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Established 1929 Pacific Citizen$1.50 podpoM United States some of the radal tension result­ The tremendous interest this District Judge>£dward J. Lodge ing from the OJ. Simpscm mur­ efibrt has generated dearly shows, will allow Horit^U’to assert that der trial in 1995. ti^t large numbers of Americans'. he is immune criminal pra- But in three short years the vv§nt to be engaged in im^Hoving ecuticm because, he was acting “Day of Dialogue,” has now be­ race relations," said Ridl^ within his duties as a federal law come the “Natiaial Days of Dia­ Ihomas, who’s'efforfe helped to enforcement officer. Tlie ruling logue” as more' than 60 dties took ^»^jhead the first day of .dia­ will also allow the trial to be part in candid discussions on race logue in 1995. “As lediers, we moved hundreds of miles away relations from Jan. 14 and ^ding have to step up and tackle the is­ &om the site of the siege. A^ded-, on Maitin Luther King Day, Jan. sue of race relatitms head on. sion has not been m^e as'to' 19 There is too much at stake, for us where the pool of jurists will be Tb launch the nation wide not to.” selected from, event, more than 50 national and “Radal reconciliation and un­ . Randy Weaver and his fomily local teadoa, led by co-organizers derstanding” is what the “Nation­ Warren Furutani, president of the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning had barricaded themselves in Los Angdes Coundlman Mark al Days of Dialogue” is all about. Coundl. takes part in a discussion with feHow community leaders during their remote cabin with guns and Ridley-Tlioinas and former S«ia- See NATL DIALOGUE^page 5 the National Days of Dialogue at Los Angeles ’ Getty Center. ammunition when dozens of fed­ eral agents surrounded the com­ Denny ’s again pound. At the time. Weaver was Korematsu receives Presidential Medal of Freedom being sought on an illegal acxnisedof weapons charge.Ihe 11-day siege Ifs taken more than fifty years thousands of Jap^ese Americans San Leandro. He had gottai word of.the award two days before eventually left deputy VS. mar­ but Fred Korematsu, the Nisei to internment camps throu^iout disemmination who took his protests against the the United States for the duratim Christmas, be said, but White shal William Degan, Weaver's 14- House officials had sworn him to The naticaially pcqnilar restau­ year-old son Sam, and \^cki interament Japanese Ameri­ of the war. And for a number of cans during W(»1d War II ail the years he was forced to endure the secrecy until Presidoit Clinton rant franchise Denn/s just can't Weaver dead. seem to get its act togetW. Vidd Weaver had been bolding way to the supreme court, was label of convicted fdon. made the offidal announcement honored witii the hijdiest civilian It was finally in 1983, vQth the eariier this year. Fourteen other Aftet' two highly pt^eszed dis- her daughter in the cabin's door­ indiividuals were also baocred crimination cases against the food way when a bullet diot throu^ award, the of attarneys Dale lifinami, P^ter Irons, Eric Ya^moto and with the award. chain in less than five veers, one the cabin door and killed her. Ho- Presidential filed by a groupof blade patrons Medal of Free­ others, that Korematsu had his Korematsu, who attended the riudii has Icmg daimed that he ceremony with ,his wife Kathryn in Maryland four years ago and a had been aiming at Randy dom, in a felony conviction vacated in a laiidmark coram nobis case. The wd his son and daughter, contin­ lawsuit filed recently 1^ a group Weaver ’s armed friend Kevin White House oflargelyAsian and Asian Ameri­ ceremony case went on to play a pivotal role ues to make appearances educat­ Harris, who had beei running ingthe public about the experi­ can students in S^cuse. N.Y., a into the cabin, and did not see Jan. 15. in the successful redress move ­ In 1942, Ko­ ment tiiat eventually brou^t ences of JAs during WWII be­ Denny’s in Miami has been ac­ Vicki Weaver. Harris also sus­ cause he feels it’s important to cused of refusing to serve a group tained a wound from the shol rematsu was laparations to JAs interned dur­ ingthe war. talk about the internment “There of black and white prisem officers. Horiudii has plead not guilty to arrested and The six black and three white convicted of Tm greatly honored in receiv ­ are still people who don't know the charges, for which he could in/ officers from tiie Everglades Cor- that the intemm^t happened,” face a mairimuiTi of 10 years in disob^nng Executive Order 9066, ing this awa^.” said Korematsu the decree that sent hundreds of in an interview from his home in recticmal Institutiim have accused prison. He curren^ remains free See KOREMATSUfpage 10 the manager of the Denny’s SAN FRANCISCO—If the tra­ her family moved to Palo Alto. of her own. The subjects she uses udii or any of his superiors for the in her weak indude hula dancers, “You guys don't look right togetfa- Ruby Rid^ inddenL ditional Japanese art form of Calif., and what she brou^t alcsigwith her was her passion jazz musicians, surfers, and ten­ er." 'The officers also n

fii Feb. 6—fcwtallation Dwvter.Cavanauqjh s 4:30 pm social.how 4 f*ic«0 ctotay. 6 pm. rMBMOOBberlS. tn» on fremort Bhd; Ikkets. Kaz. Matsuyama, dirmer 4 program. Stockton BurMiisl Temple; PubWicr; npwtor American CalMM iMgue. krrter mountain RSVP by Fell- 9-'Wo;- Aik© Yoshikawa, , i7MSuaw5»r»etS»nftaf*i»eo.^94n5 406/M9-0704. NOTE—Dr. Rick Kizirian. DiSTSICT COUNCIL |Aa rftMent: Helen Kawa«oe Mcuuerey IPeninsula. CnHeje. speaker. Dr 209/9484>966- ______SB. Feb. 7 —Cactus Petes, lackpot . Nev. 21207 S. Araiot) Btvd_ CMton. CA 90745 Calendar David YamaY^mada, MC. POCATELLO*LACKKX3T NMtGMi Dtredor Heitet nmvMii RENO Central CaWornia SB.-S«*ii Wk 7-*-8?; Ba*. Cactus P«es. Sun. M». 8 —Terryaki Dinner. Info: ShBdon OISTRfCT COUNCa ATTENTION: Oeuils mcfccaled with "NOTES' |a<^^. Nev Info; Marianne Endo. 20B/232< lhara. 702/747-3886. Fri. Feb. 27 —ht Quarter Meeting (Reedley). .Me usually published with a Calendar entry ai 4399. Alice Konishi. 208/785-2779. NOTE— I55N; 00M-aS79 SaL May 9—50lh Anrtivmary Celebration into; Patncia Tsai Tom. 209/486-6815. rlie outset TIME-VALUE is the chief cofwtdera- in conjiaxiiors with IOC Disiria Council meet- info: Cynthia Lu. 702/827-6385. tiort (*> Laic changes ______SACRAMENTO Paciric Southwest tSa ftb. 19-f.lm Sh^Stg-BtW Barfieo Sat Ffb. 21-Annual Oab F*d, Buddhist icific Citizen Eastern Wire. 7 i 9.30 p.m., ISU Student Union ARIZONA Hall: tkkrts: Toko Fujii. 916/421-0328. NOTE: Sat-Sun. Feb. 21-22—MBsui. Feaival of rvitl'l o.« r m NATIONAL ' Theater: mfo Micki Kawakami 208/234-1b54. Airplane fty'ng contest, trophies Wed. Apr. 1—Scdla^ip appixaliorideadline; lapan, l^iiage Square, 7lh St 4 Monroe. 199S: Mr 1-S—35lh biennial Nai'l |ACl Sal. Feb. 28 —Day of Remembrance 4 Senior Info: Chick Malsumoso. 602/973-312*. CrMtvontion. Shf/atoo Society Hill. schotarshi|i chaw. Alyce Saio. 756 N 12.Poca- Appreciation. Sacramento lapanese United Throu^ Feb. 19—Smithsonian Irwlitulion's Philatk-lpliia Re}:is«ation deadline: May' 7. l. 10 83201. Methodist Lhurch, 6929 FranLlm Blvd, tnfo: traveling ewhiiil: 'A More PeHeci Unioo,' 199B (details 10 be announced). JACL -TokoFopi. 916/421-0328. NOTE—Gifts for se ­ ______. _ , ranee procram Phoenix Public Library Convention room tales 509 sgl/dl)l, occ, niors 80 and over, polluck. and reciuninsdfive; mte: Yas Tokiia. BOIMST- H(XV2bS 5808. same rate applicable Ihire days SAN FRA NO SCO line for ipRh school seniors, Info. Kathy |MK>t and three days after convention. HoteL'A .4567. Tiie. Feb. 3—Chaptei Meeting 7 pm, 1765 viles lax exira. Wed. Aiie.' 5-»2-Onrval 'Fun Ship* Alaska Sutter Si. Info 4t5/271.1015 Inoshila, 6^2/937.5434 A»nUnlr«lor:C4n>l.iiri A»>J>:. fcuise.homVank. Info. Yas Tdkiia. 801/487- - SB. Apr. 2S— Sclsolarship Awards BanquH. Sal.-Stm.. Feb. 21-22—Day of Rcmem-.. ^n. Beef Eaiefs Restaurant, 300 W. Uance.Yeriia Buena Or., i-vertinp program Camelback. Phoenix, info: Df. Richard 7:30 pm Sat. afternoon program, 2 pm Sui S Ruih^ Kulimuto. B«i)Hicju. Pacific Northwest Maisuishi602/9 34-3340 Wdwest Tickets 415/978-ARTS. Adi Mimdi NCJ* Imoii. Mikr N.HWtv RIVERSIDE OISTRICT COUNCIL PUYAUUP VALLEY K.>^m4lwr... Bill k.1»hn».iBU VVillum M.Winw«o. StfL Feb. *—30lh Armiversary Cetebration. t Sal.-Aiqn.. Mar. I4-T6—6r-U Western Blue Asli Wed.-WeiL. Aug.S-12-Camival 'Fun Ship* Sutter St. lnlo:415/273-1015. tlwp M.\v>tA.i Bell M,««BT>mo,rjeOChhim.!. p.m . Universily Club. UC Riverside campus Al.iska cruise irom Seank. Info: Yas TokRa. Sah Thu. )une 2S-Srrulhsaman traveling exhilMl, Ill Sii).H«u Hotel & Clonk-n-nce Ccfllia. Plciflcr Rd. 4 (-71, *A More Perfect 'Union," San FrancHco Mam tnfo- Meiko InaUa. 909/682-8116. Cinrinnali . lake Chajiief. 801/487.4567. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY SEATTLE CINCINNATI SB. fan. 24—56th Annual Inaallalion Barv Sun. Ataf. 1—lACL scholarship appticalion SB. tan. 31__ 76lh Annual InsialUlion Oimset. Idiiiyal 1...... SB. tan. 31—Installation Owwser, 6 p.m. ! quet. Add Plaza Hotel, Van Nuys; Tcketi: deadline Info: Rulh Takeuchi. scholarship Seattle Sheraton Towers; mlo, lickeis: Elame u■Tlll»^Uther iKin tlir N.aii«.illACI Pmuirrek)> • ' PUza. ( Sam Uyehara 818/886-4930. Marion Shige- chaw, 513/759-2056. Akaci. 206/772-6749. Kazne Kaiayama. N.«ii/iv«l Dirwiur ilo rvx nnovinly rrlkcl lAC'l kuni 818/893-1S8I NOTE—Artomey Ang^ Wed. April T—Local scholarships application 206/772-2266, teff Hatton. 206/44843474. Burlmgame; Jiolci Wrinenr ll«r riBlil «i rtln Jdcrlrv Newj ! Oh of Piesidenl's Commission on Racial .«i d lIliiH- l««li> Ijrtixr il.iti-U I'liin- deadline. Tnfo Ruth Takeuch^ scholarship 6Srovide one yr.v on .i onr-JJT*- Kabuki-za, Tokyo; drama preview, "Kuuwa SaL Feb. 7 —Valentine's Day I meeting. San Francisco. . h».«+ioW bJW». NON-A«MBfRS I ye»-5J0. 2 Bunsho, Yoshdaya': excerpu from "Kankuro's VENTURA C^NTY Youth Program;’ info: loyce Theus. * mn-5S5. J yvan-W. |UyJt>le iit Advance Addi- FlOttIN Sul Feb. O—InsUllation Luncheon, noon. 5443. Kagamizishi (Lion Dance)' rwful (JOVURC pw year-foiripvi 1) S 522. iifUcLuj Sal. A4ar. 7 —16lh Time of • Remembrance. Spanish Hills Cw>tf and C^xmiry Clui>, info; Sul , Mar. 1— Postmaik deadlme for scholar- ST. LOUIS Florin «od*tstChurch. Florino PritcharO Rd., pfiticaiions. Info. George lkula.6SCV3S8- Mon Alxe 805/484-1570 NOTE—Actor Sat. Feb. 7- into: CNislme Umeda, 91W427-2841. Rsanne ship .ipiib Oorge Takei, sfieaker ■ cocktails. 7 pm dmner. Henry VIII Hott.. .. Ifiuni. 916/935-7944 NOTE—Or Yuzuru 9(>01 NatMAil Board Me mtin: Pmider*, Helen LinJI«rg Bridfieton. info: knu YokrXa. 314/ Takeshila. speaker KjwjRoe, VP General OpiefahaM. R«Karrf Uno; VP 9JI-7013. Sherry Prati. view)acl#wilink com MONTEREY PENI^IA ______. Public ABain, Ion |iijifno«o;VP PLwneiR and Dewl- op»iwnl. Cary AV>Ye VP Membcrihiji. Mren-liane ShJu. Secreiary/lreauirer. O.rvid Hayashi, Nalional ■oifH'l./ S Pofsorvil Memories Ol a Rescue at 0441 ASAP Through Feb. 1S—JANM exhfott: 'Asian Tra- Yotnh Council Ouu. Hirom Ueha. National Yomb djlionVModeth Expressions: Asian Amerxan I COMWUNTY Se.v* 7-9 pm, Nippon Kan Theatre, 622 S Reivnemaiive. Nicule Inouye. ICK-il Cuiniel. Mike Yamaki Diitrict Covemorv NCWNP. Alan P*th., Washington St. Info: Wing Luke Museum, Southern Cal Artias and Abaraction. 1945-1970,' lANM, CCDC Crate Aimpio PSW. David K-nvamcUo PNVk. ChariwM-Mano, 206/623-5124x109 369 E la St. and USC Ftsber Gallery. Hams H.iinr RAka«i, Aanm On.itb Itoijov). IDC. Urty Calendar TACOMA. WASH. SB. Ian. 24—100-442-MfS Memorial Foun­ Hall, University Park. 823 Exposition Blvd. Caam. MOC, toanne Kunv>i;ji, MPOC. {milir Ainui- Thu. Feb. 19—Communily Forum, 'Day of dation 'Go lor Broke' Casino Night. 7:30 info; Cvnthia Endo. 213/625-0414x279. m.1 toe Ihuma> V kcimrtani Pedfic CMmo Mon. Mar. 9—County Commission tor t) R^miom RemembrafKe Can the Iniemmeni of la p.m.. Renaissance Hotel at LAX. Info 310/ MUxi^ Bo«d; Chau. M.H- lak.iluihi. {DC. Oyde Women, noon. Music Center Dorothy pancse Americans Happen Again/' Tacoma 327-4193 Fact Puiilic-...... Library. •Info: ' 253/475-''■"*',-2401 Sat. Ian. 24—Norwalk Dance Club January Chandler Pavilion Airand Hall. RSVP: 213/974-1455. NOTE—Phyllis D. Silvana Wjiaruilit: MPOC. b. 19—Book Signing. Dr Ronald social. 7-T1 p m.. Southeast |apan©se School NEW YORK Murakawa. community awardee, Magden, historian. 6 p.m..p.m., Tacc Library. and Community Center. 14615 S Cridley Rd., Opening March 30, 1988, through 1999— Infa 253/475-2401 Norwalk, RSVP: Helen^ikiji . 213/921-2027 Thu. Mar. 12— Soka University of America Linanese Ataerican NaiKXial Museum's ex- business seminar; 'U.S. and Asia; Odd hiliil. 'America's Concenlraiion Camps or Miizi Shiba. pres.. 714527-5714 Couple or Maniage Made in Heaven.* 7-8:30 Rememliering the lapanese American Northern CaL Sat. |Bi. 24—1ANM Slide Preseniation; pm.. 26800W.Molhonar*dHwy.,Calabasas. Experience.' Ellis Island Immigration 'George Tsutakawa: Legacy ol a Pacific Northwest Artist,' 1 p.m., Japanese American Info: Laurie Gofden. 818/878-3773. reserva ­ .tialivr Ajviiunt. Oeinke Hooanl. BookkenH-r. fumcc Museum, New York City: into. lANM (Los Kaneko ■ Regime OKco: P.ki Iic Norilmevi On National Museum, 369 E 1st St. Info: Cynthra tions recommended. Angeles) 213/625-0414 Bict, Oiieclor Karen Yodnlonu. (i71 Soieti l.xkton Endo, 213/025-0414x279 Sun. Mar. 22—M I S. Oub Turnaround to iren *200, Scank-. WA98104. W 120bl G2J W98. WASHINGTON D.C. lack London Square. Oakland; info: hVAUCB, SB. Ian- 24-Anr. 12—JANMexhibit: 'Finding Whiskey Pete, Statelme. Nev.. 6:15 a.m,- fa« OOfalG2J-O02C e-mail finwHpacI orK . Admuvv Thu. FB>. 19—CLPEF National Day of Re- 1201 Hopkins St., Berkeley 94702, 510/526- family Stories.' 369 E. la St. tnfo: Cynthia 11:30 p.m kifor Ceof^ Kanegai, 3UV820- memliraiKe ceremony, 7 p.m,, Smithsonian 4725 NOTE—RSVP Feb. 26; scholarship traiiveatvuani Nob. SusaiBMidwi-u ChUrK-t, Oirec- S250,^NOTE—Lv, Gardena 6:15 a.m., Fukui Icx Bill VofhitKi. S4IS Nunh Clad Srieet Chxap.'O. II Insitlulion Museum of National History awards; honoree; Lillian Matsumolo. founder Endo. 2IV625-0414x279. NOTE-presenta- 7 a.m. UKi40 W U12I 728-nro. Ia» I3I2I 72S-72J1 e- Carmichael Auditorium, 12th 4 Constitulion ol Mtrtzarwt Children's Village and bouse- lioo by artig's dau^er>4ayumi Tsutakawa ThfouRh Mar. 30—County Museum of Art ex ­ Jan.24 , 1 pm.. Av NW Info: Dale f. Shimosaki. 415/356- hibit; Htrado Porcelain of lapan. S905 te. Mn. 27-Aduli Art WorkAop. noon-1 5020. NOTE—"A rttoie Perfect Union' ex ­ SAN FRANOKf 'Wibhire Blvd ; info: 213/857-6522. . p.m.. Fisher Gallery, Univ. of So. Califw^ 5225.fam UIS1911-4671.e-mail no >>.Kloi);n hibit open from 6 p.m.: 8:30 p.m reception. Mar. I—Nisei Widowed Croup meeting. Univenily park. Harris Hall, 823 Exposition Sat.-Stn.. Apr. 18-19 —Monterey Paik Qherty Crfflral CaiilotTU DiWncL Director h 1 hai Tom. Nisei haseliall players auiogiaph session noont-4-4 p.m., 5S6 16th Ave. Info; Elsie Uyeda Blvd. mfo: Kay Allen, 21'3/740-456l. NOTE— Blossom Festival. Barnes Paik. 350 N. l?n Tulare Street eU). f rono. CA9372I . Tel (>09) NOTE—Former internees may leview War Chung. 415/221-0268. Kay Peggy Hasegawa. inflructor. MePherrin. tnfo; City Hall. A2&507-1 388 4B(i-t,BIS^6B1(>; (209)- 4flii-(i61-. Relocation files 8:45 a.m.-9;pm, contact Ms 444.3914. Tels lhara, 415/221-4568 RIVERSIDE Fri.-Sun., March 13-15—Conference, Sarisei Tik . Ibl 27 —Japan America SoNefy pro­ Alolu South, 202/501-5395 in advance.. Through Feb ___ Exhibit: 'Artworks of a gram. 6:30-8 p.m.. The lapan Foundation and Legacy Project, 'Legacies of Camp,' Japanese r 704. Wathm):lon. D C 200)(i: Tel 12021 223- Language Center, 242S Olympic Blvd.. Santa Nauonal Treasure of lapan," Riverside The Wdwest Community 4 Cultural Center; 1840 Sutler 1240. Ia» (2021 29(i-BOB2. r-mail ik«).Kl«iK B Monica- RSVP: 213/627-6217x17, NOTE— Municipal Museum. 3580 Mission Ave. Info: St.. 415567-5505. info 510/523-6021, FAX Paciiit Soulhwetl Diuno. Oirrclor Alben Murante CHICAGO 909/782-5273. 510/522-1367. mail: 2311 Buena Vista Ave . Documenrary nWryiuker Reggie Life on 'The rhi 244 5 San Prdiu Sirrel *S07, Lot Ancrkn. CA Sat. Feb.7 —lapanese American Council lunar Making of Tora-san * SAN DIEGO 90012 Tel (2UI(i2(i-447l. lax (2(31 (i2(.-4282; e- Alameda, CA 94501. NOTE—Resource peo- new year celebration, S p.m. lorum-recep- Thtt Jan. 29—lapan America Society New Sare ihe dale; Fri. May 1S-UPAC fUnion of mail pv-#>acliiru. Arlmmitftarrve aiirtunl Carol ple/wriiers sought for March 14 roundubles Pan Asian CommunilieiJ Annual Dinner. Info: Saitu lioo, 6:30 dmrser. Chicago Hiftoo 4 Towers, Year's celebration; 5:30-7:30 p.m.. Torrance on family 4 iniergenerational is arts 4 720 S Michigan Ave. Info: 773/728-7170 Hihon. 21333 Ha««1home Blvd. RSVP; 213/ 619/232-6454. healing; political empowerment 4 healmg; NOTE—Sandra Yamate. community service support groups; menUl healih practice,or; arid 627-6217x17 by Ian. 27. NOTE—Ooor JACL MEMBERS awardee. March IS workshops, panels, trainings prizes, drawing. Nevada Fri. May 1—Columbia College Aswn Arts 4 Funded l/y Civil Liberties Education Fund Thu. JB*. 29—JANM comedy performance; Media Cenlei kickoff dmnei. Chicago LAS VEGAS Change of Address 'Cold Tofu Improv.Tofu DelighC' 369 £. la (CIPEF) y 3T-|un. S—Reunion of the Cultural Center. Car Hall 4 Theater Info (R)Sun.-fri, May 3t-|u._ . ------Si RSV-P by Jan. 25. Cynthia Endo. 213/625- If you have m^v^, Sun. )une 2*-Smrthsoman Inslilulion's 'A Fox Company. 442nd Regerrenl, C^lifomia Oliver Ramsey. 773/244-9319. NOTE- In More Perfect Union' traveling exhibit. San 0414x279. * please send information to: iah|unction with Chicago's Asian /Pacific ‘ Hotel 4 Casino. Reservations: 60(V634-6255. Frarscisco Main Lilxary; assistance welcomed: Thu. 29 4 Feb. S—Japanese language ao- tslarsder Heritage Month: recording 4 visual Into: Hire Takusagawa, 310/329-2952. NdUonoi JACL ryiimes for young children, 1:30. p.m.. can Chapiff Message Center 415/273-IOlS. Registration fee to Ron Oba, 99-1S9 Waipao artist Yoke Ono lealured: acliess/playwnglii Peninsula Center iilxaiy. 650 Deep VaHey 1765 Sutter St. Sal.-Moiu. Sepl. 5-7 —Buddhist Church of S»n PI,. Area. HI 9670 1 - NOTE—Aloha reception. Lauren Tom.'M C ______£>.. Rolling Hills Eaates. Info: Mrs. . Gail San Francisco, CA 94115 Francisco's 100th Anniversary, an indial Eall banquet, hospitality-room, golf loumament. to memljefs 4 families affiliated with the fol-< Gcgna. Young Readsn librarian, 310/377- . .Allow 6 we«b tor oddram cttmgm Intermountain lowing church groups: Senior Fujinkai. |r, 9584x238. Not© To ovoid inlenupbWTs of youi PC Arizona______SAIT LAKE CITY Fujinl^i. Soku Gakuen, Sunday School. SB. 31—JANM/USC Symposium: "En­ subscaption please notify your post- PHOENIX Coming April 30—Smithsonian Inslilulion's Young^uh Buddhist Organization, Troop 29 visioning Asian AmAican Idmtilies: Aes ­ mastei -of youi cbarYge ol address Thrw^ Feb. 19—Smithsonian's "A More ■A More Perfect Union.' Downtown Sail Boy Scouts, Explorer Scouts. Cub Scouts. thetics, Polilics'and Culture,' 1-4 p.m.,‘USC CUSPS Fotm 357S) to include' pbnodt- Perfect Union' traveling exhibit. Info: Amy lakf Library Into Terry Nagala. 801/355- YBA, YM8A, YWBA, Proios liaskrtball team. Fidiet -Callery. Harris Hall, 823 Exposition cals Williams, Phoenix Public Library. 1221 N. 8040. Yas Tokiia. 801/487-4567. NOTE- Brownie Girl Seoul Troop 533; contact Central Ave.. Phoenix. AZ 8S004. 602/262- Voluntc-ers, docccils, donalHms needed Centennial Committee 415/776-31SB. 7939 415/776 0264 tax NOTE—BCSF lOOlh Com- 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Ramada Plaza Hotel, Fri.-Satv Feb. 27-28 —Concert 4 Exhibition: The Rockies minee: Teresa Ono. chair; Kent Malsuda, Studio II 4 III. 6333 Briaol Pkwy. Culver City. RSVP by Ian. 26. Cathy Tanaka 21V626- 'Big Bands Behind Barbtd Wire." Asian COLORADO SPRINCS-AMACHE president; Rev. LaVrme Senyo Sasaki, minis- P.C.SAVE 0441(wofk). NOTE—Champagne Jxunch buf­ American |azz Ensemble and San Jose Ta4o, (R) Fri.-Sun., June I8-2T —'Return to ler; Susumu Saiki. past presidents. fet. Orpheum Theater ■. Amarhe'; info: California: Irene (Endo) SAN FOSE Sun. Feb. I—J4RJMbook party: Loa Batul- Furuya, chair. 626/79T-OS47. 626/794-3036. Sun. Feb. 8-Yu-Ai Kai benefit dance recital. tax 626/296-0547; Palos Wrdes. C^eorgr Michiya Hanayagi School of Dance, 2-4 p.m. iof*s; Going for Broke in the Vosges, Autumn Hirano 310^377-0767 fax 110/516-0381,- Info Vu-Ai Kai. 408/294-2505 1944* with author Franz Sleidl,1-3 p E. la SI RSVP by Jan, 2S. Cyr CORRECTION Sacramento. Misao (Hamaoka) Inaba Sat.-Sun.. Feb. 21-22—Concert 4 Exhiliition: 213/625-0414x27> The correct name for one^ 916/391-1384; San Francisco. Cal Kilazumi 'Oig Bands Behind Barix-d Wire, ’ Asian American Jazz Ensemlile and San lose TaAo, Toe. Feb. 3—Discussion: 'Identity, equity, in­ of the soldiers whose life Yerlia Buena Gardens. clusion wilhm the Asian American communi- was saved when Pfc. Sadap Tooai 8I8/591-W69 lax 818/591-8*15; Thr«wgh March IS-LIF E Magazine's unpub­ ly.' by focal artiUS and academicians, noop-l Munemori fell on a German Gucago. George Waianatie 847/253-4169; lished (tlioiograplis of Hansel Mietli and Otto om. WSC Fisher Callery. Harris Hall. Park. 823 Exposition Bhid. Info; hand-grenade to be posthu­ Denver, Henry Okulio 103/373-1525 Hagel. "Tlw- Heart Mountain Story.* Tue-Sun Reservations and deposit to Amache mously awarded the Medal men^r- Historical Socirty, P.O. Box94574, Pasadena, Saisset' Museum, info: 408/554.4528; of Honor in 1945 is Jimi ship suh- CA 91109. NOTE—Charteied bus from NOTE—Mamoru Inouye. Los Gatos, gue« cu- pe^rmance, "Exceipls from Old Man Rrver,' (Ma (not Jimmie Doi from SCS^tBIt Colorado Sjxmgs to campsite; optional visits • 369 E. la Si. RSVP liy Ian. 25, Cynfoja Endo.'' Idaho. Jan. 2, PC, pg. 17 “An zmits.an to Air Force Academy. Garden of the Gods (R) fri.-Sun., May 29-31—Temaz '98 213/625-0414x279. NOTE—One-womari Aside.”) T*iS*i ei»- gamiiling at Cripple Creek. ^ Reunion, Doubletree Hotel. Into: Tomi show by Cynthia Gates Fujikawa about her Nisei father, actor Jerty Fujikawa. Although Oda did live quMtV. ^ 1DAHO-1ACKPOT. NEV. Gyotoku, 826-38lh Ave.. San Francisco, CA _ knd/to h»lp , (R) SB. Apr. 11 (Dale Otange) —2nd'Triply 9412( Hotel e-maif: salesDdouliIrtreesan- SaL Feb. 7 —Family Program, 1-3 pm.. USC briefly in Idafto, he was bom Rpuriion’ of former residmis of Pocatello, juse.com NOTE—fri nfle mixei and dinner, Fisher Gallery, Harris Hall, University Pari, Vnne FC Wk to • wmI^ ptihhc4tiDn! in Fowler, Calif., relocated Blacklool. Rexburg and klatto Falk. Cactus entertainment Ijy George Yoshida Band San 823 Exposition Blvd. Info: Kay Allen, PksM s*ndyouMAX 4»ductAk Jonetiorts to Ogden, was inducted in Pete's Resort/Castno, Jadpol, Nev. Info; Lorenzo Taiko <>oup. 213/740-4561. NOTE.7-art making, music, 10 P.C SAVE. 7 Cupw»Click. MonMxty the Anny and returned with Sanaye Okamura 208/237-8101. NOTE—All­ (R) Fri.-A4on., Hdy 3-4—Tule lake Pilgrimage, P«k.CA9l7SS ■SSirSP 10-Concert, rwon-1 pm.. USC a Purple Heart. He passed day hospitality room. Slot. Keno loumamcnis. 'loumey ol RememlxarKe and Discovery'. ^ ~ • of th« oootAvtleM was Fkhet Callety. Harris Hall. University Park. Ixinquel at 7 p.m away on Aug. 19, 1995, sur­ B23 • Exposition Blvd. 'Info:. Kay Allen, NEW MEXICO vived by-wife Ruth and son (t>-^-Sun.. lune 11-14—NM |ACL 50th 213/740-4561. NOTE-Clen Horiochi impro­ Vincent — Thd MatsushinuL a 120 3 'S50 □ tlOO 3 Men vises on shamisen. Wm. Roper on tuba, Anniversary "Old Timet's Reunion." AJIxi- Wasaich Ffvnt NorthJACL quetque. Info; Yosh Akuiagawa. 505/881- Shiktxna 2P6/725-I676 NOTE—buses from blendjng Asian and African American Uadi- 9831, OafreJI Yonemolo, 505/868-4167. Los Angeles. Sactamenlo, San Francisco. / ...... Berkeley, San Jose. TranyortBion and hous­ ri Singles Vale TTie Northwest . ing at Origan of Technofogy; vedun- social hour, t tem needed. ______Info B«z. 213/935-8648, Barbara. 626/810- StATTU r 1509. NOTE—RSVP by Feb. 7; music by Taka. Fri. Ian. 30—Exhibit Cfoenirtg:"Welcomihg Central Cal Sul F^. is—lANM performance. lire New: Celebrating Asian New Years in 'Ttadaions in Transition—Asian American . 1. «7 7* FRESNO ■ America.* kVing Luke M OcBivc.lv6zsic.' 2-3:30 pm.. . 369 E. la St Thonks to the Moerosity of P-C- certoonisi, SaL-Swi.. Apr. 4-S-M.I.S. NoiCal 4 SoCal rs;: a,.-;; RSVP by Jan. 25. Cy^a Endo. 213/625- Prte HironaLi of Oayiun lACU the f«l 100 get-toge^. Ramada Jnn. 324 E. Shaw Aire. wtto contribute SlOO or more to tuppon the 0414x279. NOTE—Cieit Horiudii improvises Info Dr. frank Nishio. 209/459^525; I PoctfiC Cilinm will re

A perfect time for youth PocateHo^ladcfoot Chapter to hold involvoment^^ Big Bash/IE>C meeting on Feb. 7-8 New IDC Govqrnor Larry Midd Sato aod errant of the Wasatch Front dtap- ter wiU hedd his first IDC meriing XT THEN ICromi and I were l4lia (June 30 to July 4.) Each dis­ that Asian American youth see as in oopjunctioD with Pocatello- Proctor, Cultural Woriudtopa, \f\l sitting down to write me trict’s Youth^tudmt rqresenta- bring iiQpMrtant to their lives. Blackfoot C^iapjte^’s Big Bash on Joaune jtot; Office « YY ofour last artides for the tive, as wdl as the nahoDal chair Past keynote ^»akers have been Fri). 7-8, at Cactus Petes in Jadc- Pacific Citizen as National and r^, will all be cpudjified to at­ Congressman Norman Mmeta, pot, Nev. Room reservations can Youth^tudent Chair and R^re- tend tte conventioDas delates. Bruce Yamashita, the Naka- be made by calling Cactus Petes sentative, we came to the realiza-. In addition to the duties to be per­ tani fronily. This lunchem is op)en at 800/82 j-U03. The JACL room tiart in the many activities geared be vigorously preparing for the dal del^ate); vice president, offering a stipend of up to $250 for tqwards promoting the partidpa- convention and would Idee to en­ Dwi^ Morimoto (offitaal dele­ those chapters and districts who tidn of youth and students. The courage anyone who would like to gate); secretary, Joanne Kent; and are interested in starting a pro­ MmY^ui Oratorical contest is become involved or just see what treasurer, Masa Tkukamoto. Th^r gram or an event geared towards one ev^t held at every cbovm- JACL is all about to att^. The will be sworn in at the Big Bash >mth and studmts. Ih^ are tion. ^1^ district selects a rqire: emvention is the place to see hsw Banquet limited funds available and the sentative from their district to the true JACX organization Chapiter committee^assign­ g^l^^DeS: stipmds can be retpested on an aanH to the oomfidztion at the works,. espKoally throu^ ^eir ments indude: Big Bash Feb. 7, Karl Endo, Hero Shiosaki. ■ r^rplication basis with an aooom- oonvmtion. Eadr contestant will grassroots efforts. This is where panying budget. For more infbr- begivm a pnid trip to the convm- the JACL plans their goals for the matioD you can contact Patricia tim as wdl as lodging for one , next two years by the nationwide Riverside JACL to mark 30th Ibai-lbm at the CCDC regional night. Prizes are u _____ to th^ rrrembership of the erganization. office. winning contestant For r ere in- Fcr those who have any ideas anniversary at luncheon Apf^catkns are also available fennation* regaining whm each or suggestions of what can be RIVERSIDE, Calif.^pedal the Riverside County baseball for Nataonal JACl^ acfaolardi^is district competition will be held, dene for the youth and student recognitiem will be extended to coach ofthe year. menfoers, this is the firum to as well as for the Masadct^ Fel­ contact the r^onal offices or die- founders of the Riverside JACL at Longtime JACLers Dr. Gen lowship. JACL giveB out over tiict goyemors. bring them to. The delegates who (!)gataand wife Dolly were recog­ attend the convention rai^ in its 30th anmveisaiy installation $70,000 annually fo cdl^ fresh­ As a change from i»st conven ­ luncfaecm Sunday, Feb. 8, at the nized by the Martin Luther Kiiig men, undergraduate and gradu­ tions, the NYSC is planning a age, experience, way of thinking Jr. Monument Visionaries for and areas ofresidence. There are Univereity CHub on the UC River ­ ate students. The deadline is youth day fcr Saturday, July 4. In side campus, 900 University Ave. many years of community service March 1 for High school seniors, the morning, a feUow^pitotem- people who attetKl the convention Social hour starts at noon, lun- and exempilifying his spirit The April 1 for the rest of the Bchdm-- ship fair is s^eduled; various in- who have made JA(X histofy. Ogataswill be honored Jan.24 at The best thingabout the conven ­ dieon at 1 pjn. diips. The Masaoka Fellowship is t^Tiship and fellowship redpnents PC. editor emOTtus Harry K. the Riverside Oxivoition Center. accepting applications now for the are to be present. In the tion is that the individuals who Both were also recently booceed, attend all have onethingin mind, Honda, who attended the first in­ year 1999 tointem in the office of aftem^ there will be workshops stallation at a country club along with fellow di^iter mem­ an API elected official in Wash­ on different issues conoemi^ the to do what is best for the organi- restaurant, will be installing offi­ bers Mable Bristol, Masako Gif-, ington, D.C. The deadlirre is June Asian American community to­ zatkn. We hop>e to find the same cers. Joining in the oriri>ratu» ford and Clyde Wilson for out­ 1,1998. For more information on day. R^istration informaticm can support and oithusiasm towards standingservice fay the Interna- youth and student issues as we will be monbers ri* the historic the scholarships and fellowship, be obtained from National Ifead- Coadirila Valley JACL chapter, rinnal Relations Council. call National Headquarters or the quartere and the regional offices. have seen over the past year and whkh was founded in October When Satoshi Mikami, 95, hus­ a half. We would like to courage r^onal offices. Another conventim event is 1946. - . band, father and grandfetho* of The most exciting task ahead the youth luncheon. A k^ote everyone to get involved in what­ RSVP by Jan. 31 with treasur­ many Riverside . JACLers, cele- we must prepare for is the 1998 speaker will be addressing issues ever c^iadty you would like. ■ er Junji Kumamoto, 909/684- teat^ his birthday recentiy. he National Cmvcntion in Philadel- 0864. The diapiter is also bemor- was touted as the eldest member ing his sen Paul, who was voted of the diapter. —Riverside Whcfs Happening mPSW Newsletter, Lily TbJta M £y Al Muratsuchi ‘TJnsung Heroes” to be hanened PSW Regional Director by Fknin JACL, March 7 The JACX. Florin Chapter’s One of Gundesoo's stud«ts at Political empowemnenf and the 16th ‘Hme of Remembrance the Thle Lake Tri-State High CrOR) pirogram will honor Cau­ School, Yuzuru John Triceshita, JACL cMi ri^ agenda casian relation camp teachers, IhD., profesSM- emeritus at the _ wdl--- as— others- who briped. University of Michigan.Michigan, will be Nikkei in extraordinary ways the main spieaker at the* TTORpro- litical leadership. How things nize the izhpxstance of piolitical during WWIL The event will be gram. X-T7TffiNM I recentiy orga- held on March 7 at the Florto A Florin JACL-Gunderson leadership developmait One of «/%/ nized a nonp^artisan would have been ^ifl^ent if the Scholarship Fund has been set Nikkei community had more po­ JACL’s most outstandingpro­ Buddhist Hall (at Florin and Y .Y JACL seminar on r\m- Pritchard Rds.), Sacramento. up, and in addition to cantiibu- litical dout duringthe war. grams is our annual Washington, ning for office, two longtime JA- Margaret Gundersrm (1903- tkms, {xooeeds fitxn the sale of CLers whom I love and resp)eri - And how things were diferent, D.C., leadership p»ogram, where Evelyn Iritani’s book. An Ocean JA(Xersfrom all over tiie coun­ 1997) was one of such dedicated questioned whether such a t^c when JA(3L was aUe to rriy on persons livingwith the courageof Between Us, will gotowards the the political leeideiriiip ofp^e try meet with riected and ap>- was api^HX^riate .for a civil ri^ts their convictiems and who was a fund. like Senators Spaik Matsunaga pwinted officials, government organization like JACL: They felt great inspiratiem and lifelong For further information contact that issues of electoral politics and Dan Inouye, Congrcocmgi staff lobbyists, and ^ media to learn bow national pxdicy is devri- friend to many young Nisei at Frank Iritani. 91&395-7944 should be left to Democratic and Norm Mineta ami Bob Matsui, in (phone and fax) or TOR dtairper- oped. TVile Lake, where there was so R^ublican dubs. rectifying the internment with re­ mudi confiisian and turmoil. son Christine limeda, 427-2841. I had.to politely disagree. By dress. One of tile perticqnnts in last pwUtically empxrwering our oom- Tbday, the increasingty middle- year’s program was Mkhari Mat^ munity, we are better prepared to rif»ap finH aaaimilafcpH Japsanese suda of SELAN(XJO JACL, a protect our dvil rights; JACi. American community rri^ less young high sdknl teadier who Sacramento 'DOR' and potliick event should be at the forefinnt of train­ oa politics and government in has worked fta* numy years with ing and supiportir^ consdoitious protecting community interests the National Cmfo^oKS of Chris­ Feb, 28; crcd>-teed precedes jjeople to become involved in all than on getting goo4j^ and liv ­ tians and Jews to pvomote better ' ing in the subtnbs. A strategy that race rriations. Recently, Mike an­ Sacramento JACL’s annual.ob- asprects of American p»1itics. We servance nf *3)ay of Remem­ ne^ mor^ pet^le who want to seems to w(»k just fine, eepiedally nounced that be will be running serve our community es (nganiz- for those who aeon to care less for a state Assembly seat in Gar­ brance* will be held Saturday, Fri). 28. at the Saenmeoto ers, priitical approinteea. and about ongoing pjroUems of racism den Grove. Mike is just one of that do not inuneefiatriy many exanqdes of JACL's success Japanese United MHhn^ ^ Ata recent dinner,I had the Op­ 'them or their loved ones. in encouraging and devrioping Chuiiii. 6929 Franklin Blvd. sJSr'.iaiss *Day ofRemriiraooe* urthe ob- portunity to diat with California But as an organizatioo dedicat- our future leadm ■ ed to protectingcavil and human aervanoe of the day. February 19. State lyeasorer and UB. Senate www.jacL<»g 1942, when President Franklin candidate tdatt Fong. When I JACLere riiould be oom- n^ted to supportingand promot­ JACL has a weMIe on Memel Rooaevrit signed Executive Order long-term effects of the Evacua- riiared my frustration with apa­ by typing In -wwar^cLoyg-: The ingleaders will ensure that 9066 whkh caused the wacua- thy in the Nikkei ogmmanity, be cufmnhiwitin)lalnrlnffeebnBic iirfm- .tioo and incarceratfon ofall-per­ reqnnded, *T would think that the nation never forgets what mafion about JACL Now informa- sons of Japanese ancestry fitxn the Japanese Amerian ccxnmu- hmipened to Japanese Americans lioniBbaingaddad. indudrigaMof daringWorld War ^ and vdio the Wtft Coast “HE'S ' nity would kn^ as wril as aity- chaptorA^membac ihlp-aubecrlptton . The chapter’s armua! S^nor ooe the impcalta^ of being en­ will-fight to pirevriit similar WormoUon.cuntariumgulda.8um- tn^edies;from ever happening mary WomtoUnn. prosa tofaaaes, Appredation Day will be com­ gaged in the piriitical procea^ to bined with the DOR programas a loric out for your community^ again, to any groi^) of people. Tb dtocuastanoofibalateotpolcieatttd p^udt event [With membOa and well-being.* that end, JACX should make po­ iaauaa, a aocUon for yorih, acholar- Fong, of course, was reforing litical leadership devriqpment ship Infonnattan. mm Maaaoka friends brmging their favorite to the intenunent, coe of the one of our top priorities. Fdftawshk>. ete.fdaaaandsuggoa- dishes. All those 80 years of age Sr.SSS5.-35: greatest feduFM in American po­ Many JACI^ already recog- tions from chapters are always wol- and over will be presented ^lecial pate.B PActnc cmzEy. Jan as-Fo: iiOT Eden Township honors Yoshiye^^” Kowobala •Sacramento JACL hcaiors Doris Mqtsui

;hip Ch . at CommiHiity ServiceDinner JACL and the Eden Youth Club serving as M C. BYTOKOFUJn unH community contributions. ;i998 board members were in­ « 1998 diapter and youth board Sacramento JA(JL's Fourth An­ Speakers included National stalled at a November dinner at members are: nual Community Service Rea^- JACL President Helen Kawagoe, the Eden Communiw Center. A nition Dinner was^attended by Sacramentoramento Supervisors Ola silver pin was to heariy-500 membere and guests, Collin and Roger Diddnson, ^y- Yoshiye “Yo" who filled the Grand Ballroom of or Joe Serna, Counalman Sam Kawabata, active the Radisson------u_*_iM..-. Hotel on Nov. 1C16. Pannell and Police Chief Art board officer and Lori Fujimoto, National JACL Venegas. a board .member vice president of public afiairs, Yamanishi, JACL nation­ flf Jong standing, commended Doris Matsui, a Clin­ al director, installed the following in recognition of ton staff member, for her many 1998 officers; Miyoko Sawamura, her outstanding contributions to the Asian Ameri­ pres., Dick Fukushima, past and dedicated can community and presented pres., Lori Fujimoto, v.p., Ralph m Sugimoto,treas., Randy Imai and contriCiutions and her with her award. Tfed Kobata involvement with was presented an award for his Erin Komatsubara, to-sec.; direc­ the chapter and many years of volunteerism by tors at large: Mike -Sawamura, many chapter af­ his long-timefriend Kiini Hirona- Mike Iwahiro, Gary Kikumoto, Ex Officio; filiated communi­ ka, and Assemblyman Mike Hon* Deanna Bican, PnsdUa Ouchida, ty organizations. da, who also gave the keynote ad­ Mika Furukawa, Tbko Pqjii, Tbm Presenting the dress, preserited Ral^ T. Si^- Fujimoto. Gene itegawa, Midiael award was Herb IS moto his award for j^rs of civic Futamase and Gary Hatano. ■ Yamanishi, Na­ Eden Youth; tional Director, Ptwlo: from left —Lance Gima, guest speaker. Yo Kawabata. sJver pin recipi ­ who also served ent. JACLNational Director Herb Yamanishi and National President Helen Lr”B?and“ Fong co-pres.; as the installing Kawagoe. officer. Also pre­ Stephanie Ide sent was Helen Kawagoe, Nation­ v.p.; Janet McCarty treas., Christine Ada Wada recoicording seeV: Dick Kawabata community service direc- al President. Spedal guest speak­ Sa.saki dbrres. sesec ’ty;. Tfed Kitayamfl er of. the evening was Lance and Shig Naito co-treas.,co-treas.; John Yama- Gima,-Director of the State DNA da mendiership; Ibmi Miyamoto his­ laboratory in Berkeley,erkeley, CtflifCdht. Enlin-­ torian; Tkts Sakai mqand uonnJc^ Yaniadaiiuua^ hospitality; Daniel Fukuchi historian; tertainment w;' *by the Eden Kathy Jang. Cindy Wong. Gordon Ide. Aoba Tbiko grouL, Even, chair- Tkreaa.Thnigurhi. Br^e Tbm and person was \^ictor Fujii, with Peggy Huie, advisors. M Jeff Yoshioka, CPA, to lead San Jose JACL i ^ ,1) S.AN JPSE—Another native affairs); longtime JACLer Ada Board Members (newly elect­ Sacramento JACLCommunity Service Recognition Dinner son of San Jose, JeffYoshioka, Uyeda, v.p. (membership ser­ ed) for 1998-1999: Katie Hirtmaka, Art Honda, Leon Kimura, Karl Kina- (Irom left): Honorees Ralph T. Sugimoto Jr,Ted Kobata, and Doris Mat. and his cabinet members were in­ vices); resource teacher trainer ga, Susan Mineta, Claire Omura, sui; Keynote speaker Assembiypian Mike Honda, stalled for 1998. A certified pubbe Sharon Uyeda, v.p. (scholarship Miles Yamamoto, Aya Uyeda, Eiichi accountant with Neyama Accoun­ program); language speech Sakauye, Joanne Breitmeyer, Adele tancy since 1980, he is being pathologist, past president (‘80- Hiroee, Wade Katsuyoshi, Curt Mat­ Grecrter L.A. Singles installs ’98 join^ by fellow officers who are ■81) Judy Niizawa, rec sec; Jeff sushima, Randy. Okamura. Ken also being further identified. Yoshioka, treas.; retired attorney, Sakamoto, Nori 'hgawa. cabinet in holiday spirit Dentist Dr. Kaz Uyesugi, v.p. past president C68) Karl Kinaga, Continuing board members (finance); financial adviser Tbm and engineer, immediate past throu^ 1996: Alan Aoyama, George LOS ANGELES-Janet Okubo Bea FqjiiDOto, oor. sec; Ken Kiahiya- Maeda, v.p. (activities); financial president (*97) Mark Ki^yashi, Fujii, Carl Fujita, Jio, Aiko was re-dected and installed as the ma, treas.; Mary Yasul hut-pub.; H^ Nakahara, Judy Niizawa, Tbm 1998 Greater Los An|^ Singes Fukuda, insuraooe. planner Sakamoto, v.p. (dvic delegates. Board (1st year)—Ji^ix Kuruma. Nishisaka, Tbm Shi^masa, Karen chapter inesident at its year-^d Shiraki. Kathy Tbkeda, Wayne Tbn- Emi Mukai, Helen Watanabe, Yoshie Holiday party Dec. 6 at the Proud Yoehimura; (2nd year)—SaHy Akazawa. da, Sharon Uyeda, Kaz Uyesugi, Jeff Bird Re^urant by LAX airport Yoshioka Jaoet Araki, Doo Kawamorita. Tbslvko The officers were installed A1 Ogita, Emy Sakamoto. Ridi^ Konda, Esq., executive Muratsuchi, PSW regional director. Committee i^pointeea—Sadiiko Ya- director of the Asian Law Al­ Her cabinet meidbers, also re-elect­ maguchi, schdarahip; AnnabeUe Lee, liance administered the oath of ed, consists of:' cheers; Sally Akazawa, lefreahnienta. office. The ALA established in Three' 1st v.p. (programs); Louise Founded in 1983, the chapter 1977, was amoi^ the original Sakamoto. Bebe Readt^ (activities). m^ts every second Friday. 7 pjn., tenants in the JACL Office Bldg. Nonna Tba>i (trips); two 2nd v.p. (laem- at the Gardena Valley YWCA 1341 * * * berahip); Joyce Okazaki and Mas Kuwa- W. Gardena Blvd., Gardena. Meet- Kara; 3rd v.p. (l^ialatton): Miyako After 30 years of service with ings are qien to the public. ■ Kadogawa; Aon Tbnaka, rec. sec; the San Jose Police Depakment, assistant chief Thomas Sbige- masa *has found a new career — fishing!!" He was honored ata re­ tirement luncheon Jan. 22, at the ELECTION MEETINGr-Galhered-it at the San Jose JACL board meeting are Rose Garden Inn, 1520 The (from left) Kart Kinaga, Jeff Yoshioka (the new president), Leon Kimura, Claire Alameda, by his cohorts and Ormira, Carl Fujita, Wayne Tanda. Tom Shigemasa. aryJ Adele Hirose. Some fneadB. —Judy Niizawa.M ch^er members are pictured aSendng this Nov. 14.1997, meeting. St. Louis Chapter Honolulu elects attorney Dtei as president elects new board The JACL St. Louis Chapter - Japanese* Americ-an recently elected its officers and board for the coming year. The 1998 board : Dr. Kendall 5^^ Itoku, president Irma Yokota, LtlftAj vice president of programs- Steve Mitori, Vice president of O JEM LEW PHOTO **member8hip: Bob Mitori, trea­ G»e«TER UL 8MQL£S 1996 ettepter president JM Okubo (second from surer, Wendy Roll, secretary; left) entertaine with Luana Bpba (M), Jerry Murente «xlFuse Motowaki in Sam Nakano; and Mike 1 nV- 1: Minsey.B aH8Miaianr)umberattheinstalationpai1yheldDec.6attoeProudBird. .

Friday before date of issue News releases and all advertising (including HONOLULU-:Attomey and cW rights actwst Clayton Ikei will lead the death ..notices) for this Jayxtfwse American Citizens League, Honokiu Chapter, through 1998. publication are due the The election of its 1998-99 board of drectors was held at its annual meet- ing on Dec. 14.1997, at the Ala Moana Hotel. Pictured from left to right are: “Friday before date of Front Row—Kyle Kajiwo. v.p. programs; Art Ko^ treas.'; Clayton Ikei. iase “ Publicity items are pres.; Ernie Ximoto, v.p. administration; Keith l^tfnteugi, vp. pubic affairs; usually consigned to the David Forman, secretary. 2txl Row—directofs Ben Kudo. Steve Okino, AF Calendar page. icyn Hldda Tasaka, Helen Nagtalon-Mler, Doreen Nakatsu. Brandon Abe, Mail of fax items to 7 Kalene Shim 3rd Row^-drectors Bil Kaneko. 61 Hosh|o. Cobert Mat- Cupania Circle, Mon­ sumoto, Marie 'Doly ”^Strazar. Garret Toguchi, Mark Nakashima, Alan Mu­ terey Park. CA 91765, rakami Not Pictured— drectors Karl Sakamoto,. Dennis Sato, Devon 213/ 725-0064. Nekijba, Dan Ishi, Aice Hokaina ■ R^CIFICtTnZEN. JXw. M-Pta. S.I9W

\/4n/M4uC tAe View your WRA11^ at NATION I the National Aichives WASHIN(?rON—The Civii lib­ birth, birthplace, sex, name .of erties Public Education Fund WRA Rekxatico Center and/or Board of Directors encourages name rf Immigratian & Natural­ DNC ends ban on AI^Ameiipan Nikkei &nner intemees-..to view tl^r ization Service (INS) internment immigrant donations Waf Relocation Authority files camp; date and approxinste time conference on race/identity during their visit to Washington, you be at Naticmal Archives The DeiDoaatic National Com­ D.C., for the National Day of Re­ to look at the papers and yrw mittee ^pted at aJan. 10 meeting planned April 3-5 membrance ceremony on Fd). 19 present mailing address with to lift its ban on accepting dona- or whoever they are in the area. phone number and if available, ticKis from legal permanent resi­ LOS ANGELES—What ties icy Council, AssociatioD of Japaaeae •Many may not be aware of the an e-mail address. dents the United States bind all Japanese Americans, language Schools, Center for Nikka fact that former internees can Also helfrful to correctly identi­ Although not qualified to vote, whether yodng or old, lasei dr Studies, San FranciscD State Uoiva ’- view their own WRA files at the ty the file are the name of asaero- l^al immigrants had been per- Yonsei, pre-war or post-war immi- sity. Chibi No Gakko, Christ United National Arduves," notes Board bly center; mother’s maideh nutted to mske legal politica! do- ^^t, ofJapaneseorofmulti-eth­ Methodist Church, Church of mdnber Don Nakanishi <£ Los name; fether’s name; prewar res- ; -nationB until the ben was im­ liberty, Inc, Japanese American^Cit- posed in 1996 as a restilt of con­ nic heritage? What needs to be izens " • • — Angeles, lb review their files, idenoe; and if available, the WRA' done to ensure that the Japanese camp survivors should write to: family number. troversies oyer contributions fimn 1 American community prospers National Archives and Records An individual may review foreign donors. ■Into the 21st Century? Administratkm, Archives -& Ref­ recOTds of a family manbtf or A coalition of naticmal Asian Pa­ On ^ril 3-5, people from erence Branch, Ibxtual Reference fiiend if they have notarized per­ cific American organizations, in­ across the. Division, Attn: Ms. Aloha South mission from the relative or cluding the JA(X, said they were called to redefine Nikkei idoitity (Rm 11-E), Ibxtual Branch, Civil friend to the researcher to exam- pleased with the DNC s decision and community through ‘Ties JspBnese Evsngelical Missicxiaiy S(^ Records; 7th Street and Pennsyl- ine and make copies of their pa- to repeal the ban. “We felt that the ban unfairiy that Bind: a Japanese American scapegoated legal immigrants,” Community Conference" at the You wiU need to provide the fol­ decea^ may be examined with­ said Bob Sakaniwa, JACL’s Japanese American Cultural and WashingtonD C. Representative. Community Center. It is being co­ lowing information: out an authorizati^ documKit T Name used'in camp. date.of “Legal immigrants were not sig­ ordinated by representatives of nificant players in the fund-rais­ major Nikkei organizations. ingscandaV^nd pn^bitingthem The JACCC,244 San Pedro IS. Manzanar committee seeking from political paftidpation would St, will s^^^ prim^ confer­ photographs for tour book not hi^e-removed any (NDblems ence site, with activities also at finm our fund-raising sykem.” ■ the Japanese American National In preparation of its “Self-Guid to comi^ete restoratiem of the au­ Museum. ed IbuB of Manzan^ proji ditorium to its original design. Hate crimes rise in Calif. Ihe registration fee ($45, indi­ the Maiuanar Committee has Anyone who has photographs viduals, $20 students and those Asian Pacific Islanders in Cali­ of the gardens or the auditorium fornia are the third most commcm with»mn ImutMlimited incomelincome) indudesmauoes a ^ Ch^, UCLA ^ Amato t„grai*s of the original gsitiens, is requested to contact the Man­ Friday ^e^ cuW Yu.A.Ka^a«imoreaajom- ^remains aiaturreStly viai- group affected by hate crimes, af­ zanar Ckimmittee. The original ter whites and blades, according mance,AAMuaM, SaturdaykMavuuAaaj bentocar luaawA,lunch, mgdaily, . ' ■lies that Bind Conference ble to visitors to the site, to be in­ photogr^h will be returned after to the state's first extoisive study Md one copy of the Directoiy of cluded in its tour book. They a cc^ has been made by the com­ Japanese Amencan Community is fiind^ in part by the Civil lib­ of hate crimes reositly released erties Public Educatiem Fimd, Pa- would like i^oti^raphs of the mittee, unless the owner vrishes by the attnrnty general’s office. . dfic Bell, and Southern Califivnia original gardens in Blocks 6, 9 to donate it to the committee or to In 1996 more than 2,5(X) people and 12. the Manzanar National Historic ence surrey. Edison, lb become an organiza­ were victims of hate crimes in tional ^ns(v, or for more infm-- Manzanar Site Siq)erint«)dent Site. * California alone; 71.2 percent ' Oi^anizational sponsors to Roes Hofkins is also seating {^o- The Manzanar Committee has Hnfa indude' mation: Bill Watanabe (LTSC) were radaUy motivated, of which 213/473-1600 or Chris Aihara tographs of the historic auditori- received funding from the Civil 9.6 percent were agai^ APIs. SALT LAKE CITY—The 11.-1! SAN FRANCISCO-A calendar WASHINGTON—Descriptions Councilman Fukai Nikkei turnout was massive for of next year's Day of Remembmnce of prcgects being funded by Civil the Office of Redress Admin­ (DOR) events wiU be posted on the Liberties Public Educatiem Fund announces retirement istration (ORA) team here Nov. Worid Wide Web site |www.acon. grants are now on its website: After 24 years on the job. Gar­ c^clpefl of the Civil Liberties Pub­ htt{K//wwwJ0(^or^cdpef. dena City Coundhnan Mas Fukai 22 at the Japanese C^Ihurch of lic Education Fund, vice chair Su-. Christ, who reminded all poten- < Specifically, the project descrip­ announred at a recent bound! san Hayase of San Jose noted.'We tions were based on revised pro­ meeting that be will call it quits tial redress applicants to ffie be­ want the public to know about all fore Jan.31, 1998, or if denied gram summaries submitted hy ontdai^ 10. DOR activities to be hdd through­ Ihe forma dud* d^aity ofthe and wish to appeal, by April ffie grant reci;aents in March. out the country," said Hayase. The late County Supervibcr, Kenneth 1988 throu^ the ^^Mte Di­ CLPEF program is scheduled for 1997. In San Francisoo,CLPEFand Hahn, said he wants to retire to vision. ^ Feb. 19,1998, at the American His- tmy Museum of the Smithsonian UC Berkeley’s Division of Asian improve his health; Fukai, 71, Here frem Washington were American Studies will hold, a suffered a streke three years ago, JoarmeChiedi, assistant ORA In^tution. Sponsc^ of local DOR activities grants recipient^ conference fium making it difficult to walk and to director, Lisa Johnsem and link are being requested to inform the Sunday, June 28 to July 1, at use his right arm. Cooper. CLPEF as soon as possible of their the Raddison Miyako Hotel. De­ Hahn named Fukai to the Present were 108 Nikkei, sdiedujed events tor 1998. ■ tails are to be announced. ■ county’s Narcotics and Dangerous many vitally concerned over Drugs Commission in 1971. ORAs reseai^ of FBI, military Shortly after that he won his first and Naval Intelligence docu- Thanksgiving (Nov. 22. 1997). time when Preadent Clinton has seat on the dty council, and in ments and tel^ooe logs to as­ HATL DIALOGUE launAed his own plans to heal 1987 he was named chief deputy. certain uh^er railroad and is under litigation. While the (Continued from page 1) race relations in America with the Throughout his career' he mining mcecutives were influ­ ORA.hM_^d no-smoking said Sen. Bradley, who got in­ Initiative on Race. been credited for his stance and enced regarding the summary gun,” the office IS diligently re­ volved with the event after receiv ­ The format for the dialogues work in youth anti-drug pro­ viewing literally toils ofmateri- was simple; breaking off into grams. ■ firingU1 Ulg ofXJl Japanese AAmericans AAAAV4 AVW4W AAAin ------J ------ingIIIV «Uan UlVJUlUUllinvitation toVU theUKT U1first OL IDayaFO/ ,, * »• «/\ I wake of the attack on Pearl al seeking any such ccmnection, of Dialogue fiom Ridley-lhomas. si^ ^ Harhor Dec. 7,1941. she assured: -I found it tremendously valuable volunteer faobtators guided ffie groups in bccest and candid dis- DENNrS At this time, according to The meeting broke up into and interesting in terms of radal (Conttnuad from page 1) small groupsso that pot^tial understanding,”he said. cussiemson race issues for about Chiedi, the ORA has letters ** ...... three hours.’Ihe main objective is ' from railroad company execu­ applicants were able to explain •We can all benefit... if we sit il Rights Monitor, whidb r^imts tives affirming tho' took indi­ their case and fill out an ORA down and talk,” said LA City At­ to the Justice Depiartinent, is cur- application. Many were also torney James Hahn, who noted mtly loddng into the ca^ vidual action to fire Japanese about ideas. Just last Augu^ a group of Americans and had been able to inquire abemt their indi­ that even though overall crime in LA has decrea^, the number of In planning the “National Days falsely Asian and Adan American warned by the U.S. Attorn^ vidual situations. of Dialogue,- Ridley.-nMn.aa aaid, IDC Gov. Yas Ibkita opened hate crimes has increased. “[Hate students fium Syracuse Univers- General’s Office not to fire a cenceiied eSbit was made to get ty filed a lawsuit againstDalny’s 4he meeting, followed by an in>' crimesl happen,” he said, “be­ aliaui of cause mass hysteria. cause people don't understand as many ethnic groupe invol ,Ki. ^.an unspectfi^ amount of (The FBI and the Justice,De- vocation fi’^ Rev. Kent Ikeda. “We quite deUberately and con­ damages.The studtotsare accus­ 'Other speakers induded: for­ each other.” Other leaders attend­ parbnent were also apinst the ing the event induded Coogre^ sciously...went into the respec- ing the restaurant racial dis­ Army’s mass evacuation plans ma' Japanese Latin American woman Julian Dixon, (32nd Dis­ crimination after being refused because “dangerous" enemy internee Kazuo Matsubayashi; trict), Councilman Nate Holden SeiVioe than * aliens of the Goman, Japanese Jeanne Konishi, whose father (lOtV District) and Council- cans are present m this eBbrt, he by a group of white patrons in the and Italian descent were imme- was nmflgig Japanese railroad­ woman Rita Walters (9tfa Dis­ said in an intendew with Pacific paik^ lot while two of Domy’s diatdy detained afte* the bomb­ ers firqd because of ancestry; trict). dtian, notingdfaat various AAor- hired seovity gututls watdied. ing a( Pearl Harbor.—Ed. Note) and Dawn Nodzu, who is re­ For six days people finm all The company that owns the ^ The informational presenta­ search^ ttie case of railroad- races gatfaoed in schools, church­ Syracuse Dom/s fianefaise, NDI tion culminated with questions ' mining workers. es. mosques, living rocans, and Foods Id Cv , had filed for Chapter frexn the audience aiul answers Delta High School teacher businesses from Miami and New 11 .bapkniptty last November, from ORA legal counsel Cooper. Jane Beckwith of the Delta 7 Ycak to Dellas. Baltimore, and temporarily putting a bold on the In'^reqxnse to the status of Ibpaz Museum announced the San Francisoo. to talk about ways students’ lawsuit, but a UB. Japanese Latin Americana’ recent acqiBSitoD(rf'400 acres at to inqirove race rdations. In LA Bdnknqitty court jud^ receotty rampaign for justice, Chiedi was the former campsite as a histor- alone store than 150 dialogues ruled that the lawsuit can pra- unable to comment as-their case ical area. E were bdd. Ihe event occurs at a S« NATLOMljOGU^liVt 10 raecLB pACtnc cmzEW. j*w. 23-Fp &, i»9e BookReviewi

expressed his opinion that to engrave ferent from the loc^ inhabitants. The mg tours throughout the country asking three crests on eadi lantern was a top- ultimate destination of these people was aids to the poor. He died at the age'of 106 heavy order. Tliey insisted that the order Japan. King Roman of Shinhan came to at Tbrai- BY JAMES ODA Japanaround 250. His son. KingYuzu. came from the hipest source and that he (Althor 's N cjte : According to Christian had to do what he was told. Their atti­ followed him around 280 accompanied by scholars, there is a period of about ten years ■ ISANORI Shinoliara was bom vi tude was, ‘Don't ask questions, just do it, thousands of retainer^, with a large-quan­ ui Jesus’ life that cannot be accounted tor. It 1931. His name has been ven.-, you’ll get paid for it" tity of goldr silver and jewelry- for tribute is said that he might have spent part of the ___ - prominent in the news media in Emperor Nintoku (16th) dispatched said ten years in Tibet studying Buddhism. Japan. His book was published by Kofii- (AimtOR’s N ote: Both Count Futama and these people in groups to all points of the Also it IS entirely possible that be came to sha in 1982 and is now in its 20th edition, Morioka have passed away. The Shrine country to spread the tedinlque of the Japan during this period. If Jesus chose to revealing its popularit>‘. In the meantime, was originally built in the 5th Century. The silk industry. Their number exceeded come back to Japan for the second time to he has authored several other books. The stone lanterns were installed in the 2^' well over 18,000. live for the rest of his life, his dfrisinn was highlight of this one is the Takamatsu- Century.) Emperor Yuryaku (21st, 450-480) most Ic^cal. Japan was a frontier country issued an order lo recall all these techni- and varied people were coming en mfljge in zuka Mound that was found and excavat ­ TTiLs is the story ofthe stone lanterns ed in March 1972 in Asuka Milage, Kara- pans back to Kyoto and pnnided perma­ search of a promised land. The Lost Tme and three crests. It established beyond nent quarters for them m the Yamashiro had already been there, maintaining a com­ ken. This tomb is reputed to contain the any doubt that the innermost arcle ofthe remains of Prince Ijakachi-noHDji. pcwsibly district of Kyoto. They contributed to the manding position, ^omori-ken is the north­ imperial family was aware of their con­ well-being of the people by utilizing their ernmost country, and imperuil troops under regent pnnee and sIm of Emperor Temmu nection to the Lost Tribe ofIsrael. the command ofthe Lost Tribe in pursuit of 1673-686). His moth^TAmako-no- knowledge of industrial techniques. For instance, they constructed dams for irri­ the Ainu resistance forces had to pause at Iratsume, came from the Munakata clan A CCORDING TO anaent Japanes^lit- this dead end. It safe to assume there of Kyushu. Shmohara sjates that the gation purposes. This residential area xxerature, when imperial ancestors ^ became the so-called IJatlmasa colony. were more Jewish settlements in Aomori- local lords in Kviishu at tliat time were descended on Japan,a man named ken than anywhere else. In that respect predominantly Jewish. Uzuma^ means the great Hata clan. Sarutahiko acted as the chief gtode. His Hata means Chin in Chinese, indicating alone. Aomori-ken wa.s the most ideal place* The body of Prince Takachi-no-oji was physical appearance was described as for Jesus to settle down). unusually large as compared to the aver ­ that they are descended fit>m the Chin very tall with a high nose; this descrip­ Dynasty. age Japanese living then, and strange as tion suggeststhat the person is ofJewish Jesus’ tomb is located in the backyard it may seem, there was a crest of King In the vicinity there is a shrine called lineage. Osake Shrine, whidi commemorates King of the Sawaguchi family, who claimed to Herod of Israel on the top of the casket.' be his descendant. Beside his tomb is On the ceiling directly above the casket David. There is also a temple named (AiTHOR’s N ote: Generally speaking. Koryuji built by the Hata clan. In its gar­ another one containing the hair belonging was the astronomical chart centered C'aucasians have a hi^ nose and Jap^ese to his brother Ishkiri. There remains in around the North Star, indicating that a flat nose The Jewishnose i.s not striking den exists a well named Jsarai, the Japaneseway ofpronouncingIsrael. the localities all sorts of Jewish customs the buried person was an emperor, or a in a gathering of Caucasians, but becomes and folklore. For instance, father is called \ioble person equivalent to an emperor. romspicuous in a gathering of Jews and There are some controversial, mind- bo^iing l^ends in Japan. Author dada and mother aba. People wear \On the surrounding inside wall, there Japanese Japanese literature often makes farmer’s work clothes called harade were paintings of many court attendants derogatoiy remarks, likemng the Jewish Shinohara elaborates on some of them. The first one is about JesusChrist. which are identical with the ones used in who sereed under him. The court atten­ nose lo vhal of a goblin. It is said dial impe­ Israel. There is a custom to sew a Star of dants in those days wore uniforms. A rial family memb^ retained the Jewish * According to legend. Jesus came to Japan duringthe reignofEmperor Suinin David emblem on children’s dothes. Star researcher came up witli the proof that nose because they intermamed within the ofDavid signsare observed here and groupfor centuries). (llth). He landed at Hashidateport and the attire in the painting was used in a there in the villages Frequently, babies period from April 5, 684 to July 2. 686. moved east to Ecchu where he studied Sarutahiko must have been a retainer language and custom for ten years. At the with hi^ noses, reddish cheeks and blue Emperor Tbmmu was the ruler of this eyes are bom and they are called aka- period but he has his own tomb else­ or an ally of the Munakata Clan. age of 33, he went back to Israel to where, and Pnnee Kusakabe, his other Apparently the Munakata Clan was an preach the ------' son, and contender for the throne, had advance party for the Lost Tribe. TTiey gospel. died earlier (689). This process narrowed had Kyushu under their domination and However, he down the identity of the buried to Prince were waiting for the eventu^ arrival of encountered New auto rates &. terms Tbkadii-no-oji. (This process of elimina­ the main body. This conclusion was obvi ­ harsh criticism tion had to be used because there were no ous from the literatureon hand. frnm church identifying markings in Japanese.) At the welcoming reception, a half- elders and was naked woman named Ainanouzume findlly captured MUNAKATA CLAN — Amako^to- appeared and took charge of entertain­ by the Roman AUTO LOANS Iratsume ment. She asked Sarut^ko, “Where is soldiers. ♦ Prince Takachi-no-oji the imperial entourage (call^ sumemi- He was sup­ 4 Emperor Tbrnmu, 40th ma] headed for?'Are you going to accom­ posed to have 4 Prince Kusakabe pany them?" Sarutahiko repUed, "It is all been crudfied, 4 Empress Jito, 41st arranged. They will go to Mt. Takachiho, but to this date 4 Emperor Mommu, 42nd and as for myself, I am going to the upper his remains 4 Princess Ahai stream region of the Isuzu Rver in Ise." have never been FUJIWARA CLAN — Princess Miyako- found. hime (Althor 's N ote: The word sumemima According to a. Thus .the existence of Jewislj noblemen might have derived from the Sumerians, legend, Jesus' within the imperial family nas been antecedents of the Jewish people in youngerbrother Euroasia) proven. (Ishkiri?) took his place and Thus, the imperial entourage (sumemi­ rpHE SECOND HIGHLIGHT of was crudfied 7.9^ ma) was escorted to the stronghold of the X Shinohara’s book is his visit to the Ise instead of him. New or Used Cars Munakata Clan at Mt Thkachibo, and Jesus,accompa- Shrine. As mentioned in the P.C., Jan. 24. Sarutahiko went to Ise accompanied by 1997„ there is an avenue of more than nied-by a few 100 stone lanterns outside Ise Shrine on Amanouzume, the half-naked lady. disdples, New cars: Upto60mos. Apparently this lady later became his each ofwhich a chrysanthemum, King esca^ toward wife, assuming the name Sarume-no- Herod’s crest, and King David ’s star are’ the east. Used cars*: Upto,48mos. engraved in that order from top to bot­ kimi. Sarutahiko was a powerful figure. After wander- tom. What was his missirm in Ise?It mi^t be Shinohara’s mission was to inquire why i^instarva- Borrow up to $50,000* ’auto loan entirely possible that his mission was to these crests were engraved. He directly tiem throu^ the •100 M»*CeMT.W HHSH BtUE BOOK develop a site for an imperial shrine ■WCTt to the shrine’s adminisfrative office. wilderness of - OAc. eoes not mccudc : taxes. LiceNsc. erreHceo « where not only imperial goddess the Siberian WARRANTCS.JASEO ON 1D0H BLUE BOOK. There he was given a cordial brush-off Amaterasu-dmikami, but KingDavid, saying that they weren't in the position to st^3pe, he and OTHER LOANS answer the questions. He-was told to King Herod and other Jewish ancestors his company refer the questions to the people who would be enshrined. arrived in Signature Loans IZ9% CO engraved them. After repeated inquiries, (AuTOOiCs Nore: It is safe to assume that ' Alaska aft^ Shore Setured 6.5X m he was given the name of Masahiro Kto, there pyintM a rigid diain ennmand four y^is. After . who happened to live in Nishinomiya within the Lost Tribe.) escaminiog gec^ Other Secured 12.5X opr , City, 300 miles away. He had traveled grajhiral sur­ more than 1,000 miles to I^ from Tbkyo, Records of the l^end of the Lost Tribe roundings, he but could not complete his mission in ancient Japan are indeed numerous, deeded to go Try our new Telephone Teller .out beading west 300 miles more to according to author Shinohara. After the bade west and , '' 24 hr. 800.498.5225 Locnl 363.5225 Nishinomiya City fall of the Chin Dynasty in 209 B.C., the move toward Masahiro Kite, owner of a masonry Lost Tribe escaped to the east and finally the south by company, turned out to be a frioidly p^- settled in the southern part of Kraua. sea. He had an ioip the Notional MCI CieCrl Uiilon. Coll, foi n moll the son and answered all the question^readi- TTiere were three small countries in c^iportunity to iofornotioQ below, We will sepd membership inlormolien. ly. According to him, he was contacted by South Korea, namely Benhan, Bahan and gk 00 a beat, a. Count Futama, then head of the Shinhan. Each one efth^ was made up and sailed down National Shrine Administration, and of the refugees frum the Chin Dynasty ’ toHadunoe Zensho Moriedea, head of an advisory port in Aomori- and coodsted witii one anertfaer. Utbro/Ciiif/Snw/Zie - committee, to make more than 100 stone There is a descriptitKi of these countries lanterns. He was specafically ordered^ in the official Chinw histmical document ' JesuBsettled engrave on each one of thein the chrysan­ GisJuMK^-den: Their ji^ysique was downatThrai themum crest, Herod crest, and Star of extramlinarify large, they always wore village and n^- David. He had not the sU^test idea dean dothes, and they were goi^ at riedanative^ 0MonaJJACL about the Herod aest and Star of David, ' weaving. They knew how to cast iron. giri named cston- uitioN and ^ven today was ignorant of their his­ Kings r^e on horses. Mfyu-Hequit torical badigr^d; it was never Their language and customs were dif­ lireaefaing, but 101721 /SIC. VUe 041107.001 3554040/NO S444I2I/FU act S2I-2I0I eqdamed to him. But he r^embered he weotoniralk- PACEFIC CmZEW. Jaw . 23.Ftai 5.1998 researdi, that the treasure must have objecte baskaOy neeiied in faaildixig a new rriHERE IS anodier l^end of the early been buried in the de^ interior of K&. ID S pmOlised «(AmHOR's N oie: Theae pbe X Jewisharrivals onAa^-shima. I believe, not because ofJec Tkurugi, Shikijku. His analysis of the It is estimated that it took them two passagein the Bible was support^ by because ofmaiyr Jewish setUenkAtB of the Aweyi-shima is located betweoi and and a half yeaia to make a roond tX9 LostTVibe). Hhikoku. bloddng the eastern extremities many sdiolars. betweei the west end ofthina and the of the Seto Inland Sea. According to the Soon a man who had attained wealth Near East It was a slow, slow process. Japanesemythology,the Aw^i-shima in the loan-shaiiungbudness a{^)eared rilHERE WAS A religious“fanatitf' Th^ were r^ugees with a loffy aim to was the first piece ofth^real state creat­ at Mt. Tkurugi and started excavation build a peacdul homeland-. - X named Ohohmaru Thkeuchi who ed by Ixanagi^o-mikoto^hd Izanami-no- with the help of loc&l villagers. He contin­ Triie, they could be daasified as ___ claimed that he was a descendant of mikotoupon-descendingfroiaH^ven. Sukune Thkeuchi (or Nomi), a well- ued for 14 long years, through the colonists; But at that stage of Ur history, There exist a score of old mounds alleged­ Mandiurian Inddent and through they would be looked upxm as a progres­ known andmt personalia who invented ly related to ancient Jewish settlers . Second Woiid War. He exhausted all his sive people. ■ the rules and regulations of sumo between Mt. Konjoe and Komoe Beadi in savings and died bn^e in 1950. He had wrestling, and that he was in possessidh the southern portion of the island. lost the biggest gamble of hie life. of an ancient book translated from' It was reported in theSAimMm, After his death, anothergroupconnect­ Hie Herodian Dynasty Japan's hieroglj^hic document which On top of the casket d* Prince Tbkai^- October 12,1952, that ever since ed with a splinter religious sect appeared- tw-oji — as dted (above) in Tknno-kato traces the reccvds of the imperial family Yoshitaka Shlroyama, president ofthe and resumed the excavation atai^pther for more than 10,000 years. Yudaya-Jin by Hisanori Sunohara, aixl ' Awaji Archeological Study Association, spot in the vidnity, but to no avail. which James Oda notes in his review of the aimounced the existence in Awaji ofhis­ Retir^ Naval Admiral Eisuke Yamamoto (AinwoR’s N ote: This author cate^incally book — “strange as it may seem, there was refutes the egdstenoe of any such document). torical ruins relating to the arrival of was conspicuous among the sponsors in a crest of King Herod.” Jewish people in ancient times, Professor this undertaking. There were two King Herods, as feuixl in It is said that this Ih^eudu cme day Tbmohide Naito of Tbkyo University According to the Rafu Shimpo dated . the Gosprds. The first was “Herod the came to the Tbrai villa^ and instantly decided to conduct the excavation of the 10/11^5, another group is now Great" who reigned at the time the Magi proclaimed that the tomb was that of mounds. He would be assisted by Rabbi engaged in the excavatiem, and a movie visited him when they were in Jeriisalan. Jesus Citrist. Ihis episode had a n^ative M. J. Rosen of the Eighth Army and company named Sho Kosugi Production The second was Antipias, son dHerod the Koichi Kobayashi of the Israel-Japan is planning a movie based un its entire Great and his fourth wife, who was given effect on the authenticity of the Tbrai leg­ the dynastic title Herod from Rome Eind end. Incidentally, (%ohmaru Thkeuc' Society. hi^ry. The excavation took place at the reign^ from 4 B C. to A.D. 39. It was to was arrested around 1930 on the ch; him that Jesus was sent by Pilate to be of lese majeste and was tried in secrecy mound situated in the center of Shishuen TN THE summer of 1941, Isamu in Sumoto-slji. The location was a XKawase, rwted agricultural expert, wr tried, as the Gospds record. for 15 years. The reason it took so long •Herod the Groat aprpears in the writings was that he introduced a hugevolume of scenic vista point overlooking the Osaka Bay. ancient literature written hot in contem- at age 15, after arresting a brigand who was ' porary Japanese but in hierc^yphic writ­ As they dug, they found a V-shaped for horses, and the second object was to overrunning Syria and prutting him to ing or Chinese characters used as ^1- stone casket with predous blue pebbles gain knowledge about the sheep called death. After storming Jerusalem in 37 B.C., labary. Prosecuting attorneys and judge inside. According to an expert, the burial "kanyo” that were raised in North China. Herod was made the king of Judaea and couldn't make a head or tail of these doc­ site might be a symbol of a woman's sex He was forttmate to find a herd of the ruled as a client-prince (or vaesal king) of uments. Ihkeuchi made a modcery out of organ (in this case, that nfizanami-no- Kanyo sheep in the vidnity of Kai-faig, the Roman Empire. A peaceful Palestine the trial. The impasse was resolved when mikoto) an^ the method of construction and he made the following report: was important to Rome as a buffer state Gen. Douglas MacArthur made his tri­ W.as of Jewish origin. “It is reported that there exist about between the Romans and Parthians (mod­ umphant entry intodefeated Japan;the Ao»rding to Tbkisaburo Thkechi of the 100,000 heads of the Kanyo sheep in ern-day Iranians). Kojiki Study Center, who toc^ part in the northern China. This sheep is exception­ The Herodian Dynasty consisted of sever- trial was*dismissed on the basis of the Ell members wbo govern^JewishPalestine - violation ofreligiousfreedom^ excavation, there is no denying that Jews ally large in size with shorter hind 1^ came to andent Japan. He stresses the and with an exceptionally large tail hang­ (Judaea) during the pieriod of Roman dcxni- nation for 140 years from 40 B.C.-AD. (Aumort’s N ote: Ja^ there existed following three points: ing down almost touching the ground. such a legal procedure as secret trial. 1. From a geological standpoint, Awaji Hiis extra large tail is used to hoard and iota—Encylopaedia Daisuke Namba was executed by this is made up of the oldest soil formations in preserve excessive fat in spring when for­ Brittanka 1911; Japan. ageis abund^L The fet is reverted bade Oxford Companion method for shooting at Prmoe Regent totheBible.1993.| Hirohito. Shusui Kotoku and company were • 2. It is said that Awaji was inhabited by to the body when forage is scarce.” Kawase’s report was short and concise. framed and executed for all^edly organiz­ Ainu, but their language has much in James Oda ing an armed rebellion.) common with the Hebrew language. Nothing came of it, as Japan had lost the A Kibei Nisei 3. Komoe means “a mat on top of secre- war. It was ignored for 24 years until I wbo started the A case similar to the Tbrai village cy* in Hebrew, and it implies that andent 1965, when Kawase was invited by the I Japranese langua^ episode is the Hohtatsu, Ishikawa-ken, artifacts are buried beneath. Israeli government as an agricultural I section at episode where it is allied Moses came to However, Professor Naito cautioned consultant. There he saw a hiige herxLof UamaruvFree Japan and died at this place. According to that l^end cannot be accepted as sden- the Kanyo sheep on a kibbutz farm. He Press be the legend, Moses landed at Imahama tific evidence and that the aoc^itance of was lite^ly dumbfounded because th^. enlisted to the Beach around 1425 B.C., married a the theory of the Jewish migration would were the same kind of sheep that he had Army and tau^ native girl named Omuro-hime and after totally upset the hitherto accepted imper­ found in the I^-feng area of China 24 Japanese propaganda methods and military a short sqjoum returned to Sinai. Tbn ial theory on the origins of the Yamato years before. langu^ during WWIl at the Military years later he came back, engaged in race. Later he found the same Kanyo sheep Intelligroce Service Language School at making the ten commandments stone, (called awatsi in Hebrew) in Iran, Iraq Miimesota. and again returned to Mt. Sinai. He came an that began with for Moses, ^is wife and grandson. This hand down an offidal dedsibn on any new China. “A Japanese-Jewish Connection” (Jan. 24 - story was based on the book titled "Hikari interpretation of impmal history. Any theo­ There are historical records that Japan Feb. 6, 1997), raising the questions. “Can it wa Thho yori —"Li^t from the East,” ry that damages the imperial position once had raised sheep in the (^nuna be that the ancestins of Japan^ and would be tabled by this body for further area. Presently, no sheep husbandry Jewish pjeoples both began their existence written by Kikuko Yamane and published study — meaning, “Never again brought up in the same area of the ancient world? Can in 1^7. In this stoiy, it is sig^cant that for discussion — permanently” The Awaji exists in Jap>an. It is said that Jap>an's it be that the linperial Family anese scholars, and (Author ’s N ote: one has to give some cre- area. There is a high-qualitywooloirug XXLost TVibe involves the seardi arid : because JACL is among organizations rat­ dei^ to this stoiy, because it is said that in the Shosoin museum that was woven ing the saga of courage and compassion of Moees disappeared into thin air in the lat^ excavation of King Solomon's treasure. It domestically in the Gumma area. It was is a knowirfiactthat Solomon duringhis Chiune Sugihara, the Japianese dipAxnat in part of his life and his remains were never ^ted that wool hair used in manufectur- Lithuania who rescued the lives of an esti­ founffin Israel.) reign accumulated an enormous amount ingcame from the Kan^ sheep that mated 6,000 Jewsin Poland fleeingthe __ ofgold,silver came originally from Isi^ tiumtgh HrJocaust in 193940 by issuing tl^ tran­ and predous China to Japan. Thus the arrival of the sit visas to Japtan), Oda in his second contri­ stones from all Lost Tribe to Japan”was given credorce bution (April 18-May 1) reviews the book by Is the Lost TriBe over the world. by the movement ofanim^ that accom- Zenichiro Oyabe, *nie Jew and the Roots oS It is alleged pranied the tribe. of Israel the that, with the Similarly, horseswere broughtinto defeat ofthe ancient Japian frt>m the Near East rizes that the Ainu people came from Israel founder of northern king­ dom, the Lost history bock, thwe wae no tall TVibe carried horses in Japan before the Third Japan's ImperidC the treasure only short-l^gedMongolian-typehorses. with them and, after arriving According to Isamu Kawase, agricultur- Jamilp? al^uthcnity. fine horses were originally in Japm, they raised on the Thrkestan pfeteau, but they buri^ it some­ wo% ftjrther imprroved ly introduction of where. In feet, TOPICS COVERED a strain of Arabian horses. He doed not IN JAMES ODA’S it is motioned agree with the theory of Professor Namio in the Bible Egamithat the horse-ridingTXingustribe TJEW BOOK (Ch. 20. the came down from the north and oonqu^ed “Common Ancestry of Apocalypse) andoit Jcqian. He contends that there Jews and Japanese" ■ that the trea­ were no combat-typehorses availableto sure was sealed “Shogun Clans: Japanized Ainu; them. He maintains that horses were Imperial family—Jewishinfluence " ■ and placed in broughtover by the Lost Tribe, together tbedeepest “Origins of the Japanese Race / vrith Kanyo sb^, cows and chickens. gorge of ML Ur ofMesopotamiawas the c^tal of intheTurttestatvPIateau" ■ “Did Jesus escape cniciriuon, Tburugi. come to Japan and live 70 more yeatsT' the First Ur Kingdom, 2800 B.C. Ur alsb ' Rev. means the capital of cows. Practically all Masanori the cows in the world were originailybred Ihkane, r^ard- TO: JAMES ODA. 17102 LABRADOR ST... c' edastheh^' in Ur. , NORTHR1DCE/CA9I325 ^ , 7 It is amariwg that all these animala* est authcHity in were brou^tto the Far East by the Lost Pleasesend Japanon the The Jewirii and-Alien Heritage of Ancient Japan" Tribe in the course ofhundreds ofiyears. 153 pnea, M chaptem. muaraled, IW7 study of the It is safe to assume that the Lost Tribe Q SlSpercopy. 0 510 9copies.$14each. Bftile.madean made many, many return trips to the annouDoonent AxmShiDory.tt □ 10 or more. $12 each. . in 1936; after ALL PQCTPAP AND SALES TAX FUD BY THE AUTHOR yeateof

■j PACinC crriZES, jam 23-PEa S. I996 From the Frying Pan Vary Truly Yoms By Bill HoMkawa By Harry K, Honda Why is the president A tittle Tokyo horioring KorematsQ?^ chronicler

'V ^ETEIR Irons, a lawyer, is a torney, Irons wrote: Later he admitted his intention T TENRYK MORI shall be treasure for the researchers to i was to avoid evacuation, marry a 1—^ professor of political sdmce “Distinctions between citizens 1-^ missed for his grasp of pick and ponder. at the University of .Califor­ ' on the grounds ofencestiy offend­ girl 'finend named Ida Boitano, JL ^Little Ibkyo's sights and HeiU7 continued to chronicle nia, San Di^. Some years ago ed Yasui’s conception of the Con­ and move mland. Irons wrote; sounds, bom by his many years the sights and soimds of Little he b^an a study of the four cases stitution. He.refused to obey the “Min Yasui and Gordon as a journalist whose “main Tbkyo for 10 years. The Pacific curfew becausfe it ‘infringedon my Hirabayashi both turned them­ involving the evacuation and in­ beat* was Little Ibkyo from the FRM#C OMATSU PHOTO Citizen, to ternment of Japanese Americans right as a citizen’ to be treated selves in for arrest and int^ded time he joined theRa/u Shimpo convey the whidi went to the U.S. SOpreme* witiiout regard to race ... his act from the outset of their cases to English sectiori staff in 1936, Little Tokyo Court. of resistances was deliberate. Ya­ raise axistituti'onal challenges to first as an advertising solicitor scene to our What he found in records un­ sui emer^ from the apparent DeWitt’s (evacuation) orders. and hts regular “Making the readers, was covered by the Freedom of Infor­ contradictions of his statements Fred Korematsu, in contrast, Deadline" columns, and then fortunate in mation Act startled and angered and behavior as a distinctive type hoped to evade the exclusion or­ his postwar stint as English carrying him. He discovered government of constitutional’ dtallehger the der and seemed to be motivated section editor when the Ro/u some of his ettomeys had suppressed or dis­ If^alist.” solely by personal interest.” Shimpo resumed its publica­ o b s e r V a - torted evidence favorable to the Gordon Hirabayashi, a ooll^ □ tion after the war. tions. Japanese Americans in student and devout Quaker, took Recently the Clinton adminis­ This past week, final rites □ ments submitted to the Sui the position that each person tration presented Fred Koremat- .were held at the Union Church ON A social Court Based in large should follow the will of God ac- su with the Presidential Medal of of Los Angeles. He died at-San- • Ki*ori(AprtM997) cloud, the Irons’ findings, the three Nisei Jing to his own ^conviction and Freedom, the nation’s highest ta Marta Hospital Saturday weekends of January are like or­ who had bew convicted by the it he could not reconcile the civilian award for se^ce to the morning, Jan. 10, from compli­ naments of the seasra. nation’s highest tribunal fil^ the will of God, a part of whidi was country and widely red)gnized as cation's due stroke. He is The Elast San Gabriel Valley 80lirp the aquation by mnlriwg both the JACL and in the Pacific tawMW of «»qnwl impgrtatwy for all Cituen baaed on the £Eict that Fve ages, don't ne^ect us but donY pa- been Japanese for 21 years. tnmize us by throwing in a few “to­ . This questicm is often raised in ken" artides by your “token" youth the P.C.: "How do we get the representatives. younger generations to join the Make changes for the better, or JACL.' And every issue, a couple of else face the consequences. If you articles focus cm this questioo. And need any ideas, ask our youth. I bet ' every issue, they miss the point. We they^ been siminenng with ideas are not just an article or two or a" 06 I have. Give us some credit, or special section every few months, lose your credibility. we are a member of your communi­ And finally, to poor misunder­ ty. Yet the PC. doesn't treat us this stood Akemi Kayl^, how hard it way. You write about us as ifweVe a must be to be 80 pei^ like die is different kind of Japanese than you in a corrupt world filled with delin­ are. Yoq don't need to reach out to quents like myself. Every issue, I us as if we are different from you. read about complaining about this We mi^t be different ages, but we and that How teth white and are all Japanese in the heart If you Japanese society misjudge her be- edettena. ^ tAe EditOr_| want to ^ us involved, involve us, of her husband or locks or but don't separate us. Don't treat us whatever. She talks a lot, but is she- as if your issues arent cmr issues reaily .^ying anything Rately do 1 I MIS Vet wants name I encourage the Nisei who have and vice versa. We are one, we may hear ^yleng say anything positive Railroad Ties lent their support to this iD-cai- be made up of different parts, but or give ideas abcnit hw to d^ with My grandfather, Masaichi off monument r-" cesved pnQSCt to reconsider. A mon­ we still are one. The reason the the so many problems she has to Kawate, worked for the Union Pa­ (Open letter to ttie 100/442A^IS ument listing the names of the Ni­ JACL doesn't get many younger deal with. It’s as if she is the only cific Railroad from 1904 to Febru­ WWiI Memorial Foundation) sei sddiers who died in WWII members is because you are hypocr- one with such problems. Maybe if ary of 1942 when he was suddenly I wish to have my name, KI- would honor us all. ^ tiU^. she opened her eyes instead of turn­ discharged along with nearly 200 HARA, H., deleted from the WWB You want us to join, but you want ing her back she woidd see that peo^ other Japanew railroad workere. Honor Roll that was published in MIS Veteran to separate us. pie make mistakes, mere ^ things Our femily did not realize the ex­ the 1997 hediday issue of the Pacific Hacienda Heights, Calif. Maybe if we had more represen- wrong in.tbe world, and people get tent effthis action imtil the revda- Citizen. These are my reasons: ■ D Ution otho- than a few “token" discriminated against, that's all tion of a series of railroad articles Placing names of the living cm youth members on the board, we part'ofUfe. by Michi W^yn in the \Padfic Cit­ the Monument will desecrate the In a perfect worid, it wouldnYbe, memory f»nd AitntniB>i the impor­ LitHe iron men would show more interest I didn't izen] and vernaculars eartier this Bill Marutani wntes about join because cff yo^ “youth" activi ­ but we all know that’s the case. But year. App^ntly this action was tance to future genoations of those Chester Tanaka's book. Go For ties, I joined brao^ I wanted to. by just complaining about it, she not exclusive to the Union Pacific who the supreme saoifice. Brake (Nov. 7-20 P.C.), is again comes off as an old lach^ who has Don't throw that word around like itsdf but affected other railroad The arbitrary riigibility criteria availaUe from the publisber (Pre­ it’s a bad thing, being young doesn't more time than she knows what to companies nearly sirnultaneously. of the Hoixir Rdl inqdy that the sidio Prms) for $39.95. I thought necessarily mean we don't know do with. Use that time to write My mother and unde, both ifs. service cf the 15,000 plus other Ni- readers mi^t like to save ten what we're doing. Not one of your some answers and suggestions in­ dtizens, also suddenly had to wee- ad Veterans eff WWII who do not bucks by ordering the same. Item "youth" activities have interested stead of just complaining about the uate their ewnpany-owned hous­ meet them was less than honcHaUe. 334715. $27.96 plus $3 me, probaUy because they are not problem. I realize it is hard to write ing, aivl federal agents confiscated In ^ect, it makes them “second pfwragp/hanffling, frtnn Edward R inter^ting.- It seems as if you are for so many and Fm sure she gets personal propoty later deemed ar- class’ veteraits. One eff the goals of Hamihao. Falls Village, CF 06031- targeting on one section of the complaint .letters all the time. But tides that any ordinary dtizen those who gave their lives for «ir 5000. Connecticut residaits must younger audieirce while ignoring when one is so one-sided, she leaves mi^t possess, arul my grandfather country was to redaim our status add sales tax. another. herself open to sudi attacks. Fm not had his bairk account fiuzen. I re­ as first class citizens. In this resp^ In Christina Nagao’s "Recruiting saying she’s wrong, just misunder­ call! a story where my uncle was so alafi, the Monument makes a m^- Youth into JACL ..." (July 4 PC.) stood like the so many pec^ she angry over the oocurrenoe that he eiy rf their saoi fire ^ODdateUl she states that the JACL should co­ writes about in her article did not attend his hi^ school grad- ordinate drapters with nearby col­ Let’s get some new and younger xiation. Feedback on the 1997 Holiday Issue leges. That’s great for them, but blood into the circulation, and My grandfather tried share- what about those “cdl^e-age"peo­ maybe we can turn this JACL cro{^nngtomatoes near Ogden. 1 TREAD Cliflbni Uyeda's aitide, fsocJi QM a discharge paper) to uaify ttu Lnfbnnatian as correct, submitted by ple wlio arenY in colk^e? Th^re downtrend back around. Maybe rec^ eating fiush tomatoes on the 1-Hie Oricin of the JapancK you are mistaken for a 40-yearold Impe^ Family”(page€9)with Feb. 27. 1998. to the 1O0I442IMIS not good enough for the JACL? 1 go hade poidr of his bouse in Salt WWII Memorial Foundation.PO. Box white-male sometimes, but if your to Santa Clara University, does that IjiV p Gi^ years later, not aware of much interesL His conedusioa. sup­ 2590. Gardena. CA 90247. mean that I’m better JACL materi- articles had some ideas instead of the trignifirancp of this until recent­ ported by worid historians, that aJ thm someone my age working 40 gripes, ma>he you wouldnY ccane off ly. (Grandpa was a section foreman Japan's Emperor Jimmu may have A bout my brother Hideo been “a memberofthe Paekche roy­ hours a ^reek? Let’s not be that ig­ as a 90-year-old woman who com­ in Ruining and Utah arxl was r\Okusako in the group picture norant, the JACL isnY about in­ plains about bow things used to be well liked by his subordinates who al femily" fiom Korea was a com­ in ‘TTie Institution Named come, age, or profession, it’s about so mudi better, who hu a lot of hot were of various ethnic origins. He plete surprise to me. The stay’s im- Heaahikaii” by Kay Thtesshi (page impiuving things for us. air, but not much of it sinks in be­ was denied dtizenship until the plication is that Koreans and 34), he would be 83 today as I am ^TT»ere are issues of more impor­ cause it’s only making her feel b^ passing of the Waltcr-McCarran Japanese had a very dose, femily 85. He died in 1945 in Japan. How tance to older generations than to ter, not anyone else. (With all re­ Act of 1952, of which Mike Masao- reiatiemship in the early history. It my brother get to Japan? He us and vice-versa. But the bottom spect to my grandma, who does ka had a large partidpation. 1 nev ­ challenges us to rethink Japen-Ko- graduated finm UC Berkley in line is that they are all "our" issues. none eff these things.) ■ er heard a word from my granfe- rea relations aiKl how the people oS 1938 in political aoenoe and a team The JACL needs us a lot more than tho- of what happened ia 1942, both countries should treat each of govenunent officials came to tyiBcal of other railroad farrulies. other. Cahfernia to recruit Nisei with I strcngly support redress of the Tb pramote greater undeistand- bilingual abilitiee to speak, read mgarid recoDcftiatiao,this precious How about the design? railroad issue on behalf of the fam­ and write Japanese fluently. A few ilies cf all the former railroad,aitd knowledge should be shared hy * to go with tures is that (his repres^ts the moreJapaneseand Koreansas well BYARTGORAI mining workers. Tbe enormous them; some came bade, some 'hie JACL at the national level Tbspi immigrants ana their roots. eamnnic, social, and psychological as Japanese Americans airi Ko­ Thert is essentially no represen­ stayed. has been strongly suHXVtipg the OMisequepcee are kmg-tenn and rean Americans. When Japan and I wmikl like to contact some of tationofthe Nisei,American-bom Washington D.C. memument to will not rest until this terrible m- Korea set up a joint histay com­ the surviving members who knew citizens firan whence came the the patriotism of Japanese Amer­ justice and loss of liberty are recti­ mission in the future, perhaps they my brother Hideo. We were both thoumnds ofNisei soldiers. icans in Worid War II Qxmsmocl fied. should start with this fawinating members in the Raca County "Ihis would appear to be a by the National JA Manorial storyfirst. JACL way bade when. Foundation. Now that some de­ Japanese story, not an American em>Wie. "JIM* My deep thanks to Dr. Uyeda and Santa Barb^ Calif sign details have beCT shown ftir story. The Memorial wall is said the Pacific Citizen for giving us the first time in Octoto, J would to tell the story of the Japan^ such an interesting history leason. M90Kix«Rd.; like to ask that allJAdL chapters American during Worid War U in Unmis.CA 95650 words. I believe that the inscrip­ and members look cloeely and see NewYorkOity tions. no matter how eloquent, My 442nd buddies if this is vdiat JACL ^ould- be Kim u general secretary cf the So- support^ uncritically. willwill not compensate for the im- I want to thank.you for printing tiondAaodation of KtJtean Americans. f Mve written the NJAMF as pressionn left by the three artistic my letter (April l^ay 1 PC.) and Atcnre. New Kvk NY ;0»J. C&PacUeCMiiN »«^^es,.6incesuch features uiro- foUows: features. J^rause of that f went to Alaska, 7 Cbm CHa HBUnr PA CA 917S6-M6 ally deliver the main impact eff a ! □ “My understanding from your Anchorage, £3nik and Dillingham THIRST. Fd Bke toindude and corw trnSSmbm endfKMtaam monument brexhure is that you plan to non- for six days in JuneJoly aod met Jrect the siblingofmy faretbere' • Except the NatkoalDire^ These design features have tor’sRmwt,newsandthe"N^ews* or the Issa, Nisei, and the Nisei my distant cousiD Mark Hiratsuka names in the *TjMt Can for WWn soldier in particular, for his out­ just been diactosed at the begin­ but his younger brotho' Frank bad uprBwVi by cohimniste do not ning (ff the natiimal fund raising Vstarans Names on the *Go Ftar oeceesarily reflect JACL policy. standing petrictism in World War died in 1989. Tbs last time 1 saw Broken Monument” (Holiday Is­ drive. I would-like to see the tbwm was in the fell of 1943 while The columns sTe the pevooal Ily sue Insert). My oldeetbrother Paul wewerem bask trainingin Shdby. opinice of the writers. "However, fiom what I have NOBUO Makabe served inFrance as ♦ “VeacM* reflect the active, pub­ seen, I believe that there is an im­ Thanks to the Heyano Brathen an Army acout D aniel Mrrsuo lic diecueeioo withip JACL of a in who subscribe to balance in the presentatiem. The Makabe served in the Air Force and wide range of ideas and oeoee, center stage of the monument is ol tne vanoub r«iwu w* iuiu^ the P.C., and to Matt CTCoodl of requiring clear preeentetion sions-This would riudce it pcasible went to Italy after borixlitieB. Both occupied bv three artistic fea­ Dillii^^fem far suggesting I write had served in theAir Force in 1941 thcrugh they maynot reflect toe to let the Nikkei community de­ ' toyou, I was ablevisit themall and viewpoint ofthe editorial boezd tures, the domin^t sculpture of bdbre Pearl Harbor Haruo cide if this is what they want to the Hiratstika femily members I . of toe Pacific Cituen. two Japanese cranes entan^ed in (notHanito)BlAkABB who into buy with their contzibuticos. * -Short expremiooc'’on poblk barbed wire, a bell tower de­ have one more request I widi to 4^ndGo. L wwntiuiednear Rome T believe that the deadline in contact the Heyanoe ofKingsbuig, one or tsre para- scribed as recalling Japanese and spent the bdiiHe of the war in temple bells, and a reflective pool Cahf, because I have pictures of the bospitab in Itafy and at Walter that contains rocks representing the Heyano brothers and pictures ReedinWaaldngfen.DC. the islands of Japan ai^ of their fetberk gravesitE in Ekuk. bold, ihmuperen^ is nawa and the generations of gsiwsp ment AltoooA we are onabfe to J^ianeseAmericans intemed. a precedent with the Blade Patri­ print aB the letters we receive, 2264 Lanai Ave.. we appreciate the mtenet.and “The overall impression that ots Foundation for changes in Am requened on the back page cf the sign as well as extoisioos ofdead- San Jose, CA 95122 timet, nominationM (andloreaerectiona) views of tooae who taka toe time our feUovtr Americans will get D ■to the mamnment need an Exhibit ’A' to send ns amunsnts. fiom Yheae central artistic fea­ iines.”B PACIFIC cmZEW. Jaw 23-Pn Supreme Court level” He added, Pacific Politty & Planning Coun­ one of the most difficult things to KOREMATSU NATL DIALOGUE cil, who’s involved with the do,”>ie said. But he feels that, it’s “Out of the case, it hpicaine evi­ (Qontinued from page 5) Days of Dialogue since its begin­ something that needs to be done. (Continued from page 1) dent that the camp experience ning. As the various community “If you don’t know where you was because of racism, not be­ come frnm, you can’t go any­ he said. “It is getting better," but cause of militazy neoeesity.” complete without it'" Other oi^- and political leadm broke off into “we stiU have to inake a^sear- oizations who took an active part smalls groups, he r^ieated his where." Congressman Bdb Matsui in a' Whites havetheir “American ances." prepared statement said, “Fred in the national event indude the thoughts. This is a multiethnic “His case was a major dvil Anti-De&mation League, Nation­ disai^on,” he said. **Ihe chal­ culture” as thdr identity and not did much more than just exercise sprafic ethnicor culturdvalues, rights case in 1944 and be had his constituticmal ri^ts when-be al Urban League, and the Ameri­ lenge is dearly to take it to a U m courage to stwdup to the 'saidDr. Stockwell, who from ex- pu^ed his case to the Su(X]^e can Jewish Congress. place.” United States at the time," said Stewart Kwoh, Executive ’Di­ Furutani's group induded a peri«ice also found that white Court; he animated a nataonal attorney Dale Minasii who also conscienceto redressanuvustice rector, of the Asian Padfic Ameri­ European American, Sen. Brad­ leaders tend to stay quiet on mat­ attradedthe awards ceremony. ters of race, where minorities perpetrated upon citizens by can Legal Center of Southern Cal­ ley; an African American, RidlQ'- “Forty years later he stood up ifornia, believes more AAs need to Ihomas; a Mexican Americ^ Dr. speak up. She added, "Iheyre ^eir own government again and helped remedy a great “EveryAmericantoday andin g^ involved in the various discus­ Evangdina Stockwell, asdstant usually the last ones to join in, but wrongdcxieto all JAs.” whenthe^ doit’s invaluable.” the future owes Fred a debt cf sions on race taking place across superintendent, L-A. Unified JACL National Dizfctor Her­ the nation. “Ibe key is, people School District; and a Jewish “We must instill courage to be gratitude for his ^ferts to guar­ compassionate.. .that’s what Mar­ bert Yamanishi said of Koronat- anteethat nodtiz^regardless need to partidpate. AAs need to American, Juhe I^rrendtein, pres­ su, “He is ^ymbotic ofa landmark identofthe LA. Boardof Educa- tin Luther King’s legaty is all of their ancestry, can de denied look at the entire community and case that showed previous see that everycme’s a part of that 'tion. abouC said Cornel W^ Har­ due process and the basic liber­ vardUniversityProfessorandau­ wrongs, through legal means, ties guaranteed by our Ckxistitu- community,” he said. “I think AAs Furutani, following his instruc­ could be overturned at the , have a lot to add to these initia­ tions to be candid, shared his thor of Race Matters, who was a tion." ■ tives by getting involved.” frustrations at how, at times, he special guest of the Getty event. ''Ihe issue is no longer just found it difficult to discuss race *^6 “Days of Dialogue,” he said, is blade and white.” said Warren relations with non-minorities. that “hope against the darkness." ■ JOB OPENINQ Furutanit president of the Asian ‘Talking to whites chout race is Office Manager/AdministzoUve Asst. aim of surai-e “is to make (the been able to sell her paintings — The JACL seeks a person to be Office ManajerfAdministralive. Assistant of Fie come alive,to capture Padfc Caizen. The person chosen «« provide clerical support to Fie P C. edtof and KATAOKA ranging from $600 to fi^ed ensure Fie smooFi roubne operation of the newspapec crffice. works at $2,5Q0 — since receiv­ (Continued from page 8) Position reqdras two years of coBege Failing in booMteeping and secratanal She c^pares the preparation ing her ban two years ago, mak ­ studies or its equivalent, two to five years of prograssivefy rrure responsteit y in of a sui^-e artist to that of an ath­ ing money from her work wqp office managenienL Knowledge and experience wiFi computer word processing Kataoka. “By studying sumi-e I lete who does a pre-game wann- never her main goal. “My first end spreadsheet prograrmreeMFBd. Ej^terience in Fie use erf pubfistsng software ^ feel coimected to the ptast and to up or to a musician who tunes an priority is to share the art of a plus. Duties of Fie Office fitenager indude: reviews tie Edtor's mal. answers oor- the future. Art has the power to instrument before a performance. sumi-e,” said Kataoka. “I want respondence, provide instmclion and rdxmation to P.C. persorriel. rnartains Bes, bridge communities and answer You haveto be focused,making reports, asserrrfrfes and organizes informaton kx tie Edtor. maintains adequa te people to have my paintings.” inventory of si^ipfies. and ensures mairrfenance of equipmenL Works under (rritod questions.. .especially in a multi­ sure that each brush stroke is For now,the pressure ofbeing cultural atmosphere.” s^)ervision. Excelent fringe benefit package provided. Hiring salary range: $22,621 controlled, yet spontmieous. “like- ^an “ambassadoP* for sumi-e has - $26,000. Send cover tetter. rOsurrte and work samples to Harry K. Honda. Interim The process of taking paint in life, you only get one chance," yet to phase this 19-year-old. “I edrtor. Padfic Crdzen. 7. Ct^iania Cide, Monterey Park. CA 91^. tax 213T25- brush to paper is long and inten­ said Kataoka. Tou cant take the don’t think it’s a lot of pressure," 0083. sive. Not only can the grinding of bru^ strokes back. ” she said. “I see life in terms of the sumr (ink stick) on a stone In two years Kataoka will grad­ brush strokes and mom^ts. If I (suzurz) to get the perfect b^ck uate from Stanford, at which time can make a difference in the com­ EXECUTIVE EDITOR take more than ^ hour, ex- she plans to make painting her munity andsee it in people’s The JACL seeks a person to be ExeentiveEditorof; ^^ainedKataoka, tte artist must full-time career. Although she has feces, then it’s all worth it” ■ . the. Pacific Citizen, a newspaper locatedin Mod - .| also meditate about'the subject matter. "You’re creating the ink tcrey Park, Calif. The exeentive editor will be in, you ’re going to paint with while charge of overseeing and supervising the sem^ ' infusing your own personality E-raall the P.C. at: Pi monthly pablication with a readership of 70,000 into it. It’s really important to and a staff of from four to eight people, depend- i capture the essence,” she said. ing on the season. The snccessfol candidate will want to boild the semi-monthly tabloid to a week ­ Original Honfleost Bronze KAMON ly publication.

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Ride. dau(^ 30; HboaNma-bom. aurvlMd by dMgMara takawa died Dec 18 after a long bamttnocost. ______fmyajt. lers Gel Snbayama. Kiyoko Sasaki. KMya Sundiaga. S gc. 1 ' /wwapSPW are wekxme ‘DMth Notkm. brother Daiy?^ Di^. ggc.. siatsr-kvlM' Vbdilko Kknuia. illness. He was remembered as “a Tlie fourth of nine duldrox. at NdfcaaqpMrina tirrwA mamef at recfueet ...... Mksu Konishi i (San Diego). Mary Saruaid. ^maka, Oaorga Ibnn. 78, Santa ttna. true Northwest tPMSure”by mu- a^ 7 be was sent to Japanto live o( M teffliy or ct/ador. aw puMatad brothers-irHaw George. Robert Jan. 2: Dinuba-bom. survived ty wHa Chrta aitttemleotSt&^colurminat Texrisra- Kobayads. Chkae. eon Glann. dau^ders iam. Bam sKtoi director Susan Paike, who with his grandparraits, returned ewiail as nee£S^"-^ wa, Los Angeies. ------issersfakuiKi- greatlyvalued his stimi paintings at age 17 (1927), worked at his (laughier-irhiawKazuko Arao, Owtd, Gardana. Doc. 16: Soolllft- of Mt. Rainier and his finely de­ family’s prbduce market, and bom. survived trf wife Shigeko. sons tailed small shrimp. He is best ^(hmted in art from the Univer­ Stophen, Nelson. dsu(Filer Stephanie. 2 pc., Kumamoto-bom.om. sunrivad...... by sons___ Fred.___ Ilane Tsuhara (VisaRa]. Sharon MaMsritnaztdnaz sity of Washirigt(m in 1937. He brother Tom. Hwiy. daitfhlats Toehko Kuwahara (Japan), (Rathdrum. Idaho), son Ridwd (San Me- known for his fountains —18 in ArsmaU, Kan Toyeeaku, 72, Cosu Hanico IsnkM. Marion Kaji (Livingston). 6 gc.. 1 ggc.. brodrar Frad Koaava Seattle and neariy 60 around the was drafted into the Army in Mesa. Dec 10; Tolcyo-bom. survived by wNe Batty Inoshlta (Phoenix). Dorothy Kail world. His sculpture stands at 1941, taughtJapaneseduringthe Rsano, sister Etsuko Atamaki. broOiers-in- Tomlia, Joanna Naoed. 42. Mbdenda law ToshK). Isamu. Bob. Harry. Naboru. Heighls. Oac 20: Los Angaies4Mm, sur­ Camp HArmony WWII assembly war, art at UW after the war, and Howard, Raul. Mineo Koyatrta. law MifsMchi Kueahara vived ty husband Masao. son Jeffrey. center. retired in 1976. Surviving are his AMhl, SMzuho, S3, Los Anptles. Dec. MkianKhae 4 SMIy KaHw. 43, Ckirona daugtNer Jerms. mother Uasako Yameda. 26; sut«ved by sons Roy. Sam. daughtam Dei Mar. Dec. 20; Denver-born, survived by. breffiw Steve Yameda. mcOwr-in-law Mi- *^ven people who do not count wife of 51 years, Ayame (who ac­ Mirato OKano, Mnto 2M 1 gc. husband Robert daughter Mchaeia. txblh- ^TomNa. themselves art lovers know and cepted the JACL Japanese Amer­ Baylen. Dtana MHlko.'Culvw CKy. Oac. en Rcr^. Ko(i. sisters Judy MnamL Mary Tewioda, Heien ARco. 78. Loe Angeles. admire the dozens of fountains ican of the Biennium Award for 30; Los AnpelBS-bom. survived by husband Noguchi. Jan. 1; San Luis Obino-txxn. survived by Hsrtuasa. Harry Terue, 66. Gaidana. hurtiandband Joe. son (»ary.Gary, daughters La that he created for public spaces,” her husband in 1996), sons (3er- te^r Akira Abe. b^mlSarKM^'i^m^ Dec. 18; Hkoshima-bom. survived by wtle Verene .Yokoi (Simi VRRey). Barbata Joa. SeattU Times art critic Rt^iin Up­ ard. Deems and Manus, dau^- mother Krwa Wads, tathar-m-taw Juan Bay- Amy sons Roy. Frank. siSMr Mary UeU 'Nina Guzman (Fraano). S gc., 2 ggc„ 6 ion. moOwr-m-iaw Pactta Baylon sWer- (Santa Marta). brothers; Frank. Jack. Gaorga. lea. John dike noted. “He was equaUy at ter Mpyumi, 7 grandchildren, all lr>-law Dailana OwdaslguL Maaahnri, CMyo, 87. Gardena. Dec 28: Uraba (ar of Fresno), Tom Urabe home drawing intimate sketches of Seattle; sisters Sadakn Mori- . Bulauniyo,leNne.f7, Los Angeles. Dec. HawSiom. survived by sons Henry. Harry, (Rochester. Minn.), Paul Urabe (HuntMon . S; hiroehirTHhbom. survived ty son Ridaid. Fred, daughters Bessie Harada (Fremont). BMch). 4 Bisters: Hazel Tetaoka. Nom in sum ink... His sea creatures guchi of Seattle, and Sumiko Old daughters KimBco Taira. Kly^ Nakagawa. (crabs, shrimps, floundersf-float and Kazuko Yamamoto, both of Futo Bulsumyo. 6 gc.. 6 ggc. Japan.■ Mya. Qmm H^k^TS, La Pakna. . Nakanaa, Ealar SMauke, 71, Los Ange­ Kazuko Tsunokai. Doraihy MRoma. KazunR on rice paper as if pausing mo­ Oac. is. Mncouvar, Canada-born, eurvivad les. Dec. 14; watsonVe-born. survived by U tMm (Sainas). by wtle Agnes, eons Ron. ARan. ta- husband Jiioku ‘Jake.* dtti(^ Laula Ann Thuya, Suaia Suako, 62. Gaidana. Dec. Yemanaka. 1 gc.. asters Mdk Kak> (QRroy). 1S; Los Angehia-bom. survived ty dau(ffaers Paul Ishimoto, 83, govt translator of 36 Fi#aakl, Juiw!L*o,Tonance. Dec^; AkoTsutui(Detiol). Ycko L^ Jayne Ozawa, son Kaanattv S SacramerMo-bom, sur>evad by husband Mafcareoto. ARcs Yoahiko, «2, Los Ange­ gc.. aisiar Shtzuko Asahb ' BETHESDA, Md.—Hawaii- and then cjuickly moved toj TakasN. son ^ daugMar Christen Omuro ies. Dec. 27; Siana Madra4)orTt survived^ UyafL ytyhM. National City. Dec. 11; born son ofa sugarplantationwa­ Beach, Calif, to hc^ hi^unde 3gc.. motharTtoruya Mutow, broth- son Tad. \gc.. brothers Arthur Ytorimolo Tacoma. Wash.^txwn. eurvivad ty hinband er Bob Mutow. mother-in-lew Tokulco Fi#sa- (Denver),I. David borimoto. sistars Ruth ■ -—Christine ter inspector, Paul Itsuo Ishimoto, run a restaurant. He was in­ U. brothers-in-law Judge Hiroshi. (Ari- 83, died of a stroMe on Dec 10 at terned at Manzanar and then IV Yun Masuda. YasiAo sislers-in-law ...... (Japan). To- Fi|aki. Voshffco Masuda. moye Muraoka (Chicago)...... Doc the C^ ilugt Hill Nursing Home. Jerome, where he met and mar­ Fukuna^ Cdwart SMniehi. Los Ange- ftalainura, Katauml. 80. Los Angeles. 23: survived ty wffe Marcia. sMngs Nobuo He had completed 36 years of ried his wife May Asaki in ^ril Dec. 19: Fresno-bom, survtved by wile and Roy Hideo WatanMw. Joyce Nagata. OMMda, DotwOs Masaru, S6. Gardena. Fukiko. sons Mortis. Robert Kane, dai^ar survived ty father- and mother-in-taw Masao emment service when he retired 1944. Dec. 9; survived by daug^rs Jodi. Wendi. Frances Nakamura. Igc., brother Yoshio and Chieko Yaesaki. in April 1980 as a Japanese-Ian- Active with Northwood Presby­ Sheri Loke, brother Vil^. sisler Sandra NakaniahL LMa iC $6. FuRarion. Jan 1; Yamaguc M. George, 75. Atwiy. Dec 15: guagetranslator, first with YonAnoto. aisler-lrHaw lOy^ Marshan Comptorbbom, survived by husband Ed. son San Ramon4>om. survived ty wile Kisao. terian (Church in Silver Spring, in Haaagawi. WMm T.. Los ARos. Dec. Dean, daughter Tracy AUyama. i gc., nx>m- son Glenn, daughter Vicki CNn. daughter during WWH, then with Intelli­ 1968 Ishimoto founded the K^- 1; survived by sorts StarSey. Ronald. er Toshiye Helen Itaia^. enters Diane Kathy Nagikura. 6 gc.. brothers YtyJJapan). gence& Research atthe State De­ Kai, a commxmity aervi^ group Halanaka, Kamo, 7$, CerTitos. Doc. 3i. Rogers. Calhy Carlson, moff)er-in4aw Kiy- Chartes, Gengo (Denver). sMats Torte Bo. Sacramento-born, survived by wde Sue. ono Nakartishi (Hawai). brother-in-lBw (Sane Massko Nakayame (Denver). partment until 1965, when he to assist mmyWWn brules to re­ sons Harry, Gary, daughters Psulne Opena. Nakanishi (Sacramenio). sisters-in-law Judy Ywnamoto, George Kanio, 85, West Los was transferred to the Commerce visit Japan; help with passport Janica Halanaka. 2 gc.. sister hksayo Yoshn Narastfd. Jane Martin (HawalQ. Lorraine Angeles. Dec. 28 saivica; HaeaRbom. sur- iima. Nakamura. vivad ty wRe Fumito. sons ARan (Ore.). Gre ­ Department’s Patent Office; He matters and stage cultural Hayaehi, UaaaU Frank. 86, Los Armeies. Oda. Toku, 100, WatsonvMe. Dec 1S; Hi- gory. daugeers Fipio Dobcatz, Gaoigiana was also Washmgton DC JA(X eyd^ts: He also found^ a transla­ Dec. 19; Kumamoto-bom. survived by sorts toshima-bom. sunived by sons Fred. John. Ncmenakar (Ora.) li gc. 3 ggc.. bmffier presideeitin 1969. Kentaro. Jimp, daughter Tomoko Sato. 6 gc . Jack. daugMar Jahe Nakagawa. Yoshinorl (Haimi). aMeis^n4ew HHMb Ya- tion service. Ohta. Oaorga Uineru. 78. Monterey made (Japan). Surm Yamana (HswaQ. Mari­ Ishimoto lived in Hiroshimafor Surviving are wife May, chil­ ^ fShara. Miehlio. M. Hunbnglon BaKh. Park. Dec. 22; Lea Atigelei-bo^ survivad on Yamastwo (Sunnyvale), brother-in-law 10 years (1925-1937), gi^uated dren Norm (San Francisco), May Jan. 2; OUnawa-boin... survived^...... husbandh Kazunobu OUno (Hawai). Kiyoharu. daughlar Elies Witanabe, sons YwaaoeW. Songs Honk, 78. Tornnee. fiem a private high school and Hi­ Ishimoto Morris, Janet Lyim, Harvey, Teny, 6 gc,. sistars Tomi Kohagura. Dec. 15; previously resideni of Mar Vista, roshima Tfechnical Coll^, re­ RogerAlan ((Dentreville, Va.) and Yoshi Tetuya (bom ol OUnawa). brother Sai- Svotogwflk*Do^^ ssters-kvlBw survivad ty wife Mtu Betty, eon loimiy do Miyagj (Okinawa]. brothers-ir>4aw Hiro- Okada, KM C, CMcago. Dec. 14; survived (Mantwawi Beach). dauMtters Unde Sug- turned to Hawaii in early 1937 five grandchildren. B haru Hthara. Michiharu Hthara (Japan). by wUe Virginia, sster Sato (Ls Ve ­ Bwara. Marsha Borland (boffi of Tonanca). 4 Kinharu HRiata. gas). brother Gaoroa (Las Vegas). gc.. brottws Joe (Redondo Bearii). &d Hino, EuNea Mlako. 57, Gardena. Oac. (Gardana). sistar Mary Kotyta (LomMa). Lynn Wakabayashi, 42, koto master, linguist 2t; Hawaii-bom. survived by husband d ty son Katsuir____ „___ . brothacs-in-law Katsuro Suanaga. Kaizo Frankfln. sons Michael. Howard. Robert .. a. ^chiya IRkamoto. daughlar-in-law Sueriaga, sMarvirvtfw ttyoho I&. Nobu TOKYO—Sansd koto master them one being ofered by the Hoka, SMaane MahkaL 88. - BrapK RRauho Fafloiw. and linguist, Wakabayashi, J^ian TnBtihitp of Inv^tioQS and Dec 7; first Ifabana kwaucior i ^Sg^mai%^ taa Angsais. om. 42, died here after a long illness Iimovati(KiE and a UB.-based fd- .. MB76. survived by son Dan. daughter YRgo. HRs Maaayuttt. 87. Pervyn. Dec (breast cancer) on Dec 26 at St. lowship to enooura^ deserving Sharon Adams, gc., gx.. sister-lr>-law Chi- 17. Rtocsr County deputy maistwL JACL loseNishnv. presidanl r38. ‘87-68). survivad ty wRa Al­ Luke’s Intematiimal Hospital. graduate-level raindirlatAB for de­ HertoueM. Ayako, 78, Morsaray Park. Oaaihna. Tauyakp Tada. 85. Rofcng H»s ice. daughiers Jean Yamada. Peggy Steven ­ Bom in Washington,D.O, she greesin classic Jc^anesemusic, Dec. 16: survived by sistar Nobuko Ivlary Estates. Oac. 26; Los Angotos bom, sur- son. 3gc. 3ggc.. biottier XadmK. sisters Jane* Mayemuta. brothary Thomas, Jack. vivad by husband Nate (Iriiio). dai^r Jill Mary Am iffika. MaRue Noda. sister-in- was the dau^ter of Hank and particulariy those invdved with Ban. Tad HortguchL Gaidones. brothers Masao. TatrhU Tom Ya- law tel^ Yago. Seiko Wakayabashi, longtime koto, shamisen and/or shaku- Ikada, Taunaka, 80, Pomona. Dec. 12; mada. sislaf Hisaye TsuPmoio. Yokoyama, 'foma. 81. Loe Angeles. Dec survived by dsughteis Hel en Purdy. Baibara. OwaMri, Afyca, m7^ Diego. Oac 21; 31 servica: Hiroahima-bom. survived ty Washington DC JACLers. Agr^- hashL Hamploa Kathy, son Howard, 1 gc.; sister sunrivad by husband Joseph, cMdren Judy uate of Wesleyan University with lynn appeared in concerts, TosMd WBdnson. Miyamalo. KatMaan Ui. Bruce Dean the distinction of beingthe first recitals and sudi musical evoits Btamort, tSonSon Elauka Sr., Dec. 18 sar- 0»iiMhi.Nwnw> Duane Ow8Shi.4gc..bmm- Dec. 12: Panryn4)om WWW veteran, sur­ vice; survived by wile Vi. sons Gonion Jr.. vived ty wRe MichRiD. daughttr Unde Mori­ gaijin (foreigner) to receive a nqfas- as the 1996 tour of the Yamada-umada- ContaadaugnerAmyD^r.' ' *^S«MMgaaM. Taft San Diego, Dec. 16; molo. 4 gc. ■ ters of art degreeat Tbkyo Uni­ Sm Joea^m, survisad by tons Koichi. ShuMchi. datnhlar AHye TofMyams. step­ versity of Fine Arts and Music, mother Haruko Ikami, brothers Masao, Whc»eaa>6ute she was a Japan ^dent since Yorit,...... Waahingtim, Chicago,“ "New wRe Chiako. daughters ~ErrUy iyCook.Dr.Car- C Yoshio (J^n). sistars ShiziAo Tamaki. items listed wdhout chSrge oiyn (Camarflio). Mariarvw. brothers-in-law Hanae Tatamoto. Yaako Morimolo (JM>an). 1983. Funeral service^were held Orleans and San Di^o. Her clien­ sistefs-irHBw AkAo Nakamura. Liy Ucami. on a space availabto basis. .Dec 29 at St L(^e’s Hospital tele for her linguistic services in Helen Liyatanaka. gc. “Japanese/American”Englishin­ SaaMd, TosN iTeO. Gardena. Dec 29; PAULNAKABfURA (diapel, and memorial service at Hawthome-bom. survived by son Slsphsn. 2 Rockville, Md., on Jan. 19 at cluded tbe'Japanese government ene. 4gc ------,------gc.. brothers Hidao. Tomb (CarpMarta). In the eariy 1930a and thnu^ the ear­ Faith United hfetbodist Churdi. Besides her parents, she is sur­ IwaaaM. John ShlgakL M. San Jose. Tadao. FurNo Gaum (CarpMeria). sisier-in- ly '40s, Paul ODoe resided at the NMaon Dec 22; survived by sons Nozomu. Akira. law Ami Satow,^ Hotel in Springfield, Ohio. Please eon- vived by sister K^n (Ken) Edward, daughter June Kirryoa dau(F4en- ShWa, Haruko. M. Mon^ Park. Dec. tact: Jean National Renmma, 2513 Van Several memorials Jiave been Imatani of Menlo Park, Calif, in-taw Stela hauta. Jovee Iwasaki. son-in- l4wnon /are., Chpyenne, WY 62001, law^r^ Kin^. 6 gc.. 7 ggc.. pradecaasad Ttkasbi ShKla, Teruo ShMa. daughters established in ho* honor, among and nephew Kyle. ■ • Yukiko Maigarel YanMsMa. KIvko Mon. 5 307/6366349. ■ ' KatoM. Chlaki Tom. LosAngMes. Dec. 23; gc.. e«ter KawMiaia (Japan). survived by wile Misae. daughter Grace, sis­ SMno, TatalL 84, Los Angelas. Dae. 14; Hammanb a Mvlwa for M OsoHRrtsa Mary Tsukamoto said. Not only was TWkamoto a ter Sadae Nishi. survived by brotfwfs-in4aw Ben KawaucM vital player in the redress move ­ Kwmo. Hbima. 68. Los Angeles. Dec. 16: (Continued from pa^ 1) ment but she was greatly in­ Corrplorvbom. survived by wile Kyoto, son 'Henry, daughters Rose. Jovty Kanno. Cathy (Whiaiaf). Lorana'Mutwye Kono (HawaiO KUSMYAIIASEia«6HA Japanese Americans and the volved in the Day of Remem­ Takemura. 2 gc.. nother IRkano Kanno ShiraiaM. KattaM, 78. So. San Francs- brance locally in the Florin area. EVERGRSened in 1987. And for aeve^ yoais, Tfeukamoto to. Dec. 11; survived by wife Sadako. deugh- brother Tadashi. C13)26V7Zre She also'co-authored^.a _bo(dc would go arouiid to the various lers Janice Cmtsman. Ariane Bazntaio.gc.. - brothers Takeshi. Yostvo. sister Takako lSid. with Elizabeth PinkertCD titled Elk Grove District schools speak­ Klfnura. UHan YurOn. 74. Los Angeles. Sunahara, IRnieo Mary; 84, Moraemy We the People that documents the ing to students about the intern­ Jan, 10 service; sorvrved by husband Park. Oac. 29; San Fiancisco^om. survived Saving Oie Commiinit^ strug^esofJapaneseAmericans ment “She was sort ofour civil Shigeru. daughter-Karan Hostetler. l gc.. by sons Donald. James Jr., daughlets Lois ' siblings Masayoshi ito (Wamul Grove). Taniguchi. Joan Noriega. Karan rtymblds. 9 forOvrrKYars before, during, and after the war. rights consdence," said Uno. Masaki no. Emiko TaKashte (San Francis- gc.. 9 ggc.. brother Hajime Inouye, sislers Duringher lifetime, Tsukamoto “My inost fond memories of CO), J«m Goto Bo (Sacramenio). brother-in- Amines D«. Catherine Hkaga. Irene Hoahta- law Rev Ren Kimura (San Fernando), ki. predeceased by husband Jamas. was often recognized for her com­ Mary all invdve her unique abili­ sister-in-law Sakae Kimuia (Japan) StfiikL Halan Hateuyo, 88. Laguna Hits. KUBOTA NIKKEI munity efforts. A dedicated school ty to turn words into powerful im­ KItazunil. John 46. San Jose, Dec. 8; sur­ Decj27 swvica, Hawak-bom, sorvived by vived by wRe Dense, mother Dorothy Ki- husband Stephen, son-Or. Mattoh. (San teacher in the Elk Grove Unified ages,” reflected Congressman Bob tazunv. brother Qwek. MORTUARY School District for 26 years, the Matsui in a released statement KoMii. George Teahio. 78, Yuba City. Esassslissr"*”"'** 911 VENICE BLVD. “Mary l^ukamoto was a true in­ Dec 19. survived by wffa Betty, sons Maik. LOS ANGELES, CA 90015 District honored her , in 1992 by («ragg. Kahn. Kara, sister Haruko Sasaki, naming a new school the “Mary spirational leader. She led by ber bromer Jim survived by sor« Ron KiyosN, Tracy Hatuo, (213) 749-1449 Ibukamoto Elementary Sch<»l” werds and her actions, but more KantoM, KoN. 75. Centtos. Dec. 9; San sisiars Ayako Nshio, Nany Negate. DiegiHom 1^1 veteran fA’ BaOery. 522 TakahaaM, Gaorga Sstsuo. 88, Los An­ PrsRrxt Last May she was rea^tyzed as.a so by the strength of her own per-. FiSSAriOery BattaiorL 442 RCT). survived geles. Dec. 16: survwad by wffa Megumi, VTJCm “Notable Californian in Asian son. History” by the C&fomia Senate “Acentral issue of the Civil Ub. Non-Member Readers and C^tol Museum, and in Sep­ erties Act was directed toward the tember she was awarded the Cal­ . education of future garerations,” Get all the news and features from across the country ifornian Asian Pacific Sesqui- said Matsui. ‘Mary’s educational y SUESCRIBE TO THE PACfflC CITIZEN FUKUl centemial Award. spmt is reflected in those de­ Plane sand tha Pacific Citizen for MORTUAl^Y “&he’ll be greatly missed Ity ail ments of the legislaticn ” of us,” said Rick Uno, Florin □ lyiffSO □2yn/$S5 □3yrs/S80 Chapter co-iaesident and JAGL Funeral services were bdd at ADow 6 oedu fer MAend national vice preaidait ofgeneral the Elk Grove First -Baptist Name:______(^yerations. “We got to know her Church on Jan. 17. 'I^ukain^ iesjuiitiaaiom not cmly as a JACl^ member but leaves bdund her husband Al­ Address: ____ _ as a go^ friend. , fred, daughter Maridle, sisters City, State. Zip: . PILZ13‘S2S-0441 SUIT" '*1^ thing to take aolaw in is, a Oshiro and Jean Kaku, lot ofher woric will ewry on,” h^ . and bratfao’George Dakuzaku. ■ C28RryMriiRM Ftxm -siT-mi PACIFIC CITIZEN. Jam . Z^T lb 6,1!

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