SAN JOSE — It’s a brand new form of Japanese dance in the U.S. that its members describe as like a whirlpool, although it could also be likened to a colorful undulating cloud, accompanied by the ...

Every time Jeff Enkoji tells his players he’s thinking of quitting as coach of the Florin Baseball Team in Sacramento because he’s been around for so long, the players loudly protest and force him to ...

One of the more difficult questions historian are asked is not about history itself, but their work as historians: “Why do you write about this topic?” Of course, like other people who study history, ...

Kenji Oshima coaches people who are suffering with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and he also teaches Buddhism (Dharma). Both methods of helping ...

The Sacramento Hiroshima Nikkeijin Kai held a special memorial service on Aug. 2 to honor the 140,000 people killed in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Mary Ann Miyao planned the program for this Buddhist ...

One of most divisive chapters of the Japanese American incarceration is the story of Tule Lake. While established as a traditional War Relocation Authority camp, it was declared a “segregation center” ...

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Michael Bruce Okagaki died much as he lived: stoic and calm; caring and deeply introspective; wickedly funny yet unfailingly courteous; at peace with himself and his loved ones; and concerned most of ...

SAN FRANCISCO — SFIAF and CTN are pleased to present the San Francisco debut of the world renowned master of Taiko drumming, Eitetsu Hayashi, along with his ensemble Eitetsu Fu-Un no Kai at 8 p.m., on ...

The Japanese women who met and married American servicemen on occupation duty in Japan after the close of World War II faced duel heartbreaks, ostracized by their own countrymen, and then migrating to ...

Jim Morita a concentration camp survivor of World War II was old enough at the time to see the impact imprisonment made on the inmates. The heartbreak among the older prisoners was evident. “I could ...

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