We Rafu Shimpo reporters and photographers have covered the atomic bombings and their impacts in some ways as a local story.

George Kondo (from San Francisco).with four of the five Japanese American members then in Congress.

Ronald Ikejiri served as JACLs Washington representative from 1978 to 1984.Karl Nobuyuki represents the energy and momentum of the 1970s Sansei in the movement to right the constitutional and emotional wrongs because of Executive Order 9066.opening a hole in the scrimmage line so that we can help the Nikkei members of Congress score legislative touchdowns.

After I accepted the appointment as the Washington representative.Little did I know at the age of 30 that Karl had given me the opportunity to have the most rewarding and consequential job that I was to ever have in my life.

Karl promised me that if I accepted the position.

and it was at this meeting that the first steps toward redress began with the consensus to push for congressional legislation for the creation of a commission to study the wartime relocation and internment of Americans of Japanese ancestry.He and his wife raise the girl.

will leave a deep and lasting impression on the audience.resonating with American audiences.

and the symbolic story of Kaguya-himes return to the moon.a brilliant light envelops the house.