After finishing his training for the day.

or maybe they knew the characters in Speed Racer.and being able to tell our story to a worldwide audience is something thats huge for me.

thanks mostly to the Internet.that would not have existed in Japan at the time.(Katie Yu/FX)It had my interest right away.

(Katie Yu/FX)By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS.psychological and emotional web that finds this region of Japan on a headlong course toward civil war.

Sanada said it was prohibitively difficult to find suitable areas to shoot a samurai movie in Japan that werent littered with the trappings of 21st-century living.

because wasnt sure if they were just trying to remake the same story.not only this school but other schools.

The special event was held as part of Read Across America.The adults who came to observe the students came away impressed by their Nihongo skills.

Multilingual/Multicultural Magnet.Japanese immersion or partial-immersion programs are also offered at Nora Sterry Elementary in West L.