Monthly Archives: December 2009

Sin Nombre, Momotaro, and the Far East Movement

Posted on December 29, 2009 | Leave a comment

San Joaquin County’s Japanese American residents are shocked to find out that they were secretly investigated during World War II . . .

. . . but many universities are trying to make amends for their actions during the war.

Jazz meets Momotaro.

Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre is named one of the best movies of the year by the New Jersey Star-Ledger.

The hard-fought rise of the Far East Movement.

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Posted in Entertainment, Japanese American internment, Music

A World War II-themed post

Posted on December 22, 2009 | Leave a comment

Looking back at how classic comic books portrayed interment.

In 2010, the Smithsonian American Art Museum will display arts and crafts made by Japanese Americans during World War II.

The Turlock assembly center gets memorialized.

A look into the Heart Mountain interpretation center.

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Posted in 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, Art, Japanese American internment

Food, college degrees, and a little Deerhoof

Posted on December 16, 2009 | Leave a comment

The news articles, two college degrees, two intriguing stories.

The city of Roseville erects a monument to honor local Japanese Americans who fought in World War II (with audio).

Linda Yee, a Sedona resident, talks about internment at a local middle school.

The “Sundays with Marlena” crew explains how food can bring people of different ethnicities and backgrounds together.

Satomi Matsuzaki, a Japanese American singer for the eccentric San Francisco-based band known as Deerhoof, describes what it is like to play at the ten-year-anniversary of the popular All Tomorrow’s Parties music festival.

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Posted in 100th Infantry Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team, Education, Entertainment, Food, Japanese American internment

New issue in stores now!

Posted on December 8, 2009 | Leave a comment

The new issue of the Hawaii Herald is in stores now.

Find out about UH Rainbow baseball announcer Don Robbs’ unique trip to Japan . . .

Also, read about the journey of author Jon Shirota as he wrote his popular novel “Lucky Come Hawaii,” which will be staged as a play in Okinawa and Japan in 2010 . . .

Plus, the last column by long-time contributor Reiki Nakama Tom, another installment of our Coming of Age series, and much, much more!

The Herald is available at Borders Books and Music in Kaneohe, Waikele Center and Victoria Ward Center; Best Sellers in downtown Honolulu; Shirokiya; the Kahala, Kaimuki, McCully, Waimalu and Waipahu Times Super Markets; and the Hawaii Hochi Office building located at:

917 Kokea St.
Honolulu, HI 96817

We can also be reached by phone at 808-845-2255.

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Posted in Updates

Revenge of the Ninja, tea in Vermont, and an internment grant

Posted on December 2, 2009 | Leave a comment

Internment sites get some help from a National Park Service grant.

Celebrating with a Japanese tea ceremony in Vermont.

Barrett Rainey, a semi-retired journalist, remembers the internment years – and hopes to remind everyone that we should not make the same mistakes again.

“A True Story: The Japanese American Internment of World War II” will be presented at the Sedona Heritage Museum next week.

Kung-Fu Cinema looks back at a martial arts (and very violent) classic: 1983′s Revenge of the Ninja, starring Sho Kosugi, who is also in the new (and unrelated) martial arts movie Ninja Assassin.

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Posted in Entertainment, Japanese American internment, Politics