THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER OF THE JACL May 10-30, 2019

A SACRED EVENT Pilgrims from all walks of life unite at the 50th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage.

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» PAGE 4 PBS Set to Air ‘An American Story: Norman Mineta and His Legacy’

Assisting the Shinto priest during the interfaith ceremony at Manzanar was Michelle Miyatake Kuruma, the granddaughter of photographer Toyo Miyatake, who was incarcerat- ed along with his family at Manzanar. Miyatake was designated official camp photographer and granted the freedom to take photos of ev- eryday life. While at Manzanar, he began his longtime collaboration with photographer Ansel Adams. Celebrating 90 Years WWW.PACIFICCITIZEN.ORG #3342 / VOL. 168, No. 8 ISSN: 0030-8579 2 May 10-30, 2019 HISTORICAL HEADLINE

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By Gil Asakawa But most are travel videos. They treat Japan as an exotic destination and often get facts w, man. This is the best job ever. . . . and words wrong. The better videos are by a The best job ever,” said John Daub community of YouTubers who live in Japan

with a supremely satisfied smile. He — many are ex-pat Americans and Brits, and ‘Ajust took a sip of a creamy onion bacon soup some, like Daub, have lived in Japan for years, at a restaurant named Kokoya de Kobayashi in speak Japanese and have married and welcomed the city of Kobayashi in Miyazaki prefecture, families of their own. on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. Daub’s “Only in Japan” videos, which tend to He’s not kidding. Daub and his wife, Kanae, be around 10 minutes long, are very informed, have been “working,” spending several days in knowledgeable and educational. the area livestreaming videos for his “Only in While some peoples’ Japan videos zip through Japan GO!” YouTube Web series. It might seem the most popular tourist spots, Daub seeks out YouTuber John Daub’s extremely like an amazingly fun gig, and obviously, it is. lesser-known regions and restaurants, and he popular channels “Only in Japan GO!” But don’t be fooled — he works hard at his job. delves deep with a journalist’s curiosity into and “Only in Japan” showcase Daub began this series of livestream episodes the culture that is at the heart of everything engaging stories about a diversity of two days ago in Miyazaki prefecture by in Japan. topics in lesser-known regions and attending a mango auction (yes, in Japan they He has produced engaging stories about an restaurants in the country. auction off mangoes just like the tuna auctions amazing diversity of topics: why Japanese in Tokyo’s famous fish market — the top fruit people live so long, how to make tofu, why went for $5,000. For one fruit.) Wagyu beef is so damned tasty, Hokkaido thanks them when they submit a “SuperChat” Jersey, went to college at Ohio State University Then, he filmed a series of live broadcasts prison food, elementary school food, how the message with money to help him pay for his and earned a degree in economics and English in quick succession, only to go back home to silk industry helped make Japanese technology broadcast (for a beer or lunch). literature. So, he learned both his Japanese Tokyo and edit together a finished show about a world leader and, of course, lots and lots of Daub’s live “shows” might be casual and and his video skills on the job. the mango auction. food — from sushi and ramen to a dizzying stream-of-consciousness, but the content on He didn’t know any Japanese when he went Daub is a YouTuber, someone who shoots variety of street food in many cities and festivals his original channel are more like TV-level to Japan. lots and lots of videos and does it so frequently across Japan. reports. That’s because after Daub first moved “I learned the language, believe it or not, not and professionally that he’s gained 140,000 On his second YouTube channel, “Only in to Japan 21 years ago to teach English, he through school, but I would go to Mr. Donuts followers for his livestreaming “Only in Japan Japan GO!” Daub chooses a place or an event fell in love with the country, and he began almost every day, and I would talk with old GO!” channel, and more than 1 million viewers and livestreams sometimes for more than an working in television. He was a reporter for ladies, and they would correct my Japanese,” who follow his main “Only in Japan” channel. hour. It can seem rambling, but after a while, NHK, the public TV network, and runs a video he said. “Older ladies are very strict.” Lots of people produce videos about Japan his broadcasts become pretty engaging. He talks production company. on YouTube (I’ve posted some myself). to viewers as they send chats with him, and he Daub was born in Virginia, grew up in New » See YOUTUBER on page 8

Naruhito at his May 1 succession ceremony, JAPAN’S NEW EMPEROR GREETS PUBLIC pledged to emulate his father in seeking peace and staying close to the people. Akihito took the throne in 1989 and devoted FOR FIRST TIME SINCE SUCCESSION his career to making amends for a war fought in his father’s name while bringing the aloof Naruhito becomes the monarchy closer to the people. His era was the first in Japan’s modern history without war. 126th emperor of Japan Emperors under Japan’s postwar constitution and vows to continue to are given only a symbolic status without political power. pursue peace. The nation celebrated the imperial succession prompted by retirement rather than death. By Associated Press Still, there ha been a lack of discussion about maintaining the monarchy’s male- TOKYO — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito greeted only succession rules and other paternalistic the public on May 4 for the first time since traditions. his succession, expressing hope for Japan to Naruhito’s wife, a Harvard-educated former keep pursuing peace. PHOTO: FACEBOOK diplomat, is still recovering from stress-induced Naruhito ascended the Chrysanthemum The Imperial family of Japan includes (from left, seated) Empress Masako, mental conditions that she developed about Throne on May 1, a day after his 85-year-old Emperor Naruhito, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, Empress Emerita Michiko, Crown 15 years ago after facing pressure to produce father, Akihito, abdicated. Prince Fumihito (Prince Akishino), Crown Princess Kiko (Princess Akishino) and a male heir soon after giving birth to their From a balcony overlooking the palace (from left, standing) Princess Aiko, Prince Hisahito and Princess Mako. They daughter, Aiko, now 17. ground, Naruhito thanked throngs of well- are shown in a formal family pictured released on Jan. 1, 2018. (Not pictured Naruhito’s succession leaves only two wishers for congratulating him. is Princess Kako.) younger male heirs in line for the throne, his “I am deeply grateful and pleased that I am 53-year-old younger brother, Fumihito, and receiving celebration from you all today,” said As he waved from the balcony, where he More than 140,000 people came to celebrate 12-year-old nephew Hisahito. Naruhito, wearing a formal suit and standing was accompanied by other members of his the emperor’s appearance, the Imperial Adding to the issue, the family faces a next to his wife, Empress Masako. “I wish royal family, the spectators cheered, took Household Agency said. declining royal population because female for your health and happiness and sincerely photos and waved Japanese flags. Akihito, who The 59-year-old new emperor is a historian royals are stripped of their status when they hope that our country pursues world peace became the emperor emeritus, and his wife, who studied at Oxford. He is the first emperor marry commoners. hand in hand with other countries and will Michiko, were not present to avoid concerns born after World War II and the first who has develop further.” about interference with the serving emperor. studied overseas. » See EMPEROR on page 8 4 May 10-30, 2019 IN-DEPTH NORMAN MINETA’S LEGACY CHRONICLED ON PBS The documentary recounts the service and achievements of a true American statesman.

By P.C. Staff ‘AN AMERICAN STORY: n the new documentary “An American NORMAN MINETA AND HIS Story: Norman Mineta and His Legacy,” there is a scene in which the subject — a LEGACY’ IKorean War veteran, a former U.S. represen- DIRECTOR: Dianne Fukami tative for California, a Cabinet member under PRODUCERS: Dianne Fukami and presidents both Democrat and Republican and a man who has an international airport named Debra Nakatomi for him — responds to a question about why RUNNING TIME: 56 mins he always wears an American flag lapel pin in public. AIRDATE: May 20 (check local PHOTO: MINETA LEGACY PROJECT “I still get treated like a foreigner and feel listings for time) Norman Mineta is flanked by that. So, I always wear the flag,” Norman the documentary’s principals, NETWORK: PBS Yoshio Mineta said, quietly and matter-of-factly. PHOTO: JACKIE LOVATO Dianne Fukami, director and A holdover from having been incarcerated as WEBSITE: https://www. Norman Mineta is the subject of a documentary that co-producer (left), and Debra a boy with his family at the Heart Mountain Nakatomi, co-producer. MinetaLegacyProject.com chronicles his remarkable life and achievements. WRA Center in Wyoming, mayhap? “Am I really being accepted as an American citizen?” he asked. Then, with a bit of a smi- Mineta to give them the greenlight, to visit relatives and pay his respects to his le, he added: “I want to make sure everyone But prior to that documentary, Fukami had Nakatomi said, “I think he thought it was time. ancestors. knows I am.” made several attempts to get Mineta’s coopera- Of course, we like to think that he was com- Part of Mineta’s legacy as an American Mineta’s answer stunned the film’s co- tion to produce a documentary about him. As fortable with us.” politician, of course, was serving in Congress producer and director, Dianne Fukami. a Bay Area resident, she and her family knew Getting Mineta’s cooperation was vital — during the 1970s and ’80s as the issue of “Here’s a guy who has had a lifetime of of his reputation and achievements. but so, too, was getting the necessary funding. redress for the mass incarceration of Japanese public service, right, and he still feels like a “He was sort of a hero to us,” Fukami said. The producing duo had their eyes set on a Americans churned. foreigner in his own country?” asked Fukami “I had always had the idea of doing something grant from the National Endowment for the “In April of 1979, the national staff of JACL after hearing Mineta’s answer to her off-screen on him, but when I tried to talk to him about Humanities. and its national officers came to D.C. to speak to question. “What you can’t see are the tears it, oh, 17 years ago, he would demure. He was “We started doing a lot of grant applications the four Asian American members of Congress, running down my face because I felt so sad very busy at the time with his career.” initially, and one of our biggest goals was get- namely [Sens.] Dan Inouye, Spark Matsuna- and moved by what he’s saying.” Fukami added that Mineta was very soft- ting an NEH grant,” Fukami said. “We came ga, Congressman Bob Matsui and myself,” Fukami said Mineta’s answer was “sort of spoken and modest. very close to getting a nice sum of money recalled Mineta. an epiphany” for her. “He would say to me, ‘Oh, nobody cares from the NEH. However, we didn’t make it. This was following the JACL’s most-recent “There are so many people, unfortunately about me. I’m just an average Joe,’” she said. “They read you some of the comments when National Convention at which a resolution right now, in this country, who understand While neither Fukami nor Nakatomi believed you ask for feedback,” Fukami continued, “and was passed calling for legislative action for exactly the way he feels, whether you’re Asian that for a second, the irony was that when they we were told [that] although the panel who a national apology and redress payments of American, whether you’re African-American, applied for a grant from a large, well-known judged our submission was very interested $25,000 per person to those directly affected whether you’re Latino or any other,” she said. funding entity, that was sort of the answer they in the project, they felt that Norm wasn’t a by Executive Order 9066. “In the film when he references that, he got when their proposal was rejected. household name — and, bear in mind, this “Dan said, ‘Man, that’s a tall order,’” Mineta talks about being in close quarters, like in an As luck would have it, in 2012, at a U.S.-Japan is 2014, 2015 — and that he was not ‘sexy’ told the Pacific Citizen, adding that Inouye elevator,” added co-producer Debra Nakatomi. Council conference in Seattle, when Fukami enough to generate a lot of interest and so they went on to suggest that what was needed was “He just wants people to be sure that people saw Mineta and asked him the obligatory, were not as encouraged about the success of a Congressional commission to examine what know that he’s American.” “How about that documentary?” question, he the project.” had motivated the U.S. government’s WWII Now in his late 80s, the time seems right for surprised the pair with a “Let’s talk” response. While they were sorely disappointed, as treatment of mainland Japanese Americans the San Jose, Calif., native son to pause, assess Subsequently, a long lunch meeting took they had been counting on getting the NEH and legal permanent residents of Japanese and reflect on his life’s achievements and the place in San Jose, with the involvement of grant, all was not lost. Nakatomi reached out ancestry who at the time were barred from political battles fought. Fortunately, the wins Mineta’s wife, Deni. Fukami and Nakatomi to fellow Southern Californian Paul Terasaki, a becoming naturalized U.S. citizens. appear to outnumber the losses. told him their goal was to air the completed former surgeon whose tissue-typing technology Inouye didn’t think it was possible without “For an 87-year-older, I think I’m fine,” he project on PBS — but that Mineta would have for organ transplantations made him a multi- such a commission, which was inspired by told the Pacific Citizen. no editorial control on the subject matter, and millionaire — and a philanthropist. similar panels that investigated the assassi- The tasks and obstacles that needed to be they would need access to family photos and “Fortunately for us, Norman Mineta has a nation of President John F. Kennedy and the overcome in telling Mineta’s inspiring story home movies, plus they would need to interview very wide network of admirers and people National Guard’s shooting deaths of four Kent to pass it on to younger and future generations him, his family members, as well as former who deeply respect him, and Dr. and Mrs. State students. — and getting his cooperation — is almost political allies and adversaries alike. Terasaki were among them,” Nakatomi said. Matsunaga told Mineta and the others that he worthy of a documentary unto itself. “After hearing all that, Norm said, ‘OK, I “We had a meeting, and it resulted in their already had a bill on native Hawaiian claims. Fortunately, there were a couple of dogged understand,’” said Fukami. “And then we said very wholehearted support of the project.” It was given to Mineta’s legislative assistant, filmmakers up to the task, in San Francis- to him, ‘Now that you’ve finally said yes, there Not only were they supportive of the film, Glenn Roberts, who used it as a template, and co-based Fukami and Los Angeles-based are other filmmakers who may be interested they also were supportive of the educational with appropriate changes, it became the bill Nakatomi. in your story. Some of them will have more curriculum that accompanies it. (Editor’s note: that President Jimmy Carter enacted to form The pair met in 2009 when both were dele- experience and more talent. Do you want to Dr. Paul Terasaki died in 2016.) the Commission on Wartime Incarceration gates in the Japanese American Leadership postpone making your decision and consider The Terasaki Family Foundation’s support and Internment of Civilians. Delegation, sponsored by the U.S.-Japan Coun- all your options?’” was important not just for the financial fuel it The CWRIC’s conclusion that the forced cil and Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Fukami said she didn’t want him to feel that provided to help pay for the Mineta documen- removal from the West Coast of ethnic Japa- “I think, speaking for myself, we always he was forced into a decision or obligated to tary and educational curriculum — it also gave nese and their subsequent incarceration was knew we wanted to stay connected at some them. legitimacy and confidence for other donors the result of war hysteria, race prejudice and level,” Nakatomi said. “I wanted him to know that once he had to follow suit, such as the Toshizo Watanabe the failure of political leadership, which would The disastrous 2011 Tōhoku earthquake made that decision, he was free to explore Foundation and the Sachiko Kuno Foundation. become the foundation of the Civil Liberties and tsunami in Japan would lead to their first that a little more,” she said. The funding upped the game for the produc- Act of 1988, which President Ronald Reagan professional pairing, culminating with the Fukami said Mineta paused for a second and tion and helped pay for a touching sequence enacted in the final months of his second term 2013 documentary “Stories From Tohoku,” answered, “No. I’ve got my team right here.” where the team followed Mineta on his visit in office. The bill itself, which Mineta named with both co-producing and Fukami directing. As for what they thought finally prompted to his familial hometown of Mishima, Japan, H.R. 442, would have to be introduced several IN-DEPTH May 10-30, 2019 5 times before it finally found success. mittee on Public Works and Transportation. PHOTO: JACKIE LOVATO While the Act apologized to Japanese Ame- Transportation was and is an area where Mi- Norman Mineta is only the ricans and paid those still alive $20,000 apie- neta, who shared that he now drives a battery- fourth person to be a mem- ce, Mineta said in the documentary that the powered Tesla and only starts up his internal ber of Cabinet under two legislation wasn’t ultimately about Japanese combustion engine care occasionally to keep presidents from different Americans — it was about all Americans, its battery from dying, has much expertise. political parties. In all, he the Constitution and what it means to be a He served as the Secretary of Transportation served six full years as a U.S. citizen. under President George W. Bush from 2001-06 Cabinet member. Mineta told the Pacific Citizen that another as the sole Democratic Cabinet member in a important piece of legislation that he was Republican administration. It was a post that involved in was authoring the first rewrite Bush’s predecessor, President Bill Clinton Then, in late December of President Dwight Eisenhower’s 1956 Na- had years earlier offered to Mineta, but had 2000, before the inauguration tional Interstate and Defense Highways Act. declined. of President George W. Bush, That rewrite, then known as the Intermodal “I said no because my brass ring had always he received a called from Vice since an educational curriculum based on Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, aka been to become the chairman of the House President-elect Dick Cheney, who offered his career and achievements was baked into ISTEA (dubbed Ice Tea), was signed into law Committee on Public Works and Transporta- him the post of Secretary of Transportation. the project from the beginning, covering six by President H. W. Bush in 1991. tion,” Mineta said, recalling his conversation Mineta had to mull it over, as he didn’t want modules — immigration, social equity and “It was considered landmark legislation,” with Clinton after he was first elected in to be “marginalized as the only Democrat in justice, reconciliation, leadership, U.S.-Japan Mineta said, “because highway bills had always 1992. “As much as I appreciate it, I’m going a Republican administration — and on the relations and civic engagement — and with been about automobiles and highways. . . . It to bypass this opportunity to be Secretary of other hand, I don’t want to be considered a completion set for the fall. was the first time there was a break from the Transportation in your administration.” turncoat by the Democrats.” “A lot of times, the curriculum is sort of an traditional highway bill.” Later, however, in 2000, when Mineta was After conferring with more than 100 people, offshoot of the film,” said Fukami. “We wanted Other legislation that Mineta was proud to be working for Lockheed Martin, Clinton’s camp including President Clinton, he decided to to approach it totally differently.” a part of was the Americans With Disabilities again reached out to Mineta to become Secre- take the job. Mineta’s presence in the Bush Working in tandem with Stanford Universi- Act of 1991, of which he was one of the four tary of Commerce when Bill Daley resigned Cabinet, after the terrorist attacks of Sept. ty, as they conducted interviews for the film, original sponsors. to run the presidential bid of Vice President 11, 2001, would serve to mitigate calls for a they also did interviews specifically for the “I wrote the transportation piece of the ADA,” Al Gore. This time, Mineta said yes, and he blanket round up of Muslims and people of curriculum. he said. Mineta also chaired the House Com- held the position from May 2000-Jan. 17, 2001. Middle Eastern ancestry living in the U.S. “When we interviewed President George W. In addition to interviews with Clinton and Bush or President Clinton, we had separate Bush, “An American Story: Norman Mineta sets of questions that would be targeted for and His Legacy” also contains interviews with the curriculum’s lesson plans,” said Fukami. childhood pal and former Republican senator It will be offered free, available on the from Wyoming Alan Simpson, ex-wife May AMERICAN HOLIDAY TRAVEL website MinetaLegacyProject.com, in the Mineta and former Rep. Dan Lungren, who coming months. 2019 TOUR SCHEDULE was an opponent of redress. South America Japanese Heritage Holiday Tour (Ernest Hida) ...... May 9-24 For the filmmakers, the documentary is Argentina – Buenos Aires; Brazil – Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Iguassu Falls; only a part of passing on Mineta’s legacy, » See MINETA on page 12 Peru – Lima, Machu Picchu. Meet local Japanese and learn their history. Iceland Explorer Holiday Tour (Elaine Ishida)...... 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UCLA Kyodo Taiko drummers energetically stirred the crowd.

The Manzanar National His- toric Site was established on March 3, 1992. THE MANZANAR PILGRIMAGE:

Warren Furutani gave the A SACRED EVENT crowd an entertaining and informative history of the Commemorating its 50th anniversary, people from all walks of life founding of the Manzanar gather to honor the past and continue the journey of social justice Pilgrimage. in the present.

By Charles James, Co-MC traci kato-kiriyama spoke Contributor The first movingly of the pain endured by Manzanar her family members who were Pilgrimage took incarcerated during WWII. place in 1969. PHOTO: GANN MATSUDA/MANZANAR COMMITTEE GANN MATSUDA/MANZANAR PHOTO: Consul General of Japan in San Francisco Tomochika Uyama spoke to the pilgrimage crowd. PHOTO: EVAN JOHNSON COLLECTION/NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PHOTO

More than 2,000 crowd estimated at around 2,000 The Manzanar Pilgrimage is a blend of incarcerated in the 10 American concentration attended the 50th journeyed to the 50th Annual politics, religion, goodwill and fellowship. camps were largely silent about them, but Annual Manzanar Manzanar Pilgrimage at the Manzanar It brings together people of all walks of life the topic would quietly come up at family ANational Historic Site on April 27. Attendees and backgrounds to honor and remember the gatherings. Pilgrimage. listened to speakers from the Lone Pine Paiute- past, address the injustices of the present and It was, as he described it, “a shared touchstone Shoshone Reservation and the National Park look toward a future that includes justice and experience” that brought them together. Along Service, politicians, community activists and redress for all groups suffering social injustices. with other young activists, he wanted to change organizers and Tomochika Uyama, the Japanese The hour-and-a-half program was held that, and the Manzanar Pilgrimage was a path consul general in San Francisco. outside the camp cemetery on an unremittingly toward that goal. This year’s anniversary event celebrated warm day under a mostly cloudless sky, with In 1969, the site was in very poor condition, the 50 years since the very first Manzanar the majestic snow-capped Sierra Nevada with very little left onsite other than the old Pilgrimage in December 1969. It was then that mountains serving as a backdrop. gymnasium and the cemetery monument, a small group of activists began organizing an It began with an energetic performance by which Furutani referred to as a “sacred place.” effort that — 50 years later — would change the Kyodo Taiko drummers from the University Ever since the camp closed in 1944, Buddhist how history viewed the social injustice that of California, Los Angeles. priests and Christian ministers have been resulted in the incarceration of approximately Furutani served as co-master of ceremony this visiting the cemetery to honor the bodies that 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry, most year along with activist/artist/teacher traci kato- remain buried there. of whom lived on the West Coast and were kiriyama. Furutani, a former California state (In the late 1960s, Furutani joined the staff of American citizens. assemblyman, told the gathering that he and the Japanese American Citizens League as its The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s the late-Victor Shibata, who he characterized national community involvement coordinator would bring an awareness of the injustice that jokingly as an “original gangster,” were inspired and also wrote a column for the Pacific Citizen occurred at the American concentration camps by the Farm Workers March in Sacramento and newspaper. He later resigned in 1972 along with and rewrite a history that had been largely the Poor Peoples March in Washington, D.C., other young JACL activists after protesting ignored until the Manzanar Committee was in the 1960s to create awareness of injustices. that the recent appointment of a new JACL formed in 1970 by Co-Chairs Sue Kunitomi The idea of a 220-mile-march to Manzanar national director only continued the more Embrey and Warren Furutani. The committee was discarded as being impractical, and then conservative status quo in the area of civil had a two-fold focus on education and a goal they hit on the idea of an annual pilgrimage. rights injustices.) to establish Manzanar as a California State As a result, they spearheaded the first annual During his address to the gathered crowd Historical Landmark. It has enjoyed remarkable pilgrimage to Manzanar in 1969. at the pilgrimage, Japanese Consul General

PHOTO: ATHENA ASKLIPIADIS success. Furutani noted that many family members Tomochika Uyama from the Consulate of IN-DEPTH May 10-30, 2019 7

PHOTOS: CHARLES JAMES Sue Kunitomi Embrey Some lucky visitors to the Legacy Award recipient pilgrimage enjoyed relief from Jim Matsuoka, one of the the hot sun. original activists at the 1969 pilgrimage.

CAIR CEO and founder Nihad Awad spoke about today’s civil rights challenges along- The James Toma family of West side Roula Allouch and Covina, Calif., at the Manzanar Hussam Ayloush. 50th Annual Pilgrimage.

Banners for the 10 American concentration camps created at the beginning of World War II.

they come from.” While covering this story, I met the James Following Embrey’s remarks, Nihad Toma family from West Covina, Calif. This Awad, CEO and founder of the Council on family is an example of how the U.S. is American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), spoke. increasingly becoming ever more diverse, as He stressed the “need for vigilance in the face were many others attending the event. Keynote of discrimination.” His comment that “an James Toma was originally born in Okinawa, Speaker Karen attack on one community is an attack on all Japan, and brought to the U.S. at the age of two Korematsu of us” drew loud, enthusiastic applause from months. He said, “My parents met in Japan, gave a history the gathered crowd. fell in love and came to live in Los Angeles.” lesson on her Jim Matsuoka was awarded the 2019 Sue Toma’s father had recently left the Air Force; (From left) Manzanar Committee’s famous civil Kunitomi Embry Award. He was only 7 years his mother was from Japan. Bruce Embrey, MNHS Superinten- rights activist old when he was sent to Manzanar during Toma is a former city councilman in West dent Bernadette Johnson and NPS father Fred T. WWII. He was one of the original group of Covina, and he currently works as a California Pacific West Region Deputy Director Korematsu. activists that made the first trip to the Manzanar State Deputy Attorney General. He and his Cindy Orlando cemetery in 1969. wife, Minerva Avila, along with their two of the camp experience.” They first began “We came to remember what our people children, Cruz, age 11, and Paz, age 8, came to Japan in San Francisco spoke to the audience, with “talking and sharing the story, which had suffered — and not forget,” Matsuoka this year’s Manzanar Pilgrimage to learn more in both English and Japanese, and offered his led to healing within the Japanese American poignantly said. He also said that people often about the history of the Japanese incarceration greetings and appreciation to be able to travel to community.” ask him about the cemetery. during WWII because it is an important part the Manzanar Pilgrimage along with members Later would come the “Redress Movement,” “When people ask me how many people are of their family’s heritage. Their family is a of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of accompanied by an official apology from the buried here, I say a whole generation. A whole blend of Japanese and Latino ancestry. Northern California. U.S. government and payment of $20,000 to generation who were inheritors of this legacy The Toma’s wants their children to be proud Uyama’s address marked the healing that has survivors of the camps. The Civil Liberties Act of fear never left this place, but whose souls of their heritage. They are active members of the taken place between Japanese Americans and of 1988 acknowledged that the injustices of are buried here,” Matsuoka said. East San Gabriel Valley Japanese Community ancestral Japan through the years. the camps were driven by “race prejudice, war The keynote address was given by Karen Center in West Covina, and the family can On behalf of the Japanese Government, hysteria and a failure of political leadership.” Korematsu, founder and executive director frequently be found there or in Little Tokyo. Uyama expressed regret for the suffering that Because of their own successes, Embry said of the Fred T. Korematsu Foundation and “We enjoy venues like the Japanese American World War II placed on those of Japanese that the Manzanar Committee is committed daughter of the legendary Fred T. Korematsu, Cultural and Community Center and Japanese ancestry in the United States. Over the past to “calling out all injustice,” which is why a national civil rights hero. American National Museum,” Toma said. year, since his appointment, he has come to they are fighting alongside and supporting In 1942 at the age of 23, her father refused His daughter, Paz, is in a Spanish-language learn of the suffering endured at the camps. Muslims to counter the widespread legal and an order to leave his home and job and go to immersion program and enjoys traditional He also added that he has been impressed that, political attacks that are targeting them by the wartime government’s incarceration camps Mexican folk dance. Both children were angry even with the hardships, there were astounding “fabricated hysteria.” for Japanese Americans. about the injustice committed against those of accomplishments such as growing much of The committee is also involved in the issue As a result, Fred Korematsu was arrested and Japanese ancestry during WWII. Paz Toma the food used to feed those in the camps and of immigration from Latin America, which has convicted of defying the U.S. government’s couldn't believe the hardships that people were the creation of beautiful landscaped gardens. resulted in children being separated from their orders. In the infamous 1944 Korematsu v. forced to live in while at Manzanar. After Uyama’s remarks, kato-kiriyama parents at the U.S. border. And the committee U.S. decision, the Supreme Court held that At the end of the “official” program, remarked on how “beautiful it was to hear supports Native Americans in their fight to the internment was justified out of “military everyone relocated to the cemetery where Japanese spoken here (at Manzanar)!” She said preserve their land, protect sacred places and necessity.” they gathered around the “Soul Consoling the incarceration at the camp had caused many have access to natural resources, as well as Many decades later, that rationale was Tower.” Surrounded by flowers and sounds in her family great pain, so much so that many African-Americans harmed by racial profiling. overturned by the 2018 Supreme Court, of prayers and chants, the interfaith closing of them completely rejected ever speaking “Manzanar should become a monument to ironically as the result of a decision in favor ceremony was assisted by Michelle Miyatake Japanese again or learning of Japanese culture. our core values of democracy and civil rights,” of President Donald Trump’s travel ban, which Kuruma, the granddaughter of Manzanar The Manzanar Committee’s Bruce Embrey, Embrey said. “Our message is simple: Speak places varying levels of restrictions on certain photographer Toyo Miyatake. son of Sue Kunitomi Embrey, one of the original out, demand equal justice under the law for foreign nationals from Chad, Iran, Libya, North It was another year and another reminder Pilgrimage organizers, echoed Furutani’s n everyone, no matter who they are or where Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen that Manzanar is truly “a sacred place.” comments that “for decades, no one spoke from entering the U.S. 8 May 10-30, 2019 COMMUNITY/COMMENTARY/NATIONAL YOUTUBER » continued from page 3 ‘I’ll never run out of topics because in every prefecture, there are topics.’

He shot his first videos with a the stories of everyday people and professional camera in 2003. Daub introducing their lives to the audien- was confident enough to launch his ce,” Daub continued. “Because that’s production company, and he secured not something that a tourist would be a contract to create comedy videos able to find out on their own. in English. That work got him into “And if I can enhance the experi- Japanese TV, and he started working ence of the viewer, I think it would at NHK World, the English-language resonate better with them than if PHOTO: ERIC KAWAMURA network, as a reporter. it’s just me eating something or if The Berkeley JACL chapter recognized its 2019 scholarship winners, grant awardees and Daub has dozens — hundreds of it’s me going and having an experi- individual honorees at its annual awards luncheon. Pictured (seated, from left) are Derrick hours — of videos already on You- ence,” Daub concluded. “I want to Chen, Amy Tsang, Jared Fukumae, Gemma Fa-Kaji, Keiko Masamori, Victoria Sakai and Delia Tube, but he’s not worried about connect with my audience through Ikeda (for Grant Ikeda) and standing (from left) are Mari Nakamura, Cubby Nakamura, Reiko finding new stories. other people and share their experi- Nabeta, Tara Umemoto, Neal Ouye, Luke Williams, Garrett Hill, Cole Huster, Brennen Norman “I’ll never run out of topics because ences together. And that’s probably and Shuji Kamita. in every prefecture, there are topics,” the way this channel evolves.” he said. There are 47 prefectures in Japan, and every prefecture has a Gil Asakawa is a former chair of story and a history, and in every pre- the Pacific Citizen Editorial Board fecture, there are hundreds of towns. and author of “Being Japanese BERKELEY JACL CHAPTER HOLDS “So, as much as I like to talk about American” (Second Edition, Stone recognized memorial scholarship food and talk about adventures and Bridge Press, 2015). He blogs at donors: the Beatrice Kono family tourism, the channel’s also about www.nikkeiview.com. AWARDS LUNCHEON (George Kono), the Terry Yamashita family (Reiko Nabeta), the Dan/ The chapter recognizes its scholarship, Kathleen Date family (Gail Ya- mamoto) and the George/Yoshimi SUCCESSION » continued from page 3 Pioneer, grants and Youth Leadership Nakamura family (Ken, Mari and awards recipients. Cubby Nakamura) Naruhito, 59, is the nation’s 126th government officials watched. “Since This year’s Pioneer Award recipient emperor, according to a palace count ascending the throne 30 years ago, was Neal Ouye, who was honored that historians say likely included I have performed my duties as the he Berkeley JACL chapter • Cole Huster (Berkeley High for his longtime service to the Ber- mythical figures until around the emperor with a deep sense of trust awarded scholarships to 12 School) will attend the Universi- keley chapter (past president, board 5th century. in and respect for the people, and I high school seniors, presented ty of Michigan as an undeclared member, newsletter editor) and for Palace watchers say Naruhito consider myself most fortunate to Tits Pioneer Award to Neal Ouye, bes- major; he also is the recipient of demonstrating the award’s purpose, might focus on global issues, have been able to do so. I sincerely towed grants to three organizations the Dan/Kathleen Date Memorial which is to recognize those with the including disaster prevention, water thank the people who accepted and and recognized the chapter’s first Scholarship. vision, compassion and energy to lay conservation and climate change, supported me in my role as the Youth Leadership Award recipient • Grant Ikeda (Livermore High a foundation for building a strong which could appeal to younger symbol of the state.” Tara Umemoto during its April 28 School) will attend Embry-Riddle Japanese American community, as Japanese, while also emulating his As he walked out of the room Awards Luncheon, which was held Aeronautical University and major well as linking past leaders with father’s focus on peace. following his speech, Akihito turned at the Richmond Country Club in in aerospace engineering; he is the future leaders. During his final address as emperor around, paused and bowed to the Richmond, Calif. recipient of the Terry Yamashita Also during the awards lunche- on April 30, Akihito concluded his audience. His reign ran through The chapter awarded scholarships Memorial Scholarship. on, grant awards were presented duties. midnight, when his son, Crown to 12 high school seniors in recogni- • Shuji Kamita (Ygnacio Valley to the Nikkei Student Union at the “Today, I am concluding my Prince Naruhito, who observed tion of their academic achievements, High School) will attend San Diego University of California, Berkeley, duties as the emperor,” he said as he Akihito’s abdication ceremony, community involvement, school State University as an undeclared for their assistance with attendance stood in front of the throne, as other became Japan’s new emperor, thus activities, work history, JACL invol- major; he is the recipient of the at the Manzanar Pilgrimage; the members of the royal family and top beginning a new era. n vement, written essay, letter of re- Bea Kono Memorial Scholarship. Oakland/Fukuoka Sister City Assn. commendation and group interview. • Keiko Masanori (Northgate High to enable Oakland public school Following are this year’s recipients: School) will attend the Universi- PHOTO: FACEBOOK children to participate in the 2019 ty of Nevada, Reno, as a nursing • Derrick Chen (Albany High Summer Asia Pacific Children’s major. School) will attend the Univer- Convention in Fukuoka; and the • Brennen Norman (El Cerrito sity of California, Santa Cruz, as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders High School) will attend the Uni- an undeclared major. Action Group to help defray costs for versity of California, Santa Cruz, • Gemma Fa-Kaji (Berkeley High participants and providers to attend as an undeclared major. School) will attend the University this educational conference to learn • Victoria Sakai (San Leandro of Southern California as a history more of the dangers of alcoholism to High School) will attend San Diego major. the fetus during pregnancy. State University as a business mar- • Jared Fukumae (Albany High And Tara Umemoto was presented keting major; she is the recipient of School) will attend California with the chapter’s initial Youth a scholarship sponsored by chapter State Polytechnic University, San Leadership Award to recognize her member Carolyn Adams. Luis Obispo, as an agricultural leadership in organizing and imple- • Amy Tsang (Albany High School) science major. menting key youth activities for the will attend Chabot College as an • Garrett Hill (Albany High Berkeley chapter. undeclared major. School) will attend California This year’s scholarship committee • Luke Williams (Albany High On January 2, 2018, Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, State Polytechnic University, Po- included Mark Fujikawa, Tiffany School) will attend the University Crown Prince Naruhito, Crown Princess Masako, Prince mona, and major in agricultural Ikeda, Vera Kawamura, Kana Ko- of California, Santa Cruz, as an Akishino, Princess Kiko, Princess Mako and other royal science; he also is the recipient of bayashi, Ryan Matsuda, Neal Ouye, environmental science major. family members welcomed the New Year in front of a crowd the George/Yoshimi Nakamura Al Satake, Sharron Sue and Chair that gathered at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo. Memorial Scholarship. In addition, the Berkeley chapter Ron Tanaka. n NATIONAL May 10-30, 2019 9 EDISON UNO — REDRESS HERO, A MINORITY OF ONE PHOTO: DENSHO DIGITAL REPOSITORY, THE JAMES G. LINDLEY COLLECTION Student As the JACL National Convention nears, here’s a look back body lead- on the ‘Father of Redress’ and his organizational connection. ers from Amache By JACL Convention Committee PHOTO: PACIFIC CITIZEN High School chapter president in JACL’s are shown he National JACL Convention held in history in 1950. He later at- here circa 1978 in Salt Lake City, Utah, at the tended UC Hastings College early 1940s. Little America Hotel — where this of Law in San Francisco, but Pictured Tyear’s National JACL Convention will also he had to withdraw because (far right) is be held from July 31-Aug. 4 — is where the of poor health. Edison Uno. Redress Movement really took shape. Uno suffered a stroke at It took 10 years of dedicated effort the age of 28 and was told before the passage of the Civil Liberties Act by a doctor that he would of 1988, which allowed redress for those not live past the age of 40. people of Japanese descent who were forcibly But Uno did not let his removed from their West Coast homes and health problems limit his in- unjustly incarcerated in American concentra- volvement, and he became a tion camps during World War II. champion for the cause of ci- Edison Uno in January 1974 Many younger JACL members do not vil rights and social justice. know much about the history behind the Uno was married to Rosa- Redress Movement. lind Kido, the daughter of Saburo Kido, the Salt Lake City, JACL adopted a resolu- The Redress Movement was actually be- wartime national president of the JACL. tion that called for redress payments of gun many years earlier. Largely considered Working long and hard to remedy the injus- $25,000 per individual and an apology by to be the “Father of Redress” was Edison tice that Japanese Americans faced when they Congress acknowledging the wrongdoing Uno, an activist and lecturer at San Francis- were forced into the mass incarceration in the caused by EO 9066. Uno was acknow- co State University. He spent and gave his American concentration camps, Uno wanted ledged for his devotion and dedication life working for civil liberties and equal jus- the government to pay a per diem amount to to the Redress Movement. tice. Uno had tried for years to gain support all those who had been unjustly imprisoned. Redress will be a topic at this year’s for the Redress Movement. The National JACL passed a resolution pro- National Convention, once again in Salt Uno was born in Los Angeles in 1929, one posed by Uno at its 1970 National Convention Lake City, and Uno will be remembered of nine siblings. Around the start of WWII, in Chicago to seek redress. However, not a lot for his pivotal role. he was a very young teenager. Uno’s oldest of progress was made, though President Gerald In 1985, National JACL posthumously brother worked for the Japanese Army Press R. Ford did issue Proclamation 4417, “An honored Uno’s work on behalf of the bureau before the war, and he had other American Promise,” on Feb. 19, 1976, which organization and all Americans by es- brothers who volunteered for the U.S. Army. rescinded Executive Order 9066. (Signed by tablishing the Edison Uno Civil Rights His father had been arrested by the FBI President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Feb. 19, Award, calling Uno “a strong and vocal after Pearl Harbor and was taken to the 1942, this order authorized the incarceration advocate of human and civil rights” and Crystal City Camp in Texas. However, Uno of Japanese Americans and people of Japanese “one of the first to call for the government and the rest of the family were incarcerated descent in American concentration camps to redress Japanese Americans for the at the Granada Camp in Colorado; Uno was located in desolate areas throughout the U.S.) wartime incarceration.” then transferred to Crystal City to reunite Uno regularly wrote a column called “A Edison Uno, a true American hero. with his father. Minority of One” for the Pacific Citizen Registration is now open for the Because of his oldest son’s activities in newspaper. Seeking redress and other issues 2019 JACL National Convention in Japan, Uno’s father was not released from of importance to Uno and civil rights were Salt Lake City. For details, please vi- the Crystal City camp until September 1947. not always popular. He stated that he often sit the JACL website at www.jacl.org. Since he did not want to abandon his father, felt like he was a minority of one in the work Uno remained in Crystal City even after that he did. He worked tirelessly for the sake the war had ended. When he finally left the of others. Edison Uno regularly wrote a column for the Pacific Crystal City Camp, the official in charge told Sadly, Uno suffered a heart attack on Citizen called “A Minority of One” and also contributed Uno that after 1,647 days in prison, he was Christmas Eve in 1976 and died at the age articles to the newspaper. Pictured is an article he the last American citizen to be released. of 47. He was not able to see the fruits of his wrote for the April 7, 1972, edition of the P.C., head- Uno returned to Los Angeles and joined labor with regard to the Redress Movement. lined, “Desert Wind, Sandstorm Thrash 700 Making the JACL in 1948. He became the youngest At the 1978 National JACL Convention in Manzanar Pilgrimage.”

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A co-production between Visual period Japanese woodblock prints) Foundation Exhibition Hall Communications and JANM, this to evoke dynamics of intergenera- CALENDARalso features imagery by American 11150 East Boulevard exhibition serves as a reminder — as tional trauma and healing, specifi- Price: Members are free; photographers Dorothea Lange and well as a call to action — of what can cally in the context of the Japanese NATIONAL Ansel Adams, alongside works by be accomplished when people unite American experience. Uranai refers Nonmembers $10; $8 Seniors and incarcerated Japanese American art- as a community with commitment. to the process of looking behind the Students; $5 Children 6-17. The 2019 JACL National Convention ists Toyo Miyatake and Mine Okubo. Info: Visit www.janm.org. curtain of the visible world for divine The veneration of deities called Salt Lake City, UT Combined with additional artifacts guidance. Her use of fabric, limbs kami has been a central feature of July 31-Aug. 4 made by camp survivors, historical ‘Proof of Loyalty: Kazuo Yamane and and cord express the fluidity of the Japanese culture for many centuries. Little America Hotel documents, videos and a wide array the Nisei Soldiers of Hawaii’ Film ancestral connection between past This exhibition introduces works 500 Main St. of cultural, curatorial and political and present. exemplifying kami worship from the programs, this exhibit illuminates Screening Save the date: Join JACL at its annual Los Angeles, CA Info: Visit http://www.oregonnikkei. Heian period (794-1185) through the this historical event from several org/exhibits.htm. Edo period (1615-1868). It takes a National Convention in Salt Lake vantage points. June 9-14 City! Registration is now open! Don’t thematic approach to understanding Info: Visit www.ThenTheyCame.org Downtown Independent Theater the artworks created to celebrate the miss this opportunity to connect with or email [email protected]. 251 S. Main St. JACLers from across the country as world of kami. This exhibition will be Times: TBD the organization continues its civil IDC presented in two rotations: Rotation rights advocacy mission. Eden Japanese Community Center This documentary from filmmakers 1 runs thru May 19; rotation 2 runs Info: Visit www.jacl.org. Annual Bazaar Lucy Ostrander and Don Sellers tells 47th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival from May 23-June 30. San Lorenzo, CA the true story of Kazuo Yamane and Denver, CO Info: Visit http://www.cleveland June 8, 1-7 p.m.; June 9, 11 a.m.- the loyalty of the Nisei soldiers from June 22, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; June 23, art.org/exhibitions/shinto-discovery- 6 p.m. Hawaii in World War II, despite facing 11 a.m.-4 p.m. divine-japanese-art. NCWNP Eden Japanese Community Center discrimination and incarceration, and Sakura Square how they overcame all adversity to 1947 Lawrence St. 10th Annual Sonoma County Matsuri! 710 Elgin St. serve with the greatest distinction Price: Free Japanese Arts Festival Price: Free in the U.S. military. Yamane entered EDC Santa Rosa, CA Don’t miss this annual bazaar fund- the U.S. Army just before the attack Co-presented by the Tri-State/Den- raiser that features Japanese food, ver Buddhist Temple and Sakura May 19; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Pearl Harbor and went on to Asia in America: Next Generation a raffle, bingo and carnival-type serve at the Pentagon, under Eisen- Foundation, the festival is a celebra- New York, NY Juilliard Park games for kids. It’s an event for the tion of Japanese/Japanese American 227 Santa Rosa Ave. hower in Europe and helped identify May 23; 7-10 p.m. whole family to enjoy! Popular food a secret document that would sig- culture, heritage and community. The Asia Society Price: Free festival will feature dancers, singers, includes BBQ teriyaki chicken and nificantly help America’s war in the 725 Park Ave. The Sonoma County Matsuri is host- rib dinner, sushi, udon, chicken curry musicians, martial arts and visual Pacific. “Proof of Loyalty” will also Price: $60 until May 1; $80 after ing its 10th annual Matsuri! Japa- and shave ice. screen with a special showing of the art demonstrations, as well as 40- Save the date for the 2019 edition of nese Arts Festival that will feature award-winning short film “American,” plus vendors selling crafts, jewelry, the Asia in America celebration! This Japanese arts and culture, including Japanese Cultural Fair featuring George Takei. clothing and more. 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Sumida, Misako, 94, San Francisco, .Toguchi, Beatrice, 100, Montebello, CA, Feb. 8; during WWII, her family CA, Jan. 27; she was predeceased and she were forcibly removed from by her husband, Masaru; she is their home and farm to be incarcer- survived by her children, Kenneth ated at the Gila River WRA Center (Connie) Toguchi, Ronald Togu- in AZ; she is survived by her sister, chi, Leslie (Ethel) Toguchi, Sharon Fujimoto, Barbara, 84, Las Vegas, (Raymond), David, Gregg and Susie; many nieces, nephews and other Kathryn Komure; sister-in-law, Fu- (Bert) Fujimori and Gordon Toguchi; NV, March 7; she is survived by her brother, Toru (Alice); gc: 4. relatives: gc: 3. sae Tanaka; she is also survived by brother, Masa (Helen) Nakamine; husband, Stanley; children, Kyle many nieces, nephews, grandnieces, gc: 5; ggc: 2. (Karen), Mas, Teri (Wade) Rasmus- Iwasa, Wilfred Koji, 94, Daly City, Nakagawa, Timothy Taro, 49, grandnephews and other releatives. sen and Mark; siblings, Stanley CA, March 9; during WWII, he served Torrance, CA, March 11; he is sur- (Elaine), Benjamin (Elmira) Fuku- in the Army’s Military Intelligence vived by his parents, George and Sunada, Thomas Mitsuji, 86, La moto and Karen (Leonard) Chun; Service; he is survived by his wife, Emma Hiroko Nakagawa; sisters, Habra, CA, Jan. 6; he is survived sister-in-law, Gail Fukumoto; gc: 4. Irene; daughters, Bessie (Richard), Miwa (Art Smalley) Nakagawa and by his wife, Muriel (Taeko); children, Carol (Clay) and Anne (Carlton); Yuri Nakagawa (Silvano) Anastasi; Mark (Masayuki) and Fay (Yukiko); Hashima, Yoko, 93, Los Angeles, gc: 3. he is also survived by four nieces. gc: 2. CA, Feb. 22; she was predeceased by her husband, Ryo; she is survived Kawaratani, Sadako, 92, Redondo Oto, Carl Shoichi, 60, Harbor City, Takeda, Tsugiko, 69, Fountain by her children, Edie Erumi (Rod) Beach, CA, Feb. 6; she is survived CA, Feb. 10; he was predeceased Valley, CA, Feb. 27; she was pre- Kubomoto, Mark Ichiro Hashima by her children, Glenn Kawaratani, by his daughter, Caitlin Oto; he is deceased by her son, Joe Takeda; and Arthur Tetsuro (Sachi) Hashima; Kay (Eiji) Masuyama, Dale (Cathy) survived by his parents, Ralph and brother, Tomohiro Maemura; she is brother, Frank (Kyoko) Mayeda; Kawaratani and Alan Kawaratani; Margaret Oto; siblings, Alan (Hazel), survived by her husband, Kazuto; sisters-in-law, Theresa Mayeda, siblings, Mabel Furuto and Bill Michael (Marcia) Oto and Patti (Da- siblings, Yoshimasa Maemura, Mune- Etsuko Igarashi and Miyeko Kawata; Kobayashi; gc: 3; ggc: 1.. vid) McNamara; he is also survived hiro (Akemi) Maemura and Eiko Tsuma, Medori Ned, 97, Los An- brothers-in-law, Ryoji Hashima and by a nephew, nieces and many other Yamamoto; gc: 3. geles, CA, Feb. 4; during WWII, he Ray (Utako) Hashima; gc: 5. Matsumoto, Sosei Shizuye, 103, relatives. was incarcerated at the Manzanar Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 21; she is WRA Center in CA, where he met his Hasuike, Sachiko, 98, Portland, OR, survived by her daughter, Karen Sakaguchi, Noboru, 89, Lomita, future wife, Carol; he was drafted in Feb. 14; she was predeceased by Matsumoto; gc: 1; ggc: 1. CA, Feb. 21; he is survived by his the Army and was stationed in Berlin her husband, Yoshio; she is survived wife, Ayako; children, Gail and Jon during the occupation of Germany; he by her children, Alan, Jeanne and Muraoka, Tom, 92, Sacramento, Sakaguchi; he is also survived by is survived by his daughter, Nadine Wendy; gc: 4. CA, Feb. 15; during WWII, his family many nieces, nephews and other (Steve); gc: 1. and he were incarcerated at the Tule relatives. Lake WRA Center in CA, from which Tsuchida, Kiwamu, 96, Bellevue, he was later drafted into the Army; Sato, Alice Sato, 83, Rosemead, WA, Feb. 28; during WWII, he was he is survived by his wife, Virginia; CA, Feb. 4; she is survived by her incarcerated at the Topaz WRA Cen- daughters, Sharen (Gary) Oshita and husband, Sachio; sons, Darryl Yoshio ter in UT, from which he enlisted in Julie (Sonny) Fong; sister, Carolyn and Douglas Kiyoshi (Janice) Sato; the Army, eventually serving under Guro; he is also survived by many sisters, Marion Nishimura and Doris Gen. Douglas MacArthur in the Philip- nieces, nephews, grandnieces and (Joe) Iwamura; brothers-in-law, Wil- Takeshita, Akira, 93, San Diego, pines and during the occupation of grandnephews; gc: 5. bur and Norman Sato; sister-in-law, CA, Feb. 4; during WWII, he was Japan; he was predeceased by his Jane (Herbert) Kimata; gc: 2. incarcerated at the Poston WRA wife, Tsune; siblings, Frank, Tak, Murray, Fujiko, 79, Colorado Center, where he met his future Shadow, Yukimi, Lola and Mae; Springs, CO, Feb. 24. Sato, Sam Saburo, 94, Idaho Falls, wife, Helen; an active JACLer, he he is survived by his children, Ted ID, March 3. coordinated annual JACL picnics (Judi), Dean (Kirie) and Carol (Cliff); Nakao, James Mitsuru, 91, Tor- and helped establish JACL bowl- brother, Ben; gc: 6; ggc: 3. Honda, Akira, 87, El Cerrito, CA, rance, CA, Feb. 5; he is survived Sawamura, Yoneko, 95, Los An- ing and basketball leagues; he was Feb. 5; he is survived by his wife, by his wife, Harumi; children, Jamie geles, CA, Feb. 27; she is survived predeceased by his wife; he is sur- Wada, Minoru, 103, Midway City, Kimi; children and step-children, (Kevin) Allen, Robin Nakao and by her brother, Lucky (Fumiko) vived by his children, Janet Endo, CA, Feb. 4; he is survived by his Alan (Judy), Blaine (Anna), Vivian Scott (Tracy Landers) Nakao; sister, Sawamura; she is also survived by Gary Takeshita, Gail Owashi, Rod wife, May; daughters, June Onodera Alice Noda; he is also survived by many nieces, nephews and other Takeshita and Eric Takeshita; gc: 6. and Irene (Frank) Sumi; gc: 5; ggc: 6. TRIBUTE relatives. Tanimura, Peggy Michi, 82, Seal MARTHA MASAO INOUYE Shibata, Shingo William, 76, Los Beach, CA, Feb. 17; she is survived Angeles, CA, Feb. 20; during WWII, by her children, Mark (Karen) Tan- ODE TO MARTHA he was born at the Santa Anita As- imura, Wes Tanimura and Susan I’ve never written an obituary before, and I sembly Center in Arcadia, CA; he was (Rudolf) Mueller; sisters, Arlene hope I never have to again. Regardless, I want predeceased by his brother, Robert; (Kenneth) Hayashida and Darlene everyone to know that the passing of my mother, he is survived by his wife, Keiko; Mano; she is also survived by many Martha Masao Inouye, marks the end of a life children, Aileen, Mitchell (Cynthia) nieces, nephews and other relatives. dedicated to giving. Whether it be playing organ and Katrina; gc: 2. in church, generating newsletters for nursing Tanno, Keiichi, 73, San Gabriel, homes, quilting for veterans, cooking Asian food Snyder, Hitoshi, 62, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 24; he is survived by his to benefit charitable organizations or creating a CA, Feb. 15; he is survived by his wife, Tatsuko; daughters Mutsuko myriad of unusual crafts, Mom kept busy giving wife, Sandra; sons, Blane (Aimee) (Lyle) Izumigawa, Nobuko and Aiko; of herself to improve the lives of others. and Blake (Caitlyn Park); siblings, mother, Hiroko Omiya; sisters, Tokie Yamauchi, Roy, 95, Santa Clara, She is survived by her youngest sister, Betty, Miyuki (Fred) Booth, Miwako (John) CA, Feb. 26; he is survived by his but she had two other sisters, Jane and Kay, (Manabu) Kobayashi and Tomiko Howard, Tadashi Snyder and Misora (Isao) Yagi,; he is also survived by wife of 64 years, Helen Sumiko; and a younger brother, Joseph, all preceding her in death. I can say with daughters, Judy Ertel, Diane, Miko certainty that our extended families will remain very close due to the bonding (Daniel) Baptista; he is also sur- nieces, nephews and other relatives. Muraoka (John), Linda Cline (Bob) of the Nishioka/Ogoshi clans. vived by nieces, nephews and other and Patti; gc: 5; ggc: 2. n She was the daughter of hearty immigrants from Japan. Her mother, relatives; gc: 5. Teruye, spoke very little English but managed to create a successful farm instilling the ethics of hard work into her children. As a loving mother and wife, Martha gave tirelessly of herself, giving us every opportunity to be successful in the small rural town of Shelley, Idaho. Her husband, Yukio PLACE A TRIBUTE ‘In Memoriam’ is a free (aka Eke), died in 1978. She had two sons, Yukio Jr. and Roscoe Joel, who listing that appears on a preceded her in death. Her remaining children are Candice Horikawa, a retired L.A. city attorney, and Lindsey, a nearly retired radiologist, both limited, space-available basis. living in Tucson, Ariz. Her grandchildren include Caroline, who gave birth Tributes honor your loved ones to Martha’s second great-grandson, Aiden Benjamin, on March 18, 2019, with text and photos and appear two days before Martha’s death. Benjamain Ross Inouye (deceased April in a timely manner at the rate of 12, 2018) and Michael Horikawa were her grandchildren as well. Michael $20/column inch. lives in Los Angeles with Martha’s first great-grandson, Nolan. We’d like to give special thanks to Janis Ogawa, Dawn and Steve Karns CONTACT: [email protected] and “Jude” for being so kind to Mom. Paying it forward. That’s what motivated Martha and will be her legacy. or call (213) 620-1767 ext. 104 12 May 10-30, 2019 COMMENTARY/IN-DEPTH REIMAGINE EVERYTHING TWENTY MILLION FAMILY CAREGIVERS PERFORMING COMPLEX MEDICAL/NURSING providing every day. They are largely alone and prepare these often forgotten members • Multicultural family caregivers are more in learning how to perform these tasks,” said of the health care team.” likely to experience strain and worry about Susan Reinhard, RN, PhD, senior vp and di- This study builds on the landmark Home making a mistake, regardless of income. rector for the AARP Public Policy Institute. Alone study, which was the first national look at • Caregiving is a cross-generational issue for “About half of family caregivers are worried how family caregivers are managing medical/ both women and men. about making a mistake. We need to do a lot nursing tasks, such as managing medications, • Social isolation compounds difficulties By Ron Mori more across the health care system — with changing dressings and other tasks in the home with complex care, across generations and providers and hospitals — to help support setting that are typically performed by trained cultural groups. f you are a caregiver, you are not alone. these family caregivers.” professionals in hospitals. • The CARE Act is now law in 42 states and You need to be aware of the latest family The Home Alone Revisited report found that Home Alone Revisited oversampled multicul- seems to be making a difference, but only caregiver survey findings from AARP. family caregivers are performing a variety of tural groups to ensure multicultural representa- 20 percent of family caregivers were given at IThe study found that half of the nation’s 40 complex nursing and medical tasks typically tion and investigated generational differences. least 24 hours’ notice of hospital discharge. million family caregivers are performing performed by trained health care professionals, Difficult tasks such as preparing special diets, Family caregivers often feel stressed about complicated medical/nursing tasks for their including: managing incontinence and dealing with pain performing these tasks and worry about ma- family members and friends, including giving • A majority (82 percent) manage medications. were explored in depth. king mistakes. The Home Alone Alliance is injections, preparing special diets, managing • Almost half (48 percent) prepare special Other major findings of Home Alone dedicated to creating solutions geared toward tube feedings and handling medical equipment, diets. Revisited include: supporting family caregivers performing these according to a new Home Alone Revisited re- • Half (51 percent) assist with canes, walkers • Family caregivers are largely on their own complex tasks. port. In addition, 70 percent of these caregivers or other mobility devices. in learning how to perform medical/nursing For helpful videos and resource guides on are dealing with the stress of managing pain • Over a third (37 percent) deal with wound tasks such as managing incontinence and a variety of topics ranging from incontinence relief in the midst of a national opioid crisis. care. preparing special diets. to wound care, visit https://www.aarp.org/ppi/ Home Alone Revisited: Family Caregivers • One third (30 percent) manage incontinence. • Most family caregivers who perform initiatives/home-alone-alliance/. Providing Complex Care is a special report medical/nursing tasks feel they have no from the Founders of the Home Alone Al- “Family caregivers are the linchpin in our health care system, particularly for older choice. Ron Mori is a member of the Washington, liance (AARP, United Hospital Fund, Family • Seven out of 10 family caregivers performing D.C., JACL chapter and manager of Caregiver Alliance and UC Davis-Betty Irene adults,” said Rani E. Snyder, program director at the John A. Hartford Foundation. “This medical/nursing tasks face the practical and community, states and national affairs — Moore School of Nursing). With funding from emotional burden of managing pain. multicultural leadership for AARP. the John A. Hartford Foundation to the AARP study shines new light on the diversity of Foundation, the study took an in-depth look at family caregivers performing complex tasks the specific medical/nursing tasks that family — from men to millennials to multicultural caregivers provide to loved ones. populations — and is a rallying cry for an “This report shows the extent of complex all-hands-on-deck approach to creating age- tasks that millions of family caregivers are friendly health systems that better support

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