| 29 Mar 2008 |
Community Mustn't Be Co-opted
Dear Editor: I attended a community meeting on the Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan on 18 March 2008. I came away from that meeting believing that the Japanese community in San Francisco...
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| 8 Mar 2008 |
Japantown Community Meeting a Sham
Editor: The Feb. 12 Japantown Better Neighborhood Plan community meeting was clearly a sham. The city planners and consultants had us play a “game.” There were 15-16 tables with...
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| 7 Feb 2008 |
A New Voice
Dear Editor: There are two firsts in the California Democratic primary. Either we vote for the first female president or for the first non-white president.
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| 2 Feb 2008 |
Japantown Mall Plan Flawed
Editor: Stephen Engblom, the representative for 3D, the new owners of the Japan Center, informed the Japantown Better Neighborhood Area Plan steering committee that any plans for a new mall will...
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| 25 Jan 2008 |
Old Memories, New Revelations
Dear Editor, Thank you for the article by Keizo Norimoto, “The People Who Launched the Hokubei” (Jan. 19). I only vaguely knew of Hokubei’s history, as learned from my...
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| 15 Jan 2008 |
Hokubei Mainichi President's Farewell
![[[(o)]](http://media.hokubeinews.net/site/camera_icon21x16.gif) Dear Readers, Due to various circumstances, I will be resigning as president of Hokubei Mainichi News as of today.
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| 1 Dec 2007 |
Open Letter— Koto in the Camps
“They could take with them only what they could carry.” Then, how was my mom able to take koto lessons in the camps? I started to question how one was able to bring such a large...
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| 14 Nov 2007 |
Excluded From ABC's ‘Club’?
Editor: Re: “Women’s Murder Club” (ABC-TV, Friday nights): This story supposedly takes place in San Francisco, but there is not one Asian face in the cast...
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| 13 Oct 2007 |
Open Letter—More Height and Density, Less Parking
If you like present-day Japantown, the sunlight and the limited parking we have now, J-Town as you now know it is definitely in danger.
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| 29 Sep 2007 |
Fighting for Our Rights
Editor: “It is dangerous to be right when the government in wrong.” Voltaire. (1694-1778). The Nisei veterans of World War II fought to preserve the constitutional rights that...
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| 1 Sep 2007 |
Fighting for What America Truly Stands for
Dear Editor: This is an open letter to the AJA veterans of World War II who still oppose Ehren Watada’s refusal to obey orders to deploy to Iraq.
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| 26 May 2007 |
(*moved*) Barack Like Me
(This article has been moved to Yumi's Musings.)
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| 10 Mar 2007 |
Recommended Reading
I believe that if a person is only going to read one book about the World War II injustices, this is the book to read.
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| 3 Mar 2007 |
One Youth's Answer to Eng
Dear Editor: I just read Kenneth Eng’s article titled “Why I Hate Blacks.” I am 11 years old and half-Japanese American and half-African American, and I am insulted by the comments he made. What he says is not true. It made me mad because...
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| 28 Feb 2007 |
(*moved*) A Higher Calling Than Duty
(This article has been moved to Commentaries.)
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| 10 Feb 2007 |
A Movie With a Message
Editor: This is simply one person’s expression. War is hell. Wars are not the answer. Everyone, including President George W. Bush, members of his Cabinet, members...
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| 7 Feb 2007 |
An Officer Who Abandoned His Troops
If you call Ehren Watada brave and patriotic and praise his commitment to his fellow soldier, how do you look at the soldiers now in Iraq and those who have served in Iraq?
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| 3 Feb 2007 |
Attendance at Watada Event Disappointing
Dear Editor:
I am saddened by the low interest and support shown by the San Francisco Japanese American community for 1st Lt. Ehren Watada.
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| 19 Dec 2006 |
Please Consider Giving the Gift of Life
Hello, my name is Bonnie Wong. I am 26 and I need your help. I have leukemia, a cancer of the blood. I was diagnosed with acute melogenous leukemia (AML) in February 2005. I underwent chemotherapy for nine months.
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| 14 Dec 2006 |
A Disappointing Decision on Watada Case
I share John Tateishi’s disappointment that the National JACL again refused to support Lt. Ehren Watada’s First Amendment right to free speech in uniform and out (see Nov. 15 Hokubei Mainichi).
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