(Photo by Peter Schaaf)Maestro Ozawa also founded the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Opera Project in 2000 and the Seiji Ozawa Music Academy Orchestra Project in 2009.

after a six-month course of study.YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo)Nishio decided to stop the treatments he had been undergoing for his cancer.

(MARIO GERSHOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo)Rafu Staff ReportAlan Takeshi Nishio passed away on Dec.Thereafter he returned to the U.Alan went into hospice care in February of this year; his doctors thought that he might have 2-3 months.

The audience gave him a raised-fist salute in honor of his 60s activism and Helen Ota.the only linguistically accessible services of their kind offered in the region.

As a leader of the Little Tokyo Peoples Rights Organization (LTPRO).

It is anticipated that the event will continue in his memory.The Snow Woman and Other Yokai Tales is his first work to be published in English.

was featured in the film Ghost Dog by director Jim Jarmusch.compiled and edited by award-winning author Noboru Wada.

In addition to anti-war and anti-discrimination children’s books.a teacher of Japanese language and social studies.