A freelance writer active in Little Tokyo for over five decades.

Monterey Park community members including Terry and Ryoko Suzuki had helped establish the Monterey Park-Nachikatsuura Sister City Association.high school students from Monterey Park and Nachikatsuura.

The students began their 11-day trip by attending the World Expo in Osaka.Monterey Park Mayor Pro Tem Elizabeth Yang.Atsuko Fisher (Japan Liaison).

Student Ambassadors Riley Beightler and Hannah Ng.The student exchange program helps to strengthen the goodwill between the cities and provides youth the opportunity to learn and understand the customs and cultures of other countries.

Hannah and I couldnt ever have imagined traveling halfway around the world.

where they interacted with students and experienced life as typical Japanese high-schoolers.also because he was one of the guys who had played high school football.

The elder Fujita was born at the Gila River War Relocation Center in Arizona.a relatively large teenager named George Yoshinaga.

The film tells the story of how families at the 10 wartime incarceration camps dealt with their imprisonmentA few California favorites are in the mix: Randys in Inglewood.