their lives were again upended in the 1960s/1970s.

My mind was only focused on “the dance.I was determined to learn the Kashiwa Odori so I could best represent the City of Torrance at the Welcome and Sayonara Dinners.

I’ve had the good fortune of visiting Japan many times.As the Nikkei member of the City Council.along with the mayor and the City Council.

”———Jon Kaji is a member of the Torrance City Council and president of Kaji Associates.I would be dancing just ahead of him.

and did my best to mimic the dance moves of the odori sensei that night.

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Several events are being held in Japantown in conjunction with APEC.The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California in San Francisco hosted Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa on Monday for a roundtable discussion with Japantown and other cultural leaders in the larger Japanese American community.

an intergovernmental forum for 21 member economies in the Pacific Rim.Kamikawa was in San Francisco for a meeting of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation).