Sugi remained an outspoken supporter for the Americanization of the Nisei.

The letter followed a series published by The Rafu that investigated the Kajima Corporations use of enslaved laborers in China during World War II and the companys firing of workers from the New Ohtani Hotel for going on strike in 1996.We should celebrate Shinkichi Tajiri as one of the great Asian American artists of his generation.

and after recuperating in an Army hospital near Rome.As he explained: Art today is so complicated.to commemorate his 100th birthday.

Shinkichi constructed an iron knot sculpture for the town of Bruyères.was the first photographer editor for Playboy magazine.

government at Poston concentration camp in Arizona.

Yet he never severed away his American identity; he kept his American citizenship.in a racially motivated attack.

Gay Yuen will speak at the event.former regional director of the U.

and parking can be found throughout the neighborhood streets.Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz.