YAMAMOTORafu Staff WriterA service commemorating the 79th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was held on Aug.

This first phase was done to avoid having chunks of rice fly in all directions.For those like myself who are unfamiliar with the word.

The rice was first mashed together by using the heads of the large wooden mallets to form a glob.for those of Japanese heritage.I now have to agree with our friend Julie Hasuike.

a batch of steamed rice was poured into the usu (a large.the team from the Japanese American National Museum wield their mallets to pound rice.

the Orange County-based group of civic-minded volunteers and philanthropists who provide activities and services in the region.

400 people attended the festivities.Archivist Shogans directives are a betrayal to the Japanese Americans who have relied upon the National Archives.

The National Archives cannot be an institution with weak leadership that will bow to racist calls for the erasure of Japanese American history; otherwise.instructed employees to erase references to Japanese American incarceration from educational materials.

000 people simply because of their race.Excluding our stories from the National Archives excludes us from American history.