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#29921 Vol. 136, No.9 ISSN: 0030-8579 National Publication of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) MAY 16-JUNE 5, 2003 California .Considers· Legislation Ni ei WWII Broadcasters s Officially Denouncing Rep. Coble o ' Tell their Story in 'Calling T kyo By. CAROLINE AOYAGI week. "They were not there to Executive Editor protect us ... our due process was violated," he said. With little movement in the "[Coble] doesn't understand the Republican Party and the White history of this country ... he does House to condemn remarks made n't appreciate it," said Carol Liu, by Rep. Howard Coble, R-N.C., D-Pasadena, who is also a sponsor endorsing the World War II intern of AJR 30. "He was way out of ment of Japanese Americans, line and he needs to apologize." members of the Califomia State Also sponsoring AJR 30 are: Legislature are taking it upon Assembly members Wilma Chan, themselves to repudiate the long D-Alameda; Judy Chu, D time congressman. Monterey Park; and Leland Yee,
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7 Cupania Circle, Our Lifeline to the Comm'unity Monterey Park, CA 91755 Tel: 323n25-0083, 800/966- By VALERIE YA SUKOCHI articles in the P.e. keeps us updat able working conditions. and young professionals. The P. e. 6157, Fax: 323n25-0064 NCWNPD P.C EditorialRep. ed on issues about and affecting_ This dynamic, yet underpaid is a wonderful avenue through E-mail: [email protected] Japanese Americans and Asian staff deserves the raise they which to share their stOlies, ideas I believe in the Pacific Citizen! Pacific Americans across the haven't received in over three and opinions. I encourage our Executive Editor: Please support the Spring Caroline Aoyagi nation. The P. e. is the crown jewel years, but you don't hear them young people to submit letters to Y. Campaign with a generous donation of JACL and we depend on it to complaining. The three full-timers the editor, and for budding youth Assistant Editor: towards its continuous o�ration. Martha Nakag�wa get the word out, especially to and two part-timers miraculously writers, get in touch with P. e. Office Manager: Brian Tanaka As a new member to the P. e. those outside of Califomia. I feel pull together a well-respected 12- Executive Editor Carolin'e Aoyagi Production Assistant: editorial board, I wasn't surewhat the survival of JACL is partly page publication (plus exceptional (e-mail: [email protected]). for Margot Brunswick to expect and had some reserva dependenton the effectivenessand Holiday and New Year's issues) on additional information about sub WriteriReporter: Tracy Uba tions and con success of the P. e. a semi-monthly basis. You could mitting an article. Wouldn't it be Circulation: Eva Lau-Ting cerns about We are fortunate to have a capa n't ask for a more focused, com great to have a regular youth col fulfilling the ble editorial board chairper mitted and dedicated staff. umn ·in the Publisher:' Japanese American P.e. P.e.? important role son with a strong professional Congratulations Team P.C! On behalf of my horrie chapter, . Citizens League (founded 1929) as disttict rep 1765 Sutter Street, San Francis background in journalism. After' It's been enjoyable reading the Berkeley, and the NCWNP dis co, CA 94115, tel: 415/921-5225 resentativefor meeting Gil Asakawa and the edi expanded sports and entertainment trict, we urge you to SUppOlt the the Northern . fax: 415/931-4671, www.jacl.org torial board membersat the recent coverage. Despite cutbacks in their P.e. staff with a donation to their JACL President: Floyd Mori California annual meeting, I'm very opti travel budget (only one superhu Spling Campaign. It tells them National Director:John Tateishi Western mistic and enthusiastic about the man staff person attends the what- an . excellent job they're Pacific Citizen Board of Direc Nevada P.acificreg ion. The annual futureof the P.e. One highlight of national board, biltri district meet doing and how much we appreci tors: Gil Asakawa, chairperson; editorial board meeting was P.e. the meeting was beingintroduced ings and special community ate their efforts. B�cause the P. e. Paul Uyehara, EDC; Ron Kat coming up, scheduled for early to the friendlyand extremelycapa events), the doesoutstanding is responsible for a poltion of their suyama, MDC; Grace Kimoto, April, just a few short weeks away. P.e. CCDC; Valerie Yasukochi, ble P.e. staff - Caroline, Brian, coverage. But we can't allow only budget, f1mdraising and adveltis I beganto experiencebutterflies in Martha, Eva and Margo (we miss one repOlter to cover the upcom ing solicitation is important. NCWNPDC; Ann Fujii-Undwall, my stomach and a bit of anxiety PNWDC; JeffWatanabe, IDC; Va you Tracy!). They've all hung in ing biennial convention in Hawaii! Berkeley JACL and individual cant, MPDC; Deni Uejima, that translated into nervous energy there at least five years and I can And another priority on my board members pledge $40q - definitelysomething a naturally PSWDC; Maya Yamazaki, Youth. attest to the fact it's not because of wish list ... I'd love to see more towards the P.e. Spring Campaign hyper person doesn't need. What the fabulous salary and comfort- articles about and written by youth to spearhead the effort from the r------, was going on? NCWNP district. Please SUppOlt I NEWS/ADDEADLINE: I'm passionate aboutJACL. As r------� the P.e. and their goal of raising : FRIDAY BEFORE DATE the only child of the first postwar $10,000 from the Spring : OF ISSUE. Editorials, news and the president of the Berkeley chapter, ., SPRING CAMPAIGN: � , . .", . Campaign .• you might say I was bom into the Your donation will go towards the continuous operation opinions expressed by col ...,,;,; .f umnists other than the na organization. However, it wasn't Pacific Citizen. tional JACL president or until "middle age" I began to fully L�to-�e national director do not understand and appreciate the Editor necessarily reflect JACL indelible, historical role of JACL policy. Events and prod and it's 75-year legacy of civil uctsadvertised in the Pacif ic Citizen do not carry the . rights, activism and. community Re: Peggy 'Oki implicit endorsement of the service. Thank you very much for the JACL or this publication. The P.e. is our lifeline, the com We reserve the right to edit munication link to our members article on Peggy Oki. She is an articles. inspiration both for her talent as a I and those outside the organization L �------� MAIL TO: Pacific Citizen. 7 Cupania Circle. Monterey Park. CA 91755 skater and surfer and for her work ______(ISSN: 0030- who read it. I respect its excellent PACIFIC CITIZEN content and high journalistic stan for the environment. "Dogtown 8579) is published semi-monthly WHILE SUPPLIES LAST! and Z-Boys" is my favoritemovie except once in January and De dards. News coverage is not limit For donations of $100 or more, you will (right after "Rashomon") and one cember by the Japanese American ed to just"what's happeningwit hin receive a copy of Bill Hosokawa's CL of my favorite things about the Citizens League, 7 Cupania Circle, JACL, its districts and individual JA Monterey Park, CA 91755. OF-. chapters. The broad spectrum of In Quest of Justice. l movie was that it glossed over the FICE HOURS - Mon.-Fri., 8:30 : fact that the Z-boy team was so a.m.-5 p.m. Pacific Time.©2003. ------_.. racially diverse. This fact was Annual subscription rates: treated so nonchalantly in the NON-MEMBERS: 1 year-$35, movie because itwas the bestkin d payable in advance. Additional California to Debate Coble Resolution of diversity: not forced and not postage per year - Foreign period even noticed by the skaters. ical rate $25; First Class for U.S., (Continued from page 1) Canada, Mexico: $30; Airmail to no concerns that we're offended AJR30 points out the inaccura Peggy Oki is a good example of Japan/Europe: $60. (Subject to becausethey don't think we mat cy of Coble's remarks. It high an Asian Amelican who succeed change without r:Jotice.) Periodicals year led to his resignation as ter," said John Tateishi, JACL lights a 1983 report by The edin two areas that are not typical _ postage paid at Monterey Park, leader of the Senate majority executive director. "I guarantee Commission on Wartime ly associated with AAs: extreme Calif., and at additional mailing of while Virginia Democratic Rep. you that were this a situation in Relocation aiid Internment of sports and environmentalism. fices. Jim Moran's inappropriate the black or Latino communities, Civilians (CWRIC) that conclud However, many Japanese Permission: No part of this publi remarks about the Jewish commu there would have been some kind ed, "Executive Order 9066 was Americans have made large con cation mal' be reproduced without nity drew an immediate rebuke tributions to the sport of skate express permission of the publish of response very quickly. In not justified by military necessi er. Copying for other than personal from the White House recently. essence, they're saying theyagree ty" but instead was the result of boarding: Shogo Kubo (who you or internal reference use without Assembly member Alan with Coble that the internment "racepre judice, war hysteria, and mentioned), Christian Hosoi and the expr.ess permission of P. C. is Nakanishi, R-Sacramento, is one was the right thing to do, that it's a failure of political leadership." Spencer Fujimoto aresome exam prohibited. MICROFILM (35mm) of of the few Republicans who has okay to ignore the Constitution In 1988 the U.S. government ples that come to mind. Thank you annual issues is available from publicly criticized Coble for his. according to the whims of the passed the Civil Liberties Act, for an excellent article. Bay Microfilm, Inc., 1115 E. Arques pro-internmentremarks and plans Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086. times." officially apologizing and paying to vote for 30. The groups have made their redress POSTMASTER: Send address AJR to the JA fonnerinternee s. "[Coble] m de a very wrong discontent very public with sever a changes to: Pacific Citizen, c/o 'a In 1990 letter to the fonner JACL National Headquarters, statement. It was an affront to us al letters to not only Coble, but internees, then-president George 1765 Sutter St., San Francisco, Japanese Americans," said also to several members of the Bush stated: "We can never fully 94115. "i\aclRc CA Nakanishi, who was interned at Republican Party, including right the wrongs of the past. But r citizen Tule Lake during the war. "It's not Hastert and Judiciary Committee we can take a clear stand for jus 7 Cupania Circle good for Coble to make a state Chainnan James Sensenbrenner, tice and recognize that serious Monterey Park, CA 91755-7406 JACL MEMBERS ment like that ... especially since R-Wis., and the w ite House. fax: 3231725-0064 h So injustices were done to Japanese e-mail: [email protected] he's in a leadership position." far they are still waiting for a Americans during World War Change Address II." * Except for the National Director's of Nakanishi doesn't want to response... Nakano, Liu and Nakanishi are Report, news and the views ex speak for the Republican Party pressed by columnists not nec If you have moved, It was on Feb. 4 during a radio optimistic AJR 30 will pass in do and the White house regarding interview in his home state that both the House and Senate. So far essarily reflect JACL policy. The please send information their silence on the Coble columns are the personal opinion of issue Coble ma de his controversial they have not heard of any plans . the writers. but he personally wrote a letter to to: remarks supportingthe JA wwn to reject the legislation by mem * "Voices" reflect the active, public Coble, Hastert and the White internment. bers of the Republican Party. discussion within JACL of a wide National JACL House criticizing the North "We were at war," he said. "If there's any state legislature range of ideas and issue;:;, though 1765 Sutter St. Carolina representative's contro they may not reflect the viewpoint of "They (Japanese Americans) that ought to take a position on the t�e editorial board of the Pacific Cit San Francisco, CA - versial statements. were anendangered species. For Coble issue, it's Califomia, with izen. Still, several Asian Pacific many of these Japanese the nation's largest Japanese * "Short expressions" on public is 94115 sues, usually one or para Americangroups remainunhappy Americans, it wasn't safe for American and AsianPacific pop TWO Allow 6 weeks for address with the lack of public repudiation graphs, should include signature, them to be on the street." ulations," said Tateishi. "This is address and daytime phone num changes. of Coble by the Republican Party Coble went on to add, "Some where the greatest abuse of the ber. Because of space limitations, and the White House. (Japanese Americans) probably internment took place, and the ,etters are subject to abridge men:. To avoidint erruptionsin receiving "I'm convinced that the ,White Although we are unable to print all P.c.. were intent on doing harm to us, legislature here in Californiahas a your please notifyyour pest House and the Republican leader just as some of these Arab res the letters we receive, we appreci master to include periodicals in ponsibility to repudiate ate the interest and views of those your change of address (USPS ship have discountedthe Japanec;e Americans are probably intent on Coble's views of the intemment." who take the time to send us their Form 3575) American community and have doing harm to us." • . comments. PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAY I6·JUNE 5, 2003 3 ·Korean War Vets.to Host Tri-Caucus Meets with FOX and Annual Joint Memorial Service DirecTV to Discuss Merger,. Diversity
A joint annual Memorial Day JAKWV President Robert Wada Members of the Congressional the diversity of their programming one company," said Rep. Ciro D. Service with the Japanese American will serve as master of ceremonies Asian Pacific American Caucus, and their recruitment of minority Rodriguez, Congressional Korean War Veterans (JAKWV), and speakers will include: Sam the Congressional Black Caucus employees. They should continue Hispanic Caucus chair. "Not only the Japanese Vietnam Veterans and Shimoguchi (JAKWV), Vince and the Congressional Hispanic to tap into the strong talent pool do we need more progress on the Americans of Japanese Ancestry Okamoto (JAVNV), and Dr. Roy Caucus met with the presidents of within the Asian Pacific Americap improving diversity in the media World War IT Memorial Alliance Machida (AJAWWIIMA). Fox Broadcasting Company and . community." and entertainment industry, we will take place May 24. Roral arrangements will be pre DirecTV to discuss their possible "It remains to be seen how bene need to pay close attention to the The service will be held at 11 sented by the families of those merger and efforts each corpora ficial a potential merger between FCC's proposals for media consol a.m. at the National· Japanese killed in action, the families of the tion is taking to ensure diversity in News Corp. and DirecTV will be idation and its impact on our com American Memorial' Court at the Medal of Honor recipients, and front of the camera, behind the to our constituents," said U.S. Rep. munities." Japanese American Cultural and representatives of all the veteran camera, and in the board rooms. Elijah E. Cummings, chair of the Members of the 108th Tri ' Community Center in Los Angeles. groups including VFW, DAV, "I appreciate Fox's continued Congressional Black Caucus. '''The Caucus plan to continue to monitor The services are held annually in American Legion, 110thl442nd, efforts to increase the diversity of Caucus is pleased with efforts mergers that result in media con memory of those who gave their MIS, NVCC, and community their employees, both on camera News Corp. is taking to improve solidation and their possible impact lives during WWII, the Korean organiiations. The public and fam and behind the scenes," said Rep. their dialogue with Members of on the minority communities. War and the Vietnam War. There ilies of deceased veterans will be David Wu, chair of the Congress. However, we still have a Members will also look to were a total 00181 J As killed in provided flowersto bepla� at the Congressional APA Caucus. long way to go." address issues surrounding the action: 819 in WWIT, 247 during memorials. "Although major stri�es have been "Fox has taken positive steps, Federal Communications Com the Korean War and 115 in the For more information or to con made, we will continue to call on and I expect it will take more, but mission regulations on media con Vietnam War. firm your attendance contact all the networks to increase both the larger issue goes beyond any solidation The service also honors those Wada, 714/922-5461, Victor .• who have passed away since the Muraoka 818/368-4113, Bob wars as well as those who were Hayamizu, 323/292-3165 (WWII posthumously awarded the Medal KIAs) or Paul Ono , 310/532-2495 8a�ramento County to Award H.8. Diplomas to of Honor. (Korean War, Vietnam War) .• Former Camp Internees, WWII and Korean War Vets University of Wyoming Hosts The Sacramento County Board June 25, 1950-Jan. 31, 1955 the life achievement and contribu of Education's Operation Recog (Korean War). Former JA internees tions of these individuals as we Heart Mountain Draft Resisters nition program is providing high will need to show proof of having present them with their high school Two members of the Heart tutional incarceration of Americans school diplomas to Japanese been interned in a relocation camp diplomas." Mountain Fair Play Committee of Japanese ancestry in 1942 has American former World War IT during Sept. 16, 1940-Dec. 31, OperationRecognition, modeled spoke at the University of internees and WWII and Korean 1946. . after similar programs implement (FPC) been on my mind, reincarnated 60 . . Wyoming's Organization of Active years later in the form of the U.S. War veterans who may have had Recipients should also be resi ed in other states, was adopted . Students Interested in Sociology Patriots Act of 2002," Hoshizaki their education interrupted. dents of Sacramento County, but unanimously by the Sacramento conference held on April 25-26. wrote in his statement. "Both tram So far 16 former internees and inquiries from outside the County County Board of Education in Frank Emi, a leader of the FPC, ple on the constitutional right of the veterans have been awarded their will be referred to the local county October 2001. and resister Yosh Kuromiya spoke people of the United States under diplomas through the Operation office of education. Persons may Applications are available at before students and faculty about the guise of wartime necessity." Recognition program. apply for a diploma to posthu local veterans' organizations, pub their wartime expulsion from their Hoshizakiis a KoreanWar veteran A requirement for all applicants mously honor a deceased family lic libraries in Sacramento County homes and detention at the Heart as were several other FPC members. is that the individual was enrolled member. and at the Sacramento County Mountain camp in Wyoming. As free Americans, they responded in high school during specified "Operation Recognition will Officeof Education. Call 916/228- Takashi Hoshizaki, another FPC when theirdraft orders carne. time periods leading up to military honor those in our community who 2416 to request an application be resister, was unable to attend but . Donna Barnes, a UW associate service or internment (1937-1940 were forced to discontinue their mailed or download it online at: sent a statement read by Sandy professor of sociology, told the or 1946-1950). All veterans will high school education due to www.scoe.netlor� Root-Elledge, a graduate student Caspar Star-Tribune that the three need to show proof of honorable wartime circumstances," said Dr. The next Operation Recognition . who wrote a master's thesis about were "remarkable men" who per discharge and proof of U.S. mili David P. Meaney, Sacramento ceremony is scheduled for May 20 Heart Mountain. formed what was "truly an act of service during Sept. 16, 1940- County superintendent of schools. and future ceremonies are also "The removal and the unconsti- principle and conscience." tary • Dec. 31, 1946 (WWII), or during "We look forward to celebrating being planned .•
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National Newsbytes 'APAs in the News ...... >i Awards, Appointments, Announcements By Pacific Citizen Staff Greenbrier State Forest is that of an decided at its weekly private confer and Associated Press Asian woman, not Hispanic as pre ence to examine a January decision Arizona chapter JACLers ager in . the Public Works viously thought. . by a Los Angeles appeals court Joseph Allman and Ted Namba Department of the City of Salinas o Suspected Spy The state medical examiner's allowing a Korean American man to have been named to the first-ever and has served six consecutive May Have Compromised . officehad earlier identifiedthe body sue the fo rmer Onoda Cement Co. Governor's terms as the Monterey JACL Finance Probes as that of a Hispanic female and its successor, Taiheiyo Cement A s ian chapter president. American WA SHINGTON-A politiCally between the ages of 12 and 20. Corp. of Japan, which has a Los Advisory California Assemblyman Darrell connected Chinese American But forensic anthropologists at Angeles-based subsidiary. Jae Wan Council for the Steinberg has chosen Genevieve woman who is accused of being a the Smithsonian Institution in Jeong is seeking back wages, state of Shiroma as his district's 2003 double agent says she had 2;100 Washington, D.C., say the person unspecified damages, an apology, Arizona. The Woman of the Ye ar. Shiroma was contacts with Chinese officials was of Asian ancestry, possibly and establishment of a trust fund to council brings selected for her many years of while beingpaid as an FBI informer. Japanese, said West Virginia State benefit victims of forced labor. together AAs community service 'as the chair of Many of Katrina Leung's meet Police Sgt. Vince Deeds of the · Jeong claims that as a Korean stu '--______.&. ...J with diverse the Agricultural Labor Relations ings were in the 199Os, and law Lewisburg detachment. They also dent at Tokyo's Hosei University, he JOE ALLMAN backgrounds to Board, and boards of the Capital enforcement officials say she could listed the woman's age as between was taken away in 1943 and forced inform and advise the governor of Unity Council, JACL Sacramento have compromised investigations 25 and 33 and her height between 4 to break limestone for Onoda for issues impacting the AA commu chapter, Planned Parenthood Mar under way then into whether China foot 8 inches and 4 foot 10 inches. more than a year without pay. He nity. Other members include: Monte, B Street Theater, and tried to influence U.S. elections with Deeds said the cause of death is was not provided adequate food, Madeline Ong-Sakata, publisher Sacramento Municipal Utility campaign contributions. unknown and the Smithsonian water and safety, and about 30 pris of the Su Times, Dorothy Lew, District. Steinberg represents the The key question for investigators exam fo und no trauma to the body. oners in his groups died, according n ' executive director of the Pan 9th district. is whether Leung, a Los Angeles A motorist fo und the body Sept. to the lawsuit. Asian Community Alliance, and businesswoman and Republican 26 in a ravine off Greenbrier State At issue is a 1999 California law Prof. John Leung of Northern Margaret Reed, a J ACL DC activist, tipped off potential targets Forest Road, a half mile south of the allowing people claiming to be Arizona University. chapter board member and of the campaign finance investiga state forest boundary. Police esti wartime forced-labor victims in Northern Virginia Community tions or fed the U.S. government mated the body may have been Europe and Asia to seek redress Larry Oda, president of the College student, was featured in 'false or misleading information there several months. until 2010 against multinational Monterey JACL chapter, was the April 7 issue of USA To day as from Beijing through her FBI han firms thatoperate in the state. awarded the annual Employee of a member of the All USA dier, former counterintelligence o 12-Year-Old Off Since the California Legislature the Year Award by the Association Academic First Team. The honor agent James Smith. to Medical School adopted the law hundreds of such of Management Personnel of is based on Reed's academic The FBI and two congressional GLENVIEW, IIl.-Sho Yano lawsuits have been dismissed by Salinas (AMPS) May 2. The achievement and commun-ity committees conducted inquiries in entered Loyola University at the age federal and state judges. Jeong's award is given service. She is one of 20 students the late 1990s into an alleged clan of 9 and graduated three years later was the only one allowedto proceed to an individ selected from nearly 1,500 appli destine effort by the Chinese gov sunmUl cum laude. This June, the to trial. The justices' action April 30 ual who most cants nationwide by USA To day, ernment to influence U.S. policy by 12-year-old will become perhaps stays Jeong's case pending a deci clearly exem- Phi Theta Kappa and the funneling tens of thousands of dol �he youngest student to enroll in sion. The court did not indicate plifies the American Association of lars in campaign contributions medical school. He was awarded a when it would rule. ideals Community Colleges. Team through U.S. intermediaries to the full scholarship .to the University of of AMPS, who members receive a $2,500 Democratic National Committee, Chicago's medical school where he o UC Berkeley Eases through dedi stipend. Reed has also been congressional candidates and for will enroll in the rigorous medical Student Ban From cation and named a New Century Scholar, mer President Clinton's campaigns. scientist in-training program, which SARS-affected Countries commitment which is awarded to the highest More than two dozen people leads to both a medical and doctor BERKELEY, Calif.-Officials to the City and the larger commu scoring All USA Academic First eventually were convicted or plead ate degree. at the University of California, nity demonstrates exemplary Team member fro m each state. As ed guilty, mainly to charges of mak In the graduate school admission Berkeley, said May 10 they would leadership and accomplishment. a New Century Scholar, she ing illegal contributions. But more tests, Yano had perfect scores in the ease their ban on some students Oda is currently the division man- receives a $2,000 scholarship .• than 120 people sought by congres quantitative and analytical sections. from SARS-affected areas of Asia sional investigaIOrs either fled the He scored 13 or 14 out of 15 in his who have signed up to attend sum United States or refused to testify. Medical College ' Admission tests, mer school. placing him among the cream of the Berkeley Chancellor Robert ' o Clinton Says Chinatown crop. Yano is the son of Kyung Berdahl said the school will wel Needs $500,000 in Aid Ya no, a Korean immigrant with a come about 80 students from NEW YORK-Sen. Hillary master's degree in art history, and Taiwan, China and Hong Kong who Rodham Clinton said recently that Katsura Ya no, a business executive have enrolled in core academic ChinatOwn, still suffering from the for a Japanese company who was classes which begin May27. Severe effects of terrorism and fears of also a top student in Japan. Yano has acute respiratory syndrome has a younger sister, 6-year-old Sayuri, killed hundreds of people in those SARS, needs help from the federal, . . state and local governments. who seems to be fo llowing in her countries. Clinton said she and other offi brother's footsteps. But the school will maintain its cials would send a letter to the . ban on nearly 600 students who had Marker Honors Lower Manhattan Development o enrolled in English as a second lan Asian Civil War Soldiers Corp. requesting about$500, 000 to guage classes through a UC exten COLUMBUS, promote tourism and provide con Ohi�A histori sion program. Though that ban sumer discounts in Chinatown. She cal marker dedicated April 26 hon could still be lifted, the school is said the development corporation, ors the little-known contributions of refunding payments received from the city-state agency created after the Asian immigrants who fought for those students. Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has the Union in the Civil War. Since announcing the ban, the Of the 313,180 Ohioans who done a good job overall but has not school has come under scrutiny for done enough to help businesses in fo ught in the Civil War, at least 17 what critics dubbed an overreaction. Chinatown recover from the attacks. were Asian, most of them Chinese, Chinese for Affirmative Action, a said Sonya Gong, chairwoman of civil rights group, called on Berdahl the Columbus chapter of the o Asians Buying Property to reconsider, saying the ban was - Near Mohegan Sun Casino Organization of Chinese Americans. . discriminatory and too broad. The group has not located any of MONTVILLE, Conn.-Janny Berkeley's ban went further than the soldiers' descendants, she said. Lam is a Chinese American devel other U.S. universities, which have Unlike many Civil War veterans, oper who is renovating Norwich struggled over accommodating stu Asians were denied war pensions apartment houses popular with dents from countries where the lit and citizenship because of anti Asians who work at the nearby tle-understood disease is still Asian �iment at the time, said Mohegan Sun casino. spreading. "Other schools have can Siu-Lueng who first suggested Asian American investors have Lee, celed Asian summer study pro the marker to the Ohio Bicentennial been buying up single-family grams, advised researchers to shelve Commission. homes near the Mohegan Sun casi cooperative projects with Chinese "We are something like forgotten no in Montville and turning them scholars, and asked Asian students in the history. That's why it needs to into boarding houses· for dealers and to abandon plans to return home be told," said Chih Ping Chen, a other casino workers. Town officials afterfinal exams. Vietnam native and OCA member. call the area "Little Chinatown." American Indian', French, Jennifer Oyama According to town records, the o German, ' Irish and Moravian sol Wins Miss Aloha Hula Title investors, most of Chinese origin, diers also fo ught in the war, said HILO, Hawaii-Jennifer Keha have bought 44 homes across Route Tom Vince of the Cuyahoga Va lley ulani Oyama of Honolulu won the 32 from the casino. The homes cost Civil War Roundtable. The marker Miss Aloha Hula title April 24 at the a total of $6.6 million, and the aver- . could prompt requests for other eth Merrie Monarch festival. age price was $155,000. nic groups to represent their role in Oyama is a member of Halau Na Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods the war, said Kristina Markel, who Mamo Pu'uanahulu, led by kuma Resort casino employs more than 0 coordinates the marker program for hula William "Sonny" Ching. 2,000 recently arrived Asians. the Ohio Historical Society. First runner-up was Kara Chow of Real estate agents say the Na Hula 0 Kaohikukapulani of demand for single-family homes is California Supreme o Hanapepe, Kauai. Second runner-up pushing up prices in the region, and Court to Review was Hi Ileiokalani Costa of Ka Pa houses put on the market near the Slave labor law . Hula 0 Kamehameha of Honolulu, casino are often sold the next day. SAN FRANCISCO-The Cali fo llowed by ShelseaAi of Halau Hula fo rnia Supreme Court agreed April o Police: Body Found in Olana of Pearl City, and Ka'ena Greenbrier That of Asian 30 to review the validity of a state Hopkins of Halau I Ka Wekiu of law allowing people to sue compa LEWISBRG, W.Va.-Investi Honolulu. Women from 16 hula nies that forced them into slave gators will conduct another missing halau, or schools,competed, perform labor during World War II. persons search after learning that a ing in chant and kahiko and auana, The justices, without comment, the ancient and modern hula body fo und last September near the .• PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAy 16-JUNE 5, 2003 Cleveland/Cincinnati! our race." Sacramento JACL's Annual o Dayt n Chapters Ezaki explained how adults tried Benefit Crab Feed attmcted more Cleveland chapter members to "normalize" life for their chil than 400 crab lovers to the Hank Tanaka and EdEzaki teamed dren and how grateful he was that Sacmmento Buddhist Church, said with Cincinnati chapter members they were allowed to play baseball, Chairman Dean K. Okimoto. Masaji "Stogie" Toki and Betsy basketball and football at the Gila Attendees enjoyed the usual "all Sato to present a Cleveland chap River camp in Arizona. Ezaki coor you can eat" Dungeness cmb din ter-sponsored program titled, "In dinates the Cleveland chapter's ners as well as the entertainment theLand of the Free: TheJapanese speakers bureauand since October that followed. The emcee for the Amelican Expeliencein Amelica's has organized teacher training evening was Stuart Satow, former Concentration Camps," at the workshops that have reached more sports announcer for KXTV-lO. Great Lakes Regional Conference than 1,000students at more than25 In addition to the raffle, which of the National Council for the schools. raised about$2, 000for the scholar White River Valley (I-r): Grace and Dan Hiranaka, keynote speaker Social Studies on April 12. Tanaka talked about the legal ship fund, the traditional airplane Frank Abe and Yvonne Kinoshita Ward, chapter president. Vo lunteers from the two chapters challenges to internment by focus flying contest drew the maximum and the Dayton chapter were also ing on the three coram nobis cases number of contestants, who vied quet on April 30, at the Golden leaders Min Tamesa and Frank available to answer questions, and - the Minoru Yasui, Gordon for 12 trophies donated by Victory Peacock in Renton, Wash. Keynote Erni, who challenged the govern the Midwest District Council put Hirabayashi and Fred Korematsu Trophies. A Sacramento Kings speaker was Fmnk Abe, award ment. together an exhibit with photo cases. Tanaka also shared about autographed team pennant was winning producer and director of "An historic moment of crisis, graphs, books and resource guides. testifying before the Commission auctioned for about$400. the documentary "Conscience and two different responses to injus Toki discussed the shock that The event was a success thanks the Constitution." tice: compliance or resistance," on Wartime Relocation and ' families experienced when forced Internment of Civilians during the to the hard work of theSacramento In his decades of activism, Abe said Abe. "It takes a great nation to to evacuate, the indignity of being 1980s, which eventually led to the JACL board members and volun said his two most meaningful admit it was wrong. It makes a treated with suspicion, the agony passage of the Civil Liberties Act teers from UC Davis, Sacramento involvements were redress and the good organization stronger to of family separation resulting from of 1988. City College and the Boy Scouts resisters. admit it was wrong, as JACL did a segregation policy based upon a Sato ended the session by from the VFW troop.. He noted that one reason just about a year ago in San so-called loyalty questionnaire, explaining JACL's "Teacher Muslim and Arab Americans were Francisco." and the anxiety of not knowing Resource and Curriculum Guide." White RiverVa lley Chapter not rounded up into internment Abe commended JACL's action how long they would be incarcerat The White River Valley chapter camps after the terrorist attacks of last May when they offered an ed in camp. Sacramento Chapter held their annual scholarship ban- Sept. 11, 2001, was due to the les apology to the Nisei draft 'The evacuation story is now sons learned from the redress resisters, but reminded them of history. but we hopethat those who movement. Emi's words at the ceremony hear this story will be reminded of "The nation had learned. It did where Emi urged JACL to go one this dark moment in U.S. history, n't happen again," said Abe. "That step further and offer a similar and as a result, will hold sacred the is our first legacy.We held the gov apology to the entire Japanese individual rights of all Americans ernment accountable for its actions American community. as guaranteed by our constitution," in World War II." "I haven't seen anyone rushing said Toki. "I come here not to ask ThenAbe turned his attention to to follow up on Frank Emi's sug for your sympathy but to make JACL's action during the war. He gestion, but like he said, the cere sure that the evacuation story is compared the words of JACL lead mony was a good first step," said never again repeated for any other ers Joe Grant and Mike Masaoka, Abe. 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Towards the end of the war, The documentary "Calling fare. They worked for the Federal the 1950s and 1960s but nothing Prior to the outbreak of war, the Ono said, others came through the Tokyo" can be purchased for Broadcasting Intelligence Service lengthy or recently," said Gilmore. Portland office included the two Denver OWl office after the U.S. $23 (includes shipping and under the Federal Communications ''The problem always in terms of sisters and a third translator. When Navy Language Program in handling). Checks should be Commission. Their mission was to propaganda operation is to come war broke out, the three were not Boulder, Colo., closed down. made out to Gary T. Ono and translate Japanese radio transmis to some kind of conclusion as to evacuated but an additional three They were: Francis Higuchi, sent to 2408 Sweetwood sions from NHK (Japan the impact. It's very hard to know. Broadcasting Corporation) and translators were added. A few Katsu Hori, James Inomata Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063; My conclusion is that the propa send the informationdirectly to the months after evacuation, another Joseph Inouye, Tsuneo Budd or call 805/522-6350; or e-mail e y ganda was effective in convincing president and the heads of the !iix were recruited from th camps. Iwata, Howard Imazeki, garytono1 [email protected]. T. the Japanese that they were going Army, Navy and Marine Corp. In total, 12 translators worked out Takekoshi, Takeo Tsukamura. Dr. Allison Gilmore's book of the Portland office. to lose the war." "You Can't Fight Tanks Wit Prior to the outbreak of wwn Others whose first names are h Typically three translators Gilmore added that the radio the two sisters, who grew up i� unknown include: Tamaki, Bayonets: Psychological worked 48-hour shifts. "It was campaigns were "effective in Nebraska, were in Japan studying Shikakura, Yamasaki (unrelated to Warfare Against the Japanese tough work," said Kaneko. "I establishing Ally credibility" at Tokyo Jyoshidai (Tokyo Robert Yamasaki) and Yokouchi. Army in the Southwest learned new Navy and Army because the United States and the Womens Christian University). Baba said the subject of their Pacific" is available from the words, Imperial words. They British worked to broadcast simi University of Nebraska Press. They graduated in March 1941 and broadcasts, which were done in weren't everyday language." lar messages so the Japanese were Hardback is $45; paperback is were working in Japan when they Japanese, were commentaries and The two sisters lived on Pacific not getting different messages $17.95. Add $4 for shipping received notice from the American news intermingled with music. He embassy that war between the Avenue in a home belonging to a from different nations. and handling for the first book noted that early on, their program United States and Japan was immi Nikkei family who had been evac But one area the radio broad and 50 cents for each addition ming was so sparse that they nent, and for Americans to make uated. The family had asked the casts did not seem to have a major al book. Contact UN Press at two sisters to look after the home replayed the same broadcast up to plans accordingly. impact on was persuading the P.O. Box 880484, Lincoln, NE during their indefinite incarcera 17 times. The sisters made plans to return Japanese soldiers to surrender. 68588-0484; phone 8oon55- tion. Theobj ective of the propaganda to America immediately, but since Gilmore said there was still ram 1105; or fax 800/526-2617 Looking back, Kaneko said, "I was to demoralize the Japanese, .• other Americanswere making sim pant fear among the Japanese sol wish I had the sense to send them a said Gilmore. ''The idea was to ilar plans, they were unable to find diers that those who surrendered carepackage at least once a month. convince th� Japanese that they space on any of the ships through would be tortured. Wada. "When the government I understand it was very harsh in were losing the war," she said. the N.Y.K. Lines (Nippon Yusen Since the broadcasts were in took over, I was not aware of any camp." She drew parallels between Kaisha). A cousin finally booked Japanese, the recruited Nisei had security checks." ' them on the Nitta Maru through the Kaneko said they had little time propaganda used during WWII to be proficient in the Japanese But Wada said when she visited O.S.K. Lines (today Mitsui aSK to socialize with each other and and the war in Iraq. In any war, language ---' a quality that also her mother in the Amache camp, Lines). had no contact with the neighbors. Gilmore said American propagan made them suspect by the U.S. her mother said some internees When the Nitta MalU docked in But she encountered no hostilities da focuses on a scapegoat and government. But most said they thought she was a spy because she San Francisco in early July 1941, a if she attended concerts or baseball emphasizes that civilians are not games. She even had time to enroll were not aware of seCuritychecks. was "the only one in the area not sailor told Kaneko that they had the target. In the case with Japan, in classes at the University of "I was interviewed in camp," in camp." made the trip in 12 days rather than U.S.IBritish propaganda targeted Portland where she stl:ldied said Endo. "We had an oral exam Yamasaki believes the govern the usual 14 because they had the need to rid the Japanese mili Spanish and English literature. ination. I don't know how many ment may have conducted secret moved quickly. She later found out tarists and urged civilians to sur Kaneko said their contacts with participated" but I was selected background checks. "I wouldn't that another ship that had left right render to save their lives. With the OWl were limited. "I never met from camp and sent to Denver to think there were any security after them made it as far as Hawaii war in Iraq, the scapegoat was but was tumed back due to fear of them," said Kaneko. "We just had do a job. That's all I can tell you. I checks except there was one inci Saddam Hussein. submarine attacks in the waters direct transmissions like today's e don't know if they had a security dent," said Yamasaki. "I can't Gilmore added that the United between Hawaii and San mail so I might recognize names." check or not." remember who I talked to but it States did not target the Japanese Francisco. In November 1944, Kaneko Wada and Yamasaki were work appeared that I made a comment Emperor, because America feared "We were lucky to have come accompanied the sister of a co ing for CBS before the outbreak of that sounded favorable to Japan, worker to Pendleton, are. This the Japanese were still loyal to the back," said Kaneko. WWII. On Dec. 8, 1941, the day and a man, I don't know from Nisei woman felt uncomfortable Emperorand to blame him would The two sisters had a brief after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, what bureau, came and quoted me traveling on her own since most "alienate and make the fight hard reunion with their family and then Wada said they were told to start and questioned me. That was the tra¥e1ers at the time were soldiers er." headed for Washington, D.C. monitoring Japanese language first inkling I had that I was being or sailors. While there has been no exten There, they contacted an acquain programs, and they continued to investigated quite thoroughly. I In Pendleton, Kaneko met her si ve study on the effectiveness of tance who worked in the Japanese do so until their job with CBS was think they were investigating all of section of the Library of Congress, future husband, the late John psychological warfare, Gilmore taken over by the U.S. govern us but they were velY quiet about to see if therewere any federal jobs Kaneko, who ran a potato farm in said she believes the OWl's and ment. it. As long as nothing detrimental available. Pocatello, Idaho.Although Kaneko BPWM's radio campaign had "As far as I know, I was hired by showed up on our records, we It so happened that the sisters' knew the government had plans to some measure of success. weren't contacted." • contact knew of someone seeking transfer her .to Honolulu, she quit CBS, a private company," said translators. An interview was set her job to get married. up immediately, and the sisters "I had no problems leaving took a number of tests, which they because most of the battles were passed with flying colors. In late over and the tide had shifted in July 1941, the sisters were hired favor of the Allies," said Kaneko. and then told to take two weeks off "Everything was simmering down. Save Energy, Save Money to do some sightseeing since the I don't even think they replaced office was not yet in operation. me." Kaneko said she was not aware of Kaneko said she hasn't kept in any security checks. touch with the last six that came to In the beginning, the sisters work in Portland, but of the first six, she is the only surviving mem Vi sit www. sce. com for inform ation on worked out of Washington, D.<;:., ber.• ways to better manage your energy NSRCF Awards Scholarships to Southeast Asian Refugee Students usage and your electric bill. Yo u can The Nisei Student Relocation were uprooted from their homes, Commemorative Fund (NSRCF) interned in camps and had-their take an online energy survey, get awarded $35,000 to 30 graduating education disrupted. Since 1983, high school students from the fund has awarded over energy-saving tips, and learn about Cambodian, Laotian and $340,000 in grants to 388 students Vietnamese refugee families at its from Cambodian, Laotian and 21st annual scholarship awards Vietnamese refugee families. rebates, programs and services for ceremony on April 26 in Portland, Among the Nikkei organiza are. tions participating in the scholar The NSRCF was founded in ship committee were the Portland your home and business, available 1980 by a group of Nisei in a spir JACL, the Japanese Ancestral it of ongaeshi gratitude for the Society of Portland and the - from your friends and neighbo�s at help they received from the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center. National Japanese American The NSRCF awards were a Student , Relocation Council dur major component of the fifth Southern California Edison. ing World War' II. From 1942 annual Scholarship Awards through 1946, the council relocat Banquet sponsored by the weekly ed some 4,000Japanese American newspaper Asian Reporter, and students from the internment attracted more than 700attendees, camps to colleges throughout the making it one of the largest local country. Asian American gatherings in The NSRCF chose to help recent history. Southeast Asian refugee students For more information about the An EDISON INTERNATIONAL'" Company because their experience was sim NSRCF, or to make contributions, ilar to that of Nisei students during write to them at 19 Scenic Drive., WWII, when Nisei students also Portland, CT 06480.• PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAY 16-JUNE 5, 2003 7 _ In Sports & Entertainment BASEBALL GOLF Baseball Diamond Named Back to School: Wie's Golf Adventure Ta kes a Break After Masato Yamashita STOCKBRIDGE, Ga.-Time the Big Wiesy. the rough if she's 100 yards. ahead to put down the golf clubs and No one on the women's tour of everyone else." Masato ''Mauch'' Ya mashita, a Sentinel shortly after throwing out grab those schoolbooks. Michelle hits the ball as far or as high as After the ShopRite, Wie will coach for the JACL baseball team the firstpitch to christen the field. Wie has a math test to take. Wie, who didn't hesitate trying to play in the Jamie Farr Kroger for over 50 years, was honored April Yamashita, a fo rmerWo rld War II 27 with the renaming of the baseball internee, is a lifelong resident of As the 13-year-old is prone to drive the green on the 306-yard Classic Aug. 14-17, the Safeway field at Kofu Park in Lodi, Calif., in Lodi.He has managed the Double A say, that's cool. seventh hole at Eagles Landing Classic Sept. 26-28 and the CJ. his honor. semi-pro JACL team since 1961 Wie is content to give women's Country Club. Everyone else laid Nine Bridges Classic in her par More than 100 people came to the and has led the team to four state golf a handful of tantalizing up. ents' native South Korea on Oct. official renaming of the Yamashita championships including the most glimpses each year - at least "If you didn't see who was 16-19. Baseball Field, where many recent one in 1992. Prior to coach until she's 18, even longer if she swinging, and you saw the ball Somewhere in there, she'll find described the coach as an inspira ing, Yamashita had a 10-year career follows through on her plans to take off,yo u'd think a man hit it," time to begin ninth grade. tion on and offthe field. as an outfielder. attend college. Hall of Farner Nancy Lopez said. "I'd like to see Michelle have as "It was a big surprise andit's a big TheYam ashita BaseballField is the She's still more than six months "The ball is so hot coming off the nonnal a childhood as she possi honor for me," said Yamashita, in an fourth park in California to be named away from her 14th birthday, face, and the flight is so high." bly can," LPGAcommissio ner Ty interview with the Lodi News- after a Japanese baseballplayer .• holding the future of the sport in Wie is definitely intrigued by Votaw said. "When she's ready to her grasp even as she pauses to the idea of following Annika become a member of the LPGA watch "S Club 7" (the televised Sorenstam to the PGA Tour: tour, we'll welcome her with open IN GENERAL adventuresof a British pop group) Sorenstam will play in the anns." 5.1. '5 101 Most Influential Minorities or listen to a rap CD by 50 Cent. Colonial this month, a ground Wie comes from a family that Wie has played in two LPGA breaking event that may be a pre values education and she wants to Sports ranked 26; Charles Wang and In the May 5 issue, events this year, more than hold cursor to Wie's own career plans. attend Stanford (where her hero, a Illustrated Sanjay Kumar, co-owners of the published its " 101 Most ing her own against women two, "Sure," she said. "Why not?" guy named Tiger Woods, once New York Islanders Nos. 30 and 31 Intluential Minorities in Sports." three, even four times her age. She Even now, according to her played). Of course, those plans Coming out on top was Robert respectively, ahd No. 38 was Kim tied for ninth at the first major of father, Wie is more comfortable could change over the next 4 112 Johnson, African American owner Ng, vice president and assistant the year, the Kraft Nabisco teeing up with men. She's signed years. of the Charlotte NBA · team. general manager of the Los Angeles Championship. She fo llowed up to play a Canadian Tour event this In the meantime, plenty of Included in the list were several Dodgers. at the end of April with a solid 3- summer and doesn't hide her events are trying to get their hands Asian PacificAmericans including, Coming in at No. 57 was Seattle under 213 at the Chick-fil-A desire to make a run at the on the future of women's golf. golf sensation Tiger Woods at the Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki; Charity Championship south of Masters through one of the ama BJ. Wie already has gotten No. 2 slot, and Houston Rockets Olympic fencer Peter Westbrook Atlanta, making the cut against a teur qualifying events. caIls from a couple of tournament center Yao Ming came in at No. 7. was ranked No. 71; and golfer Se Ri strong field. "She watches how the men directors wanting to extend an SPOlts agent Don Nomura was Pak sat at No. 93 .• Wie could join the tOtlrtomor play," BJ. Wie said. "She listens early invitation for 2004. Clearly, row and probably be one of the SNOOKER to the sound of the club head, the she already fits in. better players. But she has no way the ball sounds. Instinctively, "They treated me, like, just an Marco Fu Bids to be First Asian World Champion desire to speed up the learning she tries to keep up with them. It LPGA player, not a 13-year-old," SHEFFIELD, England-March in the semifinal. curve, willingly settling for the will help Michelle get better play Wie said before flying back to Fu of Hong Kong remained on "You have got to bring the game LPGA's allotment of six events ing with men. She plays like they Hawaii for that math test. "It was course to become the first Asian overseas to try and popularize the each year. play. She likes to be more aggres reaIlynice being at the same level snooker player to win the World sport," said Fu, who has taken over Next up: the ShopRite Classic sive. She doesn't mind going into as them." . Championship when he outplayed fromThailand's James Wattana as in New Jersey on the last weekend Scotland's Alan McManus 13-7 on the top Asian player. of June. April 28 and reached the quarterfi "I don't think there are too many "I think six times is OK for me Park Wins Michelob t-ight Open By a Stroke nal. more top players in Hong Kong at now," Wie said. "I may get sick of WILLIAMSBURG, Va .- Park said she tried not to think Leading 10-7 overnight, 25-year the moment," he said. "But there are it if! played every week out here." South Korea's sank about that streak while she was old Fu won three frames in ju�t 43 a lot of good youngsters in China This way, she's having the time Grace Park a 20-foot par putt on the firsthole on the course, but acknowledged minutes at the Oucible Theater and and in two or three years I'm sure of her life. May 4 for an everi-par 71 and a it crept into her mind. now faces Stephen Lee fo� a place you' 11 see a couple of them breaking The Korean-American from "Maybe I had little doubts here through." • Hawaii has a smooth, powetful one-stroke victory at the inaugu swing that has drawn compar ral Michelob Light Open. and there (on the front nine), but isons to Ernie Bls. Big Easy, meet Her first tee shot landed in the my caddie just kept saying to me. National business water. On the f<;>urth hole, she 'We can do it. We cando it.' And and Professional shan ked an iron shot into the my streak still stands." • Los Angeles gallery. 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Research: 'To Piece Changed the World Together the Story of Poston' n its issue of March 31, Time to the arbitrary imprisonment, E'VE looked at the [Italics from National Parks the three camps. An adobe gymna magazine observed its 80th without trial, of some 75,000 lighter side, the Service, "Confinement and sium stood at Poston III. Two pic I anniversary by recalling "80 American citizens who were W Nickname Game, of the Ethnicity."] tures show an internee pressing days that changed the world" - charged en masse only with being Poston III camp reunion in my last Poston came to be unlike other material into the brick mold, and the "most significant days of the members of a particular race, and column. But not to be dismissed WRA-run camps, because the fed er thebricks drying in the hot sun. past eight decades" in the opinion never mind the violation of legal was Poston internee Ruth Y. al government promised "that the While Nisei students at Camp I of its editors. protections that are the fo undation Okimoto's research of the Colorado land would be returned substantially wrote stories about camp life, stu Listed chronologically, the first of the nation. River Indian Tribes (CRIT) and improvedfor future agriculturaluse." dents at the Indian School were was Adolph Hitler's grab of power The second was recognition on Japanese Americans who occupied The main chapter, "Sharing a writing down thoughts about the in the fo undering Germany on June 27, ' 1952, when Congress their desert land during World War Desert Home," gave me new war in theirschool paper, Colorado Nov. 8, 1923 ..The last was Jan. 29, approved reform of immigration II "to piece together the story of insights. River Star, and about Italian and 2002, when President George W. and naturalization regulations, that Poston." When Poston was building the German prisoners of war living on Bush defined the Axis of Evil all the world's people are equals And thanks to the California irrigation canal, the chief engineer . their reservation. But one CRIT stu whose existence could not be toler under our laws. One direct result Civil Liberties Public Education reported it was slow moving dent praised the Japanese American ated by a peaceful world. was the granting of naturalization Program, on hand at the reunion because of the unwillingness of the farm near the school: "They have In between were such diverse rights to immigrants from Japan was her 32-page report, "Sharing a Japanese to work on the structures. been raising vegetables - not by events as Lindberg's solo flight who for a half century had helped Desert Home," subtitled, "Life on Approximately 700 internees were the Qasketful - but by the truck acrossthe Atlantic (May 21, 1927), to develop the U.S. West. The the Colorado River Indian working on the project that summer load, and fine ones, too." Babe Ruth's 60th home run (Sept. reform also led to the immigration Reservation, Poston, Arizona 1942- of 1942. They were willing to work On Sept. 1, 1945, the first Hopi 30, 1927), the launching of the of millions of ambitious, hard 1945," published by News from on the relocation center but not on Indian families, relocated from New Deal (March 4, 1933) when a working natives of Korea, Native California, P. O. Box 9145, structures that were of no immedi their reservation the other side of bold and determined President Vietnam, China, Indonesia, India, Berkeley, CA 94709, $4.95. ate benefit, so that OlAhad to hire Arizona, were welcomed at Poston Franklin D. Rooseveltannounced a the Philippines and elsewhere, The early pages describe the white tractor operators to keep on II. While evacuees, still in Poston, war against the strangling grip of whose contributions have enriched background of the Colorado River schedule. were packing to leave, one Hopi the Great Depression, Martin the American culture. More impor Indians, the presence of the U.S. The Nisei workers rightfully felt "colonist" (then 8 years old) Luther King's "I have a dream" tant, the reform put an end to the Cavalry during the 1800s, and the that $19 per month was inadequate remembered stopping at the "little speech (Aug. 28, 1%3), the "Giant cynical proposition that skin color Office of Indian Affairs managing for heavy construction work out white stand" (the Army guard leap for mankind" landing on the determines acceptability. the reservation (CRIR) established . side camp, as noted in Richard house) where armed soldiers were moo� (July 20, 1969). And of Choosing the "best" or "most in March 1865. Nishimoto's "Inside an American still on duty. course the attack on Pearl Harbor important" of anything ·is a precar By 1941, an irrigation system Concentration Camp," University Until Poston was closed on Nov. (Dec. 7, 1941) and the incineration ious undertaking. Among Time 's . was being perfected for 7,000 acres of Arizona Press, 1995 . 28, 1945, the Hopis and evacuees of Hiroshima with a nuclear bomb 88 were -(l number likely to be con (out of 242,7 11) of the reservation. shared thesame public facilities - (Aug 6, 1945). troversial - the introduction of Then Indian Affairs (OIA) WHILE WRA Director Dillon the barracks, mess, showers, etc. The Pearl Harbor episode is told Mickey Mouse in 1928, the fo und Commissioner John Collier, in a Myer believed in total assimilation Like the Nikkei, the Hopis were vividly by a witness, Ronald Oba, ing of Alcoholics Anonymous in confidential report before the Pearl of minorities into the American also traumatized by the public author of the book "Men of 1935, Jackson Pollock's drip paint Harbor attack, realized "the War mainstream, OIA Commissioner showers and latrines. "They fo und Company F, 442nd Regimental ings in 1948, the arrival of Star Department needed 'isolated and Collier believed in the "rights of the idea of exposingth eir bodies so Combat Te am," who served in Wars in 1977, OJ. Simpson's mur sparsely-populated' land to ' build minority people (particularly publicly to be extremely difticult,''' Italy and France with that valiant der trial in 1995, the death of internment camps," and suggested American Indians) to preserve and Okimoto recalled. band of patriots. The nuclear bomb Princess Diana in 1997 . These the CRIR as a possible site. The develop their cultures." This differ With the end of war, OIA segment is authored by Lisa were sensations of the day, but not reservation tribal council, however, ence culminated in OlA turning (renamed Bureau of Indian Affairs) Takeuchi Cullen, not otherwise as significantas wars and scientific opposed the use of their land as a over administration of Poston to waited three years for Congress to identified. discoveries. Or in our case, the relocation camp on grounds they WRA on Dec. 31, 1943. pass legislation transferring title of But left unmentioned were two efforts to eliminate discrimination did not want to participate in Dr. Okimoto adds that the 1941 the WRA barracks, schools and other events as significant to the because of race. StiJI, what Time inflicting the same type of injustice goals ofOlA to subjugate the desert other improvements to CRIT. nation as to those who were most undertook is Time 's business. as they had suffered. But the Army were accomplished, including con During the dismantling of bar directly affected, the Americans of For us, looking back is a useful ovenuled them. struction of the irrigation canal and racks, negotiations were undelway Japanese origins. exercise in trying to remember The OlA had considered the relo bridges, a paved highway to Parker, to proxide returning American The first is the signing by what happened and attempting to cation center a means of developing leveling the desert and building Indian GI veterans who needed President Roosevelt of Executive understand why and how it hap farmland with military funds and a gravel-surface roads for the farm, housing. Barracks went on sale for Order 9066on Feb. 19, 1942. It led pened.• large labor pool -_the evacuees. and the construction of 54 perma $50; some split and hauled off nent adobe school buildings for the Poston for housing or for its lum Initial Funding for Eagledale Ferry Dock Indian Service. berand nails. Study Secured Poston High School was con Current efforts to reconstruct a structed in 1943 with approximate U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell, Japanese American community never happen again." block with these barracks and aIti ly 500,000adobe bricks, 12x18x4 D-Wash., and Patty Murray, D and to recognize an important In March, Cantwell, Murray, and facts crafted by WWII Postonites is inches, made of straw and mud in Wash, announced April 16 that chapter in the history of Bainbridge Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, a monumental undertaking. $25,000 in federal fu nding had Island," said Cantwell. sent a letter to the National Park Without a doubt, such a museum in been secured for a study of the "These federal dollars are the Service in support of the fu nding. Ferry Dock Site should be desig real dimension will complement Eagledale Ferry Dock site on first step towards helping Cantwell and Murray praised nated as a National HistOlic Site. the monument (designed by semi Bainbridge Island. The dock Washingtonians recognize and pro National Park Service Director The special resources study is retired construction contractor Ted served as a point of departure for tect a part of our history that we Fran Mainella's decision to allo the first step in the process toward Kobata) and kiosk (designed by the Japanese American community must not forget," said Murray. "We cate $25,000to start the study. The a National Historic Site designa Ray Takata) raised by a Nisei on their way to internment camps can't undo the injustice suffered by study is expected to cost $250,000. tion. Once the funds for the study Sansei crew from Sacramento a· during Wo rld War II. Japanese Americans during Wo rld Lastyear, Congress passed legis are secured and the study complet decade ago: the monument in "These funds are a critical step War II, but we can give them the lation sponsored by Cantwell, ed, the next step would be for ' 1992, the kiosk in 1995. The toward commemorating the sacri recognition they deserve and a Murray, and Rep. Jay Inslee, D Congress to consider legislation Takehara Landscape Co. added the fices and the strength of the reminder to all that this should Wa sh., authorizing the National designating the area as a National park setting with palm tr·ees - Park Service to conduct a study to Historic Site and approving fu nd indeed, an oasis for generations to determine whether the Eagledale ing for the site .• · come .• �ERlCA,Kl!... V� DIFFERENT. AMERICANSDONY AlILOOK KE. PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAY IS-JUNE 5, 2003 9 Last year, the South Bay chapter Now, the American media rarely Japanese language both here and in COMMENTARY submitted a constitutional amend carry any stories about Japan and Japan and by bilingual members ment for consideration by the have fo und a new Asian rival for and staff. national council. The motion called the Unit� States, a role now filled In some ways, I find such a JACL's Future - Do Omoimasu Ka? for the removal of the citizenship by the People's Republic of China. change refreshing, after seeing By JONATHAN KAJI gradually. ceded its civil rights role requirement for membership in the I suggest that the JACL needs to how many Issei parents Were mar to other Asian civil rights organiza JACL. Unfortunately, the chapter go back to its historical roots and ginalized as a resultof WWII, hav After having served as a chapter tions, supported by larger member which offered to carry the amend mission, that of encouraging ing lost not only their lands and president as well as national secre ships and budgets. ment failed to meet the filing dead American citizenship to interested possessions but also their authority tary/treasurer for JACL, I am well However, I am convinced that line for the national council. Japanese nationals. JACL's historic in the JA commuriity due to a lack aware of the steady erosion in the organization is overlooking an At one time in JACL's history, rolein spearheading passageof the of. English fluency and American membership. obvious "market" in search of a particularly in the years leading up Walter-McCarran Act opened the citizenship. The causes are civil rights and legal services infra to the Second Wo rld War, the lead door not only for Japanese natural What would be the effect on primarily structure that would be mutually ership sought to distance itself ization and immigration; but also. U.S.-Japan relations if, say, one twofold: the beneficial to both new members from Imperial Japan and all things for subsequent waves of Chinese, million Japanese nationals immi aging of the and the JACL. Japanese and demonstrate JACL's Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and grated to the United States in the predominantly While I served as the director of loyalty to the United States. Filipino immigrants. next 10 years? Certainly, the JA Nisei member the State of California Office of However, those days are now long Today, other Asian groups have community . would gain both in ship coupled Trade and Investment in To kyo, gone. eclipsed the Japanese American political might and representation. with an organi Japan, I met hundreds of Japanese Additionally, the former Axis community in American popula Additionally, this wave of immi zational mis of varying ages and backgrounds enemy, Japan, is now the second tion, and have gained greater polit grants would bring their consider sion that has failed .to successfully who expressed an interest in immi largest economy in theworld and a ical clout on the national political able wealth, education, and skills communicate a clear message to an grating to the United States. resolute friend of the United States. stage. At the same time, Japanese and help to reinvigorate our dimin identifiable audience. The greatest hurdle to these The U.S.-Japan bilateral relation immigration to the United States ishing ' population, in much the I believe that, having accom potential Shin Issei or new immi ship has been touted as the most has been minuscule in comparison. same way as the Koreatowns and plished the passage pf the redress grants is establishing the proper strategic and important alliance in Adopting a new organizational Little Saigons of the present day. legislation, the JACL has succeed sponsorshipthat would provide the the world today. mission will be challenging to We have seen instances where ed in achieving its organizational legal basis for visa approval by the ' Back in the 1980s, Sansei JACL many members who do not have friction has resulted between the goal of becoming "Better Immigration and Naturalization members who participated in edu Japanese language skills, let alone native English speakers and the Americans in a Greater America," Service and entry into the United cational missions to Japan spon socialize with Japanese nationals. new immigrants; however, this is a or, in other words, fu lly assimilat-' States. sored by the Liberal Democratic Ye t, in many of the major metro common experience that will place ing into mainstream American 111ere is a percentage of the Party of Japan were criticized by politan areas in the United States a premium on communication, society. Perhaps, the demise of our more than 127 million Japanese many in JACL for fear . of being reside groups of Japanese nation building trust andrespect, and find Japantowns and Little Tokyos, populace that desires to immigrate labeled as "apologists" for the als, either here on short-term work ing common ground. high rates of ethnic outmarriage, to the United States. Each person Japanese government. That was a assignments or attending universi JACL can play a significant role and the loss of ethnic identity are has a unique reason for desiring to periodof "Japan Inc." and a time of ties and colleges. Is there a JACL in this process and regain its pre evidence of our almost absolute immigrate, similar to our Issei trade friction between the United connection with these Japanese eminent status within the civil assimilation. ancestors. Some would like to be States and Japan. communities? rights community, but only by If . this is indeed the case, then educated in the United States; oth However, times have changed. I believe that JACL does possess opening the doors of membership. one might assume that most Nikkei ers seek greaterfr eedom to express Given the 12-year-long economic the organizational infrastructure to This is the challenge to the are happy with their current situa their individuality, whether in the malaise of the Japanese economy, make the shift towards citizenship JACL - to aggressively grow the tion and ti nd membership in an �rts, through business entrepre there are few in the United States and recruitment, provided that membership via expansion rather ethnic civil rights organization of neurship, academic research or who view Japan as "Number One." information is conveyed in the than downsize, cut costs and little benefit. In fact, the JACL has other creative outlets. 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Lillian; son Steven; daughter born; survived by wife Rose gc. T.; New York City. Linda, Cindy; 2 gc. vived by wife Hideko; son Gary daughter Eileen Nawa; brother Wayne (Vickie); . 1 gc.; brother Kato, Kazuo, Monterey Tanaka, Masao Tom; 84, Ya suda, William Kenjiro, 72, 81, Joseph Jiro (Liliian); . sister Mary Glendora, AprU- 18; Stockton Monterey Park, April 20; Mesa, Hiroshi; sisters Yuki Uyeno, Seiko Park, April 12; Fresno-born; sur Tayenaka. Nakayama; sisters-in-law Setsuko vived by wife Cheny Yoshiko; born; survived by son Donald M. Ariz.-born; survived by wife Nobuta, Toyo, 79, Littleton, Asano; Setsuko Minabe. daughter Janet Miyo Kato (Karen); 3 gc.; sisters-in-law To Kazuko; sons Kevin (Lorena), Colo., April 10 service; survived Gyotoku, June H., (Richard) White; son Bruce shiko Tanaka, Emiko Miyamoto. Scott (Vivien); daughter Elaine 77, San by son Lenard; daughter Arlene Francisco, April 28; Florin-born; Hisatomi (Patty) of Alaska; 2 gc., 1 Ta o, Akira Bill, , Watson (Vincent) Lee; 8 gc.; brothers Jo.; sister Taeko Tagawa; prede 79 survived by husband ' Frank; ggc.; brother Fred Toshitatsu ville, April 14; Watsonville-born; Henry (Helen), Bill (Kazuko), ceased by wife Yoneko. daughters Sandy (Lee) Wilkinson, Yoshiwa. survived , by wife Mitsuyo; sons James (Margaret); sisters Sayoko Sarah; 3 gc.; brothers Roy (May) Oda, Mitsuko, 87, Los Angeles, Glen (Debra), Paul (Kim), Alan (Minoru) Nishida, Betty (Ken) Kawaguchi, Tokiyo, 83, San April 16; Hiroshima ken-born; sur Murata. Matsuzaki, George; sisters Grace Francisco, April 7; Nagasaki-born. (Alice); 4 gc.; brother Howard . Mayeda, Peggy Soda, Amy (Dick) vived by husband Yutaka; sister Haruto (Janice); sisters-in-law Yo shida Akira George, Los Kawamoto, Joe Tadashi, 82, Tomomi Sanemitsu. Tomoko and Shizuko Tao_ Angeles, May 10 service; sur Uyeda. Los Angeles, April 17; Mesa, Omatsu, Ts utomu Bob, vived by wife Toshrko; daughter Hanashiro, Seichi, 87, Pasa Ariz.-born; survived by wife 76, Tateishi, Kay Kanemitsu, 88, Torrance, April 8; Torrance-born; Patricia Yoshida On- of Corte dena, April 12; Baldwin Park Hamye; brothers Bunso of Japan, Denver, March 26; formerly survived by wife Sylvia; sons Madera; 2 gc.; sister Sumi Ogawa born; survived by wife Mariko; James; sisters Kazuko Kay employed by the Associated Press Daniel, Ronald, Joey (Nancy), and brother Hiroshige of Japan. son Michael; daughter Teri (Bill) (George) Nishikubo, Tsugiko in Japan; survived by wife Watanabe, Maljorie Gowdy; 6 gc., Phillip (Mika); daughter Melinda Fusako; son Michio (Ikuyo) of Yoshida, Edward, 74, Watson (Mitsuyuki) Shimamura; sister-in Mastsui (Shane); 3 gc.; sister 4 ggc.; brothers Seikyu, Seijo law Fusako Kawamoto. Tokyo; sisters Shizue Oye of Los ville; April 29; San Luis Obispo (Tsuneko), Seishin (Matsie);. sis Marion (Lou) Miyamoto; brother Angeles, Mutsu Ogata of born; Tule Lake internee; Korean ters Shizu Shima, Humi Hiraki, , Thiscompilation appears on a space Jack (Diane); sister-in-law Yuri Pittsgrove, N.J., Rose Tanouye of War veteran; children Gar:$' available basis at no cost. Printed obitu (Sunao). Yoshi (Ben) Honda; sister-in-law aries from your newspaper are we/ Denver, Janet (Frank) Norimoto (Ivette) and Kelley Yoshida of Helen Hanashiro. come. 'Veath Notices, " which appear in Otsuki, Sanae M., 74, San of Miami. Watsonville; brothers Charles a timely manner at request of the family Francisco, April 17; Tokyo-born; (Rose) Thomas (TelUko), Byron Hashimoto, Eiji, 93, Seaside, or funeral director, are published at the Tod a, Dr. Katashi ''Kay,'' 80, Aplil 8; Nachikatsuuracho, Waka rate of $15 per column inch. Te xt is survived by husband Isamu; sons Seattle, April 9; US. Army veter (Suzanne); Paul (Aileen); sisters yama ken-born; survived by wife reworded as needed. George, Patrick (Shirley), Stanley an; survived by wife Kiyo; sons Inez (Jack) Hashimoto, Rose Mitsuye; son Eigoro; daughter (Junko); 4 gc_ Richard K. and Larry M. of (Sets) Hisatomi, Margaret Kawano, Donald M., North Sandra Fumiko (Joe Kiyoshi) Kawasaki; 3 Ouye, Seigo, 85, Oakland, April Seattle, Wesley of Montesano, · (Masato) Takahashi, glenn, Colo., Aplil 11 service; sur (Michio) Suekawa, Marjorie gc., 5 ggc.; sisters-in-law Kisae vived by daughters Sharon, 14; Washington State-born; sur Wash., John of Bellevue, Wash.; 8 Fujiki, Emiko (Akio) Matsushita, vived by wife Hatsue; daughters gc., 3 ggc.; sisters Takiko (Darrel) Fiske, Betsy (Yutaka) Donna; sons Tom, Steven Gary, Kochiyama; predeceased by wife Chisato Tanaka of Japan; brother Glenn; 7 gc., 8 ggc.; brother Fred; Dorinne (Ken) Paris Tsuchiya, Hashimoto and Meriko Irata of in-law Tsutomu (Wako)' Matsu Tami (John) Hammerton; son Seattle. Kazue, parents Tomoichi and sisters Faye, Jo; predeceased by Kikuno and brother Masao. shita. wife Frances. Russell (Janice Leong); 5 gc. Uchim�a, Masayoshi, DPM, Sado, Masami "Mas," , Seattle, March 19; WWII U.S. Yoshihara, Darrell Takeo, 54, Hayashi, Yukiko, 68,TOiTance, Kuboyama, Setsuo, 72, Mil 87 87, April 16; survived by husband Renton, Wash., April 2; WWI US. Army 442nd RCT ' veteran; sur Los Angeles, April 15; survived pitas, April 7; Wahiawa City, by wife Christine; sons Scott Elwood Maxwell; daughters Hawaii-born, longtime Sunnyvale Army Intelligence veteran; sur vived by wife Margaret; sisters Eileen (Lynne) Cabus, Ellen vived by wife Masaye; daughters Lily Inouye of Honolulu, Esther (Miwa), Ty; daughter Melissa resident; survived by wife Doris; . Yoshihara of Tampa, Fla.; parents (Keith) Komatsu, Carol (Louie) son Kelly (Susan) of Fremont; Patricia Sado, Carol {Robert) Nakao of La Canada, Grace; Cervantes, Frankie (KUltis) Numata; 4 gc. brothers George, Minoru Jim and Frances Tanouye; broth daughters Sharon (James) Zolezzi ers Norm (Patti), Harvey (Jeanie), Kobayashi; 6 gc. Sakai, Yutaka "Y," 82, (Marianne). and Karin, both of Hawaii; broth Glenn (Alison). Hayashida, Takako, Com ers Kazuya, Hiroshi, Yoshito, and Watsonville, April 16; Watson Waki, Miyuki Jean, 86,Cul ver Yo shimura, John Paul, merce City, Colo, April 3 service; sisters Jane (Mike) Fukuda, Doris ville-born; survived by wife City, April 16; Shelman-born; sur 68, survived by husband Henry; son Kuwada, all of Hawaii. Kazuko; sons Wilfred "Willie" of vived by daughter ' Shirley Arlington, Va ., April 17; Los Rodney (Pat);2 gc_; sister Toshiko Poway, Peny Sakai of Watson (Ronald) Inada; 1 gc.; brothers Angeles-born, formerly of Chi Ĩ, Ota, 102, San Mateo, cago; Manzanar internee; retired Uyeyama of Japan; brothers Ted April 22; Japan-born; survived by ville; 2 gc.; sisters Chieko Masu Shigemi Shig (Donna), Masaki (Esther) and Frank Goishi, both of oka of Sacramento, Miyako Kitani Jim (Mary), and Masaru Bob major; US. Army; Korean War, children Toyo and Hiroshi Ota; 6 Vietnam War and Defense California. gc., 5 ggc.; predeceased by hus of Fremont; brother Kay of (Irene) Nakagiri; sisters Yaeko Watsonville; predeceased by sister Mae Ishioka, Masaye Betty Intelligence Agency veteran; sur Hori, Toshimi, 70, Altadena, band Kanji, son Kurt. vived by father James of Chicago; March 30; survived by wife Kiyo; Furniye Sumida and brothers (Hiroshi) Kato, Misato Margie Kishi, Michael Masakiyo, 79, Morikawa,Mi nako Jane Shintani, 7 brothers; 3 sisters. sons Glen, Brad; sisters Masako West Los Angeles, April 21; Los Tomy, Seigo and Isao. Sueko June (Jimmy) Akioka; sis Yo shinori, Ta chi, , B�r1in Fujii, Mitzi (Vincent) Okamoto, Angeles-born; survived by wife Sakamoto, Haruki, 86, Yorba gy 53 Alice "Tsutako" Kahookele. Linda, April 21; La Puente-born; ters-in-Iaw Hisaye and Florence game, Wash., Af'ril 6; Nagano Rose Y.;sons Kraig (San Mi), Jon; Nakagiri; predeceased by husband ken-born; survived by wife Hoshi, Gerald, Oakland, daughters Tina (Danny) Leach of survived by wife Shizu; daughters 48, Joanne Tagami, Ann (Stan) Kiyoshi. Chuan; son George; daughter , April 8; survived by mother Emiko Las Vegas, Lisa (Peter) Hansen; 4 Lisa; parents NobolU and Kimiko Hoshi of San Diego; brother gc., 1 ggc.; sister Jeny Tadokoro of Imayanagita; 3 gc.; 8 sisters and Woo, Kevin Dale, 35, two brothers in Japan. Torrance, March 20; survived by and brother Masahiko, all in Emory (Manianne) Hoshi; sister Fountain Valley; sisters-in-law Japan Charlotte (Roger Bertoldi) Hoshi; Elsie (Dr. H. Paul) Kageyama and Sasaki, Kary, 73, Montebello, parents Jeanne (Jim) Yanai and .• predeceased by father Paul H. Pierette Kumagai, both of Tucson, April 6; San Juan Bautista-born; Robert (Swee) Woo; brothers survived by husband Henry; sons Darrell (Barbara), Terrence; Hoshizaki, Michael Nobuo, 55, Ariz.; brother-in-law John (Hede) . DEATH NOTICE Kumagai. Jon (Teresa), Carl (Elaine); 3 gc.; grandparent Yaeko Matsuda. West Los Angeles April 29; Los KUNI KATO brother Setsuo (Teiko) HOlita; sis Ya mada, Gordon Tamio, , PAUL Angeles-born; survived by wife Lutz, Walter Edmund, 88, Los 79 SKOKIE, Ill. LosAngeles-born Paul Peggy Akimi; mother Kimiye; •.Angeles , April 10; Cleveland ters Toshiko (Thomas) Okutsu, Arlington, Va., April 24; Holly Kuni Kato, 82, -passed away peacefully brother Howard (Sumi); sisters born; WWII U.S. Army and post Gene Hashimoto, Shizuko (Albert) wood-born; Manzanar internee; April 13. Loved dearly by wife Hideko, Ito, Yayoi (Frank) Gotori, Miyuki formerly of Hawaii and Dayton, and children Donna (Vernon Ezell) Kato, Janet (Bob) Matsuda, Ann Kiku war Japan Occupation veteran; Alan (Gwen), Tina (Harry) Rohde and (Tom) Young, Emi (Tad) Hirai, world-reknowned collector of (Kunio) Miyazawa. Ohio; US. Army (MIS) veteran of mark (Cathy). Loving grandfather of Evelyn Fumi (Bob) Wong. bamboo art and objects, many of Satoh, Tomoko, 70, Arlington WWII and the. Japan Occupation; Mitchell, Eric, Aaron, Jacob, Sam and which have been exhibited in Heights, III., March 27; Japan survived by wife Kiyo; daughters Hannah. Fond brother of Lillian (Paul) Ichikawa, June Haruko, 81, Kathryn (Thomas) Mukai; Janet !ida. He left a legacy of love and trea Mountain View, April 11; Jerome, major cities; survived by wife born; survived by husband Rev. sured memories. Mona Miwako of Los Angeles; Ke Sataho; children Nobuyoshi, Sofo (Robert) Mukai; Gayle Ark., and Amache, Colo., internee; b Yamada (David) Hosley, Debbie survived by husband Toshiaki daughter Adelle Lutz of New York Atsushi Steve (Carolyn) and City; 3 gc.; brother Edmund and Hiromichi (Barbara); 6 gc. Yamada (Lee) Watson; 8 gc.; sis Tom; daughter Nancy (Rod) ters Lily, Daisy, June , Cheny. Ishikawa-Sayles of Maui, Hawaii; sister Esther Halter of Ohio. Shimamura, Mutsuo c., 75, Ya mahata, Jocelyn N., Simi son Dr. Wayne of Campbell; 2 gc.; Matsushita, George, 81, Buena Garden Grove, April 14; Los brothers Shigeyuki (Maljie) Park, April 19; survived by wife Angeles-born; survived by sons Valley, April 2; survived by son Jofuku of Selma, Tsugishige Dorothy Kinuye; sons Douglas Lester (Desiree) Kunihiro, Karl Eric; mother Lorraine Kaneshiro; (Junko) Jofuku of Fresno, (Misa), Jerry (June); daughter ' Kazushige (Jane) Jofuku of Denise (David) Hiraoka; 6 gc.; sis- .------� Creators of the Original, Bronze KAMON Watsonville, and Tomio ters Mitsuye (Frank) Manaka, 707 East Te mple Street GeraldFukui (Katherine) Jofuku of Santa Clara; Mutsuyo (Jim) Sugano; brother-in- E§ 83��SD'<:J!fI & ��� Los Angeles, CA 90012 President predeceased by brothers Mitsu law George Iwahashi. Ph. 213/626-0441 shige and Yukitoshi Jofuku. 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Jay Kobayashi; daughters KEIYOS HIDA, ResearcherlInstructor NINA YOSHIDA, Translator 12 PACIFIC CITIZEN, MAY 16-JUNE 5, 2003 before, during and right after least recorded aspects of Japan's the Nippon Foundation, and is the World War II, and they chronicle woodworking history, and this I>econd publication to come out of characters whose daily lives and volume pro a global collaboration called the traditions are forever changed. vides a his International Nikkei Research Waters never torical con Project, which includes more than writes about text utiliz 100 scholars and 14 institutions the war itself ing Edo located in 10 countries. The ency but about its period clopedia examines the Nikkei effects upon prints and experience throughout North and the survivors, Meiji-era South America. It includes histor The Breaking Jewel Ife the widows hand-col ical ' overviews, bibliographic By Mokoto ada and children ored photos. essays, annotated bibliographies Translated by Donald Keene who face not The book (for English, Spanish, Portuguese Columbia University Press just loss of presents examples of merchant, language materials), maps, demo 116 pp_, $16.50 paperback, $49.50 , $24.95 hardback family but household and personal cabinetry graphic data and more than 200 hardback also the ' loss of a way of life. never seen before and illustrates photographs. Research took place "Dragon Bones" is the second Many of the stories are haunting essential details of the craft. It can in Argentipa, Bolivia, Brazil, The novel is set on a tiny island in the murder mystery series, star ly sad, but they also offer redemp be a reference for the craftsman Canada, Chile, Mexico, Paraguay, in the South Pacific during the ring the character Liu Hulan, who tion in the 'resilience of these and historian; a great resource for Peru, the United States and Japan. fi nal days of World War II, when was introduced in Lisa See's first characters. designers, architects and collec Each chapter was written in col the tide turned novel, "Flower Net." In this latest Waters was born in Japan to a tors; and a guide for prospective laboration with scholars and against Japan. novel, Hulan, an agent for China's' Japanese mother and an Irish buyers or anyone who would like institutions located in the differ The story cen Ministry of Public Security, and American father. The first story to add a touch of Japanese design ent countries. 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