THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL Aug. 3-23, 2018

» PAGE 4 DEMOCRACY IN ACTION Among its many orders of

business, JACL celebrates INSIDE: Four-Page the 30th anniversary of the Convention Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and Photo installs a new National Board Spread during its annual convention in Philadelphia.

» PAGE 13 Remembering the Life of Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga PHOTO: ASAKAWA PHOTO: GIL

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going to be a tremendous asset for our readers HOW TO REACH US and the community at large,” said P.C. Executive Email: [email protected] P.C. WORKING TOWARD COMPLETING Editor Allison Haramoto. “It’s a huge underta- Online: www.pacificcitizen.org Tel: (213) 620-1767 king, but we are committed to completing it in Mail: 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St., Suite 313 FULLY ACCESSIBLE DIGITAL ARCHIVE time for our 90th anniversary.” Los Angeles, CA 90012 The newspaper is on target are available online at the P.C. website and >> See ARCHIVE on page 12 STAFF through the generous help and partnership Executive Editor to offer this free service to of Densho Archives. However, there isn’t Allison Haramoto Senior Editor one completely searchable archive available Digital & Social Media readers in 2019. to readers. George Johnston “The P.C. is an invaluable source of histo- Business Manager he P.C. staff is currently working on rical information — we have realized from Susan Yokoyama assembling a completely free, digital Day 1 how vital it is to offer this service to Production Artist Marie Samonte archive that will consist of every article our readers. Thanks to the generous donation Tand issue in its history that will be available to last year of a Spring Campaign contributor, Circulation Eva Ting the public on the newspaper’s website in 2019. we have been able to start work on assembling To date, bits and pieces of the P.C.’s archives every issue into one searchable database. It’s The Pacific Citizen newspaper (ISSN: 0030-8579) is published semi-monthly (except once in December and January) by the Japanese American Citizens L A R O S H graduating with a degree in to current standards — the grant WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TO BE League, Pacific Citizen, 123 Ellison H I C Pacific Citizen P S. Onizuka St., Suite 313 S Oriental languages in 1952. allowed me to take a six-month leave SOME OF YOUR CAREER/PERSON- Los Angeles, CA 90012 He also went on to graduate from my work, giving me free time AL ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS? Periodical postage paid at L.A., CA S JACL from UC Berkeley, receiving to develop a second act to the play After retiring from my job as a POSTMASTER: Send address P T O H a master’s degree in library “A Question of Loyalty.” changes to National JACL, 1765 T L I G librarian, I have published “Swim- Sutter St., San Francisco, CA 94115 science in 1966. He wrote CAN YOU TELL US MORE ABOUT ming in the American, a Memoir his first play in 1949 for the JACL President: Jeffrey Moy THE JACL GRANT YOU RECEIVED? and Selected Writings,” “Shoe Box Executive Director: David Inoue Nisei Experimental Group. I received the grant with the support Plays,” “Ocean Beach, Poems” and At the Western Addition P.C. EDITORIAL BOARD of the late Dr. Clifford Uyeda, an “Starting From Loomis and Other Gil Asakawa, chairperson; Jody Branch Library, he went on active JACL leader at the time. For Stories.” I won the American Book Mitori, MDC; Marcia Chung, to start what would become some reason, I wasn’t able to fulfill Award for “Swimming in the Ameri- CCDC; Jim Duff, NCWNPDC; Name: HIROSHI KASHIWAGI Chip Larouche, PNWDC; Kayla the largest collection of Japa- the proposed project (I did write a can . . .” in 2005. Also, having been nese language books on the Watanabe, IDC; John Saito Jr., Year of JACL Scholarship second act a few years later when a “No-No” and incarcerated at Tule PSWDC; Juli Yoshinaga, Youth Rep. West Coast. He is an award- Lake Segregation Center, I am a Award: 1980 the title of the play was changed to SUBSCRIBE winning writer (American regular attendee and participant at Age: 95 “The Betrayed”). 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To avoid interruptions in delivery, please notify your postmaster to include periodicals in your change of address (USPS Form 3575) 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION Aug. 3-23, 2018 3 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR A BUILDING BLOCK FOR THE FUTURE of expanded programming with an increased efforts if we are only talking amongst ourselves. to attend several pilgrimages with attendance focus on education. Our mission is, after all, Conventions should be the means for laun- exceeding the numbers we see at conventions. education. ching our outreach efforts to schools and Some of the things that pilgrimages do well As we draw in a younger membership, other organizations where we can share our can serve as a model for our conventions. By David Inoue, some of our education efforts must also turn community’s story of incarceration and its The emphasis of conventions is to build a JACL Executive Director toward our membership. We have to ensure relevance to today’s events like the Muslim shared community based on the experience he completion of the 2018 National that future generations of JACL members ban, family separation and overall increasing of that incarcerated community. Each one Convention in Philadelphia brought my are fully aware of the legacy we are being hatred directed at immigrant populations, is different, but many of the components are first year as JACL Executive Director entrusted to continue. We must preserve the just like what we experienced in our own the same. Tto a close, and with it, the first convention story of Japanese American incarceration so community’s early history. The NY/SC did a great job with its trivia that I had a direct hand in planning. I am that it is not forgotten. Pulling all of our membership together annu- night event, which was a lighthearted version especially grateful that joining me in planning The Saturday panel with Grant Ujifusa, ally at convention will be a wasted opportunity of the multigenerational discussion groups that this convention was Rob Buscher from the Karen Narasaki and Stuart Ishimaru discussing if we do not equip attendees with the tools to are central to pilgrimages. While the emotions Philadelphia chapter. We shared a vision for JACL’s role in redress and the continuing the maintain a strong education committee that shared were different, the foundational idea of expanding what might be done at convention fight for civil rights only scratched the surface can conduct local trainings for history and building a shared community was identical. with regard to programming, and I hope to of what they could have covered. civics teachers or implement programs to It is my hope that our conventions will not continue that expansion of our horizons both In listening to some of the conversations draw in new members and supporters. We can be limited to JACL delegates and members, for convention and the organization going afterward, it became apparent that we need use these meetings to exchange ideas of what but will attract a broad representation from forward. to do a better job, even within our own mem- is working for some chapters and what has the full Japanese American community. I My broader vision for convention is that bership, of teaching the important role that perhaps not worked in operating the chapters. believe we have the resources of a national it be much more than a meeting of JACL JACL played in achieving redress and likely At this year’s convention, we sought to organization to offer to many of our fellow membership. As the only national Japanese throughout civil rights history. Each of those provide some of these tools with the film Japanese American organizations, and we American organization, we should be using three panelists could have easily provided a festival, breakout sessions on hate crimes, have much we can learn from them as well. our conventions to draw Japanese Americans 30-minute keynote address, and I wish we had Japanese American Confinement Sites (JACS) Convention should be the clearinghouse regardless of membership. Our conventions the time to do that. funding opportunities and storytelling. It is where we can have that exchange. I look should be seen as a gathering event for all Ultimately, we need to be focused outside our my hope that next year and going forward, forward to seeing you and many more next Japanese Americans. current membership as well in order to draw we can devote more than just an hour session year in Salt Lake City when we celebrate our in new members and reach those who don’t to topics like these. 90th anniversary and propel JACL forward As such, I believe we must begin a shift away n from the organization’s business focus to one know the story. It doesn’t help our education This past year, I have had the opportunity into the next decade toward our centennial.

A budget crisis still faces the organization, NIKKEI VOICE and the P.C. has for years now been given what was agreed by the national staff to be an “unrealistic” (or “overly optimistic”) revenue target that it needed to bring in to help balance I’M PROUD OF JACL AND THE the national budget. We can’t continue to have the P.C. miss its WORK WE DO! budget target, realistic or not. The shortfall has historically amounted to upward of $120,000 banner headline, “Reagan Signs Redress Bill.” able to fill two very important positions, the annually, which means that the P.C. is tasked By Gil Asakawa We commemorate the 30th anniversary on Midwest and Pacific Southwest Districts’ now more than ever before with increasing its Aug. 10 of the signing of the Civil Liberties regional directors. revenues — including advertising, donations eporting the news is an expensive Act of 1988, which took a long 20-year slog As I said two years ago during a panel dis- and sponsorships — in order to hit its budget. proposition. It takes staff — reporters, by community leaders and organizations, cussion about killing the print edition of the So, what does this all mean? It means the editors, designers — as well as printing including JACL, to get passed. P.C., a newspaper can’t be run by one person P.C. continues to need your support because the Rand distribution costs to put out a newspaper The Pacific Citizen was there to report on who sends out a newsletter by email. Journa- future of JACL is part of the future of the P.C. and even run a website. Yet, the Pacific Citizen all of these milestones, good and bad, and lism is a bigger job than a collection of blurbs. has been reporting the news that affects JACL remains to this day the voice of JACL and That’s not to slight anyone who puts together >> See WORK on page 12 members since the JACL was born, through the primary connection for many members to newsletters (like chapters and the wonderful finances both flush and flat. It’s part of the this important organization, which fights for D.C. Digest). Newsletters are important — I’ve organization’s DNA. our civil liberties and social justice. In fact, written and managed e-newsletters for plenty In its original incarnation, as the Nikkei Shi- it can be argued that reporting on JACL is of nonprofit organizations. min, the newspaper’s main front-page article as important today as ever, given the current But newsletters don’t dig and on Oct. 10, 1929, was about the formation of climate of political leadership and racial fear investigate and hold people “the New American Citizens’ League.” and ignorance. It feels a lot — too much in accountable. Newspapers do As the P.C.’s Editorial Board Chair, I was fact — like the social climate of the 1930s that job, along with reporting proud to hold up examples of that issue and and ’40s all over again. on the good news and goings-on other significant front pages from over the The P.C. is inexorably intertwined with the that matter to its readers. decades during the recent JACL National past, present and future of JACL. I fought to protect the P.C. BRANDON MIYASAKI PHOTO: Convention in Philadelphia. The Pacific Citizen That’s why, during the convention’s financial from efforts to turn it into just covered the incarceration during World War budget deliberations for the next two years, the a newsletter during the 2000s. II from JACL’s relocated offices in Salt Lake P.C. had no other choice but to use its reserve The previous P.C. staff began City and proudly displayed the “First Photo of funds — an action that’s akin to National the annual “Spring Campaign” Japanese American Doughboys in France” in JACL dipping into its Legacy Fund — to help to raise money earmarked for the the fall of 1944, running a famous Associated balance the national budget. newspaper’s operations, which Press photograph of soldiers of the 442nd JACL is strapped financially — there’s no helped because National JACL P.C. Editorial Board Chair Gil Asakawa Regimental Combat Team slogging their way getting around it. Most critically, the orga- couldn’t afford to pass along the displays a digital scan of the P.C. during along a muddy road. And, I held up the Aug. nization is running on a minimal staff, and P.C.’s share of membership dues WWII as part of his presentation at the 19-26, 1988, issue splashed with a photo of Executive Director David Inoue has not been by the end of each year. JACL National Convention. a smiling President Ronald Reagan with the 4 Aug. 3-23, 2018 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION JACL COMMITS TO RAISING ITS MEMBERSHIP The organization convenes in Philadelphia to hammer out its biennial budget, elect new National Board members and ensure its future — one member at a time. PHOTO: SUSAN YOKOYAMA SUSAN PHOTO: By Allison Haramoto, have to our community. Families were once is trickling down to the Secretary/ Executive Editor incarcerated and still bear the scars of that. chapters as well. We’re Treasurer It’s still very important to education and our seeing chapters engag- Alan Nishi ncreasing its membership was foremost on history.” ing in marches in this presents conventiongoers’ minds as JACLers gath- Other successes included JACL’s relation- resistance, and it’s so the JACL’s ered at the organization’s annual National ship with Congress, where Inoue cited JACL’s important that we are biennial IConvention in Philadelphia July 18-22. With its involvement in lobbying to save the Japanese all together on this.” budget. ever-present financial constraints, membership American Confinements Sites Grants program, Membership VP Ha- growth remains key to sustaining the 89-year- which had been among President Donald ruka Roudebush ad- old civil rights organization’s future — and a Trump’s proposed budget funding cuts. dressed membership concerns in a detailed newly elected National Board, led by Jeffrey JACL also took part in APA Heritage Month, plan he presented to the National Council. Moy, is committed to doing just that. participating in a forum where chief concerns JACL currently has a total of 8,841 members, RESOLUTIONS ARE In a city known for its history in shaping included Asian American civil rights, the a decrease of 31 members since April and a net the basis of America, JACL commemorated Muslim travel ban and the census issue. loss of 46 members so far in 2018. However, APPROVED AT THE its own history as well, celebrating the 30th “This was an opportunity to have a discus- three districts grew their membership numbers anniversary of the passage of the Civil Liber- sion and express to the White House and its in 2018: CCDC (11 new members), PNW (28 JACL NATIONAL ties Act of 1988 as part of its theme “Redress, representatives that we do not agree to this. new members) and MDC (14 new members). CONVENTION; BID TO Resistance, Reconciliation.” . . . We all know how vitally important it is to Roudebush also stated that the chapter with Organized by the Philadelphia JACL Chap- us to make sure that all communities of color the most growth is Sonoma County, followed AMEND BYLAWS FAILS ter and headed by Chapter Board Member are counted correctly.” by Chicago, Portland and San Jose. Rob Buscher and JACL National Staff under Inoue also spoke about JACL’s partnership In addition, he said in his plan that he aims he National Council on July 19 ap- the leadership of Executive Director David with the Japanese government and the success to grow the organization to 10,000 members proved Resolution 1, which sought Inoue, this year’s convention also saw the of the Kakehashi program as a result. by the end of 2020. Contributing growth fac- to hire new staff to fill the regional passage of several resolutions, chief among “That program is actually fully funded,” he tors include effective membership retention by Tdirector vacancies at the Midwest and them Resolution 1, which sought to hire new said. “It is an incredible program for JACL the chapters, the “Trump bump” and JACL’s Pacific Southwest District offices. staff “as promptly as possible” to fill regional youth, our college students and young adults.” visibility in advocacy efforts, a decline in Also approved was Resolution 2, which director vacancies at the Midwest and Pacific Kakehashi is also a way to increase JACL attrition rate as most Nisei have passed on and sought to create a Young Professionals Southwest District offices. membership. youth/young professional members gained Caucus. In delivering his report to the National Coun- “We don’t require that participants be JACL through programs such as the Kansha project After discussion over wording changes, cil, Inoue highlighted JACL’s accomplishments members, but we can look at it and see if they and Kakehashi program. the National Council also approved Emer- in his first full year as Executive Director, as can possibly be JACL members,” Inoue said. VP Planning and Development Matthew gency Resolutions 1 and 2. well as addressed JACL’s dwindling member- “It is something we want to elaborate.” Farrells presented his development campaign Emergency Resolution 1 put the JACL ship numbers, which have a direct financial Finally, Inoue reiterated JACL’s strength in titled “Remembering the Past, Motivating the on the record in support of due process impact on the organization. its chapters and dedicated members. Present,” the purpose of which is to create for undocumented immigrants; and in op- “One of our challenges is the declining mem- “What does this coming year bear for us?” “an educational program to teach everyone position to indefinite detention of undocu- bership and the impact it has on our budget. he posed to the National Council. “The theme about the injustices of the illegal imprison- mented immigrants and the conversion of The best way we can work with our budget of this year’s convention is ‘Resistance,’ some- ment.” Contributions raised will be used to military bases as facilities for incarcerating holes is that we need to be acting as much as thing we have been doing a lot in the past year fund a documentary on the “painful chapter undocumented immigrants. The resolu- possible to demonstrate that JACL is alive, (citing JACL’s stance on the Muslim travel ban in American history.” tion also opposed the construction of new that we are speaking out on important issues and the family separation issue, among others). Farrells also oversees the Legacy Fund Grants facilities for that purpose. and we are engaged,” said Inoue. “I hope by . . . The family separation issue, something program, Scholarship program and national Emergency Resolution 2 calls on Con- doing this it will bring in new members and so close to many of us. When I talk about fundraising initiatives for the organization. gress to pass legislation to curtail discrimi- show that JACL is, yes, a group that [people the scars inflicted upon during incarceration He reported that in 2017, JACL awarded 33 natory policies and practices put forth by would] want to join.” . . . the children taken from their parents. This national scholarships; this year’s program is the White House to restrict travel from Highlights for Inoue were the trips he made is extremely disturbing to me, and I think well underway. Winners will be notified this certain countries, a policy that in earlier to meet chapter members and the opportuni- it’s a testament to our membership and how month and highlighted in the Pacific Citizen’s incarnations was known as the “Muslim ties he had to discuss the organization’s needs wonderful it’s been to see how the chapters Scholarship Special Issue in September. Travel Ban.” and strengths. have been rallying around this and speaking National Youth/Student Council Chair Kota In addition, during a roll-call vote on In speaking with various districts, Inoue out in opposition from this. Mizutani and Rep Kenji Kuramitsu shared the July 20, the National Council voted against said that “it really does highlight the history “One of the things also with all the activity NY/SC’s year, which included several success- returning the annual convention to a bien- we’re trying to preserve as an education focus is an increase in membership growth,” Inoue nial cycle. for JACL — it emphasizes the importance we continued. “We’re creating an excitement that >> See MEMBERSHIP on page 11 “Ladies and gentlemen, that’s an example of democracy in action,” said outgoing JACL National President Gary Mayeda. The proposal was seen as a money-saving JACL ELECTS JEFFREY MOY AS ITS NEW NATIONAL PRESIDENT measure, since not all national conventions The former vp of public affairs convention’s only contested race. continue the advocacy work that we do.” break even or turn a profit. Because cor- Moy had served as vp for public affairs; Also elected were Kota Mizutani (National porate donations follow an annual cycle, defeats Michelle Amano. Amano had served as vp of general operations. Youth/Student Council chair), Haruka Roude- however, the organization changed from Pacific Citizen the biennial convention pattern to an an- he JACL’s National Asked by the about his bush (VP, Membership and Services), Matt nual pattern in 2011. Council on July plans as JACL’s new national president, Moy Farrells (VP, Planning and Development), The change required a two-thirds major- 21 elected Jeffrey said, “As I talked about in my campaign, Sarah Baker (VP, Public Affairs) and James ity in favor of the bylaw change. While 41 TMoy during its National I think we’re in a place where we’re looking Kirihara (VP, Secretary/Treasurer). All ran of 77 votes were in favor of the change, Convention to serve as to make some potentially larger changes. unopposed. the bid needed 51.5 votes to pass. Voting the organization’s national I don’t want to just be looking at day-to-day There were no candidates for the no were 29 delegates, with five splits and president for the 2018-20 issues that we deal with, I want to look at the positions of national vp for general operations two abstentions. biennium, defeating bigger picture and work together with the rest and National Youth/Student Council Michelle Amano in the of the board and obviously at our member- representative. — P.C. Staff ship as a whole to think about how we can — P.C. Staff 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION Aug. 3-23, 2018 5

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And that’s being generous she said. “But after it ended, so many people Convention in Philadelphia and featured Tad all my films are about the JA community; 1st Gift for: ______when I say they created a character because came up to me — they all related to that story.” Nakamura, Peter Shinkoda and Mayumi therefore, I think I’m able to bring my full usually it’s just a two-dimensional, useless The film showed Yoshida that a personal Yoshida. identity Address:through the ______films. I think, for me, it kind of a prop. story, in this case with a Japanese cultural While all three panelists were of Japanese was a given because I was going to join this “I don’t know if it’s intentional or not, but setting, can still be a universal story that heritage, their individual backgrounds put on lineage of______Japanese American documentary I feel I’m always dying, I’m always a villain. crosses borders. “By being Nikkei, I realized display the diversity of the Nikkei diaspora, as filmmakers.” [Editor’s Note: Tad Nakamu- If I’m a hero, I’ll be the first to die in service that it’s a strength to own up to my culture.” well as the sweep of their experiences. ra is thePhone/Email: son of pioneering ______documentary of the white characters. I’ve died 35 times in Eliciting more heartfelt responses was A fourth-generation L.A.-based Japanese filmmakers Robert Nakamura and Karen my 50-something professional gigs,” Shinkoda Buscher’s question about how they saw their American and second-generation filmma- Ishizuka.] continued. “I die so much and so well that my roles as artists “in this age of political turmoil ______ker, Nakamura is a documentarian focused NakamuraFrom: said he also has brought Phone/Email: his last character in ‘Daredevil,’ his specialty is and rising social conservatism.” on Japanese American subject matter and Yonsei perspective, as well as other parts of dying and coming back and fighting the hero Nakamura brought up his involvement with concerns. His filmography includes “Yellow his identity, such as hip-hop culture and an who ultimately gets the Asian girl.” the Nikkei Democracy Project, which is desc- 2nd Gift for: ______Brotherhood,” “Jake Shimabukuro: Life on L.A./California viewpoint, to his works. This For her part, Yoshida said she initially felt ribed on its website as a “ . . . a multimedia Four Strings,” “Mele Murals,” “A Song for ability to freely draw from his identity may be Address: ______that a short she made (“Akashi”) based on a collective that uses video, art and social media Ourselves” and “Pilgrimage.” why Nakamura, when asked after the panel true story between her Japanese grandmot- to capture the power of the Japanese Ameri- Shinkoda, a Japanese Canadian from Mont- whether he might consider pursuing narrati- ______her and herself was so personal that it didn’t can imprisonment story and expose current real, has spent the past 25 years making a ve or nondocumentary filmmaking, said his matter whether it was well-received because it threats to the constitutional rights of targeted living pursuing acting gigs in Hollywood, with answer was no. Phone/Email: ______was important to her and her family. But she Americans.” his most-recent prominent role being Nobu, a For Shinkoda, his initial answer to the ques- realized, as she screened it at different film recurring part in the Netflix series “Marvel’s tion of how much of his personal identity as festivals, how important it was to share these >> See IDENTITY on page 11 Send with $100 check to: The Pacific Citizen 123 Ellison S. Onizuka St., #313, Los Angeles, CA 90012 or log on to: www.PacificCitizen.org for credit card payment DONATED BY STONE BRIDGE PRESS

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JACL was HIRO NISHIKAWA PHOTO: PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI PHOTO: presented A Kake- with a special hashi Makoto resolution at program Hirano the Welcome group welcomes Reception. shot JACLers.

From all across the nation, JACL gathered in Philadelphia from July 18-22 to reiterate its mission to continue the fight for civil rights and pay homage to the 30th anniversary of the Civil LIberties Act of 1988. Under the theme “Redress, Resistance, Reconciliation,” the jam-packed schedule featured a welcome reception, awards luncheons, premium member event at the Comcast building, numerous JACL plenaries and panel discussions, breakout sessions, film screenings, National Council meetings and NATIONAL the Sayonara Banquet, all proving that the fight continues onward for the 89-year-old organization.

CONVENTIONSexual Violence and the JA Community’s (from left) PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI PHOTO: Nina Wallace, PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI PHOTO: Roji Michelle Oyama Huey, Beckie and Masaki and Haruka Sarah Baker Roude- bush. PHOTO: ASAKAWA PHOTO: GIL

(From left) James Kirihara, Takumi Harada PHOTO: KAORI INOUE PHOTO: and Kaz Valerie Yasukochi, Yumi Kobayashi Uyehara and Kisara Moore Richard and Michelle Amano

Cole Huster, Joy Ormseth and Lindsay Kawahara PHOTO: KAORI INOUE PHOTO: ALLISON HARAMOTO PHOTO: PHOTO: ASAKAWA PHOTO: GIL Caregiving at Any Age — A Multigenerational JA Storytelling Breakout session’s (from left) Tom Perspective’s (from left) Kevin Onishi, Lindsey Wong, Ikeda, G Yamazawa, Rick Shiomi and David Inoue Scott Tanaka, Heather Harada and Gil Asakawa. 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION Aug. 3-23, 2018 7

Claudia Kaercher (left) (From left) Deborah and Cynthia Ikeda, Marielle Kishiyama Tsukamoto and Jane Harbottle JACL Katsuyama PHOTO: ALLISON National (From left) Jesse Juanich and Kaz and Paul Uyehara HARAMOTO PHOTO: GEORGE T. JOHNSTON PHOTO: GEORGE T. JOHNSTON President Gary Mayeda PHOTO: GIL ASAKAWA

Gil Asakawa (left) and Rob Newly re-elected VP of Buscher Steve Okamoto (left) Membership Haruka PHOTO: ALLISON and Matthew Farrells Larry Oda (left) and P.C. Editorial Board HARAMOTO Roudebush and newly PHOTO: ALLISON HARAMOTO Jim Craig Members Jim Duff (left) elected VP Public Affairs and John Saito Jr. Sarah Baker PHOTO: GEORGE T. During the business session of the nation — each committed to ensuring that JOHNSTON PHOTO: ALLISON HARAMOTO PHOTO: ALLISON HARAMOTO JACL National Convention, the National JACL’s education and advocacy efforts Council was tasked with voting on the continue to focus on maintaining the civil next biennial budget and several reso- rights of all Americans. And the breaks NATIONAL COUNCIL lutions, in addition to hearing updates provided excellent opportunities for on the past year from JACL National JACLers to catch up with friends, make Board members and staff. Delegates new connections and talk about ways to hailed from chapters spanning the strengthen the organization.

Karen Korematsu PHOTO: G. A.

Greg Marutani (right, center) leads an education committee meeting. PHOTO: GIL ASAKAWA

Delegates from EDC Kenji Kuramitsu (left) PHOTO: GIL ASAKAWA Delegates from CCDC and Kota Mizutani PHOTO: GIL ASAKAWA PHOTO: ALLISON HARAMOTO Greg Hori and Lindsey Kawahara PHOTO: GTJ

Delegates from PSW Delegates from NCWNP PHOTO: ALLISON HARAMOTO PHOTO: GIL ASAKAWA 8 Aug. 3-23, 2018 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION

An evening Freestylin’ at of culture the Barnes Paul PHOTO: BRANDON PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI Cézanne MIYASAKI ARTIST BASH Pierre- JACLers were treated to a special Vincent August Chip and Setsy ticket-only “Artist Bash” at the Barnes Van Gogh Renoir Larouche Jim Duff and Foundation, home to one of the world’s Valerie Yasukochi PHOTOS: ALLISON HARAMOTO greatest collections of art from the Impressionist and early Modern movements. In its fourth year, the event featured flamenco dancers, Afro- Puerto Rico bomba, capoeira, tap dancing and was capped off with a musical performance by National Poetry Slam champion G Yamazawa, who wowed the capacity crowd with his moving lyrics that challenge the American perspective of G Yamazawa (From left) Floyd Shimomura, Chip Larouche, race and culture, poetry and rap. Edgar PHOTO: BRANDON Setsy Larouche, Embassy of Japan’s Yoshitaka Degas MIYASAKI Kitamura, Larry Oda, John Ino and David Inoue

Several honorees were recognized at various awards functions held during convention, among AWARD HONOREES them Kanji Sahara, JACLer of the Biennium; NY/SC awardee Beckie Masaki; Seattle JACL with the George Inagaki Chapter Citizenship Award; 2018 Legacy Fund Grant recipients; David Inoue and Comcast, the President’s Community PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI Partner Award.

Jane Katsuyama announces the 2018 Legacy Fund Grant recipients.

PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI

Kenji Kuramitsu with NY/SC awardee Beckie Masaki

PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI (From left) David and Carol Kawamoto During its Premium Member Reception at the Comcast Honoree Kanji Sahara (left) with JACLer of the Biennium Kanji Building in downtown Philadelphia, JACL awarded and Gary Mayeda Sahara and Ken Inouye Comcast with its President’s Community Partner PHOTO: GIL ASAKAWA PHOTO: ALLISON HARAMOTO Award in recognition of the company’s support and outreach that it offers to the Japanese and broader Asian American community. Pictured (from left) are Susan Jin Davis, chief sustainability officer, Comcast; Floyd Mori, past JACL national president/ executive director; David Cohen, senior executive vp, Comcast; Gary Mayeda, JACL national president; Karen Korematsu, founder/executive director, Fred Seattle’s Sarah Baker accepts T. Korematsu Institute; Mini Timmaraju, executive Philadelphia chapter members with NBC the Inagaki Chapter Citizenship director of external affairs, Comcast; and David Inoue, 10’s Denise Nakano (center) Award from John Saito Jr. JACL executive director. PHOTO: PATTY WADA PHOTO: HIRO NISHIKAWA PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION Aug. 3-23, 2018 9

Convention wasn’t all work and no play. various breakout sessions, workshops, Attendees were given ample time to enjoy plenaries and panels, as well as musical and explore the “City of Brotherly Love.” performances at Madame Saito’s HeadHouse, CANDID From taking in historical sites to experiencing which featured JACL’s own Rob Buscher and dozens of delicious food choices, among Kota Mizutani. Thank you Philadelphia for them famous Philly Cheesesteak sandwiches, opening up your city and allowing JACL to SHOTS convention featured film screenings, make more history of its own.

Members of the NY/SC PHOTO: HIRO NISHIKAWA Philadelphia City Hall PHOTO: A HARAMOTO

Internment display PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI

Greg Marutani (left) and Paul Uyehara Alan Nishi (left) and Gary Mayeda PHOTO: GEORGE T. JOHNSTON PHOTO: GEORGE T. JOHNSTON

PHOTO: (From left) Kenzie Hirai, Elle Kurata BRANDON and Scott Tanaka MIYASAKI PHOTO: GIL ASAKAWA

(From left) Raymond Uno, Janet Komoto and Yoshiko Uno PHOTO: GEORGE T. JOHNSTON MDC Governor Betsy Sato PHOTO: G ASAKAWA

Karman Chao, Taylor Goto and Elizabeth Fugikawa Larry and Sandra Grant PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI PHOTO: GEORGE T. JOHNSTON

Rob Buscher performs at Madame Saito’s HeadHouse. Raymond Uno catches up PHOTO: GIL ASAKAWA NCWNP Governor on the latest P.C. Carol Kawase PHOTO: ALLISON HARAMOTO PHOTO: GA

Chinatown PHOTO: GEORGE Memorabilia T. JOHNSTON A genuine Philly cheesesteak PHOTO: BRANDON MIYASAKI 10 Aug. 3-23, 2018 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION JACL Installs ‘YOUNG-SEI’ Leaders at Sayonara Banquet PHOTOS: NICK MILES The civil rights organization also honors Lynne Nishijima Ward, Diane Diane Narasaki and Harriet Beleal, plus Mitsuye Endo and Floyd Mori during Narasaki its National Convention awards gathering.

By George Toshio Johnston, two years, with Jeffrey Moy officially taking compared to a generation P.C. Senior Editor, Digital & Social Media the reins of JACL National President from ago. He also wanted to Gary Mayeda, who served a two-year term. connect with “those who hirty years ago in August at its Natio- “You may have noticed something a little bit have stepped away from nal Convention in Seattle, the JACL odd about tonight’s swearing in. I’m here to JACL that we’re a fami- not only celebrated the passage of confirm that your worst nightmare is coming ly, and it’s time to come Tthe Civil Liberties Act of 1988 but also for true: Young people are taking over,” said Moy, home.” the first time honored three women — Sue eliciting hoots and applause from the 300 in “The time for rhetoric is Harriet Beleal and Embrey, Yoshiko Uchida and Grayce Uyehara attendance. over. It’s time to get to work,” Travis Nishi — as the winners of its Japanese American “I’m so proud of the newly elected offi- Moy concluded. He called up of the Biennium award, the criteria for which cers,” he continued. “I know we have a lot of Mayeda and fellow outgoing public affairs/law, Narasaki’s is individual distinguished achievement or institutional knowledge in the room, but can board members Alan Nishi category was business/industry/ community leadership. anyone remember the last time JACL saw all (National Secretary/Treasu- technology and Beleal’s catego- More than a generation later, at its 2018 the elected positions be people exclusively in rer), Kenji Kuramitsu (NY/SC ry was in education/humanities. Lynne National Convention’s Sayonara Banquet on their 20s and 30s? representative) and Michelle Beleal, who is of Japanese and Nishijima July 21 at the Sheraton Philadelphia Down- “Past National President Floyd Shimomu- Amano (VP, General Ope- Alaskan Native-Tlingit Indian Ward town Hotel, JACL for the first time in three ra told me earlier tonight that I may be the rations), who vied against heritage, accepted her award decades again spotlighted three women with youngest national president elected in the Moy for the office of national president, to be and reminded the audience that its Japanese American of the Biennium prize, post-WWII era. It’s important that I add that feted with applause and a small gift for their “freedom is not free” and, with her daughters, this time honoring Lynne Nishijima Ward, although we may be young, we come with a lot service over the past two years, with outgoing turned the tables on JACL by presenting gifts Diane Narasaki and Harriet Beleal. of experience. We’ve served on committees, Nishi absent. of salmon, seaweed, smoked fish, knitted and The evening also represented a generational chapter boards, district councils, the National Also honored posthumously with the Edison other handmade items and pictures from Alaska shift as the nation’s oldest Asian American Board — we’ve truly done it all. Uno Civil Rights Award, which is not an annual to JACL leaders. civil rights organization headed into its 90th “And we bring diversity that is more than just award, was Mitsuye Endo, who died in 2006 Upon receiving her award, Narasaki thanked birthday by electing a slate of still-youthful, our age. I myself am three-quarters Japanese but was one of four Japanese Americans who the National JACL, the Seattle Chapter and if not downright young, leaders for the next American and one-quarter Chinese American challenged various aspects related to Executive her sister, Karen Narasaki, who was present and Yonsei. Our other new- Order 9066 that reached the Supreme Court as a panelist for the discussion on the 30th ly elected board members during World War II. anniversary of the passage of redress for are Yonsei, Shin-Nikkei, Unlike fellow plaintiffs Gordon Hirabayashi, being there and showing her support. She also they’re full-Japanese Ame- Fred Korematsu and Minoru Yasui, Endo thanked Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga, who died July rican, they’re Hapa — we actually won, leading the way for Japanese 18. (Editor’s Note: See article on page 13.) truly represent the future Americans to return to the West Coast and Ward, who also won a raffle prize, showed of this great organization.” the closure of the remaining concentration the audience a broom made by her grandfather Moy added that he was camps. Present to receive the Edison Uno while he was incarcerated, which he used to hoping to “bring a spirit of award for her mother was Endo’s daughter, keep their Camp Amache barrack tidy. She The newly elected JACL Board and Dis- teamwork and camaraderie Terry DeRivera. noted how it exemplified traits like resour- trict Governors are sworn in by outgoing to JACL” as it faces a chal- The Japanese American of the Biennium cefulness, craftsmanship and sturdiness, all needed to endure the hardships of life in camp. National President Gary Mayeda. ASAKAWA PHOTO: GIL lenging fiscal environment award for Ward was for the category of political/ and declining membership >> See BANQUET on next page

MEMBERSHIP >> continued from page 4 ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL JACL CONVENTION COMPLETED PHOTO: NICK MILES An important mat- ful summits, all in efforts to have • Public support exceeded YTD By Floyd Mori, ter for JACL to face a summit in every district in order budget by $569K (general dona- JACL Past is membership. Mike to bring a visible youth presence to tions and bequests). National Masaoka, an early JACL across the country. • Fundraising fell short $146K. President and leader of the JACL, “We want to engage with the gen- • Pacific Citizen revenue fell $114K Executive stated more than eral membership,” said Mizutani. short of budget. Director 30 years ago that “What are we doing? How are we • Membership revenue was $5.7K JACL should grow making a difference? We’re really short of budget. t was a privilege to 50,000 members. lucky to have talented people. It’s Nishi stated that YTD expenditures to participate in Instead, our mem- an incredible team effort.” are $143K under budget. He stressed the JACL Natio- bership has been And wrapping up one of its major that major savings in the year were Inal Convention that Newly elected JACL National President Jeff Moy declining to the business points, the National Council attributed to personnel savings costs; was held in Phila- (center) with past national presidents (from left) point where it is voted to approve the biennial budget, that number will change now that the delphia under the Floyd Mori, Gary Mayeda, Raymond Uno, Ken Inouye, now reportedly less which was presented by Secretary/ National Council voted to approve direction of Rob David Kawamoto, Larry Oda and Floyd Shimomura than 9,000. In order Treasurer Alan Nishi as one of his the hiring of two regional directors. Buscher, conventi- for JACL to conti- last duties in office. After considering budget on chair, and David nue as the premier Among JACL’s budget highlights: revisions, chief among them the Inoue, JACL Executive Director and others. Many Asian American civil rights organization, increasing • FY 2017 revenue over expenses P.C.’s pledge to increase advertis- interesting and entertaining events were held along with membership is vital. of $559K in the black. ing revenue and ramp up Spring the work of the National Council. Thank you to the It should not be difficult to increase membership. It • YTD revenue exceeded the budget Campaign donations by $80,000 sponsors, which are an important part of convention. will take the concerted effort of the National Board, by $554K (largely due to invest- annually to lessen shortfalls, the A new National Board of the JACL was elected at staff and individual members of the JACL working the convention. Some are quite new to JACL, but they together. The JACL has much to offer. Let’s share it ment income and strong market National Council voted unanimously n conditions). to approve the budget on July 21. n are all committed to the organization and its goals. with others. 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION Aug. 3-23, 2018 11 IDENTITY >> continued from page 5 “I’d like to challenge ourselves or Asian girls are so timid. It’s so ‘REDRESS 30 YEARS LATER: LOOKING as Japanese Americans. I think our cute.’ I’m like, ‘Oh, you’ve mistaken story is now so relevant, but I’d like to my tolerance and grace as timid,” BACK AND MOVING FORWARD’ challenge all of us to push more,” said which got elicited applause from the Nakamura. “We know our history audience. “When you’re not aggres- so well, but how well do we know sive — that’s the default — you’re other people’s histories? How can timid. No, we’re not. We’re patient, we use our position and privilege as and we’re disciplined, and we find the Japanese Americans, as filmmakers, right time to be absolutely brilliant.”

to do more?” Shinkoda, meantime, said he finally HIRO NISHIKAWA PHOTO: Referring to the creation of the came to the “ultimate realization” PHOTOS: BRANDON MIYASAKI PHOTOS: Nikkei Democracy Project, he said that complaining about problems like that after President Donald Trump’s whitewashing was no longer enough. Stuart Ishimaru Karen Narasaki Grant Ujifusa election, “A handful of Japanese “We need people behind the American media makers — myself, camera because there’s so much In a moving plenary session, panelists share their Renee Tajima-Peña, Sean Miura, power to dictate what eventually ends perspectives on redress and hopes for the future. Tani Ikeda, Joan Shigekawa — we up onscreen,” he said. “I’ve taken basically were like, ‘How can we the initiative the last two years to By Allison Haramoto, use our position and privilege as develop my own projects.” P.C. Executive Editor Japanese Americans, as filmmakers He proceeded to delight the crowd hope all of you in JACL know how proud you to do more?’” with news that he had helped to should be for the role you have played not just in For himself, he said one of develop a new series to be shot in recognizing our families but for helping others the biggest ways to leverage the Mexico’s Baja Studios in September. ‘Iwho are facing these issues today,” said panelist Karen community’s position is to “utili- In “Kenzo,” Shinkoda’s samurai Narasaki during the “Redress 30 Years Later: Looking ze our own experience and try to character is a refugee who escapes Back and Moving Forward” plenary on July 20 at the JOHNSTON T. GEORGE PHOTO: connect our community with other political repression in Japan and JACL National Convention. Redress panelists Ishimaru, Narasaki, communities, as well as explain to becomes a bounty hunter. Moderated by JACL Executive Director David Inoue, moderator David Inoue and Ujifusa other communities the parallels, In her closing remarks, Yoshida, panelists included Narasaki as well as Grant Ujifusa and that we can help support and protect who said she had shot three short Stuart Ishimaru, who all shared their unique perspecti- certainly not an easy one. other communities that are currently films in the past few months, noted ves on redress and how issues regarding civil liberties “This was something that was not easy. It was not under attack,” referring to Muslim how it is important for audiences to continue to be a struggle for Americans today. linear. It took on various dimensions that in the end Americans, those seen as Muslim support a studio movie like “Crazy Ujifusa, who served as the legislative strategy chair of resulted in a great positive, a victory,” he said. “The Americans and undocumented Rich Asians,” set for release Aug. 15. the JACL redress effort from 1982-92, spoke about three story of Japanese American patriotism and service and immigrants. “That’s not particularly my nar- key factors that were at the heart of securing redress. the role JACL played was a very important piece of it. For Yoshida, as a Japanese woman rative,” she said. “But still, for us to “Karma and luck, the need to win elections, like the I think for me, what I took away from this is that you and filmmaker, she wanted to push support that film, it lets studios like ones coming up in November, and the ability to be able can’t do this on your own. . . . The redress fight was the back on the perception that she and Warner Bros. know there’s a big to talk to the other side. When we did redress, we had question of how do you enlist others with you, how do other Asian females are “timid.” audience that wants these people on to be able to talk to the other side,” he said. you get them to understand your story? I’m glad we’re “Someone told me that ‘Japanese the screen.” n Ujifusa, who said that he “spent the most important talking about this and still talking about this.” years of my life as a part of this organization (JACL),” Narasaki, an independent civil and human rights also acknowledged the key role Philadelphia JACL’s consultant who serves on the U.S. Commission on BANQUET >> Representing Comcast, which Grayce Uyehara played in the redress fight. “Grayce Civil Rights, recounted that she was just finishing up JACL presented with the President’s was the heart and soul and the grit and the muscle of her 9th circuit clerkship as redress was making its way continued Community Partner Award on July the JACL. . . . Had she not been with us, once again, through Congress. 19, was Susan Jin Davis, Comcast’s there would be no redress.” “It took more than a decade from start to finish, and chief sustainability officer. She The other “hero” of the effort was Kazuo Masuda, the finish wasn’t just the passage,” she said. “It still gave Karen Narasaki yet another who was killed in action on Aug. 27, 1944, in Italy while needed to be funded.” shout-out, crediting her for holding serving as a member of the 442nd Regimental Combat Hired in 1992 by JACL as its Washington, D.C., rep, Comcast’s feet to the fire to “do the Team. Gen. Joseph Stilwell announced that Masuda Narasaki said that the redress fight amounted to people right thing” regarding Comcast’s would receive the Distinguished Service Cross, and having the right conversations, which all made a sig- Memorandum of Understanding invited to speak at his funeral was 26-year-old Army nificant difference that changed the course of history. on media diversity, inclusion and Capt. Ronald Reagan. Inoue then asked the panelists if obtaining redress economic diversity. As the redress struggle continued, Ujifusa said, “How would be something that could be done today. A surprise President’s Com- could we get word to President Reagan to remind him “I go back and forth on this issue, having been in munity Partner Award went to that he spoke at Kaz’s service? Top aides around Reagan Washington for over 25 years,” said Narasaki. “I have

PHOTO: NICK MILES PHOTO: Floyd Mori, past JACL National were dead-set against us. It was suggested that we hold seen that elections have consequences. . . . What has President and former JACL Exe- off a year. But we couldn’t. We were working on this improved is the number of Asian Americans in Congress The daughters of three cutive Director. “We cannot thank for 10 years, and we were running out of gas.” — we are more robust as a community today.” historically significant you enough for all you have done,” But Reagan did remember. “I remember Kazuo She also recalled how “scary” things are now. “What figures in Japanese said JACL Executive Director David Masuda,” Ujifusa recounted Reagan saying. “I’m asking we’ve moved on to is what do you do to people who are American legal history Inoue to Mori. my people to reconsider everything.” not American citizens? That’s where the fight is now.” were united and recog- Serving as the mistress of cere- Next to speak was Ishimaru, whose parents and their Added Ujifusa, “Today there is no way that we nized at the Sayonara monies for the affair was Loraine families were incarcerated at Topaz. Ishimaru served as can accept something like this. It’s my hope that the Banquet during JACL’s Ballard Morrill, news and community a member of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity experience of Japanese Americans can be a lesson.” National Convention. affairs director for iHeartMEDIA’s Commission from 2003-12, where he was chairman A lesson that must continue on with each new Pictured (from left) are six local radio stations. for two terms. generation. Marcia Marutani-Holdren, Other awards that were presented He took a moment to pay homage to Aiko Herzig- “JACL is in a fine position and needs to continue to the daughter of William during the convention before the Yoshinaga, who passed away on July 18: “[Aiko] literally communicate with our communities. There could very Marutani; Terry DeRivera, Sayonara Banquet were JACLer of took me by the hand at the National Archives and taught well be a day when these stories could literally go away the daughter of Mitsuye the Biennium, which went to Kanji me how to do research. . . . She was the one who found and people may not care a generation or two from now,” Endo; and Karen Kore- Sahara; the George J. Inagaki Award, the document that said Japanese Americans did not said Ishimaru. “One of JACL’s huge challenges going matsu, the daughter of which went to the Seattle Chapter; pose a threat to national security. That was one of the forward is how do you continue these stories? How do Fred Korematsu. and the NY/SC Vision Award to reasons that changed the tide.” you work with current events while making sure that Beckie Masaki. n Ishimaru also recalled how the road to redress was our story is not forgotten? That is the key.” n 12 Aug. 3-23, 2018 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION ARCHIVE >> continued from page 2 on,” said Haramoto. “With this new archive, once completed, readers will Ask us about the The archive project involves scan- Target end date: February 2019. be able to search the archive them- ning and converting each page of Phase 3: Final conversion of the selves and easily find the information the newspaper — every issue since entire archive on a server that will they are looking for. We cannot wait 1929 — into a PDF, then running house the massive memory file, which to provide this service.” National Youth/Student Council it through OCR (optical character will then be installed on the P.C. recognition) and finally coding it. website. 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She was 93. discovered by Herzig-Yoshinaga, escaped “The work that she did was key because destruction. through her own personal efforts, she found In an essay that appeared in the Jan. 1-13, the evidence that our community needed to 2000, issue of the Pacific Citizen, William seek out redress,” said David Kawamoto, Hohri, whose National Council on Japanese an attorney and past national president of American Redress attempted to file a class- the Japanese American Citizens League. action lawsuit on behalf of all Japanese Ame- “It’s a shock that we lost her.” rican incarcerees, wrote: “Her discovery . . . Working with her third husband, John “Jack” demonstrated that the revisions were, in fact, a Herzig, she spent countless hours in the late cover-up; the War Department had cleansed (Lt. 1970s and early 1980s delving deep into the Gen. John L.) DeWitt’s original words of their National Archives in Washington, D.C., to blatant racial bias.” (Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga learn why, how and what the government did and Jack Herzig both worked for NCJAR.) during World War II to West Coast Japanese Born in Sacramento, Calif., in 1924, Herzig- Americans, as well as legal permanent resident Yoshinaga died on July 18 in Torrance, Calif. Japanese nationals unable to become natu- In 1941, she was a high school senior in ralized citizens, under the guise of military Los Angeles when Imperial Japan’s military necessity. Her activity in that area came from attacked Pearl Harbor, the naval base in the a gnawing curiosity as to why the government then-U.S. territory of Hawaii, which was put her family and herself — and Japanese followed by the United States’ declaration of Americans as a group — into camps. war on Japan. Her expertise and knowledge of what was Due to President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s contained in the National Archives and where Executive Order 9066, as well as a high Legal historian and author Peter to find it led to her being hired as a researcher school principal who vowed that she and her Irons (left) and Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga in 1981 by the Commission on Wartime Re- Japanese American classmates would be denied discuss their role in redress and the coram nobis cases during a 1997 location and Internment of Civilians. their diplomas because “your people bombed redress conference at the University In 1982, Herzig-Yoshinaga came across the Pearl Harbor,” she did not graduate from of California, Los Angeles. last remaining copy of the original “Final Los Angeles High School. PHOTO: PACIFIC CITIZEN Report on Japanese Evacuation From the West “To be deprived of that diploma was a big Coast,” which was supposed to have been blow to us,” Herzig-Yoshinaga said in an oral Coast and imprisoned in 10 government-run double their weight at six months. My child had destroyed. It had been mislabeled. history. “It was proof that the feeling we had “relocation centers.” not doubled her weight in a year,” Herzig-Yoshi- Unlike the revised version, which based been carrying all that time, that sort of a self- “I think our non-Japanese American friends naga recalled in an oral history. “She was so sick. the forced evacuation on military necessity, hatred for not being white, showed its ugly didn’t really know how to treat us. I think they I was so angry.” the original report’s justification for the mass face and ugly head at that time.” knew that we would be hurt if they ostracized In 1943, she learned that her father, Sanji removal of Japanese Americans from the West Executive Order 9066 would lead to some us,” Herzig-Yoshinaga said. “On the other hand, Yoshinaga, was ill. Herzig-Yoshinaga applied Coast was actually anti-Japanese racism. 120,000 ethnic Japanese — citizens and just like our neighbors, I believe that they felt for a transfer to Jerome, which was granted “There was a lot of government innuendo legal permanent resident aliens then prohi- if they were too friendly with us, they would several months later — but while she could about the necessity of relocating Japanese bited from becoming naturalized citizens be labeled Jap Lovers.” bring her daughter, her husband had to stay Americans,” said Kawamoto. “She was able to — to be forcibly removed from the U.S. West Pre-World War II residents of the behind. take the time and effort and find documents “Japanese ghetto,” then-known as Uptown or In December 1943, she embarked on a harro- that showed that they knew there was no Ue Machi, near what is now Koreatown,Herzig- wing cross-country train trip with her daughter. risk from our community. They refer to it Yoshinaga’s family would be uprooted to an “That train trip was a nightmare. I didn’t have as the ‘smoking gun’ that she was able to assembly center and then to the Jerome WRA a seat reservation, so I had to sit on my suitcase find hard evidence that there was no jus- Center in Arkansas. for two of the four days,” said Herzig-Yoshinaga, tification for the incarceration Her boyfriend and his family, however, were who recalled her daughter was ill at that time sent to a different assembly center because they with a respiratory infection. “Fortunately, on lived in another area of Los Angeles, which the third day, an American soldier took pity also meant they would be sent to a different on me and let me have his seat.” concentration camp — Manzanar. Just as she arrived, her father was being “Foolishly, and desperately in love, we elo- rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart ped,” Herzig-Yoshinaga said, and she married attack. While he did meet his granddaughter, Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga with Jake Miyazaki. The newlyweds would have he died 10 days later, on Christmas morning. Frank Emi (left) and Dale Minami to share their Manzanar barrack with Jake’s Although Miyazaki would later be allowed to following a redress-era panel older brother and sister and their spouses. join his wife and their daughter, he would soon discussion during the UCLA Three months after arriving, she learned be drafted into the Army and sent to Europe. Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (foreground, third Nikkei Student Union’s Week of she was pregnant. While incarcerated, The stress of their circumstances would doom from right), with her family Remembrance in February 1986. she gave birth to their daughter, Gerrie Lani their marriage. PHOTO: GANN MATSUDA/MANZANAR COMMITTEE PHOTO: GANN MATSUDA/MANZANAR COMMITTEE Miyazaki, who, it turned out, was allergic to the camp’s powdered milk. “Most infants >> See AIKO on page 16 14 Aug. 3-23, 2018 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION A NATIONAL GUIDE TO NOTABLE COMMUNITY EVENTS com/e/denver-asian-american- 55 Salisbury St. pacific-islanders-commission- This exhibition focuses on the ge- hosts-a-resource-fair-tick- nius and versatility of metalworkers ets-48275289691. during the transitional period of the Meiji Restoration. With the decline CALENDAR in the samurai class, armormakers will benefit the JCCCNC. Info: Visit www.forthesakeof applied their skills and artistry to Info: Visit www.jcccnc.org. children.org. MDC new types of metal products, from toys to decorate art. NCWNP Info: Visit http://www.worcester- Aki Matsuri 2018 — Japanese Hot Asian Everything: Revolt Fall Festival Chicago, IL art.org/exhibitions/last-defense- Japanese Summer Festival japanese-metalwork/. 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Come share laughs as this 10th and Arch Streets with complimentary shuttle service this year’s theme being “Takumi: The Price: Free located in Little Tokyo in front of the Way of Japanese Craftsmanship,” event kicks off ConFest 2018 with This festival is the annual fundraiser Don’t miss this year’s festival, which JANM and MOCA museums. Come which will highlight various artisans a collection of sketch comedy and for the Japanese American Reli- will feature music, dance, tai chi, see the beautiful kazari’s at your within the Japanese culture in New musical performances by some gious and Cultural Center, featuring kung fu, the Beijing Opera and a leisure while eating, shopping and Mexico. This family-friendly event of Asian American theater’s most musical performances, Obon and mooncake-eating contest. Overall, playing games at the various vendor will feature arts, music and crafts noted artists. classical Japanese dance, taiko, this festival seeks to promote culture booths. 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nephews and nieces. Tanikawa, Charles Susumu, 86, Yamauchi, Bud, 101, Rancho Los Angeles, CA, April 24; he is Palos Verdes, CA, May 29; he was survived by his siblings, George predeceased by his son, James; Tanikawa, Ruby Tanikawa and he is survived by his wife, Alice; Mac Y. (Jane) Tanikawa; he is also children, Susan (Eugene) Wada, Debra (Bryan) Kojima and Noel (Hel- survived by nieces, nephews and Nancy (Wesley) Yee and George en) Ishikawa; brother, Russell; gc: 5. other relatives. (Mae Mae); daughter-in-law, Joyce (James); gc: 6; ggc: 3. Klinefelter, Setsuko, 68, Las Tanisaki, Ronald Seigo, 74, Los Vegas, NV, June 4; she was prede- Angeles, CA, May 7; he was born at ceased by her husband, Robert; she the Manzanar WRA Center in CA; is survived by her daughter, Karen he is survived by his mother, Marie Szymanski (Fred); brother, Akira Tanisaki; siblings, Dana Yoko (Roy) Haginiwa; sisters-in-law, Barbara Rico and Jun (Jennifer) Tanisaki; he Agonia (Bob) and Martha Roberson; is also survived by nieces, nephews, gc: 1. a grandniece and other relatives.

Komatsu, Gene K., 71, Manhattan Nakata, Larry L., 72, Seattle, WA, Ueki, Harue, 98, Culver City, CA, Fujimoto, Masanori, 82, Los An- Beach, CA, April 1. April 23; he is survived by his wife, April 2; she was predeceased by her geles, CA, April 11; he is survived Aileen; children, Tracie and Ryan husband, Sadamu; she is survived by his wife, Sakae; sons, Masafumi Matsuda, Manabu Ronnie, 70, Los (Amy); brother, James (Joy); gc: 4. by her children, Keiko (Tom) Uyeda, (Hisako) and Kenneth Kenji; brother, Angeles, CA, March 6; he is survived Masaki (Sumiko) Ueki and Tomoko Tsugio; gc: 3; ggc: 2. by his mother, Misao Matsuda; sib- Shigemoto, Iwao, 98, San Fran- (Kei) Fukuda; siblings, Morito Oga- lings, Doug Matsuda, Kathie (Mar- cisco, CA, April 1; he is survived by ta, Hideko Onishi, Yukie Inouye and Furuta, Carl, 84, Manhattan Beach, tin) Umemoto and Patty (Marvin) his wife, Miyo; children, Joanne Noriko (Masafumi) Yamasaki; broth- Yasuda, Carol, 72, Payette, ID, CA, April 26; during WWII, he was Furuya; he is also survived by many (Dennis) Makishima and Bob (Lisa); er-in-law, Hitoshi (Noriko) Uyeki; sis- June 4; she is survived by her sib- incarcerated at the Heart Mountain nieces, nephews and other relatives. gc: 1. ter-in-law, Toshie Uyeda of Seattle, lings, Jeanne (Victor) Yamamoto, WRA Center in WY. WA; gc: 7; ggc: 4. Phyllis (Jeff) Lundy, Doris (Dale) Matsuno, George Taka, 98, Takasugi, Max Masaji, 92, Caldwell, Fraley and Roger (Cathy) Yasuda. n Hamabata, Satuki, 96, Hacienda Gardena, CA, May 18; he is survived ID, May 7; he is survived by his wife, Heights, CA, April 15; she was pre- by his son, Stanford; brothers, Yoshi- Michiko; children, Ronald, Dennis, TRIBUTE deceased by her husband, Kiyoshi; hiko (Frank) Matsuno and Hiroshi James, Katherine and JoAnn; sib- she is survived by her daughter, Matsuno; he is also survived by lings, Yoshiko and Manny; gc: 3. Joanne (Sam) Kawamura. JACK HAJIME NAKASHIMA

Hirano, Osamu, 88, Mountain View, TRIBUTE Jack Hajime Nakashima was born CA, April 9; he was predeceased by on May 1, 1929, in Tacoma, Wash., his brothers, Tom Satoshi Hirano, and passed away peacefully on July Susumu Hirano and Kenji Hirano; HENRY UYEDA 6 at his home in Walnut Creek, Calif. he is survived by his wife, Setsuko; During WWII at the age of 13, Jack and sons, Russell (Carol) and Richard Henry Uyeda, San Jose JACL’s oldest his family were incarcerated at Tule (Kris); brother, George Yasuo Hirano member, passed away on May 4 at 103. He Lake and Topaz. After the war, Jack (Shigeko); gc: 3. was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He and graduated from Galileo High School his parents moved to San Juan Bautista in San Francisco. He attended City Inouye, Mary, 87, Sacramento, and resided there until the outbreak of College of SF and went on to earn a CA, May 21; during WWII, her fam- WWII. Recuperating from tuberculosis, he master’s degree in psychology from ily and she were incarcerated at the remained at the Alum Rock Sanitarium, San Francisco State University. While Tule Lake WRA Center in CA; she helping around the grounds, while his wife, studying at City College, Jack met his is survived by her husband, Harry; Ada, and her family were incarcerated future wife, Sumi Kanaya. They were children, Donna and Kevin; sister, at Poston, Ariz. Henry attended watch- married for 64 years and had two sons, Steve and Dave. Kiyoko Tanaka; sister-in-law, Terry making school in the Delta area and was Jack served in the Army during the Korean War in Fort Sheridan, Kagiyama; gc: 4. a watchmaker at two jewelry stores. Upon a recommendation of a Ill. When he returned to the Bay Area, he worked for the San Pablo, friend, he applied at Beckman Instruments in Palo Alto, Calif., and Oakland, and Mt. Diablo school districts as a school psychologist worked as a technician under several engineers, doing precision before retiring in 1990. Jack was active in the redress movement work on prototypes. Henry was a member of the San Jose JACL for and helped start the JACL chapter in the Diablo Valley area. He also over 65 years. He served as treasurer and president of the chapter. gave educational talks about his camp experience to a wide range He attended district meetings and national conventions. In 1965, he of audiences. encouraged and supported the formation of a Junior JACL Chapter. Jack will be lovingly remembered by his extended family and dear Henry was married for 66 years to Ada Okasaki; had two daughters, friends for his quick wit and corny jokes, teaching his numerous nieces Sharon and Caroline (Glenn Kurimoto); two granddaughters, Melissa and nephews to play pinochle, and for being a huge music aficionado. (Paul Ramos) and Kristen (Carl Nygaard); and three great-grandsons, He imparted his love of jazz to his family and friends. His home was Mark Nygaard, Jayden Ramos and Leo Nygaard. always filled with music and his tastes ranged from Sinatra to bossa nova and big band music. Jack is survived by his wife, Sumi; sons, Steve and Dave; daughter-in-law, Debbie Fong; granddaughters, Gabriela and Camila; and 13 nieces and nephews. JUDD MATSUNAGA, ESQ. A celebration of Jack’s life will be held on Aug. 19 at 4 p.m. at Heather Pacific Citizen Columnist & Elder Law Attorney Farm Community Center, Lakeside Room, 301 N. San Carlos Dr., Ishikawa, Michael, 74, Los Ange- Walnut Creek. 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FREE ATTORNEY CONSULTATIONS AVAILABLE Contact: 800.403.6078 [email protected] www.elderlawcalifornia.com or call (213) 620-1767 ext. 104 [email protected] 16 Aug. 3-23, 2018 2018 NATIONAL CONVENTION AIKO>> continued from page 13 After leaving camp in Arkansas, Herzig-Yoshinaga procedure, writ of error coram nobis, invoked when a moved to New York City, divorced and was remarried court of law is purposely misled by an action such as to Davis Abe, an Army officer. They were transferred to prosecutorial misconduct that taints a judicial decision. Japan and had two children, David and Lisa, who were The revived cases of Korematsu and Hirabayashi born in Kyoto, Japan. They lived in Japan for about five resulted in their WWII-era convictions being vacated. years before returning to the U.S. The couple divorced, Yasui died in 1986 as his case was pending; a district and Herzig-Yoshinaga returned to New York City with court had already vacated his conviction in 1983, but her three children. his death led to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal She became involved with a group called Asian dismissing his claims of governmental misconduct and Americans for Action, and the unconstitutionality of his for the first time began conviction under a curfew law. questioning why the federal “The work that she and government locked up ‘The Japanese Peter Irons did was just Japanese Americans. The invaluable to us, and we seed of her future research American community can never really thank them “Full of remarkable characters at the National Archives was is eternally grateful for enough for what they did,” planted. said Kawamoto. and incredible stories…a She married Jack Herzig in the contributions of In a statement issued at 1978, and they moved near the 2018 National JACL fascinating, fast-paced history Washington, D.C. It was then Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga Convention in Philadelphia, that she began conducting the JACL said it was “deeply research at the National to the redress effort.’ saddened by the passing of of America’s clipper ship era. Archives — that would Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga on Highly recommended.” prove to be instrumental in — JACL July 18, 2018. Her volunteer the success of the Japanese research at the National American Redress Movement, Archives uncovered the —Nathaniel Philbrick which culminated in the ‘smoking gun,’ which was passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 and included the key evidence in the successful coram nobis cases monetary compensation to surviving detainees and an and led to the passage of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. apology from the U.S. government. “In 1978, Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga and her husband, Herzig-Yoshinaga’s discovery of the original draft Jack Herzig, were researching materials at the National Barons of of the “Final Report” would also be the fuel to the re- Archives and discovered a government memorandum, examination of three failed WWII-era Supreme Court which was supposed to have been destroyed. This cases involving Gordon Hirabayashi, Fred Korematsu surviving government document, ‘Final Report on and Minoru Yasui. Japanese Evacuation From the West Coast,’ concluded the Sea When legal historian Peter Irons learned that Herzig- that ethnic Japanese living on the West Coast posed Yoshinaga discovered a copy of the original “Final no threat to national security and that there was no An their Race to Buil the Report,” he reached out to Hirabayashi, Korematsu and military necessity to remove and incarcerate West Coast Yasui and with a team of attorneys, used an arcane legal Japanese Americans. World’s Fastest Clipper Ship “The Japanese American community is eternally grateful for the contributions of Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga to the redress effort. Steven Ujifusa “Today, the National Council of the Japanese American Citizens League posthumously honors “A rare and intoxicating journey Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga for her community service.” back in time.” Herzig-Yoshinaga was the subject of a 2016 documentary by Janice D. Tanaka, “Rebel With —Candice Millard a Cause: The Life of Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga.” She was also honored in April by the Japanese American National Museum with its Award of Excellence. In 1989, she finally received her diploma from Los Angeles High School, thanks to the efforts of her son-in-law, Warren Furutani, who at the time was on the Los Angeles Board of Education. Herzig-Yoshinaga was predeceased by her husband, Jack Herzig, in 2005. She is survived by her children, Aiko Herzig- Lisa Abe Furutani (Warren), Gerrie Yoshinaga Miyazaki and David Abe; a brother, during the John Yoshinaga (Lucienne), and a 48th Annual sister-in-law, Reiko Yoshinaga. She Manzanar is also survived by grandchildren Pilgrimage, Joey Furutani, Sei Furutani (Traci), April 28, 2017. Laurence Toshiro Moore, David Abe Jr., Kimberly Abe and Lea Krogman, as PHOTO: GANN MATSUDA StevenUjifusa.com | StevenUjifusa MANZANAR COMMITTEE well as by great-grandchildren Harlee Furutani and Kiyomi Pizarro. In Bill Hohri’s January 2000 Pacific Available in hardcover, ebook, and audio. Aiko Herzig-Yoshinaga (center), with Manzanar Citizen essay, he wrote: “We owe a Committee Co-Chairs Kerry Cababa and Bruce debt of gratitude to the efforts of this Embrey, received the Sue Kunitomi Embrey Nisei woman with only a high school diploma and Legacy Award on July 17, 2011, in Gardena, Calif. the intelligence, grace and grit to do the work SimonandSchuster.com PHOTO: GANN MATSUDA/MANZANAR COMMITTEE summa cum laude.” n