If six battal• taken for an enemy unit and was fired Fifth Army had sought to Nazi soldiers, of receiving more food ions couldn't take that pass, how can upon by the 45th Division artillery. G you expect one battalion to take it? enter Rome "before" the from the Italian military than from Allied invasion of Normandy the Germans and of his hope that he The general said, '} have other regi• *** planned for June 5, 1994 (Weather might be transported to the United ments, but I don't think they can do After a 36-hour fight, the l00th over the English Channel had States. This bit comes from it. I know the l00th can take the had cleared the minefield and delayed the massive onslaught.) For "Ambassador to Arms:' the first book pass.' The next day, we took the knocked out close to a dozen Nisei of the l00th Infantry Battalion, about the l00th, the Purple Heart pass." machine-guns. June 5th is a day they remember in Battalion, by Thomas D. Murphy, As described by Murphy, the On June 5, the l00th saw a road "anger and frustration:' as cited by professor of history at the University lOOth attacked on June 2 around 9 sign, ROMA -10 KM. Like all Masayo Duus in her action-filled of Hawaii in 1954. (Out-of-print for a.m. with Companies B and C in the Allied troops, excitement reigned "Unlikely Liberators, The Men of the many years, UH Press has reprinted a lead (and Company A passing among the officers and troops, antic• l00th and 442nd." softcover edition.) through), advanced under heavy ipating being the first to enter the Gen. David Bramlett (ret.) from The same evening, the 26th, two mortar fire, but ran into strong Eternal City. They had opened a hole Honolulu and main speaker at the known as the Gustav Line. regiments (133rd and 168th) of the machine-gun lanes guarded by in the German defenses, moving fifth anniversary celebration of the The 1st Armored DivisioIi, victori• 34th Division were up against strong numerous minefields. swiftly up the coast on Highway 7, Go For Broke Monument in Little ous in the North African campaign, enemy positions in the ridges over• One of the DSC winners, Pfc. making it possible for the 5th Army Tokyo on June 5, included the same was stopped by an intricate pattern of looking the main highway and rail Hiroshi Yasutake, covering an to enter Rome ahead of the British. story as the world-at-Iarge was focus• overlapping machine-gun nests. line to Rome. On the 27th, the l00th exposed right flank, reported German Instead of moving on, they were told ing on the 60th anniversary of D• They had to be eliminated before was trucked 15 miles northeast to movements and using his BAR to halt by First Armored Division Day. It recalled what I had heard and pushing onto Rome. replace another battalion (135th) (Browning'automatic rifle) and hand commander General Harmon. read in Lyn Crost's book, "Honor by The Allied breakthrough to Rome with the 1st Armored Division. grenades, wounded seven Germans The lOOth sat by the roadside, jeal• Fire." She devotes several chapters to began May 23 (Tuesday). Meantime, On·the 29th, two battalions of the in a 10-minute duel. Advancing, Co. ously watching other units swirling the l00th from its birth after Pearl a third batch of replacements, three 135th Infantry went into action at 5 C began clearting out enemy dugouts. streams of dust. Mits Fukuda who sat Harbor, its incorporation with the officers and 115 enlisted men from a.m., but were stopped by intensive In an adjacent sector, Pfc. Haruto there with other officers and men of Red Bull 34th Infantry Division to Camp Shelby, arrived on May 24 and automatic fire. Through the 30th and Kuroda, Pvt. Thomas Ono and Sgt. Co. A had a dissatisfied expression North Africa and to its landing at were quickly distributed. Two days 31st, these two battalions advanced Yuki Yokota., all of Co. B, silenced on his face as he talked with (author Salerno andAnzio September 1943. later (26th), Lt. Young Oak Kim, S- . no more than a mile toward a key five machine guns and five machine Duus) about it. He waS not the only ' 2/intelligence officer of the lOOth, pass. The l00th in reserve was called. pistols, killing or capturing 17 of the one. 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PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 2-15, 2004 ENTERTAINMENT 9 Hollywood execs remake Asian horror movies with an American twist, but why? Temple's "Little Miss Marker") and director Gus Van Sant remade near ly frame-to-frame Alfr e~ Hitchcock's "Psycho" in 1998. "Hollywood, as a global cinema. ha,s always been indebted to emigre filmmaking talent from Europe and, more recently, from Asia; at the same time, Hollywood has had enormous impact on various Asian national cinemas;' said Bliss Cua Lim, assistant professor in film and media studies at the University of California, Irvine. "But in terms of what might get lost in translation, when I look at Remake Nation: Megumi Japanese and Hong Kong horror Okina (left) gets a touch from films, I am always struck by their beyond in "Ju-On: The non-pathologized relation to the Grudge" and a snub from the fantastic. In other words, [why J filmmakers of the:American characters are not disbelieved or version of the horror flick in perceived as craZy when they claim favor of Sarah Michelle Gellar to see ghosts;' added Lim.. (inset). In 2002, Hollywood Another question being bandied remade "The Ring" with about is if the Asian horror genre Oaveigh Chase (above). will continue to be fascinating By LYNDA LIN theaters for a simple Grudge," a film he says . has enough to ' inspire Hollywood ~ Assistant Editor reason: they have In "Ringu;' the orig• Japanese actors playing prominent remakes. For instance, will there be proven track records inal ghost with the roles in the Hollywood remake. But a, 'The Ring 12"? n Takashi Shimizu's "Ju-on: of generating rev• severe geisha make• only the film's original ghosts "[The interest] will grow as long . I The Grudge" a young home- enue so studio up is replaced with a played by Takako Fuji, Yuya Ozeki as there are enough successes and care worker (Megumi Okina) executives Victorian-era female and the director have made tl1e leap studios can make profits based on makes a routine visit to a house in hoping lightning spook in 'The Ring" to the American version, which has what they pay for the rights to the rural Japan and unleashes the wrath strikes twice with and Japan's cityscape more Asians than they had in 'The story and what they make at the box of a vengeful female demon who the American is replaced with Ring." office;' said Guy Aoki, founding straddles her human victims and remakes. urban America - So why can't more Asian talent president of Media Action Network slowly strangles the last breath out Dreamworks not quite the same be featured in major roles in for Asian Americans .• of their bodies. Studios effect, some say. Hollywood remakes of Asian films? In the American version of the broke out of "['The Ring'] looked 'The film is made for a U.S. audi• FILM REVIEW same movie simply called, 'The the gates last year with 'The Ring;' slid, but it was so stylistic that it. ence and the U.S. audience is du4n: The GnKIge Grudge;' due out next year, the the American interpretation starring lost one of the elements that made expecting actors from the U.S. to be female lead character will be played Naomi Watts based on Hideo 'Ringu' terrifying," said Shogo, an cast;' said Lee about 'The Grudge." by Sarah Michelle Gellar as an Nakata's "Ringu," a film about a Oklahoma-based photographer and He adds that the tremendous suc• expatriate nurse wrestling with the videotape that kills everyone who filin critic. 'The reason that the orig• cess of 'The Ring" has created demons, but will she be doing it watches it. The remake grossed inal is so freaky is . because you interest in the original. So studios while listening to Britney Spears' enough money to scare up a sequel. never really get answers. You don't are now snatching up the distribu• music and sipping on Starbucks cof• And as fast as you can say ker• know exactly why the video exists, tion rights of the original filins as fee? ching, Buena Vista Pictures is gear• why [Sadako, the child ghost] kills marketing tools for the remake. Probably not. But the presence of ing up for next year's release of people or the unexplained things Vitagraph Films and Lions Gate Gellar - a Caucasian actress decid• "Dark Water" starring Jennifer coming from the darkness - that is Entertainment is planning a limited edly replacing a role for an Asian - Connelly and based on another scary." release of "Ju-On: The Grudge" in is a recent trend in Hollywood Nakata filin about a single mother Xian Barrett agrees. 'The fact late July before Collimbia TriStar's where Asian horror filins are being and her daughter living in a haunted that movie producers take master• November release of the American Be careful what you wish for this queued up to be remade, re-imag• apartnlent. piece films like 'The Ring' or 'The version. SUlllffier - especially if it involves a ined and plucked clean of their eth• But amidst the hoopla about Eye' and have white writers re-write Those critical of Hollywood's well-made, white-knuckle horror nic origins. Hollywood's ability to be original them taking out the major plot thankless borrowing also recognize flick that keeps you jumping to the Filmmakers are falling all over when it comes to being unoriginal is devices, any character of color and Lee's point that the remakes gener• very end - because you're going to themselves in the race to get Asian another dialectical debate about progressive politics is abhorrent." ate more awareness and lends credit get it. horror movies like 'The Eye," a hit what gets lost when an Asian filin is One of those movie producers is to the original filins and filmmakers. American movie-goers can final• in its native Hong Kong, and South remade to suit an American audi- Roy Lee., head of Vertigo And remaking old or foreign ly experience "Ju-On: The Grudge" Korea's "Addicted" into American Entertainment and the main purvey• films is hardly unprecedented in this month, ilie latest lnstallment in a or of Asian film remakes in Hollywood. 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m .jli Membership Eligibility Required 12 PACIFIC CITIZEN, JULY 2-15, 2004 TEMPLE ly comprised of 100 youth. Nisei are all gone. To hang onto ded in this community that grandmother that she's been com• (Continued from page 1) 'The thing with our temple is certain parts that are not going to means the forefathers who actually ing to the temple since she was a that it's not really a community open up the temple is not good," built Little Tokyo and they're cer• baby. day - apathy amongst younger temple. Before the war people lived said Masuyama. "You should keep tainly still part of it, so whenever Newlyweds Chris and Jennifer generations and a dwindling mem• in the Little Tokyo area,. but now the good and put aside the bad." anyone infringes on their lives, I'm Owens were married by Usuki in a bership. there's nobody who lives in Little Most recently, the temple and sure people will have a certain reac• dual ceremony. When she was "We don't see as many [younger Tokyo ... so this temple is really a local community activists success• tion to that," said Usuki. younger, Jennifer attended Nishi members] as we would like to and commuter temple," said fully shot down the city's proposal Next August, Nishi Hongwangji Hongwanji regularly and felt it nec• our membership has certainly Masuyama, who has been attend• to build a new Los Angeles Police will celebrate its 100th year as the essaryto come back with her hus• decreased;' said Usuki in an exclu• ing Nishi Hongwanji for nearly all Department Headquarters on the immutable fixture of the Los band who was raised Catholic. sive interview with the Pacific her life. comer of First and Alameda, a Angeles JA spiritual community Their children will come to the Citizen. However, remaining rele• Once in awhile, especially during stone's throwaway from the his• and it's still experiencing some temple too, they said. vant to younger generations is a the annual Obon festivities, toric temple. Caving under the growing pains. Room additions are For almost 100 years now, the concern for any religion, he added. Masuyama said she runs into stu• pressure of the protective commu• being constructed to hopefully be temple has managed to beat the For their forefathers the temple dents she taught when they wer ~ nity, city council members recently ready for the centennial celebra• odds, remaining at the border of was like an oasis in a wasteland of preschool age returning to the tem• decided to build the facilities on tion. And despite the dwindling Little Tokyo like a silent sentinel. discrimination and hardship, but ple in their forties with their own Second and Grand, far enough numbers, there are those who still What the next 100 years may bring the connection seems to be waning children to reminisce about fond away from the temple and Little consider the temple to be a second is yet to be written in history, but through the years. memories. Tokyo's cultural center to elicit a home. Ryo Munekata, 83, has a more per• At the last Sunday service in ~e Some younger members do collective sigh of relief from local Lauren Shinohara, 22, tries to sonal and pragmatic way of sum• month of June, many of the tem• come back even though they have JAs. Some considered this to be a attend Sunday services between marizing the temple's importance ple's polished pews remained moved away from the area to hold David-versus-Goliath victory. school and work with her· grand• in the community: empty. On this particular day, services for the deceased, said Rev. "Members of the community are mother, Takako, because she says it "It's my temple. It's my religion. awards are being given out to Usuki. people who have their lives embed- centers her. She jokes with her And that's it." • younger members for good atten• "We provide about, oh my good• dance and various other merits. ness, 600 to 800 memorial services SECRET ASIAN MAN [email protected] • © 2004 Tak Toyoshima Teenagers wearing hip hop inspired a year. We do about 170 funerals a 170N'T WORRY, IT'S OK. t-shirts and sporting mouthful of year, so that on the average is three THeY t.OVE IT WHeN BLACk braces bow piously at the ornate a day. I think we service about FOLkS MAKe FUN altar and then slap their hands into 25,000 families through our mem• OF THeM. Usuki's in congratulatory hand• bership as well as our nonmembers shakes before collecting their cer• that still come here;' he said. tificates. For the membership and dona• But after four years of experience tion supported temple, adapting to as a reverend at Nishi Hongwanji, changing times is a crucial part of 1.001' AT MOVies I.IKe WHITE CHICKS Usuki attributes the younger gener• staying afloat in the slowly gentri• ANI7 TV SHOWS I.IKe FOX'S ations' weakening religious ties to fying area of Little Tokyo. And the AlETHOP ANI' REP. their increasing assimilation into temple is trying to evolve by pro• American culture. viding social services such as Eiko Masuyama, 64, has seen English and Japanese study classes firsthand the dwindling number of as well as Sunday study classes and youth participating in the cultural day care. And perhaps the most classes she teaches. Whl!n the tem• prominent example of the temple's ple first held classes at its original good measure towards adjusting is location on Central Avenue, enroll• most evident in the sermons given ment topped off at 500 students. in both English and Japanese. 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