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Samuel Nakamura will discuss his book “Nurse of Manzanar” on Saturday, March 13, at 2 p.m. at the Asian Community Center-Park City, 7375 Park City Dr. in Sacramento.
The book is based on a lost manuscript by Toshiko Eto Nakamura, who was a registered nurse when World War II broke out. Samuel Nakamura, her only son, discovered the manuscript after his mother’s death in 1994.
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By J.K. Yamamoto
A true story that has been a legend in Japan for seven decades is being brought to American audiences in “Hachi: A Dog’s Tale,” which is being released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 9.
Hachiko, an Akita dog, belonged to Hidesaburo Ueno, a professor at the University of Tokyo. From 1924 to 1925, Hachiko saw his master off at the front door and greeted him at the end of the day at nearby Shibuya Station. This daily routine came to an abrupt end with the professor died of a stroke at the university.
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By J.K. Yamamoto
NikkeiWest has introduced a new feature, “Jack’s Corner” by Jack Matsuoka, which offers the local cartoonist’s take on sports and politics.
“Jack’s Corner” previously graced the pages of the Hokubei Mainichi, whose last issue was printed on Oct. 30, 2009. By sheer coincidence, Matsuoka — a cartoonist for the Hokubei since the 1960s – mailed a couple of cartoons that arrived at the Hokubei office just in time for that final issue.
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By J.K. Yamamoto
BERKELEY—Bay Area filmmaker Steven Okazaki has tackled a variety of tough subjects in his documentaries — the internment of Japanese Americans, the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, hate crimes, heroin addiction, AIDS.
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