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“Jazzed about the Future” Harold Taniguchi said goodbye to a 35-year career in public service at the end of 2018. The longtime Director of Transportation …
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Human life – indeed all life – is poetry. It’s we who live it, unconsciously, day by day, like scenes in a play, yet in …
For this month’s column, opening us into a whole new year, I’m so happy to feature healer and artist kyoko nakamaru and filmmaker Tani Ikeda, …
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “You Are Here...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Earlier in the year, I had a bit part in Cal State University Dominguez Hills’ program “And Then They Came for Us … ,” held …
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In a sharp black tuxedo and matching bowtie, Chris Tashima takes the stage at the 1998 Academy Awards. His small gold earring sparkles. His jet-black …
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I was born in Japan. My birth name is Murase Ichiro [村瀬一郎]. My obaachan proposed “Ichiro”—a name not uncommon for a first-born male, but she …
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