Either grappling with their own family history and trauma (‘Blue Garden) or finding themselves responsible for telling this history despite not having familial ties (‘Omoiyari).

6% from the same period last year.Yukikazu Nagashima was The Rafu Shimpos Japanese section editor in 2005 when the monument was installed.

known for publishing a magazine containing works by Issei poets and authors prominent in that era.The original plan called for installing the monument at JACCC.The stone is inscribed with the poem The Sea Shines by Bunichi Kagawa

(Photo courtesy JCCCNC) Articles for you@media ( min-width: 300px ){.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.This lingering risk of COVID.

Kogi Sayama served as a mentor to me and interpreter in reaching out and meeting with the local Issei community leaders whose blessings were important to gain community acceptance of our new organization.Without the volunteers there would not have been a GPP.

After more than 50 years of operation.coordinating and carrying out all the events.