Hiroshima 75 Years Later: An Interview with Survivor Setsuko Thurlow
By Kelly Fleck At 13 years old, Setsuko Thurlow, the youngest of seven children, organized her school paper and liked to read books recommended by her older brother, play the organ with her mother and...
View ArticleJapanese Traditional Colors ~SANSEI JOURNAL
By David Yamaguchi The North American Post The level of art education in Japan has long been above that in the United States. Most recently, we saw this in the watercolors of A-bomb survivor Rikuko...
View ArticleSeattle JACL 100th Anniversary
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post The Seattle Japanese American Citizens League marks its 100th anniversary this month. To commemorate the centennial, the chapter developed a set of nine...
View Article‘Tadaima 2021’ Revisited
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post Since the last issue, the schedule of events for the Japanese American Memorial Pilgrimages “Tadaima 2021” program has been greatly expanded. Recall that the...
View ArticleQuiet Warriors Takashi Matsui
By Mikiko Amagai, For The North American Post “They say, ‘History is written by the winners.’ Well, it’s not fair to try only the losers. What about the ones who dropped an A-bomb and killed hundreds...
View ArticleHiroshima 75 Years Later: An Interview with Survivor Setsuko Thurlow, Part 2
By Kelly Fleck Ed. — This article continues from the August 27th issue, where a 13-year-old Setsuko and her parents miraculously survive the atomic bombing, and she vows to dedicate her life to...
View ArticleOh No! It’s Time for Noh! ~SANSEI JOURNAL
By David Yamaguchi The North American Post Okuyama ni momiji fumiwake naku shika no koe kiku toki zo aki wa kanashiki Deep in the mountains, striding through tinted leaves, a stag calls out — and oh,...
View ArticleUnusual Engagements ~TOUGH TOFU
By Deems Tsutakawa For The North American Post A couple years ago, I ran into Clarence Moriwaki at a fundraiser and he told me a funny story about having been a DJ at a gig that was a country and...
View ArticleRon Chew on the NAP & Child Prisoner ~ BOOKS
Ron Chew on the NAP By N.A.P. “One newspaper serving Japanese Americans was the North American Post. There had been several others, but they all vanished before I entered the profession. The Post was...
View ArticleRevisiting Japanese-American Incarceration History in the Face of Rising...
By Blair Khanal, For The North American Post A Story All Too Familiar “It’s a story that keeps on repeating itself,” said John Baule – archivist and director emeritus at the Yakima Valley Museum –...
View ArticleKeiro Building to Shelter Homeless
On Thursday, September 17, Africatown Community Home at Keiro held the first of three weekly community Zoom meetings. The meeting was attended by more than 60 people, including about ten staff and 12...
View ArticleRegarding City of Seattle funding for the proposed enhanced shelter to be...
Good afternoon Mr. Mundt: I’m writing today regarding City of Seattle funding for the proposed enhanced shelter to be operated by Africatown at the former Keiro Nursing Home site. I’m dismayed to...
View ArticleMinidoka ‘Lava Ridge Wind Farm’
By N.A.P. The Minidoka National Historic Site (NHS), Idaho, is facing a new threat. An open letter from Wade Vagias, Superintendent, Minidoka NHS, describes it, as excerpted below: “September 12, 2021...
View ArticleThe Wakasa Monument, Topaz, Utah
Letter to the Editor Editor’s note. Background on the Wakasa Monument, the subject of the letter below, appears on page 5. The letter has been edited for brevity and clarity. [Sep 6] To All Concerned,...
View ArticleMama’s Garden~JCCCW’s Omoide
By Mary Abo, For The North American Post My mother’s favorite place in the whole world was her garden, surrounding our home on a hill and covering about one acre in Juneau, Alaska. We called it “Mama’s...
View ArticleThe Power of Place: James Hatsuaki Wakasa and the Persistence of Memory, Part...
By Jeff Burton and Mary M. Farrell July 4, 2021 Seventy-eight years ago, James Hatsuaki Wakasa was shot and killed while walking his dog in the Utah desert. In a finding that would sound all too...
View ArticleBOOKS ‘My Unforgotten Seattle’
By Geraldine Shu, For The North American Post Many of us grew up around the same time and place as Ron Chew, former editor of the International Examiner and former director of the Wing Luke Museum. We...
View ArticleAre Your Loved Ones Prepared To Be Caregivers? ~MONEY TALK
By Chiaki Hirate Once you’re retired and your children are grown, they are likely “off the books,” as far as your financial responsibility for them is concerned. Yet, you’re probably still prepared to...
View ArticleMuseum of Flight and Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum Sign Partnership...
Seattle’s Museum of Flight and Japan’s Gifu-Kakamigahara Air and Space Museum signed a Partnership Agreement during a live virtual ceremony on Sept 14. The event was closed to the public but open to...
View ArticleAfricatown Community Home at Keiro Update
By David Yamaguchi, The North American Post The most significant Japanese community news story of late has been that of the former Keiro Northwest Nursing Home property being acquired by Africatown...
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