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ISSN: 0000-8579 / Whole No. 2,356 / Vol. 101 No. 11 . 941 E. 3rd St. #200, Los Angeles, CA 90013. (213) 626-6936 Friday, September 13, 1985 Inouye considers Senate leadership post Wada to keynote conference on Nisei HONOLULU-Sen. Daniel Inouye Inouye has been active in fund• of Hawaii acknowledges he may rai ing and campaigning for fel• LOS ANGELES-Univ. of Cali• periods; make a bid for the Senate's top low Democratic senators and ex• fornia's first Asian American Togo Tanaka, Nisei editor of Democratic leader hip post in pects to continue his cro -country Board of Regents member, Yori the English section of the Rafu 1986 according to the Honol ulu speechmaking into next year. Wada, will be the keynote speak• Shimpo from 100642 and pre• Ad ertiser. Such appearances are bound to er at the conference, ''Coming of sently director ofthe Federal Re• 'For the first time, I'm looking generate gratitude if the Hawaii Age in the Thirties: The Nisei seIVe Bank of San Francisco; at it," hesaid of the minority lead• senator win reelection and seeks and the Japanese American Jiro Kobashigawa, a Kibei er lot held by Robert Byrd of We t the top leadership spot. Press," Sept 1415 at the who is a past president of the irginia. Inouye, third in the First elected in 1962, Inouye is Japanese American Cultural Okinawa Club ofNorth America; Democratic senatorial leader hip the ninth mo t enior senator. He and Community Center. Kazu Iijima, a 1009 graduate behind Byrd and Democratic Whip i " deeply mo ed" by the thought Wad a's address will be a per• of the University of California Alan Cranston of California, ha of becoming minority or majority sonal recollection and evalua• and an activist with the Nisei Dem• often been mentioned a a possible leader, but he i quick to say the tion of what it was like to be a ocrats of Northern California be• successor of Byrd. job comes with a lot of negatives, Yori Wada Nisei in the decade preceding fore the war; Inouye has steadfastl refused including ecurity and logistical Pearl Harbor. James Omura, an editor and to openly seek the job. Last year, hassles, increased travel and poli • Wada was born in the rural columnist for various Japanese howe er, B rd was challenged as tical obligation , and the press of town of Hanford, Calif and immigrant newspapers, pulr minority leader b Lawton Chiles social and diplomatic responsi• Cambodian dies graduated from UC Berkeley in lisher of Current Life, a prewar of Florida and many senators bilities. after being beaten 1940. He frrst rose to statewide monthly devoted to Nisei life, wer e reported ready to replace the As Democratic leader, Inouye prominence in 1962 when he was and currently a columnist for the West Virginian in 1986. said, he wo uld also be forced to BOSTON-In one of the latest in• appointed to the Calif. Youth Au• Hokubei Mainichi in San Fran• Adding interest in the Demo• cut back on trips to Hawaii. He's cidents of violence against local thority parole board after 30 cisco; cratic leadership lineup is the averaged 21 round trips a year be• As ian immigrants, a Cambodian years of working on behalf of John Fujii, a retired journalist possibility that the party might tween Washington and Hawaii refugee died August 14 from inju• minorities as a YMCA executive. who lived in Japan in the late retake control from the majority over the past 15 years. ries sustained in a beating 10 days During WW2, Wada seIVed in 1roos and 194Os. Republicans in the 1986 elections. However, he added, assuming earlier. the South Pacific as a U.S. Anny A public forum will follow at There are 53 Republicans and 47 the leadership post would bring Charged with murder in the intelligence specialist while his 4:15 p.m To facilitate a dialogue Democrats in theSenate; the seats with it "additional power and in• death of Bun Vong, 35, of Lowell family was incarcerated in an between the panelists and audi• of 22 Republicans and 12 Demo• fluence," a big increase in staff were Scott Arsenault and John Arkansas camp. ence, open microphones will be crats (including Inouye ) will be and greater say over the direction Febbi, both 23 . Also beaten in the Wada's address, "A Nisei's Re• set up along the aisles of the up for election next year. of the Senate. attack was another Cambodian, collections ofthe 1roos," is sched• Japan America Theater. The au• Som Bunyoeun, who was slightly uled for Sept 15, 1:30 p.m at the dience will be given an opportu• ."·,,. News in Brief ~'···~·~iff/-'.· ~~ injured. Japan America Theater, 244 S. nity to ask questions and express On the night of August 4, the two San Pedro St. , and will be followed their own opinions. Appeal of class action suit dismissal to go to court victims, driving on Veterans High• by a panel discussion from 2: 45- The two-day conference is free WASHINGTON-The U.S. District Court of Appeals, D.e. Circuit, will way, inadvertently cut in front of 4:15p.m. and open to the public. It is spon• hear the case of National Council for Japanese American Redress another car. Shouts were ex• Participants in the panel will sored by UCLA's Asian Amer• (NCJAR) September 24 at 9 : ~ am NCJAR's class action suit against changed, and the Cambodians be: ican Studies Center and funded the government on behalf of WW2 internees was filed in 1m3. In May pulled over, hoping that the other Masao Yamashiro, a Kibei of by the Toyota Foundation, the 1004, it was dismissed on grounds that the statute of limitations had car would pass. The two white men Okinawan ancestry and author of California Council for the expired; the decision was appealed in July lOO4. NCJAR's William in the other car pulled over and Toi Taigan, a personal reminis• Humanities, and the Times Mir• Hohri expects a ruling at year's end or early 1~ beat the two Cambodians, fractur• cence ofthe prewar and wartime ror Company. ing Vang's skull. California Senate passes bill repealing WW2 law A defense attorney has main• SACRAMENTO-A bill which would repeal a' law used to fIre Japanese tained that the act was not racial• PC to receive award from L.A. County American state employees during WW2 was approved September 4 by a ly motivated. Other recent incidents involving 22-0 vote in the State Senate. Introduced by Assemblyman Phil Isenberg Guest speaker at the luncheon Southeast Asians include the beat• LOS ANGELES-PacifIc Citizen (D-Sacramento), it was passed by the Assembly on May 20. Section will receive the Media Award will be Bill Stout, KCBS-TV news ing of four Cambodians by eight 19573 of the government code, enacted in 1942, allowed the dismissal of from the L.A. County Commission commentator and longtime civil whites in East Boston and the civil servants with dual citizenship during wartime. Isenberg arguoo on Hwnan Relations at the 13th rights and human rights advocate. burning of a Revere house where that the sole purpose of the law was to fire 314 Nikkei employees, annual John Anson Ford Awards Other awardees are: Olympic regardless of their citizenship status. The measure to repeal that law five Cambodian families had been luncheon on October 2, 12 noon, in torchbearer Rafer Johnson for his living. now goes to Gov. George Deukmejian for his signature. the Blue Ribbon Room of the Mu• volunteer work in fair ho~ing , In May, the home of three ethnic Congressman condemns 'Year of the Dragon' sic Center. civil rights and Special Olympics Chinese from Vietnam was broken The award is being presented efforts; Rev. George Van Alstine, WASHINGTON-Speaking in the House of Representatives on SeJr into and its occupants terrorized for " timely and balanced cover• minister of Altadena Baptist tember 9, Rep. Norman Mineta (D-Callf.) criticized the fUm " Year of by about 30 white males, eight of age of human relations and issues Church, for his efforts toward the Dragon," which has been the object of nationwide protests by Asian whom were arrested. That same of importance to the diverse peo• equality of education; Nancy Min• American community groups. The fllm, he said, presents " a narrow month, Robert Glass was given a, ple of Los Angeles County." The tie, an attorney with Inner City and twisted portrayal that distorts traditional cultural values and pre• life sentence for the 1983 stabbing PC, which was started in San Law Center, for her work on behalf sents Americans of Chinese ancestry in a stereotypical role that is no murder of Anh Mai, a Vietnamese Francisco in 1929 and moved to of the oomeless; and Boy's Mar• doubt rrotivated by an attempt at drama but results only in racism. immigrant living in Dorchester, Salt Lake City during WW2, has kets, Inc., for its contribution to o~is The fllm leaves the viewer with the suggestion that brutality am and assault and battery been published in Los Angeles comnllmity development in South violence are an inherent part of Chinese culture. It is a disturbing film. three housemates. since 1952. Central Los Angeles. H should not have been made. " These attacks are a soW'Ce of Awards will be presented by increasing concern for local Asian members of the County Board of Lane County Democrats endorse reparations Americans, who believe that anti• Supervisors. EUGENE, Ore.-The Lane County Democratic Central Committee hac; Asian hostility and violence are dom and security," said Daniel The annual luncheon was named announced its support of redress bills HR 442 in the House and S 1053 in becoming more and more fre• Lam, executive director of the for the late John Anson Ford, the the Senate. In an August 20 letter to the Register Guard, committee quent, exacerbated by economic Massachusetts Office of Refugee former supervisor who was re• secretary Virginia Conley wrote that there was "no military or security competition and fUms with Asian Resettlement, in a New York sponsible for establishing the Hu• reason" for the WW2 internment and that an apology to Japanese Amer• villains, such as "Ramh,o." Times interview. "But now we man Relations Commission. icans whose " civil liberties and constitutional rights . .. were violated" "The U.S. has been perceived by must face the reality of racism in For more infonnation, call (213 ) is " long overdue. " Cambodians as a country of free- America." 974-7611. 2-PACIRC CITIZEN / Friday, September 13, 1985

MIS photo exhibit th Gard n of P ace, a classic Journalists to discuss media careers Japan Gard n with a replica dedicated in Texas of Adm. H ihachiro Togo' study. SAN FRANCISCO-Asian Ameri• Among the journalists sched• FREDERI KSBURG, T xas• Nimitz, as a midshipman, had can Journalists Assn. I AAJ A) uled to participate are: Wendy The Yankee Samurai exhibit of participated in a Tokyo celebra• holds a student open house and Tokuda, KPIX-TV; Emerald Yeh, Go For Broke, Inc. was dedicated tion of Adm. Togo's victory over workshops October 12,9:30 a.m.- KRON-TV; Ken Kashiwahara, on Sept 2 at the Adm. Nimitz the Russian Baltic Fleet in the 12 noon, in the Creative Arts Bldg. ABC News; Lupita Kashiwahara, State Historical Park with 300 Battle of Japan Sea in 1905 and atS.F . State University. KGO-TV; Curtis Kim, KNBR ra• visitors in attendance, including became a life long discipl and The purpose of the program, dio; William Wong, OaklandTrib• over 100 WW2, CBI, 12Ath Caval- admirer of Togo. which is free and open to the pub• une ; Sharon Noguchi anc! Teresa 1)', 1st Caval1)'; VFW and Amer• Soon after the urrender of lic, is to promote community ac• Watanabe, San Jose Mercury ican Legion veterans and their Japan in Sept 1945, Adm. Nimitz cess to news organizations and en• News; Leslie Guevarra, San Fran• wives. was dismayed by the vandalism courage accurate coverage of cisco Examiner; Ed Iwata, San In his dedication message, and deterioration of Togo's flag- Asian Americans. Francisco Chronicle; Ed Diokno, Shig Kihara from Go For Broke hip, Mikasa, and the Togo Shrine There will be a question-and• Philippine News; and Paul Saku• stated that the extraordinary story in Tokyo. an wer session with local profes• ma, Associated Press. of second generation Japanese Nimitz made a personal con• sionals, who will discuss media ca• For further information, call Ed Americans was now integrated tIibution to start a drive in Japan reers, followed by workshops Iwata, (415) 465-0514; Teresa Wa• into the extraordinaI)' sto1)' of a to rehabilitate both. In U176 a dealing with print and broadcast tanabe, (415) 964-7670; or Jon Ka• third generation German Ameri• Japanese committee that had media. wamoto, (415) 93~2525. can, Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz, carried out Nimitz's plan created and that " this is what America is the Garden of Peace to express all about. " their appreciation of Nimitz's ef• 'Magic' study featured in new Amerasia Included in the Nimitz Park i forts. ._------_. LOS ANGELES - The role of cepts ." "Magic"-the code name for a Other articles incl ude: Eun Sik the wartime experiences of Nikkei JA appointed to state education council U.S . intelligence project which Yang on the changing role ofKore• in Hawaii; and Gordon Hirabaya• cracked Japanese diplomatic an American women ; and Marion shi reviews a book by Ann Suna• SACRAMENTO - State Supt. of Honig, " is to advise and assist me codes-in the decision to intern Hom on the way immigrant and hara on the wartime internment Public Instruction Bill Honig an• and the top management of the Japanese Americans during WW2 American-born Chinese portray of Japanese Canadians. nounced August 14 the appoint• State Dept. of Education in imple• is the subject of a study by John each other in their literature. Amerasia 11:2 is available for ment of Dr. Don Nakanishi to a menting education reform pro• Herzig in the new issue of Amer• In addition, James Omura re• $3.50 per issue (plus 50t postage second term on the Superintend• grams in California public schools, asia Journal, published by UCLA 's views Bill Hosokawa's JACL In and 6% tax for California resi• ent's Council on Asian Pacific Is• and to enhance communication Asian American Studies Center. Quest of Justice, Yuji Ichioka re• dents) from: Asian American Stu• lander Affairs. between the State Dept. of Educa• Herzig, a retired lieutenant colo• views two books on the WW2 in• dies Center, 3232 Campbell Hall, "The goal of the council ," stated tion and the Asian Pacific Islander nel, served as a counterintelli• ternment of Japanese Peruvians University of California, Los An• communities statewide." gence officer for the Dept. of the in the U.S., Alan Moriyama re• geles, CA 90024. For more infor• S.F. Asians host The council is composed of rep• Army in Japan and Europe. He views a book by Patsy Saiki on mation, call (213) 82~2968. resentatives from the state's ma• testified in June at the Gordon Hi• Bradley reception jor Asian Pacific education, busi• rabayashi trial in Seattle, in which ness, and community organiza• SAN FRANCISCO-Local Asian the basis for the evacuation and tions with demonstrated inter.est internment was challenged. Americans sponsored a reception and involvement in public educa• LIFE INSURANCE August 2!} for Los Angeles mayor In his article, Herzig rebuts the tion. Appointments are made for 1984 congressional testimony of Tom Bradley, who is considering one year, subject to renewal at the a gubernatorial run in 1986. former National Security Agency GUARANTEED superintendent s discretion. official David Lowman, who cited More than 100 people attended Nakanishi, an instructor in edu• the event, held at Mikoshi Restau• "Magic" as evidence of disloyalty cation and Asian American studies among Japanese Americans. Her• FOR AGES 40-80 rant. Organizers included Harold at UCLA, expressed his apprecia• Vee, Henry Der, Jeff Morl and zig has concluded from his re• tion for the opportunity to work on search that 'Documents written UP TO $25,000 Yori Wada. " From the gist of his the council. " Our schools must be [Bradley's] comments, it appears by or about key decision-makers committed to providing quality of the time make no mention of that he is planning to run for gov• and equality in education. The ernor," said Wada. any intelligence information in• council will have the vision and imical to Japanese Americans • No health questions Bradley, a Democrat, lost to courage to achieve these goals." Republican George Deukmejian when discussing 'Magic inter- • No Medical Exam in the 1982 gubernatorial race. In Bradley's successful bid for re• • You can't be turned down election as mayor earlier this year, Asian Americans made up for any reason 28% of donors who gave $100 or more to his campaign, according EXAMPLES OF RATES @ PER THOUSAND to a Los Angeles Times poll. MONTHLY COSTS: Kobayashi murder AGE 40-$3.33 AGE 50-$4.30 AGE 60-$6.36 ·FOR CALIFORNIA linked to Stalker? RESIDENTS ONLY CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO-The murder of Masataka Kobayashi, chef and BENEFIT co-owner of the Nob Hill restau• rant Masa's, is oneofthe unsol ved LIFE Bay Area killings being checked for possible links to " Night Stalk• CALL OR WRITE TO: er" suspect Richard Ramirez, ac• MEIJI GENERAL AGENCIES cording to the Los Angeles Times. Southern Calif. Northern Calif. Dayle Okazaki, killed in her 249 S. San Pedro St. P.O. Box #12404 Rosemead home March 17, was Los Angeles, CA 90012 Fresno, CA 93777 first believed to be the Stalker's (213) 617-8338 (209) 237-2991 first victim, but investigators have attributed at least one Los Angeles I PLEASE SEND ME INFORMATION ON: I area murder which took place I ------I earlier-June 19M-to Ramirez. I 0 Guaranteed Life Plan I Kobayashi was found beaten to I 0 Medicare Bonus Plus Plan I death in his apartment November I 0 Comprehensive Cancer Plan I 11, 1984. Lt. George Kowalski of lOIn-Hospital Cash Plan I SFPD's Homicide Division told I I the Times that Ramirez may have I NAME I been visiting San Francisco since I ADDRESS I early 1983. I CITY ZIP I Ramirez, who was arrested I PHONE ( CALIFORNIA : August 31, has been formally : BIRTHDATE_I_I_ BENEFIT I charged with murdering William I U~ I Doi of Monterey Park on May 14. .------~ frllIIr. 8.,....13. 1.' PACIFIC anzil 3 Bannai retiring from VA position ~~~~ts;! Community Affairs---- ANAHEIM, Calif.-The 2nd annual studies instructor atS.F. State Univer• WASHINGTON - Paul Bannai, "Fall Festival of Bonsai Treasures" sity, discusses the social, cultural and chief memorial affairs director of will be presented by Kofu Bonsai Kai political character of the Nikkei com• the' Veterans Administration, has at the Brookhurst Community Center, munity in Gardena, Calif., during the announced he will retire Septem• 2271 W. Crescent Ave., Oct 5-6. The late 197Us at a meeting of the Center ber 29 and return to hi home in exhibit will feature over 100 bonsai for Japanese American Studies on Gardena, Calif. masterpiec A film series for begin• Sept. 20, 8 p.m., at Pine United Meth• Appointed in Jut 1981, Bannai ning bon ai enthusiasts is also sched• odist Church. 426 33rd Ave. Free and held the post of managing the Na• uled. Doors open 10 am -5 p.m. Free. open to the public. Looi Ding's film "Nisei Soldier" will tional Cemetery Sy tern the long• BURBANK, Calit:-The Chinese His• e t ince it became a VA program be shown at McBean Theater in the torical Society of Southern California Exploratorium, 3601 Lyon St., Oct. 16, in 1973. VA administrator Harry presents a historical Chinese fashion Walter called Bannai "a tirele Bp.m., as part of a three-day festival Paul Bannai how and luncheon on Sept 21 at the of documentaries abou t envirorunent• and dedicated public official who castaway Restaurant., 1250 HalVard al and social issues shaping interna• ha earned the deep re peet of hi y tern through de lopment of Rd. Over 30 different ouUits of histori• tional and local politics. Ding will ap• coUeagu , his employe , and the additional ite at Quantico, Va., cal significance will be presented, in• pear with fllmmaker Jon Else I "The eterans communit ." Fort Custer, Mich., and indian• cluding several over 100 years old. A Day After Trini ty" ) and Philip Greene Frank Sato, J ACL pr ident and town Gap, Pa. $15 tax-deductible conb;bution will be of the S.F. Art Institute after the charged. Proceeds will be used to fund VA inspector general, al 0 prai ed Born in Colorado, Bannai was s~reening. Admission: $3. Info: Linda Society projects. Info and reselVations: Dackman, 1415) 563-7337. Bannai's work . "As the only Japa• interned with hi Japan-born par• Cindy Fong, (213) 254-7622 nese American to run a major de• ents during WW2, later serving along with those choreographed by L partment of the federal go ern• Martina Young, Raymond Johnson, with the U.S. Army in the Pacific LOS ANGELES-The 8th annual Asian Joint redress forum ment, he clears the wa for other from 1943-46. Prior to hi VA ap• Business Association Awards Banquet Florence Lui and Helga de Kansky at to follow. We wish him Godspeed. " pointment, he was executive di• will honor Keiji Higashi, owner ofMon• the Monrovia Arts Centre, 110 E Col• set for October Bannai 0 ersaw operation of the rector of the Commission on War• terey Furniture and Alu-Mont Inc., as orado Blvd, Sept 14 (8 p.m) and Sept nation's 109 national cemeterie time Relocation and Internment the Asian Bu iness Owner of the Year, 15 (2:30 p.m). $6 in advance, $7 at the LOS ANGELES-A community and associated burial benefit pro• Oct 4 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. door. Limited seating. For reservations forum on redress will be held Oc• of Civilians and had served as a and info: (818) 300-9fm or 359-0504. grams. He guided expansion of the California state assemblyman. Actor George Takei will selVe as mc. tober 5, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m., at Venice Info: !4'nne Choy Uyeda & Assoc., 1871 Japanese Community Center, S. Cloverdale Ave., or (213) ro3-11511. PENRYN, Calit:-Culturat exhibits, 12448 Braddock Dr. It is jointly demonstrations, and food (including Japan's foremost buto-style dance• sponsored by JACL and National homemade manju) are among the at• Fujita charges county with sex bias theater group, Sankaijuku, will present tractions at the 21st annual Pla:er Coalition for Redress/Repara• the U.S. premiere of "Sholiba" at the Buddhist ChW'Ch autumn festival and tions (NCRR). JACCC Plaza, 244 S. San Pedro St Per• LOS ANGELES-A County Civil food bazaar, Sept ~29, 3192 Boyington Guest speakers include Peter It was further all ged by lunge• formance to begin at dusk (approxi• Ser ice Commission hearing into Rd., 11 am (both days). Games and a Irons, author of Justice At War, at• rich that the pr requi ite two mately 7:30 p.m.). Tickets, $10. Info: (213) teriyaki dinner are also on tap. Info: torney Frank Chum an, Joyce Oki• sex discrimination charges lev• year of experience at the Super- 628-Z725. eled against the County Dept. of isor I level was lowered tEl one "Los Angeles Ephemera," a photo• Rev. Ensei Nekoda, 652-6139. naka of National Council on Japa• Health Ser ice b a Japanese year "after it as disco ered that graphic exhibition by Marl Umekubo, nese American Redress, and LEC American pharmacist opened the acting male Pharma y Serv• continues through Oct 5 at the 1.0 MONTEREY PARK, Calif.-Celebra• chair Min Yasui. August 21 at the Hall of AEirnini• Angeles Photography Center, 412 S. tion of the Arts, sponsored by Sage The cost, including bento lunch, ice Chief III did not meet the United Methodist Church at 333 S. Gar• stration. minimum requirement.·· Parkview St Hours: Mon.-F);., 3-10 is $10 general, $7 for students and p.m.; weekends, 11 amA p.m Info: 383- field, 10 am4 p.m, features fine arts Dr. Carole Fujita charge that and ceramics. Info: (8 18 ) 369-6777. seniors. Send cheeks payable to the county iolated federal and Although the Ci il ervice Com• 7342. JACL Redress Committee to PSW state equal opportunity laws in a mission ruled in 1980 that Fujita MONROVIA, Calif.-Asha Hanada-~ SAN FRA CISCO - Anthropologist JACL, 244 S. San Pedro St.; L.A. promotional examination for the had been discriminated against gers dances her own compositions Lane Hirabayashi, an Asian American 90012. Info: 626-4471 or 666-2134. position of Phannacy Services because of sex as well as race in a ------~----~ Chief III earlier this year. previous case, he a that the EDSATO county has done nothing to orrect PLUMBINi & HEATING Contending that women are not AemxIeI and AepaJrs MlKAWAYA represented in supervisory posi• this problem. Wale< HeElers. Fumaces SWEET SHOPS Gatbage QspasaJs tions in the same proportion that Irene Hirano of ASian Pacltic Serving Los Angeles 244 E. IstSt.. Los Angeles they are employed as pharma• Legal Defen e and Education (213) 2!n-7000· ~ (213) 628-4945 cists, Fujita alleges that a woman Fund concurs. ··It is unfortunate De Panache I1BJapanese VlllagePlaza has never been promoted to Phar• that it's nece sary to return to the AT NEW LOCATION Today'. C .....c look! LA/(213) 624-1681 for Women &: NeD Marutama Co. UTI1.E TOKYO SQUAAE macy Services Chief III and that Civil Service Commission repeat• AIL~~e!~ : ~~~ng 333 So. Alameda St. LA. in the next category down , Phar• PARTS - SJPPUES , REPAIR Call for Appointment edly to bring to their attention [the Phone 687-0387 Inc. (213) 6J.3.0611 C 717 Juniparo Sana Dr. macy Supervisor I, only 5 ( are fact thatj the discrimination they Padflc Squ&e, Gardena San Gabllal, CA 91776 105.1...-VIU ... 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W ha nough i ue, right h re at home, that require our at• tention without on orting with EAST ntitie 0 erseas. hould any ~ mor u h in itations-tempting WIND as they are-eome forth, we hould. and mu t, polit ly and firmly respond, "Thank you, but Bill no thank you. " Marutani OF cx)URSE, THOSE eeking the continuation of the program an come up a number of reasons , WITHIN THE PA T twel or ex uses, why such liai on month, a number of AJA" isit• hould be promoted. Even I can ed Japan for a couple of eek or qui kly think of a few : to promote 0 , and that' good, Japan in ari• understanding of AJ A . among ably being a delightful place to the Japane ; to promote appre• tour. With all expen es paid, ciation of J apanes ulture which makes a delightful tour among those isiting Japan; and e en b tter. Courte of the lib• uch other non ense. How one ex• with just a few weeks tn Japan. well be that the LOP (Liberal WE UNDERSTAND THAT the eral Democratic Party, a politi• pects to "promote understand• But even if neither of these two Democra tic Party) is indeed JACL National Board will be con• cal party in Japan- and that's ing" among orne 100 million Ja• contentions have merit, one fact• well-motivated by the highest sidering, or perhaps has already v here the " rub" comes in insofar pane e, 01' e en an appreciable or remains : maintaining liaison ideals in sponsoring and putting considered, establishing some as any participation, formall or segment thereof, by ending a with a political party, and a fo• up the money for these annual "'guidelines ' for the implementa• informall . b JACL may be in• hodge-podge of well-meaning but reign one at that. And that con• group sojourns from America. tion of any future invitations, As volved. unprepared AJA's for two week tinues to be the ·'rub. " A big rub. But candor compels me to say for this card-carrying JACL I state it nat out at the outset : I or so i beyond me. If you want to MA YBE IT'S MY inaka up• that you'll have to show me first, member, I convey this plea to the do not belie e that J ACL should truly promote understanding of bringing, but when someone of• before I'll accept that. leadership: You must (politely) become in 01 ed, formally as an the imm.-no-ko, even I can think of fers me something for nothing- I And if you can't provide suffi• reject the entire proposal. That is organization or informally through a number of far better ways than want to take a hard look, a second cient support for such noble pur• the only guideline by which you any of its leadership, with any this. And as for absorbing culture, look. It may be entirely legiti• poses, then I've got to look for a should operate. political party not even for other• it is amazing how some ha e been mate, you understand, but it de- reason. People just don't do these And then let us turn-our atten• wise worthy projects. converted into instant experts erves a close analysis. It may things-without a reason. tion to the issues here. At home.

lowed the film to be completed of the clip," adds Esaki. "The bus The Making of 'Yuki Shimoda' came from the Screen Actors scene was just a single flute, but . ·LettersfiBW!... Guild (SAG). After VC made its the scene at the end was this huge by J.K. Yamamoto Esaki and Amy Kato, were fund• initial pitch to SAG 's Ethnic Em• orchestral score." After repeated We Can Win with Min The film .. Yuki Shimoda: Asian ing and film clips. ployment Opportunities Commit• requests and a visit to the Wlion's It hascome to my attention from American Actor" was four years " The way things worked out," tee, the ensuing process-approv• New York office, permission was the chapter delegate to the recent in the making. In Hollywood, that says Esaki, " there didn't end up al by the various SA G chapters, a finally granted, culminating a NCWNP District meeting held in would be time enough to make a to be any federal funding left over decision by the national SAG two-year quest. Reno, Nevada, August 9-11, that blockbuster and follow it up with a to do that film, so we pretty much board, and so on-lasted nearly Shimoda is shown in the film as Yosh Nakashima mentioned a sequel; for the non-profit, L.A.• had to raise all the money through two years. a houseboy in "Auntie Marne," a proposal to merge the [JACL] Re• based Visual Communications, it community outreach." The total budget of the fllm• Japanese soldier in " The Last dress [Committee] and the LEC, took that long to do a modestly Kato believes the Shimoda mm about $3O,OOO-" is really cheap for Flight of Noah's Ark," an elderly which I believe he stated was in budgeted retrospective of one " is the only film at VC that has a documentary," according to Korean in an episode of " MASH," the thinking stage among the na• man's career. been solely community-funded." Esaki, who says such fIlms gener• an Issei befriended by a young tionalleadership. Originally conceived as a writ• Getting people to donate wasn't ally run from $90,000-120,000. Caucasian boy in the TV drama I am greatly concerned that if ten life history by anthropologists hard. "Everybody knew Yuki Obtaining scenes from movies " Little Friend," and a railroad such a merger should take place, Akemi Kikumura and Karen Ishi• from his work-he had made a lot and TV shows in which Shimoda worker in one ofVC's own produc• there wwld be much confusion as zuka, the Shimoda story evolved of friends all over," says Esaki. appeared proved no easy task. tions, "Hito Hata. " to who the leader is going to be. into a documentary mm project. Many of the donations came from " Whenever you obta in a clip from But the list of clips that for one There are a number of questions Susanna Baird, a friend of Shimo• JACL-the Henry and Chiyo Ku• a studio, you pay a certain amount reason or another could not be ob• that must be answered. With this da's from his performing days in wahara Memorial Fund, Pacific of money for the rights to use it in tained is extensive. These include proposed merger, will Min Yasui New York, provided the initial Southwest District Council Trust another medi um, " explains Kato. scenes from the TV adaptation of continue as LEe chair or will he funding that allowed VC to film an Fund, and various local chapters. " Because we can't pay the regular the play "And the Soul Shall be relieved · of his position and interview with Shimoda shortly But because funding came in rate of $3,000-4,000 for each clip, Dance," the TV series ., Kung Fu," eased out? If this should happen, before his death from cancer in bits and pieces, not in one lump we had to write to them, explain the theatrical mm " MacArthur," who is capable enough to take May 1981 at the age of 59. sum, production had to follow the what the film is about, [ask them and the Broadway musical "Paci• over? The interview became the core same pattern. " We were working to) waive their costs ." fic Overtures." In my opinion, the leaders of the of a fIlm that included photos of on and off," recalls Esaki. "We'd Scenes from the 1976 TV-movie Kato considers the experience National and NCWNP District of• Shimoda's early career, inter• raise some money, then go to Sac• "Farewell to Manzanar," in which " a real education" about the in• fices seem to be in some sort of views with friends and colleagues, ramento [where Shimoda grew Shimoda thought he did his best tricacies of regulations in the en• confusioo and do not know what and scenes from his TV and film up] and interview his friends, then work, were an absolute must. Af• tertainment industry. Now, when• directioo to take. There is a clear• performances. The main obsta• we'd come back and work regular ter permission was obtained from ever she sees a film biography of cut mamate from the last con• cles to completion of the docu• jobs at VC. " Universal Television to use ex• an entertainer, she thinks, "Wow! ventionbeld in Hawaii that the top mentary, say fllmmakers John The $10,000 donation that 31- cerpts from the movie-a process Where'd they get those clips?" priority for JACL is to pur&le re• which . took several months• Esaki says he and Kato are dress vigorously. ISSN : 0030-8579 clearance was needed from the " pretty happy we were able to LEC is just beginning to move Screen Actors Guild, the Writers take what we had to work with forward with Min Yasui putting Guild, the Directors Guild and the [and] give a pretty good idea of all his time and energy to the pro• American Federation of Musi• his career, the problems he faced. " gram of lobbying. He can do this @ pacific citize11 cians. "People don't realize the strug• because he is retired. I hear that Referring to a scene in which gles that a minorityactor goes some leaders are saying that he is Shimoda, portraying an Issei, through," adds Kato. "His strug• old and senile. He may be old just National JACL Headquarters, 1765 Sutter St. , San Francisco , CA 94115 , (415) 921-5225 emerges from a bus to be reunited gle kind oftypilles the struggles of as I am, but senile no. He is.. the Published by the Japanese American Citizens League every Friday except the first and last with his family at Manzanar after Asian Amerisans. " right do the job and hold weeks of the year at 941 E. Third St. , Los Angeles , CA 90013 ; (213) 626 -6936 . • 2nd Class person to postage paid at Los Ang eles , CA . • Annual Subscriptions-JACL member: $10 of National being detained by the FBI, Kato The film premiered at VC's 15th the position he has now, that of dues provides one yearon a per-ho usehold basis . Nonmembers: $20 a year, $38 two-years, says that SAG gave its permission anniversary celebration on Aug• LEC chainnan. payable in advance . • Foreign addresses: Add US$10; 1st Class alr-U.S.lCanada on the condition that VC "locate ust 24 at the Japan America Thea• He is a vigorous and active man, addresses : $25 extra, Japan/Europe: US$60 extra . every single actor that's in that ter. Esaki and Kato plan to show so we need him to carry 00 U1e News or opinions expressed by columnists other than the National President or Nallonal scene and get an okay from the film at a variety of community difficult task of redress and espe• Director do not necessarily reflect JACL pol icy. them." Because some of the child OFFICERS fundraisers, but they may not be cially lobbying. Please give Min Frank Sato, Natl JACl Pres. Dr Clillord I Uyeda, PC Board Cha.r actors had since gone into non• ready for a television broadcast. Yasui yrur wholehearted support EDITORIAC\ I BUSINESS STAFF Actmg Editor. Robert Shimabukuro Asst . J K. YamamolO acting careers, locating them was 'If we were to, say, get an offer by writing tQ him, and tell Yosh Advert.s.ng . Jane M Ozawa Product.on: Mary Imon Circulation: Toml Hosh, zak. Mailing. Mark S,allO another time-consuming task. to show it on PBS," says Esaki, General Manager I Operations. Harry K HOnda Nakashima to forget about the POSTMASTER: Send changes of ad dress to PaCific Citizen, "Then the musician's union "we would have to go back again merger. 941 E. 3rd St., Mezz., Los Angeles, CA 90013. wanted payment to every musi• to every single party involved and HENRYTANDA cian who played on the soundtrack clear a broadcast." Salinas, Calif. friday, September 13. 1985 I PACIFIC emZE.....

t nanc to accounting. On gradu• A World of Interesting People ation, they're qualified to take Coram Nobis and Redress ov r as assistant farm manager, fir ~ t w h1 Ja to plant wh I' and after a couple of years of ex• ------making branches of govermnent 1,100 mplo , u ing th mo t perienc they can become bosses . (the executive and legislative mod rn equipment , manufac ture Brazil has been good to Shunji Ni- FROM THE branches), which would tend, ex• a ll kinds of agri ultural praying himura and the school is his con• NATION'S cessively in this case, to follow the quipm nt that uppli perhap tribution to its future . FROM THE CAPITAL: swings in public attitudes (and, FRYING PAN: 70 p r nt f Brazil" market. In I'd like to tell you more about indeed, is constitutionally struc• addition, J acto invented and man• Nishimura but I must save space tured to respond in such a man• Bill ufactures the world 's first coffee for another fascinating character ner), but the judicial branch as hal' e ling ma hin a mon trou 1m t on my trip. He is Maj . Gen. Hosokaw a G. Tim Gojio well. whe led d i appro. imately (r til' d) Armando Yoshida of the According to Jacobus ten the siz of a one-car garag . Bolivian Air Force, a stocky man Broek, the "greatest failure of A proud a he is of what he has with the hawk-like face of a war• J un and Ki oko chida, po t• The coram nobis hearings of all" in the evacuation and intern• done with his ompany, he wa rior, who was representing his Gordon Hirabayashi held recent• ment program "was the failure of war immigrant fro m Kago hi• proud r till of Fundacao Shunji COW1try 'S Nisei at the Pan Ameri• ly in Seattle, and indeed, all of the the courts, specifically the U.S. rna who run a oupl ofv I u • Nishimura de Tecnologia, which, can Nikkei conference. General coram nobis cases, are part of a Supreme Court, to enforce the ce ful flora l greenhou in ali• as you can guess, is the ShW1ji Ni- Yo hida' father wa an immi• na, alifornia. arrang d for m complementary action to the le• enumerated constitutional rights himw'a T hnological FOW1da• grant from Japan, his mother a gislative redress bills currently of individuals against the abuses to meet hW1ji ishim ura ofPom• tion Wh1Ch he fO W1ded and fund ed. nati e Boli ian. before Congress. Each requires peia, a town about 350 mil from imposed upon them by this na• It main pr j t i a two-year Th general speak only a very branches of the government to re• tion." It is the role of the judi• ao Paulo, during m recent trip agri ultural ch 1 turning out a little Japan e, and ju t a bit examine their respective roles in ciary, and not the executive or to Brazil. hundred oung ter a year fully more English, while I speak no the original evacuation and in• legislative branches, to· deter• i himura, too. a an m1m1- trained to tak er cienti fi pani h at all . To enhan e our ternment, and to remedy, to as mine the propriety of any govern• grant. He had an opportunit to go farm manag m nt. con rsation he summoned hi great an extent as possible, the mental action by striking a bal• to Ian huria in 1932, but cho ishimura i convinced agri- son, who could handle the lan• damage to our constitutional ance between the power ofthis na• ultw' i Brazil' futur . It ha , guage of his Japanese grandfather Brazil inst ad. It wa a lu k. d - ideals done thereby. tion am the rights of the people ci ion even though h pent th h a , pi nt of f rtil land, a fairly adequately. Wher. [ The legislative redress bills under the Constitution. ten Broek l1lgn f nrst thre 'ears m th back-• b climat , lots water, and ask d, did ou learn Japanese? In currently before Congress, H.R. states that the failure of the Court breaking role of farm labor r. H all it n ds 1 agri ultural know• Tokyo, he replied, where he li ve d 442 and S. 1053, address the role of to even examine, much less strike picked me up at the ao Paulo air• how to produc nough food to for three year while his father Congress in the internment. Pri• down as W1constitutional, the Ja• port in his ompan plan and f ed m t of th world. Boy in er edasBoliv ia' amba sador. marily, this was their enactment panese American evacuation and flew me to the ity of IariLia. junior high hool take competi• ur inter iew wa conducted of legislation providing criminal internment was one of the Court's chauffew'-driven car took us th ti e examinations to attend the whil a amba band was whoop• sanctions for failure to obey the great failures in history, "com• re t of the \ a to Pomp ia, a tov n school, which is able to accept per• ing things up , so it was les than discriminatory orders of the mili• parable with its surrender to slav• of rna be 16.000 in a rich agricul• haps on in three applicants. In a atisfactory. I came away hoping tary. lmeed, the congressional ery in . ..Dred Scott v. Sandford." tural area. two- ear cour e the studye ery• to meet th e general again under delegations from California, Ore• ten Broek concludes, "in this way thing from English to plant biolo• less hectic conditions. We live in a gon and Washington played a did the United States Supreme ishimura wanted me to ee gy, oil ch mi try to animal hus• small wor ld fuJI of interesting major role in pushing for the in• Court strike a blow at the liberties two ofms proude t creations. The bandr , hea equipment main- people. tervention of the military in West of us all." Coast domestic politics. Thus, it is important that there was also appreciated by the group. The coram nobis cases address be a successful conclusion to the Learning to Lead Paul Bannai contrasted his experi• the disappointing failure of the ju• coram nobis cases, and that there ence as an elected offtcial with be• diciary to enforce the constitu• be passage of the redress bills be• ing an appointed one. tional rights of Japanese Ameri• fore Congress. It is a way for this by Mary Nishimoto Representative, summarized the The sessions in which the organ• cans. Such a failure to enforce nation to recover from the blows A handout on the week-long areas under discussion in the U.S .• ization was discussed from an in• constitutional rights, in essence, to our hard-earned liberty, and to J ACL Washington D.C. Program Japan trade talks: citrus and for• side and outside point. of view were created a privilege on the part of restore a measure of justice described its purpose as to "identi• estry products, electronics and te• most lively . EDC Governor Mike the government to engage in dis• which morality requires. Should - fy , train and develop you ng Japa• lecommunications equipment. Suzuki and Washington D.C. Chap• criminatory actions in wartime, only ore branch of goverrunent nese Americans for future roles in When asked about Japanese ter President Kris Ikejiri dis• solely on a racial basis. recognize the injustice arxI at• our commW1ities across the Unit• American involvement in U.S.• cussed Nisei-Sansei relations in It must be remembered that all tempt to correct it, it would con• ed States." The program covers Japan relations, the Nikkei con• JACL. Olerry Tsutsumida touched three branches ofthe federal gov• stitute only a partial and incom• 'the American political system gressmen fe lt that we should be upon women and their role in ernment were involved in the plete rectification of the problem. and the role that the JACL and concerned, in the sense of learning J ACL. Joseph Rauh of the leader• evacuation and internment of Ja• All three branches were involved Japanese Americans must play all we can about the relationship ship Conference on Civil Rights panese Americans during WW2. in the original problem; all three within that system." (e.g., cultural and economic di• and David Brody oft he Anti-Defa• This includes not only the war- must be involved in the solution. I applied to the-program seeking mensions). mation League of B'nai B'rith to develop a national perspective. The delegation did spend shared their perceptions of how I looked forward to spending time lengthy sessions with Senators other civil rights groups perceive with and among the nation's lead• Daniel Inouye, Paul Laxalt, and JACL. It was particularly hearten• ers in the capital. I thought the Spark Matsunaga. The informal ing to hear their support for re• program would focus on leader• meetings with Congressmen Nor• dress, including their suggested ship development, the federal gov• man Mineta and Robert Matsui legislative strategies. ernment process, and the role of were also enjoyable. Most of the Ron Ikejiri provided some good key participants in that process. elected offic ials spent much of handouts on organizing aroW1d an The program actually dealt with their time fi elding questions from issue. some of JACL National President the delegation. The program did provide oppor• Frank Sato's concerns relative to Some, like Senator Matsunaga tunities to network. As a result of leadership, namely communica• and Congressman Mineta, made the intense nature of the program, tion skills, interpersonal skills, comments relative to their com• we met many speakers and had networking, and strategy. mittee assignments (Senate Sub• ample time to ask them questions. In terms of strategy around the committee on International Trade In addition , long-lasting friend• priority issues (i.e., redress and and Senate Finance Committee, ships were established among the U.S.-J apan relations) , the delega• and House Subcommittee on Avia• delegates. The EOC/D.C. chapter• tion was informed. tion and House Committee on Sci• sponsored barbecue did create an Min Yasui updated the group on ence and Technology, respective• informal atmosphere for network• the redress effort, particularly the ly ). Congressman Matsui spent ing among the JACL members. Sen. Daniel Inouye met with participants in the National JACL Leadership status of Iffi 442 and S 1053. Nikkei time commenting on issues not I do feel that programs such as Program in his Senate office July 18. From left: Ron W~yashi, JA~L senators and congressmen were particular to Americans of Japa• the Washington D.C. Leadership executive director; Arthur Nishioka, San Diego; Gene TaKamlne, Fountain optimistic as to how far the re• nese ancestry (e.g., the budget Program strengthen bonds (via Valley; Cyril Nishimoto, New York; Katherine Sasaki, Fresno; Sam Oki~, dress bills would move this year; and the dencit). I also found ob• networking ) within JACL, while San Jose' Alan Nishi, Stockton; Mary Nishimoto, Los Angeles; Tim GojIO, for example, the House Judiciary serving the different leadership being informative. This year, four Washingt~n, D.C. representative; Catherine Higashioka, Pasadena; David Subcommittee on Administrative styles of the elected officials to be districts - Central California, Nakayama, JACL Youth Director; and Senator Inouye. Law and Governmental Relations helpful in assessing my own. Eastern, Northern California• expects to hold hearings on HR Kaz Oshiki, Gail Mukaihata and Western Nevada-Pacific, and Pa• In closing, I feel that I have and outside point of view-be• 442. JACL Washington D.C. Rep• Hideki Hamamoto provided valu• cine Southwest-sent eight indi• gained a better perspective of cause I gained knowledge in the resentative Tim Gojio explained able perspectives as to influencing viduals to the program. Better J ACL as a national organization. I context where decisions affecting the interrelationships between the the legislative process. Mr. Ha• geographical representation is am more aware of how JACL- these issues take place. legislative bills, the coram nobis mamoto's personal touch to his needed to strengthen the sense of and non-JACL-leaders perceive Having completed the program, effort, and the class action suit. presentation (i.e., sharing his a national leadership program this organization. I am more sen- I am challenged to increase my Glen Fukushima, Director of goals and objectives, and how he conducted by a national organiza• sitized regarding JACL 's national commitment and level of involve• Japan, Office of the U.S. Trade is moving toward achieving them ) tion. prioriti~fro~ both an inside ment in JACL. 6-PACIRC CITIZEN / Friday, September 13, 1985 U.S.-Japan ties 1000 Club Roll ______~ ~~ ~~ <;hapter Pulse· ~ ~~ topic ofconference [ Year of Membership Show~J Pacifica Long Beach: 23-Dr Masashi ltano·. - Century; -- Corporate; L Life; IWDDLETOWN, Ohio-Partici• M Memorial; CIL Century Life Pan Asian: 2-Karen Kishi. Puyallup VaJIey : 6·Thomas T Shigio 27·Dr Philadelphia New York pants in the ''U.s. and Japan: Summary (Since 12·1·1984) Keith H Yoshino. ' HERRY HILL, N.J.-Sept 21 is NEW YORK-The New York Economic Headlines-BUsiness Active (previous total) ...... 1,739 Reedley: 12-Slanley Ishii. the date for the chapter's senior chapters ofJACL and the Ol-gani• Realities" conference will hear Total this report : ~ 32 ...... 16 Sacramento: 27·Shig Sakamoto. citizens party at the Mw'akami zation of Chinese Americans Japanese ambassador to the Current total ...... 1.755 San Francisco: IS-Frank H Minami. Nobuo Matsunaga speak on AUG 18·23, 1985 (16) Seattle: 29-Mabel K Ida, IS-Lovett Mori· residence, :l) Laurel Hill Dr., (OCA) are sponsoring a seminar u.s. Chicago: 32·Lester G Katsura. 16-Hiromu guchi. IS-Tomio Moriguchi. 6-Harold J from 2r 7 p.m A contemponuy on the advantages of networking the critical economic issues be• Nishi. Nakahara. Japanese movie, a ~along , on Sept ~ , 7-10 p.m in the Gold tween the two countries, Oct 4 Cleveland : 2-Craig R Shimizu. Snake River: 25-Tom Uriu. at noon at the Manchester Inn Diablo Valley : 23·Yukio Wada. Stockton : 26-William U Nakashima. plus a very special surprise are Room of the AT&T Building, 550 Fresno: 2-Henry H Kubow. CENTURY CLUB* planned for this potluck event Madison Ave. Esther Kee of the The conferehce, being held in Gardena Valley : IS-Helen Kawagoe*. S-Dr Masashi llano [Lon J. Donations of $1 will be asked V.S. Asia Institute, which is in- conjunction with Middletown's Long Beach Pacifica: 21·Dr Fred Fuji· Summary (Since 12·i·1984) from children and JACL mem• volved in U.SJAsia trade rela• Middfest '85 International Cele• kawa. Active (previous total) ...... 1.775 Orange County : 33-Henry Kanegae. Total this report: #34...... 16 bers. $2 from non-members. Info: tions, and Frank Sogi, senior bration, will include speeches by Placer County : 31·Thomas M Yego, Jr. Current total ...... 1,791 the Murakamis (609) 795-8370 ; partner of Kelley DIYe and War• Clyde Prestowitz from the u.s. Salt Lake City : 14·Jimi Mitsunaga. SEPT 3~ · , 1985 (16) Rodger Nogaki, (609) 767-1110 ; ren which is actively involved in Dept of Commerce; William An• San Francisco: S-Takeshi Koga. IH)tagiri Berkeley: 32·Albert S Kosakura. Mercantile Co lnc**. SimlBet1y Endo, (215) 844-7317. international trade law, will be derson from NCR Corporation; Chicago: $-Noboru Honda. and Vernon Alden, chainnan of San Jose: I·Dr Jerrold A Hiura. 2J·Tad Fresno: 4-Deborah Shikami. featured speakers. Sekigahama. 4·Richard K Tanaka. Marysville: 24-Taeo Nakano. Marina the Associate Japan-American Seattle: 4·Aki Kurose. Monterey Peninsula: »George Kodama. LOS ANG~Dance to the Societies of the u.s. CENTURY CLUB• New York: 2·Midori Lederer. music of Carry On at the Marina The cost is $3 to JACL and OCA Conference director Deborah ll·HelenKawagoe (Gar) . Reedley: l).Toru Ikeda, 33·Michl Ikeda. chapter's ' ~ in the Night" at members. Non-members enroll• CORPORATE CLUB"" Sacramento: 13·Stimson S Suzuki, 12·Ed· Schultz stated, "The goal of this 14s·0tagiri Mercantile Co Inc (SF). winMKado. the LAX Hyatt, 6225 W. CentlllJl ing in advance will be assessed conference is to delineate issues San Diego: S-Richard Takashima, 31·Dr Blvd, 8:30 p.m - 1::l) am ~.50 in the same fee. Non-members reg• and provide the business people Summary (Since 12·1·1984) Shigeru Hara. Active (previous total) ...... 1,755 San Jose: 35-Dave M Tatsuno • 24-Henry T advance, $11 at the door. Ticket istering at the door will be attending the abilit¥ to assess Total this report: #-33 ...... 20 charged $5. Info: Days-Laura Yamate. info: Janis, (213) 532-7640; Carol, current V.S.-Japan relations in Current total ...... 1.775 Stockton: ~Frank Inamasu. (818) 284-5734' Other info: Lany, Okamura, (212) 85().3132; even• light of their own business West Valley: 29-Jane Miyake Habara. ings-FaeMinabe,(212)2Z7-1489. AUG 26!30, 1985 (20) CENTURY CLUB· (213) 479-8479. needs. ChIcago: 16·Dick Nishimoto. 4-Dave MTatsuno (SJO). ''Citizens in the U.S. are inun• Cincinnati: I~Dr Shiro Tanaka. dated with information about Downtown Los Angeles . 8·John Dennis Hokoyama. Redress Pledges Details given on IDCIPNW confab Japan, but the information East Los Angeles : 32·Roberl T Obi . MD. changes faster than our abilities Fresno : 4·May Oji . Actual amounts acknowledged by J ACL JACKPOT, Nevada-Hid Hase• ~rson, single; $5G'person, to absorb it. This conference pro• Marina: 3-Leslie Furukawa. Headquarters for the period of: New York : 29-William K Sakayama. gawa announced the 'package" double. One night-$55. vides an in-depth chance to sift #19: August, 1985 through conflicting reports about 1985 Total: $ 63,289.65 costs (including lodging, taxes, In addition, the prime rib din• Pr~v. Gr. Total ; $190,275.1!4 registration, bus to Minidoka, U.S.-Japan relations." The Mike M. 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COMING OF AGE IN THE '305: Los Angeles e 680· 1553 IJ - 2032 Santa Monica Blvd. The Nisei and the .Japanese Immigrant Press Open Tue..fri: 9:3Pat Morita ; and the sourceS but also for a favorable that really gets commercial TV George Tahara, who made his first the 19405 Tahara collected hun• case of Dexter Del Mar, a Pilipino time slot. off the hook . " movie in 1936 at 15 after his uncle dreds of old legends from Mary American who was thrown out of The monthly Black and Hispan• Since court challenges from gave him a camera. ' I was never Kauihou, a court dancer for King a sports club and called a • Jap." ic shows are currently on Sunday public interest groups will probab• interested in filming family mem• Kalakaua who'd been instructed The show has garnered four at 7 p.m., up against " 60 Minutes'" ly delay implementation of the bers," he says. "I was interested by the king to memorize the leg• consecutive Emmy Awards for on CBS. "Ifyou want to kill a show, FCC decision for some time, shows in filming Debussy recordings. " ends. segments on : redress for Japa• that's the way to do it," Yep says. like " Perceptions" are not in im• Tahara is donating his tiJIle, So far Tahara is completely de• nese Americans interned during " Perceptions," on the other hand, mediate danger of extinction. two-man film crew and film stu• lighted with " Kenji. II In fact , he WW2 (1982); Hiroshima survivors has been given a more advanta• While admitting that media ac• dio, Cine-Pic, to the project. says he knew it would be good the living in Northern California geous time, Saturday at 8 p.m. cess for Asian Americans is easier Along the way the. project ac• moment he saw his main actors. (1983 ); Chol SooLee, a Korean im• "That was a divisive move on the than it was 10 or 20 years ago, Yep quired short story writer Marie "I spend all my time searching migrant jailed for a murder he did part of the station, to simply say, feels there is "an inherent form of Hara as script-writer. She and for a talent," he explains. ' I can not commit (1984); and the killing 'Fight among yourselves for the racism in the media" that still Wesley's mother, Agnes Ogata, be going 40 mph in my automobile of Vincent Chin in Detroit (1985). crumbs.' " makes it necessary to force com• are the fundraisers. Read that and spot them on the street." Has this string of successes Characterizing efforts on be• mercial TV to deal with Asian is• arm-twisters. When that happens, he'll come to guaranteed the show a secure posi• half of the show as "a constant sues. "And we're the producers," a screeching halt, jump out, and tion at KCRA? "As a matter of fight, " Yep recalls that the com• She thinks minority program• laughs Hara. ' A lot of what we do ask the person ifhe's interested in fact, quite the opposite," replies munity advisory group stormed ming will make headway in the is run and get food and drink." being ina movie. Yep. "The station would just as out of a meeting in 1980 when sta• mainstream media when manage• The director and creative genius "The chance of finding one is soon get rid of its obligations and tion management would no longer ment changes its attitude-"not behind the film is Tahara, who has one in 5,000, " he continues. "And responsibilities and dump our permit the group direct input into just comply with an old FCCregu• hundreds of Hawaii films to his the miracle of this picture is show, in spi te of the accolades and the content of the show. An agree• lation .. .but just simply say, credit, about 30 of them still wide• they're all one in 5,000! " the awards and the praise that the ment was later worked out. 'We're behind this, we're respon• ly used in Hawaii schools and in Despite that, the fIlm has not show has gotten." Although enthusiasm and sup• sible for quality programming schools across the Mainland. "The been without conflict. As for allocation of resources for port for the show is hard to come that happens to be geared for an Boyhood of Kamehameha" is one Hara cheerfully admits there's the show , she says, KCRA's atti• by at KCRA, says Yep, " what has Asian Pacific audience.' " of his best known. been a tug-of-war between herself tude has been, "You 're not going helped me pull through each and In the meantime, Yep says, " I A battered lauhala hat shading and Tahara. to get any more budget, promotion every time, Emmy or no Emmy, still find myself in a political pot• his eyes, cameras strung 'round "I wanted to hit all the univer- or support than you have in the was the community-based sup- boiler. " his neck, a rumpled aloha shirt, Continued CD Back Pap I-PACIAC CITIZEN / Friday, September 13, 1985

~ This approach to the admini• way to save a person from a living 1 Shinju a Human Act, Not a Cultural One stration of justice holds for many hell." If so, then why have some other crimes too. Japanese courts Christian (even Catholic) coun• tries had consistently higher sui• would eat food if any were avail• Kimura case, and what they write are generally willing to give by William Weatherall cide rates than Japan? able. about similar cases in Japan, she breaks to defendants who are will• The auillOT , a m moor of J apan /lOp· would fmd that the term muri is ingtobebrokendownandrebuilt. And why do Euro-American The fa t that English distin• s~c~dol~sts ter J ACL, is a p Tmall nt r i.dent of guishes "cold" from "flu" while usually used. If she were to exam- So a suspect's punishment really generally agree that swclde 18 almost by deflnition a Japan, where h work a afree-lan e Japanese kaze covers both does ine earlier police statistics, she begins at the mcment of arrest. journalist and re her specializing wish to escape from the hells of ear not mean that speakers of Japa• would fmd that cases of so-called The greater the social and psy• ifI 0 ialprobl ms. life, a cry for help when the nese do not experience cold and shudan jisatsu (group suicide)- chological "suffering" a SllSpect am an obvious misnomer that is no endures while being prosecuted, only alternative seems to be J.K. Yamamoto's Not Quite a flu ymptoms. Nor does it mean longer used-are subdivided into the greater the "credit" given to• death? Bridge" (May 31 PC) cautioned that they catch kaze more fre• cases ofmuri shinju that are enu- ward the possible sentence. Any The role of religious or other against assuming that ancestry quently than speakers of English me rated beside the total number attempt on the part of a suspect to beliefs in suicide is disputed by ~ qualifies anyone as a " bridge" come down with acold or the flu . mental health specialists. It is far ~ To be sure, there are cases ofshinjucases. self-exruse an acknowledged act between the U.S. and Japan. While Some recent statistics show only (confession rates are extremely from certain how, if at all, the for- • fully agreeing with this, I take ex• where a word is present or absent mally expressed cultural values in a language because its referent the category shinju with no indi- high in Japan) will be debited ception to the notion that ' Very cation of how many cases were from the suspect's accotmt of of a society affect the informal be• recent irmnigrants from Japan exists or doesn't in the experiences haviorsofits depressed, despond- ~ of the people who speak the lan• considered murder-suicide as op- judicial sympathy. know a great deal about their na• posed to multiple suicide. But po- Ironically, in being advised to ent, am othezwise acutely or tive country. " guage. But lexical differences are lice continue to keep track of pleadnotgullty,Kimurahasacted chronically disturbed members. A good example of a recent im• usually simply a matter of group• There is certainly no evidence ing and labeling common experi• whether a shinju case involves in a somewhat "un-Japanese" migrant who knows Ie than she homicide. way. In Japan, an attempt to de- that cherry blossoms have any• thinks she does-about suicide, at ences differently. Speakers of dif• thing to do with the "25,202 Japa• ferent languages may simply at• Though Japanese newspaper fend her acts (except perhaps on least-is Katie Kaori Hayashi headlines may reduce a fuller de- grounds of insanity) would be the nese" who committed suicide in who has been reporting about the tach differ nt ocial and cultural 1983 (a meaningless number, since meanings to similar objects, phe• scription to something like boshi surest way of getting the book Fumiko Kimura case in the P ( mother-child) shinju or even thrown at her. Hayashi does not tell us the suicide and other papers. nomena, and beha ior. shinjurather than write boshi mu- News Value rate, or explain what significance a comparison of suicide rates has ri (mother-child coerced) shinju, Hayashi claims that the shinju in a discussion of Kimura's case). 'Japanese parents who kill their children in the course the article itselfwill usually make committed by a friend and her (the ~ it plain as to whether the case in- f Hayashi's " cherry blossom anal- of committing suicide do so for essentially the same variety volves forced suicide or homicide. riend's) mother 'did not appear ogy" only reinforces the stereo• of reasons as parents in other countries.' in the media because the Japanese types on both sides of the Pacific Most shinju cases are muri shinju, media didn't consider it news." about suicide in Japan. and most muri shinju cases in- Yet I (and other suicide research• It is m contention that Kimura Translation is a problem that is volve homicide. There are a lot of people in the did what she is alleged to have seldom impossible but sometimes ers in Japan) clip dozens of arti- world who have committed sui• done-kill her children in the difficult to solve. The word shinju Ifin Japan cles a year from Japanese papers cide rather than "floundering course of trying to kill herself• cannot be translated (even into If Kimura had done what she which ffud murder-suicide worth miserably". And there are plenty mainly because she was a dis• other Japanese words) without did in Japan, am survived, she all the space that the lack of more of Japanese who seem to love ~ tressed human being, rather than knowing the context in which it is would have been arrested. And she important news on a certain day "floundering miserably" in lieu of 1 because she is Japanese. More• used. would have been charged with leaves available. death. ~ homicide, probably under Article Hayashi does not seem to have ~ over, I believe that she can be de• In reference to the Kimura case Humanism at Stake ~ fended , if defense is what she Hayashi has consistently mis~ 199 of the Penal Code, which car- considered how newspapers gath• I find the effort to "educate 4 needs, by recourse to the enorm• translated shinju as "parent-child ries a ptmishment of " death or pe- er news, and how editors decide Americans about her [Kimura's] 1 ous amount that is known about suicide" or " family suicide." But nal servitude for life or not less what is going to be published in a murder and suicide as universal than three years. " given edition on a given day. Many cultural act" a sad commentary neither translation is an accurate on the failure to understand par• human behaviors. description of the act that Kimura Depending on the circum- of the articles I have collected on stances of her case, and with great parent-child murder-suicides in ent-child murder-suicides as hu• Resorting to dubious concepts attempted. man rather than ethnic acts. To of " ethnopsychiatry" in an effort variation from paper to paper, the America, most of them clipped When refering to death, shinju petition for leniency by appealing to get Kimura a "fair trial " in her means something like " dying to• press might also treat her as a from San Francisco papers, were homicide suspect. The honorific not on the fIrst page, but buried to ethnocentric notions of cultural adopted country (her nationality gether" without regard to whether relativism begs the question of is irrelevant) sets back the pro• some of the dead are forced to suffix that would ordinarily be at- somewhere between advertise• tached to her family name might ments and fillers. what one would do if an American 1 gress that has been made in dis• commit suicide or are killed with mother of non-Japanese (especial• covering the universalities of or without their consent. Context be dropped, and her photograph Kimura's murder-suicide at• might be square (suspect) in con- tempt was given some promi• ly non-Asian) ancestry were to murder-suicide. As someone who will tell how the dead die. trast with the rotmd photographs nence in Southern California pa• survive an attempt to kill herself has devoted half his adult life to Hayashi errs because she fails in the course of killing her chil• the study of this subject, I also fmd to consider these contextual ele• of her children (victims). pers for several reasons: it was a What would happen after her " local" incident; it was an un• dren. the admission of "ethnicity" into ments. She incorrectly states that arrest cannot be romanticized. r------the argument an unfortunate re• " Shinju. is broken down into two Japanese police do not simply 'Does J 1 gression to anti-humanism. categories. One occurs between shrug their shoulders and write off a apanese mother never kill her children be- I • Not a 'Custom' parent and child, and the other be• such cases as a "Japanese cus- cause she hates them, because she blames them fur her Kimura's act could not have tween lovers. " tom" that deserves to be only problems, because she wants to avenge their father fur I ~ been caused by "Japanese cus• In fact, there are numerous ca• " ceremonially prosecuted". his role in her misery?' ~ tom" because, anthropologically tegories of shinju. Any number of The case would not be regarded '--______---.JI and every other way I know of adjectives can be used to qualify as an act of " involuntary man• common setting and form of a not Are we to believe that, simply there is no such "custom" in Ja ~ the types of shinju one is talking slaughter" until it had been thor• so uncommon act (mother-child because the non-Asian American pan. Japanese parents who kill about. oughly investigated. If autopsy murder-suicides occur in North mother has no "Japanese blood" their children in the course of . While most shinju types do des• evidence or interrogations of the America, but usually not off mu- in her veins, she must have hated committing suicide do so for es• Ignate the relationships of the suspect, co-habitants or neighbors nicipal beaches in broad day- her children and thus "murdered" sentially the same variety of rea• people involved, all types are fur• suggested a history of child bat• light); Kimura and her children them "for malevolence, cruelty or sons as parents in other countries. ther divided into two very impor• tering, then the prosecution would were dramatically rescued; Ki- fmancialgain"? Does a Japanese ~ There may be psychocultural tant subcategories that Hayashi be stricter. mura am her daughter were still mother never kill her children be• ove~lays in the psychological and totally ignores: muri (coerced) Even if there were no evidence al.ive when the first reports broke; cause she hates them, because she ~ SOCIal factors that precipitate the and gai by consent) . that the murder-suicide had been KmlUra herself survived; Kimura blames them for her problems, act, in the physical forms of the Hayashi is hardly the first to maliciously directed at the chil• was charged with alleged crimes; because she wants to avenge their act, and in the popular and aca• mistranslate such Japanese ex• dren, the surviving parent would ad infinitum. father for his role in her misery? demic explanations ofthe act. But pressions into English. But given have to show remorse, and the One could also mention that Ki- Has it ever ocrurred to Kimu- the underlying causes tend to be the nature of her campaign, I court (which means panel of mura is Japanese, and that there ,ra's "ethnic" supporters that a human and therefore universal. would think she would be more judges, for Japan does not have a are lots of Japanese and Ameri- "human act" rather than a "Ja• The fact that there is a word like motivated than other reporters to jury system) would have to be cans of Japanese ancestry in panese act" approach to her de• shinju in Japanese but not in Eng• get the key words right. convinced that the repentance Southern California. fense might be more effective in lish has encouraged the idea that Considering that journalists and was sincere. But the nationality and ethnicity moving the prosecutor, jury, and shinju is unique to Japan. But no• scholars in Japan and abroad are Accepting the assumption of factors probably had little to do judge to show compassion? Or is thing could be further from the also in the habit of mistranslating guilt, not trying to rationalize with the attention given the initial the chip on the ethnic shoulder so truth. Nor is it clear that shinju shinju (I used to myself, and not one's behavior, being genuinely reports of the incident. It simply heavy that recent immigrants or I acts are more common in Japan. so long ago either) , Hayashi's in• sorry for doing what one did, and had all the makings of a classic the descendants of older ones do Hunger is hunger wherever it is appropriate wording should be making the best possible effort to human-interest piece. Only later not trust the ability of some found, without regard to how viewed with compassion. She atone for one's acts, are Japan's did the alleged "Japanese con- Americans to be compassionate many people may be hungry, or should be forgiven, not because equivalent of plea bargaining. nection" emerge as perhaps the towards immigrants perceived as whether lack of food happens to be her carelessness is a Japanese Such manifestations of . 'coming stronger element of interest. human beings rather than as eth- a greater problem in one place custom, but because she is human. clean" and " soul searching" usu• A Cry for Help nic entities? than another. Morever, hunger is Police & Press Usage ally result in a substantial reduc• Hayashi contends that "Suicide There is obviollSly much more hunger irrespective of what kind If Hayashi were to read what tion of sentence with a nominal is regarded as a sin in Christian at stake in Kimura's trial than oj of food one prefers, or how one Japanese papers write about the period ofprobation. belief, but for the Japanese it is a Continued 00 Page 12 friday, September 13, 1985 I PACIFIC CmZEN--I PC Classified Advertising SE Asian mental health book available 4-Buslness Opportunities 5=Employment ~RalI Estate t R KVILLE, Md.-Dwing th a ow'C book for m ntal health CANADA-f'RIVATE SALE BC CANADA profe ionals, students and thos TRUCK REPAIR SHOP and parts ouUct In northern NiseiiSansei Applicants 24 AC ISLAND Timberland. grassy fields. sandy p d ad, ne of the n wer Alberta commuOity Has been estab for 6 yrs, occupy· We have many attractive openings now 111 l.A. & beaches &rocky shorelront all Within Sminutes flYing ~ problem to emerge in the men• in 1 lated health car di ci• 109 5000 sq tt In a complex , Service dealers for Cum· Orange Counties. 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Baptist church funds Dr. Thomas Okimoto, a psychi• oounseling program atrist ard member of Evergreen PeopJe------Baptist, said, . 'We are very excit• PORTIAND- The American ed to receive this generous grant. • Awards secretarial ability. service to the na• profit a~ made up of criminal jus• We hope to establish a full-fledged tional, state and local legal secretaries tice practitioners across the U.S. Baptist Churches, at their annual associatioos, and service to the com• convention held here r cently, vot• counseling center with profession• munity. A legal secretary for over 22 • Education ed to grant $28.900 to fund an Asian al Asian staff to help those in the years, she now works at the law fIrm of American counseling program in community who are encountering Giauque& Williams. F~is Nakano, principal of Jeffer• the Los Angeles area. some life difficulty. There are son HIgh School, was one of six "Out• The proje t, ponsored by the many people, both inside and out- M. Jack Fujimoto, president of West standing Principal of the Year" award• Los Angeles College. was given the ees honored by the Los Angeles Olam• Los Angele Baptist City Mission ide the church, who are having ber of Commerce on June 5. Selected difficulty coping with life's stress• UCLA Graduate SeIl??1 of Education Society. E ergreen Baptist, Gar• Doctoral Alumni Assn. s Distinguished from 51 ~dates from kindergarten dena Valley Baptist, and Cerritos es. We hope to be a resource for Leadership Award on June 17. Doctoral through high school, he was given a Bapti t hurches, will use the them ." alumni nationwide voted for him be• plaque and $1,500 for campus renova• fund to help set up a professional According to Okimoto, the co un- cause of his long recDt:d of community tion. family counseling ervice to mini• eling service has been operating and professional service. • sports ster to the mental health needs ad• for the past two years on a limited dres ed in the community by the basis. Persons interested in re• • Law Enforcement VanneAkagi of Wahiawa, a junior at local churches. The grant repre• ceiving counseling services should Kaye Aoki of Salt Lake City was Texas A & M. defeated Betsy Somer• sents a major thrust by the Ameri• call (213) 269-8918. Fees are based named the winner of the National Legal Paul Kusuda, deputy director of the ville of Honolulu 6-2, 7-6 in the annual on a sliding scale depending on Secretary competition at the 34th an• Bureau of Juvenile Services, Wisconsin H~wajj Sectional Tennis Champion• can Baptist denomination to reach Di vision of Corrections . has been given ships' WOOlen's fmal June 1 at Diamond income. nual meeting of the National Assn. of out to Asian Pacific communities. Legal Secretaries in Nashville on July the first annual SEARCH award for Head Tennis Center. She won the sec• 31. The award i given on the basis of meritorious service. SEARCH isa non- tionals once before in 1979 at age 14. United Methodist grants awarded W[ OfffK TH[ PROfISSIOIYAL MAIY AN FRANCISCO-Asian Ameri• Oakland (Calif.) Chine e United A (OMPL[l[ 8~SINt:SS WAKDK08[. can Endowment Fund, a project Methodist Church. The fund was created in 1980 for CARRYING Ovt:R 500 SUITS, SPORT of the ational Federation of THE F lAST AUTOFOCUS S~A COATS AND OVt:RCOATS BY GJvt:NCHY, Asian American United Method• the purpose of developing and LANVIN, VAL[NTlNO, ST. RAPHAt:L & ists, has awarded its 1985 grants strengthening Asian American LONDON fOG 11'1 SIZt:S 14·42 SHORT & to four applicants. United Methodist churches. Ap• Plaza Gift Center EXTRA SHORT. OUR ACC[ss()Rlt:S Two grants of$800 each for con• plication forms for requesting 111 J P NI:. L VILLAGI:. PL LA INCLUDE DRt:SS SHIRTS, SLACKS, AND specific grants are obtained from PHON[(~ 13)6 0·3 288 Tlt:S 11'1 SHORT & SMALL SIZt:S I LfNGTHS. tinuing educa tion went to the Rev. 11'1 ADDITION, WE RfCEI'ffLY fXPANDfD AJex Vergara of Hawaii and Col• the office of Asian American En• 10 INCLUDE AN ITALIAN DRt:SS SHOE leen Tani of Los Angeles; a $400 dowment Fund, 330 Ellis St. , Rm. LINE 11'1 SIZt:S 5· 7112. grant for Christian education went 508, San Francisco, CA 94102. 785 W HAMILTON AVENUE to the Office of Asian American The 1986 grant forms will be PARADISE OKAZU-YA RESTAURANT CAMPBELL. CALIfORNIA 95008 PHONE 4081374-1466 available from October 15 and will SpecIalizing In HawaUan-Orlent Cul.lne Ministries at Garrett E angelical M·f r2·830. SAT 10-6. SUN·12·5 Theological chool in Evanston. be due March 15, 1986. Final deci• WI OPEN Tue-Sat. 7am-7pm • Sun. 7am-5 pm Ill. ; and a $100 grant for Chinese sions will be made April 23 ; reci• 1631 W. 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ethnically programmed. For cans am Japanese alike, tend to accordance with an allegedly doubt that most Americans, of KIMURA them, it is impossible to believe view suicide in both countries. common Japanese tradition. whatever ancestry, are capable of Continued fronl Page 8 that all people bathe and clean Many people, not only Hayashi et understanding the commonality of Fortwlately for Kimura, parent• merely the sentence she receives. themselves for essentially the a1. and Kimura's jurors, need to this human need. same human reasons, however be educated in the universalities child murder-suicide turns out to It may be possible to influence the be not a Japanese custom, but an outcome of her trial with two-bit much the cultural and social ram• of suicide behavior. So the fmest contribution that ifications and rationalizations act of human despair shared by Kimura's "ethnic" supporters and theories of ethnic determinism. Such a humanistic approach distressed parents-especially These days almost anything ' 'eth• may seem to differ. others coold make, to her eventual would benefit other people too, and mothers-throughout the world. nic ' gets more attention than it I say this notwithstanding the release and return to a world that proverbial •'distinctions" that are bring everyone much closer to• would accommodate her better deserves, perhaps because so ma• gether than a "we-they" bridge commonly made between Japa• than the one she tried to flee, is to ny people are trained, as it were, could. In this broader humanistic to be defensive in the face of real, nese who bathe "for skinship and sense, I too pledge my support, give htunanism a chance. The imaginoo, or anticipated discrim• a multitude of other extra-physi• It is at least heartening to read and urge those who will be sitting precedent is certainly worth try• inations-as well we all should be, cal rea&>ns" and the rest of the in the May 20 edition of Kashu in judgment of Kimura to show ing to set. if discrimination is the issue. human race that bathes "merely Mainichi that Kimura's attorney her the mercy she deserves. What But &lme people seem to be hy• to get clean. " will probably rely on an insanity she needs is a chance to restore o persensitive simply because they Stress Universalities defense, reportedly because he her faith in life, am in other people were taught to think that suicide This, at least, is my impression thinks it is "absurd" to argue that and herself-not a prison. And I Katie Hayashi's reply will be and other behaviors are somehow of how too many people, Ameri- Kimura drowned her children in can't think of a single reason to printed next week. -Ed.

the movie will include a spattering " And there was a woman with a 3-month-old baby who is "born" regular job to oversee the film, but 'KENJI' of rare movie footage shot in the her horse and buggy in Waimana- in the fIlm. didn't know how she was going to Continued from Page 7 Islands in 1898 by a film crew sent 10, " adds Agnes. " And Waialua " We'll fake it for the birth swing it fmanciaUy until a friend Sugar allowed us to go in and do sals-racism, the history of Ha• by Thomas Edison. scene," says Hara. "Tahara is a suggested: "Ask you husband for some ftlming in the mill. " waii, that kind of thing , " she says. Tahara acquiroo a copy of it a master of illusion. But we did get a scholarship!" Hara laughoo, but "And the kitemaker, Kite Fan• Taharahad other ideas. few years ago from the National a real baby for other scenes-Dee did it, and says her architect hus• tasy, loaned an antique kite and He constantly reminds me Archives before it was withdrawn and Keith Nishimura's son, Kurt. band John thought it was a fme flew it for us," adds Hara. "And there must be one mood, one from the market, and thinks he He's supposed to be a girl and he idea. Agnes' husband [aphysicianJ ban• point." She lets out a little sigh. has one ofthe few prints. did really well as a gir 1. " A number of organizations are ,. And the one mood and one point Edison's was the first moving daged Kenji's father, who is sup• Besides the two boys, the film donating the $25,000 needoo. Ta• posed to be in a mill accident. " for almost everyone in Hawaii is a picture footage ever shot in Ha• stars Annette Young-Ogata (no hara is donating the other $75,000 friendship that crosses racial waii and includes shots of Waikiki, "And the Railway Society was relation to Wesley) as Kenji's the fllm would cost in time, equip• very helpful and offered us a lines. It's that point he's struggling pa'u riders, volcanoes, a crowd mother, Douglas Kaya as Kenji's ment and materials. for . going to a luau, a sheep ranch on train," said Agnes. " And Tiki, father and Roger Dell as Sam's "Nobody's getting paid, that's the cameraman, made the shark 'He keeps saying we 're going the Big Island, train and trolley father, who is a plantation doctor. the miracle " says Hara. to hit people in the heart." rides, the Mahukona landing on from car mats he picked up at an In real life, Young-Ogata is a -Reprinted by permission. auto junkyard. And he brought his Back at his modest and compact the Big Island, Laupahoehoe and school principal, Kaya is an acting r------... whole family teacher and Dell a doctor. air-conditioned studio on lower Honolulu Harbor. to help. They all pulled it with lines when we shot Hara has taken time off from a Pacific Heights Road, Tahara ex• The old scenes will be spliced plains. into " Kenji" where applicable. that scene. " , Barbara Kawakami is an ex• The relationship of races on the While Tahara is completely ab• CALIFORNIA pert in Meiji era clothing and she plantation-that's what I'm look• sorbed in the film's images, Hara UP TO helped us a great deal with pat• ing for because they 're not living and Ogata have had to worry about $30,000 THE PETROLEUM MUSBJM terns and fitting the costumes on 1500 Interstate 20 West, in a vacuum. If we did just the everything else. CASH BONUS the characters," says Hara. Midland, Tex. (915) 683-4403 Japanese alone, we'd miss that "So much is serendipity," says Hara .. 'People are kind when they The women even came up with EXTRA LARGE Witness the origin of the oil-rich completely. There's more empha• (UP TO 2050 SQ. FT.) West Texas·southeastem New Mexico sis put on strife on the plantation hear about the project. FAIRWAY HOMES region - the Permian Sea of 225 rather than harmony, and what " We had the help of 'Cranky' million years ago - by walking we 're showing is the harmony ." Watanabe, the public relations - IN PRESTIGIOUS through what is probably man atOahu Sugar who helped us FASHION the world 's largest So instead of a treatise on ra• CLOTHING PALM DESERT fmd lonely lanes in the canefields, marine diorama. cism, on the Japanese plantation lOR THE FINAL PHASE - the ones that didnotlook modern. " SHORTER MAN Sat. 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