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Rare Act of Kindness: Go for Broke and Monterey JACL to Host WWII Japanese American Experience Exhibit
Oct 9, 2018By John Sammon It was a rare act of decency, and has been largely unknown until now. Monterey has the unique distinction of being one of the very few communities to welcome back Japanese Americans returning... -
Woman’s Artistry Brings Characters to Life and Delight to Children
Oct 9, 2018By John Sammon Emeryville — Bryn Imagire has the rare opportunity and artistic ability to transform what begins simply as an idea, a conception, into an animation art form bringing characters to life that delight millions... -
Cal League Baseball Elects Sakata to Hall of Fame
Jul 26, 2018By John Sammon HONOLULU – The kind of dedication, determination and commitment that propelled Lenn Sakata into the Big Leagues as a baseball player and then later to become the winningest manager in the history of... -
Love of the Game Propels Bay Area Man into Basketball Big Time
Jul 26, 2018By John Sammon It’s an incongruous sight, five-foot-four-inch Kyle Nishimoto on a basketball court craning his neck all the way back, looking up, to advise a player towering over him who is seven feet tall. But... -
Jimi Yamaichi, WWII Resister and ‘Soul and Conscience’ of Tule Lake Pilgrimage, Dies at 95
May 19, 2018Jimi Yamaichi — carpenter, World War II draft resister, Tule Lake Committee member, co-founder of the Japanese American Museum of San Jose and community leader — passed away at his San Jose home on May 12.... -
PBS Film to Chronicle WWII Freedom Loss for Valley Japanese Americans
Mar 19, 2018By John Sammon A new Valley PBS film titled “Silent Sacrifice, The Story of Japanese American Incarceration in California’s San Joaquin Valley and Beyond” will be a documentary like no other, recreating the moments, the... -
Artist Gains Recognition Designing Works for Alameda Buddhist Church Events
Mar 19, 2018By John Sammon Chris Shinya Tomine’s recognition as an artist started as a simple request, being asked to create posters publicizing annual events held at the Alameda Buddhist Church. The posters did their job and attracted... -
Historic Tofu House Readies to Close Shop
Jan 8, 2018By John Sammon — SAN JOSE – After 71 years as a fixture in San Jose’s Japantown the San Jose Tofu Company is closing its doors at the end of this month—- to the consternation of... -
Friendship Unbroken by War to be featured on PBS
Jan 8, 2018By John Sammon — It was a friendship that couldn’t be broken, not by a world war, not by injustice and racial prejudice, not even by a separation that lasted for decades. “I think the most... -
New Film Explores Origins of the Famed 442nd
Nov 4, 2017By John Sammon It is quite a paradox that the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, one of the most famous U.S. Army units of World War II, is known by so few, and even those who...