Tag: ja
member name: gil asakawa
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September 27, 2006 07:50 PM EDT --
Iva Toguri D'Aquino died Sept. 26, at age 90, in Chicago. You might not know her, or remember her today, but she was a victim of circumstance who was once one of the most hated women in the United . . .
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December 07, 2006 11:57 AM EST --
I grew up being apprehensive every December 7. I'm Japanese American, and was born long after Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941, but for a long time I felt an inescapable sense of responsibility . . .
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July 09, 2007 01:52 AM EDT --
Two news items worth noting, although one is kinda old already:
First Burger King has announced that in Hawaii, they're selling a new item, a Spam Platter -- two slices of Spam nestled between white . . .
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September 09, 2006 07:54 PM EDT --
NOTE: This is an excerpt from the first chapter of my book, "Being Japanese American," which was published in 2004 by Stone Bridge Press. It's about the history and culture of Japanese Americans. . . .
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September 09, 2006 08:30 PM EDT --
Makoto Iwamatsu died in July at the age of 72, of esophageal cancer. It's a huge loss to Asian Americans.
If you know him at all, you probably know him better as simply Mako, the Japanese actor, . . .
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November 18, 2007 06:01 PM EST --
Bill Hosokawa in 2005, sitting next to a caricature at the Denver Press Club
Bill Hosokawa died of natural causes at age 92 in Sequim, Washington, where he lived with his daughter. . . .
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February 10, 2008 06:41 PM EST --
Hot stuff: Orochon Ramen lets you choose your level of heat. I opted for #3 and it was pretty damned warm.
When Erin and I were in LA last month, we ate dinner with her cousin Lisa . . .
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September 09, 2006 08:35 PM EDT --
The scene was surreal: I was part of a bon odori dance in the middle of the countryside, with a couple of hundred spectators -- mostly local Caucasian farm families, along with some Hispanic and African . . .
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October 05, 2006 02:21 PM EDT --
Audrey Hepburn, one of the great, classic actresses of Hollywood of the '50s and '60s, may have died in 1993, but she's alive and well in American pop culture.
Her name, and the 1961 . . .
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November 18, 2007 10:47 PM EST --
Members of the Grateful Crane Ensemble's "Moonlight Serenaders" in "The Camp Dance: The Music & The Memories," include (front row) Keiko Kawashima and Jason . . .
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October 11, 2006 09:34 AM EDT --
These columns, about the search for my family roots and my father's hidden past, were originally written and posted online during October and November, 1998 on my Nikkeiview.com site. Because they're . . .
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September 24, 2007 09:14 AM EDT --
Tuesday, Sept. 18
We spent the day with Regine, Laura's twin sister, and the evening with Laura and John. She lives just a few minutes away in the older section of Mililani, land of rusty dirt. She . . .
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September 27, 2007 05:19 PM EDT --
Wednesday, Sept. 19
It was sad leaving Laura and John's in Mililani – it's a beautiful and comfortable home, and they were so gracious and generous, it felt like we've known them all . . .
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September 30, 2007 11:54 PM EDT --
Thursday, Sept. 20
This was a food and friendship day. We got up and had a leisurely morning, hanging around Richela's condo. Then Erin and I drove past downtown to meet up with Bill Rose, one of . . .
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October 14, 2007 03:21 PM EDT --
Friday, Sept. 21
Another big food day. We're eating our way across Oahu.
It was also a day of hunting history.
We began the day with Richela, who joined us in a drive downtown to the Japanese Cultural . . .
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October 14, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
Sat. Sept. 22
It's our last day in Honolulu, but we're now slowing down. It's jam-packed, with a trip to the fabled Flea Market that Erin has been raving about since we've been planning . . .
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