LinkedIn listed a Junko Hanafusa as a staff accounting manager at GK Management Co.

starting simple was the best approach.Her advice for aspiring cartoonists.

from his earliest days of awareness.I look at my cartoons as a way to just kind of bring a smile — just as simple as that.So Im really grateful to do the two things Ive always had a love for!Muranaka is senior editor of Little Tokyos The Rafu Shimpo daily newspaper and a cartoonist for The Hawaii Herald and Rafu Shimpo.

I really believe in the power of the place.and reconnect with him and with cartooning.

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and then coming back working at The Rafu Shimpo in Little Tokyo.from left) Gardena Mayor Tasha Cerda.

Gold sponsor of the event was Kamiya Insurance Agency.Lion dancers performed on stage and also interacted with the audience.

a long-time board member and committee chairperson.was performed by Tamagusuku Ryu Kansen Atae no Kai.