ending with their enthusiastic and moving rendition of Kibo (hope in Japanese).

our first time since years before the pandemic.The names on the JA War Memorial Court are silent witnesses to the folly of war.

Richard has done that for so many of us.On Memorial Day its too easy for those of us who never served to just forget about the veterans as we plan our barbecues or long weekends.000+ Japanese Americans who were on the West Coast at the time.

Not many of us have the kind of hand that life dealt to Uncle Richard and yet he has been so determined to make the most of it.This year was the first in a long time that I didnt make it to a Memorial Day event — in our case.

1955 he was the navigator on a B-57 flying near Washington.

He got engaged to Teri before shipping out.Achieving an underground route for the Metro Regional Connector Transit project in 2011.

the neighborhoods identity is continuously and chronically threatened.urban renewal in the 1970s and threats of gentrification and displacement that has been on the rise for over two decades.

Little Tokyo has endured over a century of adversities.celebrates 25 years of protecting.