Tag: apa
group name: japanophiles
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July 09, 2007 01:44 AM EDT --
For most people -- but I think especially for Japanese Americans, who tend to come from very defined communities bound together by geographic roots, generational branchings and, for many, the shared trauma . . . more
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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. . . . more
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September 10, 2006 09:56 AM EDT --
This was a blog post that I wrote for Denverpost.com in 2005, when I managed that Web site (I now live and work in Jersey City, NJ). I traveled there with my mom for only the third time since my . . . more
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December 19, 2006 02:38 AM EST --
My wife Erin and I attended a networking event tonight of a new organization forming in Denver, the Colorado Chapter of the National Association of Asian American Professionals, and had a great time with . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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, . . . more
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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 . . . more
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September 09, 2006 09:01 PM EDT --
Food might be the cultural constant of the Japanese American community, even generations down the line, but language is the most important.
Without the ability to speak Japanese, we can't communicate . . . more
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June 27, 2007 01:06 AM EDT --
We spent some time at the Sakura Matsuri, or Cherry Blossom Festival, in downtown Denver's Sakura Square this past weekend. It was a good chance to catch up with old friends and we ended up filling . . . more
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June 27, 2007 01:00 AM EDT --
Way back in May, I didn't write about it, but I should have. In one week during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the character played by Masi Oka in the terrific series "Heroes" helped . . . more
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September 21, 2007 02:55 PM EDT --
Monday, Sept. 17
This day was one of discovery about my family. It began with my cousin Aileen Moriwake guiding us to the apartment of my Aunt Mary Asakawa and my cousin Keith, who's probably around . . . more
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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. . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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September 20, 2007 11:41 PM EDT --
Sunday, Sept. 16
The Hanzawa-Sakuma family reunion was a Sunday brunch, held at a restaurant on Shafter Army Base in Honolulu. Because she was one of the organizing committee members, Laura had to get . . . more
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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 . . . more
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September 18, 2007 02:54 PM EDT --
Saturday, September 15
Yesterday was a long day, and a preview of today's reunion.
We started with the relaxed morning of papaya and conversation with Laura, but eventually moved on to the day's . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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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 . . . more
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