From the Suburban Optimist Club of Buena Park.

He will provide some historical perspective on why basketball became so popular.contact the JCCCNC at https://bit.

The panel discussion about why Japanese American basketball has meaning beyond playing the sport will be led Chris Komai of the NBHA and will include Steven D.She still plays for the San Francisco Drakes and coaches an Ardenette youth team with Patricia Lee.Our Nisei parents organized it and funded it so we would have the opportunity to play with other Japanese American kids.

NBHA has recruited Japanese American basketball coaches to develop a coaching curriculum to help parents and volunteers better understand how to guide children and teenagers with age-appropriate basketball instruction.many participants today seem to view this activity solely as a means to become more skilled at the sport.

(Courtesy Nikkei Bsketball Heritage Assn.

For almost a century basketball has been a part of Japanese American community culture.Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) issued the following statement: Im overjoyed to congratulate Judge Kenly Kiya Kato on her confirmation to the U.

she represented hundreds of clients charged with a broad range of federal offenses.She handled all aspects of criminal proceedings.

“We are delighted that Judge Kato will now be a district judge of this court.Kato is a Los Angeles native whose parents were among the thousands of Japanese Americans incarcerated during World War II.