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Remarks Outrage Cambodian Americans
Gubernatorial Candidate Asked to Apologize Mineta Keynotes Chicago's Lunar New Year Banquet
BO TO -- A group of Immigrant leaders called on gubematonal candidate John Ilber to apologize for comments to the WorceSter Telegraph & Gazelle Jan. 2410\ hich he complained that Ma . achu~etl!> ha become a "welfare magnet" for Cambodian and other Immigrant .
''Why hal> Mas achuetl!> uddenly be orne 0 popular for people who are accu tomed to livlOg 10 the tropical climate') maLlOg. There ha got to be a welfare magnet gOlOg on here and nght now J am maklOg atud) to find out pre I,ely what the magnet I.:' ilber wa quoted a aYlOg 10 an edltonal board meet 109 with the newspaper
"For an educated man. John ilber ay!> ,ome tupld thlOg~ :' said Daniel
M Lam, director of the Ma achu etl!> Officc for R fugces and Imnllgmnt . " hen he attack one ethnic group, as he did yesterday wllh ambodian, he 10 ults all mencan He owe all of u an apology."
Lam spoke at a new conference in \~hlch he wa JOlOcd b) Blacb, latino , Italian , Pueno Ricans and repreentatlves of Cambodian and other
mll10nty groups .... ho nlicllCd Ilber" remarh and called on him to apologize
"The typical welfare recipient I not an Immigrant," aid Lam, "but a hlle woman, 30 ear 01 age, born 10 Massachuseu , wllh two children In fact, onl} a VCr) mall percentage of welfare recipient are ian ,.
ccording to figure released by the Depanment of PublIc elfare. more than half of the tate' elfare recI-plents-54%-are While, 24% are HlpaOlc and I % are Bla k. The remairung 4% fall into the category Ii ted as "others," which include ian, alive mencan, and Pa ilic I landers
Dominic Bozzotto. pre Ident of the Bo ton hotel workers' union, aid at the new conference that liber' remark about Cambodian recall tho about other Immigrant group that ame to the nlled tate '. "John ilber IS not only arrogant, he' Ignorant," Bozolto aid . oling that ilber' home tate of
Texal> ha a wann clImate. Bozzono al>k.ed: "What' the magnet that brought him hereT
RJlhlpol Yem. an Immigrant from ambodlan. told the crowd he has a
full-lime job, i going to Brandel for hi doctOrate, and uppon hi family "I am not unique," Yem saId.
.. ambodian have moved to Lowell for the ame rea on' other Amen an go to a new place," aId Lam "They had family or fnends there, hoped to find aJob 10 the area' trongeconomy, and were attracted by local in titullon . It I ab urd to argue, as Mr ilbur did. that those who CntiCll him for hi men Illvlty are gUilty of McCarthy lie
tacllC ," aid Lam. "In tead of blaming the ICllm, Mr. ilber hould apologize "
B Patti dachi CHICAGO -- Chicago' Japanese American commuruty ho ed the
venth annual Asian American Coalition of Chicago Lunar e Year Banquet on Feb. 17 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare. More than l . l people from Chicago' ian American community attended the banquet, the area' larg t
pan-A ian event of the year.
WBBM-TV new and anchor/reporter Adelle Arakawa and WLIT-FM radio personality and as i tant program director Gene Honda were co-emcees.
hig Wakama u introduced the keynote peaker. .. Rep. onnan Mineta. Speaking on the banquet' theme of" trength Through nity," Mineta talked about what i both the trength and the cau e of many of th ' country' problems: it ethnic, ra ial and cultural di e ity.
Mineta' Comments
Mineta srud the United tat i not a meltmg pot but a tapestry, with the many different colored trand all contributing to the whole and he fIrmly emph ized that each community h the righl to enjoy its own culture, i own relIgion, or i own language.
Mineta tressed, however, that while each community could hold on to its inelividual cultural heritage, it I equally important for people to recognize that in I nn of political power, trength come through unity.
'The I on of the Eva uation i that we did not have acc to the polItical leaders of the lime. We had no champion . We had no acc to the political
REP. NORMAN MINET A
pr . We have to make ore that we have that a in order to make ore that a irnilar forced evacuation never happen again," Mineta said.
According to the California Democrat , the I n of the u c ful Re-dr battle waged by the Japan American community i that when a community i mall in numbe ,it i
ntial to form coalition and mobilize at the gras roots level.
In looking 10 the future, Mineta felt it imponant that there be a clo e, coordinated alliance of all A ian American in order to fight racial eli rirnination and m order for A ian American to be a poliucal , ocial and cultural force in Ihi country.
Sheridan Tatsuno Addresses West Valley JACL Installation
B Ma Yanagita MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- The W t alley JACL Chapter In tallation dinner/dance was held at the A Moffett Field, Officers Club on Jan. 13 . Judge Taketsugu Takei installed the new officers:
HAMASAKI HONORED-Morris K. Hamasaki was honored posthumously lost week when the Los AnQeles School Boord voted to rename the elementary school he was principal at for 11 years after him.
David Muraoka, pres.; Henry Ogimachi, I t .p.; Tom Ige, 2nd v.p., Aki Ok'Ullo, rec. ec. on Kondo, cor. ec., and ho Hikido. treas., Jim akamOIO, Tom Taniguchi, Janet Kaku, Ray chlyama, Gordon KanagakJ, Tattle Kikuchi. Dori Kasahara, usle akamolO, UlTIl Tanabe, Harry Kaneko, An Okuno, Bob Kaneko. John Kaku , Tak Takel, Betty allo and May Yanagita, board members.
L.A. School Named after Morris Hamasaki Outgomg pre ident, John Kaku , and
incorrung p ident, Da Id Muraoka, both gave hon peeche. Thl e ent was haired b Tom Ige. G L
llighlight of th evenmg w an interesting and mformauve talk gIVen by gue t peaker, heridan M Tatsun ,
Ith ugh the fficlal name hang I pre ident of eo oncep , Fremont, won't tal,. pIa e unlll Jul} I for a _ an~ author of Created In Japan. From
untlng re . n . th Ixth-gmde I Imitators 10 ~ orld- las IlIn O\'a/~rs, requ 'ted that th hool' ign and the (Harper Row, 19 9) The followmg
wa th chool' pnnclpal ~ r II years. He wa' known for hi dedi all on and devotion to the h I' tudents and paren
Ian mencan progranl refle t the change for Its . - grnduation.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Chang-Lin Tien Named UC Berkeley Chancellor
nam:xl th· oc\ han dl r of th Ti n. • . \\.111 on Jul) I u
P H Honda
RIVERSIDE JACL LEA DER-Mei 0
nabo re-elected 0 her second erm os RI erside JACL p(esiden ,
re 'ews the 1989 chapter oct' i ies, he annuol Sendoi Fes i 01 being
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a ummary of the peech:
peecb .-Japan relation are undergoing a
major tran formation becau of Japan' growing technological and financial trength. According to TalSuno, the top 10
banks in the world are Japanese, with asseIS
of nearly 3 II1I11on. In computer chips, seven of the lOp 10 compani are Japanese. Recenlly, (the U .) has seen the emergence of Japanese lu ury cars, uch as i ' Infiniu and Toyota' Le us.
Tatsuno behev that fierce ian com-peution and . enforcement of mtellectual property are forcmg Japan companl to develop creallve new produ IS .
in e 19 6, the tfOng yen has doubled production co IS m Japan Because the Ja-pan no longer can sell produc purely on the I of pnce and quality, they must mnovate to maintain theircompeutive edge.
Dunng the 1990s, Tatsuno b.!heves Japan may leapfrog the niled tates m more than a dozen indUSIl1 • rangmg from car electfOnJ and upercomputers to aruficialleeth and language translati n phones Th unpact on ilicon alley, all treet and Capllol Hill , he believ ,could be profoun<J.-.the econ ml equi alent of" putnik 2."
more JOint research and ~ rm JOint venture comparu , providing new Job op rLUnlti for those interested in Japan The mcrease m Japanese ompani opening bran h locally will mtrodu e J apane~ ideas and culture 10 the W l. The con ept of zero-defect quality, for e ample. h;c clearly benefitted . consumers
On the other hand, TalSuno thm thaI growmg Japan inv fment and their rapid e panslon of Japane " tran plant" fa 10ri are creatmg fears of a "yellow peril." Recent arti I in e\Hwed .. TWIt
Busme ~ uk. and the tI\. Yor!.. Tim s frequenlly reven t em u n-Iadencd words, u h "economl war," "mva lon," and "Japan takeover" t \en-llonallze their pomlS ccording I Tat-
suno. thl f, rm of"Japan-balUng" will worsen . -Japan relati ns and le<Id 10 grow, mg anu- Ian VI lence. TaL\uno beli vc thai J mu ·t remrun Vigilant dunng the'>C tirre. of growing . .Japan acnmony.
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Japanese Amen an will aho affcc\td by the ~lflg numb.!r of (".!CIa! .md 'Ie -
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2-PACIAC CITIZEN I friday, February 23, 1990
San ose JACL Installs
New Officers and Boord S 10 E - guests and family members looked on, new officers and board members for the an Jose ChaIr ter of the JACL were installed by Judge Wayne Kanemoto at the Issei Memorial Building on Jan. 12. Tom higemasa became the 40th president of the chapter, and the following make up the cabinet:
Susan Mlneta and Tom ishisaka. Vice presIdenlS, actJvitles ~ Mark Kobayashi . v p. civic affaus; Jim TakasugJ. v.p. finance. Miles Yama-1llOlO. treaS .; Ka!hy Takeda. rec. sec .• Grant
hlmlZU, com !.Ce.; and U-"II1 akamwa, Ann hlraJ hi . delegates .
Directors who began a two-year term include:
Marvin Aokl, Katie Haronaka. An Honda. MJke Honda. John Kunura. Leon KImura. Paul Kimura. Karl Kinaga. Bill Kogura. Helen MIneta , usan Mlncta. Yosh Morimo«>, George
eyama, Clam: Omura, Eiichl akauye, Grant hlmlzu . Jim Tal.asugJ. Miles Yamamoto and adlne Yamamo«>.
Contmumg directors are:
Perry Dohashl . Gary JIO. Mark Kobayashi. Jan Kurdhara . Wayne Mltsunaga, Aiko akahara, SU-"II1 akamura, Judy llzawa, Tom
ishlsaka, Tom Shigemasa, Junji hlmazaki , Mal hlmlzu, Ann htrai hI . Karen hiraki , Wayne Tanda, Kathy Takeda, haron Uyeda, and Eva Yamamoto.
Art Honda served as the master of ceremoOl for the evemng. Leon Ktmura, outgoing president, made hi remark and thanked the board for the uppon given him. Leon was presented
WIth the presidential plaque and pin for hi years of ervice, 198-89. lncoming preldent, Tom higemasa, poke of the challenge that lie ahead for the chapter.
Wayne Tanda presented board member Yo h Morimoto with a pin and certificate, representing hi 10 years of ervlce to the chapter. Morimoto, of
Bento Xpres , al 0 catered the refreshments offered to the attendees. Among tho e attending the installation program were advi ory committee chairman.
o h chida , and Rep. Nonnan Mi-neta, al a member of the advi ory committee
Carlos Kasuga Urges PANA-USA Nikkei
to Keep Faith with Issei Spirit and Values B Harry K. Honda LOS ANGELES-The founding pnnciples of the Pan American ikkei Association were reiterated by Carlos Kasuga of MeX-ico City, PANA Inter
national president, in remarks during thePANA-USA ew Year diooer Feb. 10 at the ew Otani Hotel.
PANA, the international organization of native-born ikkei and Japanese residents in orth and South America, enters into the 1990s, Kasuga said he had often wondered why the Japanese Americans (Noneamericanos--as Latin Americans refer to those in the United States) became interested in the Latin American ikkei . He felt it was due to the common heritage and bond created by the Issei immigrants and parents. And, he continued, that it was now up to the Nisei to pass on
. these cultural values of gimu (duty I obligation) and gambaae (perse erance) to the upcoming Nikkei generations.
With rno t of the 100 present knowing very little Spaoi h (Kasuga i a native of Mexico), he poke in Nihongo. He briefly covered the Japanese immigration history into Latin America which was family--oriented, unlike the
paniard colonists to Mexico. Peru and outh America who were mo tly ingle
men . Like the Engli h and French, the Japanese emigrated as families , planting their cultural values in the Americas.
Kasuga urged individual bridges of cultural understanding be built and to keep alive the heritage of the Issei . "And we hould contribute in the pint of gimu & gambaJte for the bettennent of the respective countries of one' birth. Thi is the PANA dream and principle," he reminded.
PANA-USA President orito hi Kanai acknowledged and thanked the many who contributed to the ucces of the Fifth PANA Convention held here last July. He announced PANAU A official will be present at the an-
nual Overseas Japanese Association convention in Tokyo in May to discuss immigration and education issues which were raised at the P A convention by ikkei from Latin America.
Greetings were also extended by Akemi Miyake, president of the Japanese O:lamber of Commerce of outhem California and an Orange County Japanese community leader, who related how impressed he was at the tremendous turnout (estimated at 60,000) at the 80th anniversary celebration of Japanese immigration to Brazil two years ago. "It could never happen in the U.S. ," he said, "of that many i
lumjin gathering in one place." Longtune benefactor of Japanese-
American causes and the Olympic Games, Fred Wada, told of the recent meeting with lsak Higa. Nisei attorney from Peru, who believed there were many Peruvian Nisei here in need of assi tance and that PANA-USA could extend a hand. Higa was here to relate the opening of a service bureau in Tokyo to help Peruvian isei in Japan.
The call for P ANA' next convention in 1991 in Paraguay was repeated but the dates have not been set. Canada is expected to ho t the 1993 convention.
Placer County Installs
1990 Officers RO EVILLE, Calif. - About 50 people and gu ts att.ended the in lallation dinner of the Placer C unty JACL at Wong' Garden, underthechainnan-hip of E. Ken Tokutomi late in Janu
ary. Mike Fluty, fifth di trict upervi or, poke on ome of the problem of Placer County.
The new officers are as follow :
Chester Yamada, pres.; Hugo islumoto, 1st v.p.; Dick islumura, 2nd v.p.; AJITed lUa,
3rd v.p.; Eiko Sakamoto, COrls. sec.; Hisa Mune, rec. sec" Ellen Kubo, ueas
!-like Yego was presented with a past president' pin by Chter Yamada, newly elected president.
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Califomia's Roberti Compiles Legislation of Interest to Asian Pacific Islander Americans
SACRAMENTO, Calif.-A compilation of 169 bill and joint resolutions in the 19 9-1990 California legi lative hoppers of interest to the Asian-Pacific Islander community was prepared last
ovember by Georgene Irnura and Maeley Tom of enate Pro--tem Da id Roberti' office.
There were 56 bill and 12 joint resolutions introduced in the senate and 74 bill and 27 joint resolutions in the assembly. They dealt with catastrophic health insurance, rvices for Amerasian children from ietnam, hate crime stati tics, economic development with Japan, China and ther ian nations , foreign investo providing job, minority fel10w hips, housing, and California participation aJ the 1990 Osaka World Expo (which was passed and igned).
everal of particular interest to Japanese American include-
SJR 12, Dill (D-Gardena): J apanese American Reparations, Urges Congress to authorize the sum of S mJlhon for the upcommg fiscaJ year and every f1SC3l year thereafter for as loog as necessary for the payment of reparations to Japanese Amencan survtvors of World War 11 internment camps Status · Adopted, ResoIJJJion Chapter 28 .. 1989.
SJR 19, Marks ~ Francisco): Japanese American Reparations, Urges the President and Congress LO authorize moru suffiCient to expeditiously pay reparations to Japanese American survtvO/S of World ar lJ internment
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AB 1 , 100re (D-Los : Bir1h Certificates: Deletion of Racial Jurs. Provides a remedy for correctIOn f birth certifi II> hach contam comes regarding race or lor wluch the !eglS1r.1Ilt cor. ders offCl1S1v tatuS '
iglll!d V/lO Im. , Chapter 610. 1 AJR 12. Flo,}d (D-Gardeoal: Reparation
Paymen to Japanese Americans. Urges Congress to immeduucl VOle the rruwmum authorized annual amount of payment of federnJl mandated reparauons to survivors of the orid
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Textbooks: Japanese-American loternmenl Experience. rg the re and I dtstnCtl. to adopilDStruclionaJ materials !hat reflect accurate and obJCCllve VCCI'SI 11-' the JapaneseAmen mtemment expenence as a VI lanon of human nghe> Status Adoptl!d, ResoJUllon Clmpler 92, /989
Hollywood School in
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EA TTLE -- An old red-brick hoolhouse named "Hollywood" near
Hollywood Hill north of here w built in 1912, but closed t.en years later for lack of tuden .
Helen McMann, who till liv near the hool , told the eaJlle Times recently, that in the late 193 ,it was used as a Japanese language h I until World War rI . Today. the two-tory tru ture i an offiCial tate land
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D.C. JACL Chapter Holds 44th Installation
ARL GTO, a - The 44th nnual Installation Diemer of the W~hm gton. DC. J CL was held on aturday, Jan. 27 at the Fon Myer Of
ficers ' lub. Greetings were extended m behalf of the new ambasSador of Japan, Ryohel Murata by mIni terenvoy-extraordinary and mtm terplentpotentiary of the Japanese Emb~ y, Yo luo Karita.
Gu peaker was Dr. Jm Kino hita, lentlfic director of the Eye Institule, ational In titute of Health , whose
topic was "Journey from Oblivion." Dr. Kino hita was recently saluted into the Congressional Record by Rep. orman Y. Mmeta.
Grayce yehara governor of the Eastern District ouneil in talled the fo llowing officers:
LIly . Okura, chalr; LInda Mikl K!yosakl , v.p. for Programs; Key K. Kobayashi , v.p. for Membership; Peter akahala , treas., Betty Monmoruer, rec sec., !even eSe, edllor, D.C
ews ores; James Furukawa. scholarship chalT; J~ph IchJuJ' , ad!. manager. Ralph Lake and H.sako alo MacQueen.
Key Kobayashi, awards chair, awarded th JA L ilver pin to the Rev. hojo Honda for hi outstanding ervi e to the Arlington Memorial serv-
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HSST Roil Proposal for LA.-Orange County Mode LOS ANGELES - HSST Corp., a Japanese fum which demonstrated aerodynamic trains at the Expo ' 86 in Vancouver, B. c., told tate Senate aIr propriation and transportation committees Feb. 2 that it i willing to pay for a $ O-rnillion-per-mile magnetically levitated commuter rail linking Lo Angel , Orange County and an Fernando Valley along the freeeway in exchange for rights of wa and an exclusive agreement to operate the rail line.
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WASH INGTON, D.C. JACL INSTALLATION-The Washington, DL Chapter of the JACL held its insto llation dinner Jon. 27 at the Fort Meyer Officers' Club in Arlington, Va. Pictured from the left are MinisterEnvoy-Extraordinary and Min ister-Plenipotentiary of the Japanese Embassy Yoshio Karita; Washington, D.C. JACL Chapter Choir Lilly A. Okura; and Dr. Jin Kinoshita, the installation dinner' s guest speaker.
Discrepency Among Nikkei, Caucasian and
Japanese Male Diabetes Rates under Study
SEA TILE - It' a my ery why 400 often eat more Japan tyle foods isei men had a rate of cliabe four uch as oy uce and rice than do the
tim as high as Japan men in Japan White Americans, their total consumIr and twice that of White Americans, ac- tion of protein ,carbohydrates and fa corcling to a University of Washington i very imilar to that of th larger team of researchers . American community. One might as-
Although the reasons for till paradox . ume, therefore, that their incidence of won t be fu lly known until the research cliabet would al be imilar to that i complete, everal c1u ha e already of White mericans. been uncovered during the rust seven Preliminary Explanation years of th tud . The 2.3 minion The researche conjecture that the venture i funded by the ationallnsti- lSei have m re diabet than their tut of Health . irnilarly-fed Am rican countrym n in
Although diabe i largely geneti- part becau they are genetically m re cally based (if one identical twin h su eptible to the clisease than are White the disease, the other usually does al 0), American . While!hi usceptibility i the fact i that genetically imilar popu- kept under ontrol in Japan by that lations Living m different en ironments counlly' extremely low-fat diet, can have very different rat of cliab- here-with a fatty cliet-fat can and eleS. The UW researchers are trying to do oar. cliscover what environmental facto The tudy i al 0 looking at the nurmight be involved in their tud and turing en ironment the isei e perialso more about the intricate interplay enced as children, say Leonelli, bebetween genetic and environmental in- cau the more po itive the nurturing fluen the I u eptible ne to eertain
No Insulin Treabnent Variety diseases. "R earchers now ee both Th Y are tudying the types of cliab- heart disease, \ hi h i correlated with
et that affects older people and usu- cliabet , and cliabet ted in ally d not require in ulin injecti n childhood. We know that heart di
treatment, rath r than juvenile diab- d n't tart when you're 6 and have et which must be treated with insulin. a heart ana k. e ma able to see This type is one of the chroni de- how th early en tronment protected a gen rative di that, as a result of persoo---or didn't-with respect to dl -environmental chang ,has emerged as eas m old age. U
a major health concern in W ternizing lndeed, isei wh are first- rn ocieti , a ording to the earch ons-the mo t fa ored po ition in Ja-
team. pan e iety and th m t protected Two environmental fa tors , di t and and indulged-al 0 have devel ped
th ial ulturaJ en ir nment, appear I diabet . The same is true of i i to be iated with the higher in 1- who receIved more rather than I edu-d n e of cliabe in th i i, Y th cati n. "Edu tion i a very powerful project director, Research iate lool with whi h to protect yourself from Pro~ r of Anthropology Donna the onslaugh of the world ," Leonetti Leonetti . Entitled the "Japanese Amer- poin out. ican Communit Diabetes tudy," the While the rudy pro th e peri-project al involv the chool of en of Japan immigran, h Meclicine and ~bli H~th, wi~ Pro- not that it also h broader applica~ r of Mecli me WIlfred FUJtmoto tions . "We're seeing an epld mic 0
prio ipal inv tigat r. diabet around the world WIth populaThe cliet in Japan i , of course, high tions that are becoming W temized or
in ri and vegetabl ,with fi h a modernized. This . tru with the major protem urce, while th typical Pol nian, M xi an men , American cliet i mu h high r in red American lndtans and Indians ho m and fats . Th research rs, in lud- have mtgrated from lndia." ing clietitian Chnstin T unehara, ha e . ered that, although the
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EDITORIAL OF THE PACIFIC CITIZEN
Affirmative A ction: A Clarification The following editorial by JACL National Director Bill
Yoshino, in re ponse to last week's Pacific Citizen editorial, clarifies the JACL' position on affirmative action.
The Feb_ 16 Pacific Citizen editorial , "Affinnative Action Quotas," expres ed an analy i directly counter to establi hed
JACL upport of affinnative action program . While the editorial expre ed orne valid concern about the growing anti-A ian di -crimination in university adrrti ion it oversimplified a complex problem by as uming that affUlllative action "quotas" were the basic cau e. It al 0 accepted without question the as umption that any ort of program to overcome the effects of di rimination amounts to a "quota" that admit unqualified rrtinorities or women. It i not 0 imple.
Under the law, quotas re erving lots in coUege admi ion for women or rrtinoritie are not allowed and have not been for orne time. The tenninology i often used as an inflammatory code
word by those who would attack affUlllative action program _ ffinnative action program are not the only con ideration
applied in the admi ion proces be ides grade and test cores. pecial con ideration for rural tudents, athletes and children of
alumni i given, yet not blamed for taking potential A ian 10 . At mo t private choal ,Iegacie favoring children of alumni affect far more lots than affinnative action .
In the Pacific Citizen editorial, gro tau tIC comparing White tudent percentages at .c. Berkeley with population figures fail to con ider that a compari on of Black, Hi panic or American Indian tudent per ntage with their proportion of the population would be e en more di proportionate. In fact, di rimination against A ian i apparent not from ri ing numbers of other rrtinoritie , but from th fa t that de pite higher grade and te t a erage th admi-ion rates of A ian Ameri an are held con i tently below that of
While . Analy e have hown thai thi i a hieved through method 'uch as hanging to heavier weighting of T Verbal core (where WhIte core high r) ver AT Math core (where A ian core higher). Oth r compl method are u ed, but affinnative action d n I appear to be I blame.
ffi.nnative action a n I the re ult of eeing I man White , but of eeing I few rrtinoriti and women including at
ne time, ian Amencan . nlike I a, I League uni rsitie on admitted few A ian . h uld we kn k the ladder down behind u now thai we ha e 0 ere m th problem in olleg . If we do then w are al 0 a nfi ing an important t I fi r 0 erc mmg di -cnmmati n m the \ orkpla e e are aying we do not fi I action i . nece 'ary t re me th "gl c iling" and otherdi rirrun tion barring ian from promotion and Inure pportuniti .
The Imati n ~ r Ian ' m 011 ge I imilar t Jewi h tud n who fa d elhng in th If admi. Ion earher in thi cenlury. Th la\ ha hanged m th n and h th makeup of iery and ur unlV ltie '. I nmmatton i hard r to find and d ument. Th J L \ III n t et th mte ts of ian mencan king to av id tal di nminatt n again 't th tnlere f ther group \0
th If qu t fi r edu ati nal pportuntt) . imph ti anal I and blammg th r nunonty group \ III nl di Ira t u from doing
m thing ut the real problem.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
DAD_ GAANDPA SAIDlHAT THE WIND AN' DUST IN 1HE WARTIME INTERNMENT CAMPW ~ fjJ BAD ... , HE f lReDALDNG ONE AND THE EALLFLEW BACKWARD I NTO THE OPRJNENT'S BASKET.
FROM THE FRYING PAN
BILL HOSOKAWA
. Sensitivity the Key to A voiding Insults
YOU may have noticed a commercial on TV recently that has to do with
using your hands to peak Italian. It' been appearing 0 frequently T don't know how you could mi it. Anyway, the guy i selling frozen pizzas or paghetti sauce or omething like that ,
I don't recall for ure, and he ay the way to peak Italian i to wave your hands and hrug your houlders and u e certain words which [cannot remember at the moment.
One way to look at thi commercial i to say it i the mo t demeaning kind of tereotyping, which J think it i . But if there have been protests , they've -caped me. Perhap mo t people don 't think the commercial tereotypes Italian and 0 they think nothing of it. Mario Cuomo doesn'l talk like that, and neither d Lee Jacocca. Everybody know it , 0 why fu about a illy TV commercial?
Now let' look at thi from another angle. Suppose, in tead of a television a tor mimicking a tereotypical Italian, omeone was mimicking a tereotypical
Japanese, hi ing through hi teeth and bobbing hi head and grinning t thy grins and aying "Ah, 0" while peddling oy auce or in tant nood.J .
With the auonal onventioo JU t month away. It i tune agam for
the development of the bietlnial budget. Duong the I t few m nth , mu h thought had been g1 en by both oanonal taff and myself in I formulanon. fter meeung Wlth our national p ident and taff pn r to
the January ational Board meet
mg. a biennial budget propoas drafted whi h called for a no-du -m
for the 1991-9_bl nruum Iprented tlu budget pro sal at £he It attonal Board meeting and aft r a fe\\
min r revi 10~, It \\- approved b> £he u nal Board for p ntaU n to the
ari nal Coun al the an DIego on-
orne qu tions: How would you as a Japan e American feel about the Japanese tereotype? What would you do about it? And why?
Perception can be an unfunny matter depending on the eye, or the ear, of the beholder. orne time ago I learned that in Bo ton it' a no-no for new paper reporters to refer to police vehicl as paddy wagon . Why? Because for orne folks it bring ba k memori of day when male [ri h immigrants, often referred to as Paddy, were being picked up frequently for public drunkenn
Then ju t the other day I learned that many Finns consider it an in ult to be called Fmlanders. A Finn wrote to the Toron/o tar to point out that Finlander . i a pejorative label and i in the sam category Jap, Paki and Wop." There was no further explanation other than that Fmlander, while not truly offen-ive, h a ub tandard connotation. r
wonder if the arne holds true for Laplanders, Icelanders , Greenlande, Netherlanders, Thailanders, wazilanders, witzerlande and maybe even Polanders .
What male tlu confusing i that
BY THE BOARD
ALAN NISHI NATIONAL JACL TREASURER
Back in Black
ot man years ag egro proper and egr resented being called Bl . Then Bla k becarne the proper tenn and egro becarn Improper. Once [ ugg ted that if Japan Americans t k the arne attitude and accepted Jap, there would be 1 u for outrage. me of ur number t k trong exception to the Idea and I prefer
not put It forward again. There I enough already about whIch to become angry.
PLANTED IN GOOD SOIL
Excerpts: Chapter XVII
First Japanese Texans Contribute to State's Fann Industry
B Masakazu Iwata
Continued from (he Previous Week
The Rio Grande I sei commumty was re pon ible for the commencement of Japanese agricultural activities in Uvalde County, about 90 miles west of San Antomo. In 1950 Tomohachl M1yauchi ettJed there to begin cotton, lettuce, cabbage, and pepper produclion, but adverse climatic condition , e peeially hailstorms hindered operation .
In EI Paso, in the extreme western part of Texas and on the Mexican border, the Japanese were a familiar ight at the tum of the century as they came with ease acro s the border from Mexico into the United State , a freedom of movement that was checked by the implementation of the provi ion of the Gentlemen's Agreement. Another fac tor that made for their pre ence in EI Paso were the frequent Mexican revolutions that forced Japane e In agriculture or numng in Mexico to cro the border into the anctuary of the Umted
tate . Many of these undertook agricultural or other activltie around thi border city. One intere ling Japanese enterpri er was a fomler bureaucrat from Tokyo, Shiiichiro Saito, who with Kanae agasawa and in concert with publisher Chandler of the Los Angeles Times launched venture first in the [m
perial Valley, then in Texa rice, and finally in cotton in EI Pa o. In 191 8 Saito sent hi nephew, Ihei Kawani hi who was erving as a judo in tructor to Dougla Fairbank in Hollywood, to I Paso with ten men , but the venture fai led . Earher in 1916 Kametaro Takahash i, Goraku Daito and another partner purchased 30 acre at Y leta at aboul $50 per acre. They cleared unimproved land and a such contributed to the development of the region and were welcomed by the people. Earlier, Daito
JAPAN BASHING ITEM
through his gambling activities had secured fund to inve t in land in onora, Mexico. The unfavorable future in thaI country cau ed him to di pose of the Mexican land and 10 ettJe permanently in Y leta where after 1923 he went tnto cotton growing. In 191 a former Imperial Valley farmer from California began raj ing cabbage and lettuce on 100 acre of leased land .
A s early a 19 I 5 there were enough rtJapanese residing tn the EI Paso di trict to warrant the establishment of a Japanese association , while in 1930 a Japanese hall was erected and a language school establi hed , which continued to operate through the Issei era .
* * * In ummary, the hi tory of Japanese
immigrant agriculture in Texas i noteworthy inasmuch as it i in harp contrast in many re peets with the general pattern in the rest of the nited State . It will be noted that the Japanese immigrants in the main arrived in thi country with a limited upply of money and knowledge of the Engli h language, and tho e who ultimately undertook farm operatjons did 0 usually on uncleared margi nal land after having pent orne years a railroad or mine
workers in many cases. They, therefore, a1mo t to the man
experienced untold hardship and difficulties in the initial phase of their career as farmers . However, the Japane e who ettled in Texa after the tum of the century generally were directly from Japan , wealthy , and berter equipped educationaJJy to cope with the new condition in an alien land and culture. For example, the head of four familie prior to 1910 arrived in the United State with over 10,000. orne were former member of the Diet and of the peerage in Japan.
The Japane e immigrant very early made invaluable contribution to the
nce culture of the tate, the ftrst among them begmning his operations in ebter, Harris County, in 1903. The larg t rice farm owned by a Japanese prior to 1910 was 3,500 acres located in Terry, ten miles west of Beaumont. Thelf contribution to thj phase of agriculture was the introduction of at least three different train of Japanese rice which were found to produce better crops than that based upon the wild rice eeds previously own by Texas rice growers.
The report of the Immigration Commission indicaled that in 1908, me 25 farm it had inve tigated produced $259,000 worth of crop , 95% of thi amount representing rice. Among the pioneer rice growers who continued production of thi grain were me Saibaras who, when mey ended their operations in 1964, were utilizjng every modern farm equipment , uch as tractors , combin , and trucks .
Besides rice, the Japan e were raj -
ing vegetables and oranges and were al 0 engaged in the nursery indu try in variou parts ofTe as . The Rio Grande Valley in outh Texas , the region in which me Japanese have been mo t active in growing crop omer than rice in more recent time , was the ite of one of me earliest commercial nur eries, founded in 1909 by one considered to be the earliest I ei ettler in t\1e Valley. The o-called "orange boom," me race to sell and et out Satsuma orange trees imported from Japan toward the end of me flf t decade of me century , was initiated by enterpri ing Japanese Texans and can be considered a aga of daring though abortive entrepreneurship worthy of hj toricaJ ob ervation.
II i a trui m that when the I el members of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team re cued me urrounded company of Texan in Europe during World War ll , it was not the ftrst time that me Japanese and white Texan met.
To Be Continued
Jokes and Anger in Wake of Rockefeller Center Deal
In the wake of the Mitsubishi E tate Co. ' s agreement to pay $846 million for controlling mlerest in the RockefeLLer Group, which owns Ro kefeller
enter, the deal has been breeding jokes and anger. Here are some excerpt as published Dec. I in the New York Times, that are seldom een in prmt on the West Coast.
* *
body can tep on you unJes you let them."
* * * orman iegel, executive director of
the New York Civil Liberties Union , aid the verbal as au lis again tJapanese
American had urged ince the Rockefeller Center deal (which added 15 million square feet to the 14.3 million
uare feet in anhattan already ill Japan e wnershlp or control) .
"It ' a enophoblc, knee-jerk re-pon that orne people till think
th y're fighting World War It Chara -ter as ination and j k ,though protected by the Erst Amendment, are ttn-
mencan. They violate the pnn ipl of dive ity and plurab m that America t 'uppo ed to be all about and e\
ork, pe ially
"We too were urumgran once, and orne of our paren and grandparen
had Il heaped u n them unfatrly and \ e houldn't be doing 11 n ," iegel aid .
* * *
ftnn in Manhattan , told the reporter. 'The first people ay i you 're a traitor. I tum around and explain that the Japanese don ' t wn mu h you think they do . The problem i the Japanese have a much higher profile in the U. right now."
* * * Gerald Curti , director of East ian
Institute at Columbia University, said
tThere was a lot of inten European con em about the dominance of American mone (in the 19 0 ). ow there' American concern about the power of Japan e money. Well , in retrospect American inv tmen m urope helped revitahze the European eco-nomy, and Japane in tmenls 10 th.t country are going to help re ltalize the Am ncan economy
"It' getting m re negative attention than 11 d serves," Curti said. 'The Japan may bu a bIg buiJdmg or a pan of R k.efeller Center, but they can't bring It ba k to Tokyo. It ' till thereit mean that Japanese m ney IS m the
econ my. It ' one \ ay to recy Ie Japan urpl "
me maintain that anti-Japanese sentiment i nsmg hen fe\ politicians are willing t peak: ut on th.t . ue," Curti added," use they're playing to a large audience that' engaged ill
thJs Ii i . [f there ' th.t growing limate of Japan-baslung and they d n' t have that man Japanese in their distri ,wh stand up ~ an un pular group "
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Friday, February 23, 1990 I PACIRC CtnlfN-5
JAPANESE PRESS TRANSLATION
KE JI TAKEUCHI
Cracking the Japanese Market TO YO
Doreign corporation are lakin", r a laim to the Japane mark t. undeterred b the trong yen, high real tate pri and a labor honage. Many e patriate firms are
determined and ourcefuJ enough to do bu in the Japanese way.
W hington complains loudl about Japan' .. tru rural impedi
ments' to fair trad , inclucling a labyrinthine di tribution y tern price cartel and e lu ionary bus ines dealing within corporate group .
But a growing number of American and Ew-opean compani , acting th rough Japanese ub icliari , are unnounting the ob tael that once drove them to d pair.
"We pent our first 20 years plu in hibernation ," ay hojiro Makino, p ident of Grace Japan , a ub icliary of . . chemical products manufacturer W.R. Gra e o. ' Our hi tory really begin in 19 7." That w th year W.R. Gra e renewed i commitment to the Japanese market.
The Tokyo finn was founded in 1960 as a wholly 0 ned ub icliary , a rarity at the time and an inclication of the . . e ecuti v ' high ho for the market here. Management planned to tart with can- and bottle-eaJing compound and expand into
other lin .
The parent ompan enthu i m quickly flagged, however. W.R. Grace manufactures a ide range of products , from pa king films to microwave ab orbe , but Grace Japan wa restricted to eaJan . E -pan ion plan were forg nen .
In 1987, Makino tinally peruaded the home offi e to reconider. He pointed out that the firm '
main international compettto in-clude uch Japan e behem th A ahi hemical Industry , eki ui Chemical and Kureha Chellllcal Indu try. "If we can ' t grab a hare of their home market ," he argued , "how an we e t to beat them el ewhere?"
t a pollcy meeting in Tokyo, the . . fum ' top management agreed
to make the Japan e market a major foeu of their global trategy. fler that , thlOg m ed qUlckl .
The ub idiary entered into joint enture ith e eraJ Japan n-rn . a t1y dl e tf ing it
tiviti . In 19 ,a re earch la ratory w built 10 ugl ity, near Tokyo La t May, a pa klOg mater-
TATSUNO COllftnued from Page I
ual dl nminatlon law uits bemg med against Japan companl Japan' gro -tng national m Will heIghten commumty tensions, as wltne M:d 10 akasone' ommen and the (OO!nt anno' am Doll case . Plaintiff: often fail to d1l>unguJ h bef\l,een iUel and Japan ~ nau naJs For example, BI l mmumty gtOUJr.> have
ycotted ikkel bus~, rrustaktng them for Japanese comparu more Japanese compani n their d rs 10 the
ikkel ommuruty, the confusion will become even greruer
Ta uno felt that J CL ould play an IDStJUIDCntaJ col III protecttng the IVII nghts not nJy of . I. but all 1311
Amen • bo are often tatg of ano-Japanese hostility To allevlalI! these teru
J CL could r study groups and ~ Wlm I legl latoo I orne more
ledg Ie t .J.!pJIl rel3li and I impliC<ll.i on the i i commu-nity
J J~
&-PACIFIC CITIZEN I Friday, February 23, 1990
Snake River Valley JACL
to Host IDC Board Meeting
o RIO. Orc - The nake River
JA L Will ho. t the Intermountam DIS!net Council board meellng lated for
Saturday . M an:h 10. I I a.m. to 6 p .m .
In th lchiban R m. 112 E 2nd SI. In Ontano.
Highlight on the agenda mclude dl -cu Ion of the Minidoka PrOject dedica
tion cerem ny, an update on th.e prop
o~ Malh 'ur ounty Japancl>l! mer
lean ultural Center. chapter activity
reports and dlscu ion on a district
n ~Ieuer
The annual nake River Chapter
Casmo ight will follow at 6:30 p.m .
in the ommerclal Buildi ng at the
Malheur ounty Fairgrounds. Ticke
are 20 per person .
Infoml:Jllon on Amtrd!,. or airline
chedule an be obtamed by calling
JACL PULSE
ARIZO • Btngo/Bento ight. un., March I . Reservation deadline: March 15. info:
(both 602) M . TalCiguchj . 934-9637 or
H. Tamta, 944-2050.
• Scholarship wards Banquet. Sun., April 29. Fountam u,ites Hotel , 25n W . Greenway Rd ., Phoenix. Info: 602
61 -263
GILROY • Ballroom dance lesson ,every Monday, Morgan Hill Buddhi t Church
Annex , 7-3 pm. Co t: $l /ea . • Di -
play Items for Gilroy Mu eum Day of
Remembrance exhibition (present
March 10) needed . In fo: Gayle Glines,
408 842-5094.
• JACL Golf Tournament , Sat. , April 21. Gilroy Golf and ountry Club.
mfo; Mike, 408 847-3218 .
JO E • cholarslu~ appJtcations for lugh
ho<>I seniors ho are children of
JACL members or are of Japanese an
ce try holarship range: 100 to
1.000. Top applican will be consj
dered for ational J CL holarstup.
pplicanon deadline: March 1. ApplJ
canon forms can be oblalned from local
guidan e counselo or b callmg the
.J J CL office. Info: (both ) SJ .
JACL. _95-1250. or yeda.259-
3656 (after 6 pm) .
• Annual bride tournament. at .• April 7, Wesley Methodist Church , 566 .
5th St. Categories: Major , tntennediate
and junior, with prizes for each ction.
Info; A . akahara , 258-7874 .
• Casino night fundraiser, Fri ., May I , Italian Gardens. Proceeds to go to
coUege cholarship . Info: 408 295-
1250.
lsen Travel , ( ) 424-4226. For more L NAKE RIVER informall n, conta I , IDe Gov. Randy • Redre dinner, 6:30 pm, Fri .,
Hanl1l0, (503) 9-5532. March 9 , Cathay House Restaurant , • "Casmo ight," Sat. , March 10, 6:30 pm, Commercial Building,
Malheur County Fairgrounds . Co t:
$20/ea . Proceeds to go towards chapter
scholarship . info: (both 503) C .
Maeda, 889-6493, M . l eri 889- 691.
Son Jose JACL Holds
Inventory to Raise Funds
SAN JO E, Calif. - Levi , Dockers,
jewelry, po, hirts, neckties, and
linge[ :e were some of the item that a
volunteer crew of 25 JACLers and
others Ii ted and counted at the semI-an
nual inventory night at the Emporium
Valley Fair on Jan . 17. The an Jose JACLexpressed thanks
to the crew for rai ing orne money for
the chapter, as well as to Karen
Thomas, personnel manager, and Terry
Brown, tore manager, for inviting the
c~apter to participate. The "listers" and
"counters" were: Rose Fukuba. Bette Harada, Grace Inouye.
Leon KJmura. Marlc KobayashI , John Kohut, Helen Mmeta, Alko akahara, Tom ishlsaka. Gary OkazaJu , Kay 000. Tarru , Cane
hlgemasa, Lei Shlgemasa. ue hlgemasa. Tom hlgemasa. Eml hinuzu. Grant hlmlZll . Kathy Takeda. Mme Tanaka, Kenneth Toy. Bette Uchida. Sharon Uyeda. Kirk Yamamoto. and Mil Yamamoto.
Gardena Valley JACL
Seeking Queen Candidates G ROE A . alif. - The Gardena
alley hapter of the J L I seeking
candidates for Its I MI Gardena
aile J L Queen onte~l. to be held
In April.
The winner of of the cont tWill
reprc nt the chapter In the annual I e l
Week Queen Pagcantto be he ld In u
gu I.
RcqUlr cment~ and appllcallon can
be obtained by wnting to Jonathan T .
Kail , 15112Y:! . We tern Ave
ard na , 90247 or aJllng
(21 ) 27-779 .
1000 Club Roll
(Year 01 Mem~h l p Shown) • Century ... Corp/Silver . ... Corp/Gold; .... CorpIOl3l1lond. L Ve. M MemonaJ
II
The 1989Tolals .................. 1.689 ( 50) 1990 Summary (Since Nov. 30.1989)
AclJVe (prllVlOUS lotal) . . (2441 TotalthlSreporl 117 •• (19 Current total . . (243 ufe. C/ule. MemonallotaJ ( )
Feb5·9, l990(19)
Alameda. 29-Hromu HI Akagl ChICagO 18-Takeo kano, 8-Tad Kimura Oetrotl 22-Maty Kamtdol Eden Township 33-MayorTom KIIayama. Houslon 3-Oane1 H Walalabe Monterey 34-George Kodama. New M XICO 3-llsa S Shibata N w Y ()(\(. 2-Howard OrlllSPan. Oakland 24-5hauo T anaI<a. Parlier 2O-Noboru J Dot.
PhtIadeIptua. 6-~NogaIa Puyallup Valley 22 H KosaI. San Benllo Valle 33-E ShlOtsuka. San Gabnel. 7--lames HlShonuma. San Jose 9-RJChard K Tanaka San Maleo 27-Mary Sutow San"1 37-Or Theodore T Nakamura T nClnos 36-ThomasTKanno.
5300 W . Spring Mt. Rd . Co 1: 15/ea.
pedal guest: Grant Ujifu a . Lnfo: F.
Fukumoto. 702 362-3742.
• Pacific Southwest Di triet Council JACL Recognition Luncheon, Sun.,
March 4 , Lawry' California Center
(2 13 225-24 I). 570 W . Ave. 26.
Co 1: 20/ea Lunch: I: 0 pm. Pro
gram. 2:30 pm. Send check made out
10 Pa ific outhwest Di In t CounciJ
JA L to JACL Office. 244
Pedro t. #507 , Lo Angel ,
90012. R ervation. info: P WD lice, 213 626-447 I.
• hol~hip Teriyaki Dinnerl u hi ale . un ., March 19, noon- 4pm ,
emor itizen enler, 9th utro t., Reno. Help needed for food prepara
lion . olunteer.;: J . Sun. 702 331-
2097
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• cholarships application for I al high chool and jumor college
graduate bemg accepted . Applicali n
deadline: March I; hould include a
opy of official transcript, T core , a Ii t of hool/commuOily a uviu , award received and a bnef autobiog-
raphical sketch pplicatlons: 9 16447-
02 I . Info: Kubo , 422-55 I 3
• " J L. The Wave of the Future," the 3 1 st B lenmal J L ational Con
vention , June 17-23, an Diego Prin-
es HIghlight: Bu me
work h p , Beach Party. allonal
ward Banquet, Masaoka A ward
Dinner . ayonara Ball , Golf Tourna
ment . Deep ea Fi hmg, Tijuana Tnp .
pee h ompetlOon. Youth onfer-
ence , I lub Wing Dmg. InC . 619
0-0 14.
w T L.A. • "Multiracial A ian Identity Ln the Arts," a free public lecture by play
wnghtlpoet elina Hasu Hou ton ,
Tues., Feb. 27. 7:30 pm. West Lo Angel Buddhi t hurch (comer of
Corinth & La Grange). Endorsed by
merasia Journal . Lnfo: G . Omatsu,
213825-3415.
• Candidates for Mi We tern Lo ngeles are ought. Will the winning
applicant to participate in the i ei
Week Fe tival Queen Pageant. ppli
can mu I be at least between 19 years
old and no more than 25 years on Aug.
I . 1990. pphcants mu t r ide in
the Western regIOn of Lo Angel .
Info: (both 213) Eleanor, 39 -9 I or
Jean 90-691 4
Items publiClung JACL events should be type",ritten (doubllHpoced) or legibly hond·printed and mOIled at least THREE WEEKS IN ADVANCE to the P.C. oHice. Please Inc/udecontoct phone numbers, addresses, etc.
BY THE BOARD Continued from Page 4
cash flow margin be maintained , pe
cially if the organization i I king at tabilizing membership du
attempting to a ompli h
nium .
* * * [ plan to comment further on the
propo ed biennial budget in my ne t
P. . article , hi h will appear prior to
the ational Convention in June.
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THE CALENDAR
DE.LRA Y BEACH, FLA.
• Presen --April 1 S-"The Cult 0 Teo: An Exhibit Commemoraog the 400m Anruversory a the Death 0 Sen no yu u
he Man om Museum and Japanese Gar-dens, 4000 orru Pork Rd
LOS ANGELES AREA
• Present-Morch 4- 'lu-Huon: Stone Corvmgs by a Chmese Mastel", ' an exhibition featuring his stone carvings, oturoJ History Museum of los Angeles County, 900 Exposition Blvd Museum hours:. T-Su, 10 om-5 pm. Adnussion' Adults, S31eo; students and sentorcitizens with 10, 1.5Q, eo; children 5-12,.75 eo; children under five and museum members free. Info: 213 7M-DINO. • Feb. 28-Reception to raise funds for the production of on educational video for Asian Pacific American domestic violence victims, 6:30 pm, W, KSO-TV stud"lOS, 12401 W. OlymPIC Blvd. Donation; $2SIeo. Sponsored in part by the Asian Pacific Women's Network/Domestic Violence Project. Info: Patricio Kinoga, 213 237..()562. • March 2 & 3, 7-1O-Reseorch Acting Institute presents the LA premiel"e of Inter· rogations, creot1ed and performed by Yoshi Oido, Patriotic Hall 1816 S. Figueroa. Showtimes: F & S, 8:30 pm; W & Th, 8 pm. Tickets: $1 eo.; group rates ' available. Info, reservations, 213 660-6880. • March 3-"Spnng Fling Donce," fundraiser for the ECISt Son Gabriel Volley Japanese Community Centel", Inc., ESGVJCC gym, 7:30-11 :30 pm, S, 1203 W. Puente Ave., West CovlOa. Tickets. $9/eo. Info: 818960-2566
• March 3-Tokyo Intemotional Music Ensemble, S, Japan Amenca Theotre, 244 S. Son Pedro St. Pre-<:oncer1 lecI1Jre: 7 pm. Concert: 8 pm. Tickets $151eo.; JACCC and los Angeles County Museum of Art
members, $12Ieo Info: 213 680-3700.
PHOENIX
• Feb. 29-March 3-"Japan Weec. '90," Sites throughout the Phoenix-oreo. Info: Japan America Society of PhoeniX, 602 968-6650.
SAN DIEGO • March 7-1 Pacific Rim Film Tour, cosponsored by Hawaii's East-West Center and the Deportment of T elecommunlcatlOns and Film of Son Diego State University March 7, La Jolla Museum of Contemparary Art, 7'30 pm, For (rom War, 915 pm, The Birth March 9, SDSU Ut1le Theotre, 7:30 pm, Chl/su ond Mansu, 9:30 pm, Maun. March 14, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 730 pm, Yun's Town. Admission for all films: Free. Info: 6 19 594-6575
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA • Present-Moy 13-"Strength & Diversity Japanese American Women, 1885-1 990," on exhibition co-sponsored by the Notional Japanese American Historical SOCiety and
I(imura PH TOMART
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me C>oi<kn:I Museum, 1000 S fond. Hours.: -S 10 om-S pm; Su noon-7 pm Free odmiss:ion. nfo: (bo 415)
AHS, 431 ·5007 00lJ0nd Museum, 73-3842 or 27J.J401 • March 4-Crob & Spoghe . Feed fundrQI5ef or Sokuro- m Senf()( Center and he Ber1<eIey et Seruor Center, Su. 4-7 pm, AIbon Memorial H I, AD:xlny. Donc:mon: SIS-eo. Ti ets, nfo: 415524-3055.
• March 4-Meettng a the tSei ido",-ed Group, Su, 2-4 pm, home 0 Horu Babo
ew members ow come. Info: (both 415) Bsie U edo Chung, 221-0268 (S.F.) or Yun /ohxiwo " 482-3280 (482-3280
• March 1O-Christ United Presb ericn Church Rummage Sole, S, 10 om-S pm,
1700 Sutter St • March 10-The annual orthem Coftfornia Japonese American Senior Center's Shin en 01, Mt View Buddtust Temple, 10·30 om-2:30 pm.
SAN JOSE
• March 25--Jockson-T oyler Business & Professional Associations's 1990 Annual Dinner, Su, Bini's Bar & Grille, 337 E. T oyiOf St. Cocktails: 6 pm. Dinner. 6;30 pm. Info: 408 298-4303
SAN LEANDRO
• March 31- Japonese Evangelical MissIOnary Society's first Northern California Women's Luncheon, S, 9:30 om-I pm, Son lorenzo Japanese Christian Church, 615 Lewelling Blvd Guest spec er- Sue T atsul Cost: $7/eo. Info: Sylvia Chow, 210 Jenoy Ct., Martinez CA 94553 or call 415 228-9448.
SEATILE
• March 3-Annual Su lyoki Dinner, S, 7 pm, Blaine Memorial Unrted Church, 300 1· 24th Ave. South. To e-out 3:30-7 pm. PreS pm diners eligible for door prize (10 e-out diners not eligible). Highlights: Bonsol dis· ploy by James Nokaharo and Japanese doll display by Michiko One. Tic ets. Adults, $6Ieo., 70 & over and 11 and under, $4 eo Info 206 723-1536 • March Annual Pancake Breo fast, sponsored by the Seattle First Hill Uons Club, Su, 7:300m-l pm, Kawobe Memooal House, 221 18th A e. S AdrruSSlon: Adults, $5Ieo., seniors, $3.'eo. Proceeds to Seattle's etro Home and Kawabe Memorial House. Info: (both 206) T eel okamura, 621 -3104 (doys) or 725-9892 (eves.).
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DEVROPMENT
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT-OPERATIONS
World Wildlife Fund & The Conservation Foundation seeks a qualified professional to manage internal functions for individual Gifts Program, Including research, communications, gift processing, computer operations, vendor relations & budgeting. Associate Director will also assist with development & implementation of the program & its strategies. Candidates must possess at least 8 years of fundraising with some management experience. Knowledge of major gift solicitaOOns, annual fund & capital campaigns required. Excellent interpersonal & communication skills, both oral & written are essential. Forward resume to:
WORLD WILDUFE FUND Human Resources Dept. 11 V
1250 24th St., NW. Washington, DC 20037 EOE
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Friday, ~ JanIIIY 23, 1990 I PACIAC ~ 7 ~
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4-Business Opportunities
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sales tax. No sIaIe Incare tax. SIore has great poCenbaJ for growth and profit.
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Electronics
GROWING CONEJO VALLEY ELECTRONICS
FIRM seeks several dedlcated & motivated people to help build our future ! We offer competetive salary & benefits. The tollowing positions are open:
MANUFACTURING ENGINEER to maintain & control cost effective & efficient through-hole & SMT process lines.
'
Must have 2 years related experience with strong mechanical & electronics back· ground.
MATERIAL PLANNER to audit all companIeS required !of contracts. Must have knc7Nledge of planning materials required to meet production schedules. Must have knowledge of stockroom, ShIpping, electroniC components & at least 3 years experience in related work.
PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR to oversee all production aspects of our facility. Must have strong production back· ground & at least 1 year of experience 10 a SUpervISOry posibon.
ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLER with at least 1 year experience in tlYoughhole and/ or SMT electronic assembly.
MAINTENANCE PERSON with at least 1 year of experience and knowledge of plumbing & electrical maintenance.
INSPECTOR must know PCBA, ECO's with 1 year ex· perience In through-hole, two years SMT experience, at least 1 year of general office experience, and the ability to type 50 wpm,
For irrrnediate consideration,
contact our personnel manager at:
(805) 4 ~998 x31
or send resume to:
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Newbury Park, CA 91320 Equal Opportuniy Employer
5-Employment
A1TEN"TlaII: Excellenllncome for Home Assefrbty WOOl. Info. «all (504) 646-1700 DEPT. P699.
A TTENl1ON: EARN MONEY READING BOOKS! S32,OOO/year income potenlial. Details. (602) 838-8885. Ext. BK 8181
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Suite #202 Ferndale, Ul 48220
AFFIRMATIVE ACllON COORDINATOR $57,980 • $70,486 per year
CIty and Cowty 01 San Franasco seeks manager
to adtruruster ay.Wlde allinnabVe aCbon program
oovenng 29,000 pubbc ~yees . R~es SIlt
years experience 10 AA WltllWO yerus wcpenence
supetVISIng an AA progr.rn. Call (415) 558-3202. Deadline: 3/9190. AAlEOE.
SECRETARY
Japanese CuIlLraJ & Corrmunily Center of N0rthern CaIIfomta seeks a full-time secretaty. Handle detailed lISSIgI'TTl8fllS, type 55 WPM, ele. Familiar
WIth PC's, JA Communily,& Ballngual skills prefer·
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941 15. (415) 567·5505. EOE. ClOSIng 3115/90
9-Real Estate
CAUFORNIA, USA Studio City near Hollywood. Brand new custom estate with 180 degree VIeoN of City Ilghts. 3 + 2l1z on liz acre, 3 car garage, 2 wraparound decks. Entertrunment room, messanine completed U1 March. Room ft:Ir pool & guest house. (61 9) 324-<>040.
Gregory $1 .25M
II ne and adverti ing deadhne IS
the Fnday be~ re dale of ISSUe. dvertJ
109 pace can resen-ed with copy reachmg the P.C office not later than Tuesday noon
ADMINISTRA n ON/ MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR- Kello Nursang Home Will accept and consider applICatiOns fo( the ~lOn of AanlnlStralOr for rts 300 bed skilled nursing facsllty currently under construdlOn In Los Angeles, Callfomla ApplICants should be hcensed or eligible for hcensang as a nursing home adminIStrator Acu1e care manageme ... expenence acceptable substJ1ute for long tenn care program exposure. AbIlity to speak or understand Japanese language preferred but no( essential For additiOnal details, see announcement for for O"OCIor of
Nursing SeMOB Please forward resume With salary hIStory to '
Search Committee Kelro NurSing Home
Post Office Box 33819 Los Angeles, CA 90033
NURSING DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICe-f'or 300 bed, skilled nursing faCIlity unoer mnstructlOn In Los Angeles, California. The successful applocant Will be degreed and refled e wide range of nursing responsibilities In her/hiS professaonal wO/'k ex nence, The poSI- ' "
tlOn Will be SI4lPOned by three assLSlant directors of nursmg and a dlreClor Ollrlllning. In , ' -addrtlOn to a cooperative medICal staff, medical support Will be prOVIded by a Fellow from the Oepanment of Genan: MedICIne of the UnlVefSlly of Southem CaJdorOia School of MedICIne, KelfO Nursing Home IS pan of a fIVe facallty skilled llU/'SIng and reSIdenUal care program whICh pnmanly serves the Japanese Amencan CO<TYnJnrty AdditIOnal 5eMOBS ate pre>VIded through programs sponsored 10'"1tt w rtn other community orgaruzallOflS and the U.S C School of Mad ne Upon completiOn of mns1ructoon a Ge Clnc OenllSlry as well as Family PraclJce arcllntemal Medone depanmentaf prOfGClS at9 anUCIpated
Resume should be forwarded to.
EdWin C. Hlroto P.O. Box 33819
Los Angeles, CA 90033
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DEATHS
Naruhiko HigashOOmi, 102, Fonner Jopa! Prince Tokyo Jan. 20. Japan 's r ItSI postwar prune rnuus
Ier and only member of !be unpenal famdy to head a cabUlCI (Aug. 17-Oc:1. 5, 19-t5) in modem Japan. Born m Kyoto m I he married one of !he daugh\m of Emperor Meiji. held se,eraI rruillary pam, w.u general commander of defense at !be end of WWII, supervised peaceful di bandmg of !he anncd fOr<:e$ and m 1947 renounced membm/up In !be Imperial family
Rev Kakusho Izumi, 88, Buddhi'!it Minister
Honolulu, Jan 2/ athome. From Hlloshuna, and ordalOed In 1926, be !>erVed In "moos Buddhl t ch=~ In Hawaii. was Interned dunng wwn In a Mamland camp, rn chaJEe of HongwanJi Radio Hour In !he 19SCh. rwml from the Bel>UIn in 1965.
Ed Nakano, 49, School Superintendent
Feb. 2. Honolulu, of cancer Appointed Leeward District superintendent in 1987 follOwing 2O-year career :u teacher and principal. wa> 1976-78 presl' dent of HawaII State Teachers.
Borboro Reynolds, 74, Hon. Hiroshima Citizen Wilrmngton, OhiO, Feb. I I of hean failure. be
and her husband·anthropologist Earle Reynold were sent by the U. government in 1951 to (udyeffec:t5 of atomiC bomb radiation on !he growth of children In HIlO huna In the 1960s she founded the World FriendoJ1Ip Center 10 HIIl),hima. created the Hllo<himal ag:uakl Memorial Collection of nuclear memorabilia at Wilmington College msouthern OhiO near where he was born In 19 6. he became the first non· Japanese woman to ~ dcslgnated an hon· orary cltlun of Hlroshuna For the past decade, ,he had lived 10 Long Beach. Calif wonting WIth CamIxxlian refugees
Ko Hirata, 85, tockton, Dec 10; w ToshlC, s Henry. d GraceShlba, Ruth Kamila. br Kaname. gcs.
Alice Tomita Yoneda, 81 , Hilo, Dec 7 urviv· 109: S Ted Taka III (Stockton). d Jane OgI, SlS Chito KaWakami. Peggy Brown
• Muneko Kawabe, 85, Reedley. Jan 3 SurvIV' 109: C Edith Iwo, 1D·law Kurumitsu. 3gc 2ggc.
Sode Kawano, 93, Fukuoka resident of Sac· ramento, Dec. 31 urviving: 5 Stuzuo. J , Thomas, Jim. d Natsuko Shimada, Mary Fong, gcs and ggcs
Masao Kishi , 71, acramel1lO, Dec, 20. SurvIVing: w Furruko. dArlene, Yasuko Kitahaslu (Japan), sis Surruko, Iko Kiwata (both Japan), gcs
Ro Kunitake, 74,San Francisco, Jan. 2. urvlV, . w Yoshiko, s Masayoshl Urayama, 4gc, 3 SIS
SlIIzuko Araki, Chlyoka and Harumi Kwutake.
Kazuko Kurotori, 85, acramelllo, Dec. 14 Sur· vlVUlg. Tadashl, lsamu, 2gc,
higeld be, 90, Kochi·ken resident of ac· ramemo, Jan. 10. SurviVing: dJean Yoko Choy,. Kay
hige Oaijyogo, 93, Huoshima'bom matron In LodJ. Jan 4 Surviving. 3 Kazuto, Junmy. Tom. 2 d Yoshlye Karnei. obuye Sakahara; gcs
Kiku Enomoto, 93, Wakayama resident of Watsonvllle,Dec.19 uMVUlg:sM!tsuoMaegOlo,dYoneko Yamamoto, Yunko ishlta, Ilgc, 8ggc, br Huoshl Michlya (Japan).
Itsuko Hamamoto, 86, Yamaguchi·bom resident of apa, Cahr. Jan 7 urYIvlOg. s William. Henry, d Mary; 2 bl'S HIlJeo & George Hu lea; 3 SIS Shizuko. Hlsayo (both Japan) and Momoye
Helen M Hasegawa, 56, Yuba City, Dec 20. Sur· vlvmg. h Tom, CalVin. teven, d Audrey, laun, Patti Rosetti , gc, fShlgekl A ,br Kay, si YokoChoI
Wesse F. Hashimoto, 65, Reedley, Jan . urvlV, 109 6 br hlg, Akirn. Yasuo, on. AIunobu, George Hashimoto: 3 51 Rosie Uyeda, Mary HashUTlOIO, Lily Araki
UfO Kari D, 73, San Mateo, Jan 3 urYIvlOg. br Ma..<al.O,
Lillion Kotsuyo T okeshito L,ilion K Takeshita passed away on Feb. II
at her home ,n Honolulu Wife of the late - :'Thomas K. Takeshlto, she moved to Honolulu
after haVing lived In Washington. D.C. from 1945 to 1973 In the notion's cop~al, she worked at the L'brary of Congress and VlOS oc· tive ,n the Japane..; Amencon Citizens League She wos born In Son Froncisco In 1905 ond spent years ,n Wyoming, Solt Loke City ond Los Angeles She was Interned at Hearl MountOin She IS SUr.IIVed by her doughlers, Joy T erooko and Lyn May, eoghl grandchildren and fIVe greal grondchildren.
Monuments & Morkers for All Cemelcnes
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Bus (213) 261·7279 . Res .. (213) 283·5855
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~ I for Over 30 Years
KUBOTA NIKKEI MORTUARY
THE NEWSMAKERS
MARl MAYEDA ~ Marl Ma eda of Oakland, Calif., and a 19 0 recipient oftheJACL-Tom Hayastu Law cholarshlp, i a member of the apetSlem, ehgman & Mayeda law fum with offices 10 Oakland and La Angeles. UC Davi graduate and a cum laude graduate of Harvard Law chool. he served a law clerk to former California upreme ourt J u tice Cruz Reynoso and Jomed aperslem & ehgman in 1984 he has wntten and lectured on employment law and Civil ngh attorney • fees litJganon, and represented plamtiff 10 con umer and employee private clas acnon . he i on the ian American Bar ociation board of directors.
~ Fred Matsubara 22,of Wmnepeg, Canada, and a eOlor al Mayville .0 )
tale, i preparing for hi fourth year in U. college baseball as a pitcher who has been trutting hi tuff on both id of the border During the ummer break. he pitches for I. Bomface in the Manitoba Red·Bome senior league. Mat ubara fim hed With 2.14 and 203 ERA at Mayville, which i one of the top team m the onh Dakota College thletic Conference. He tarted pltchmg at age 10 in the Pee Wee league ... When a Japanee TV crew ~ und Colorado reserve fullback Roger Yago on the ro ter al the picture es ion ju t before the Orange Bowl , the
Tokyo oordinator Chika Kujiraoka thought he had a big tory in Yago After all, Yago
i of Japanese ance try (a ansei who lived all hi life In Colorado), bUI peaks only Engh h. "We were rather excited 10 find a Japanese name, a Japanese person. for the lime probably m the hi tory of !hi bowl game," he noted.
~ W hmgton Governor Booth Gardener's office announced Paul Isaki, 4S governor' peclal as i tam for economic development policy, was appomled acting director of the tate Department of Trade and EconomiC Development. after John Anderson resigned last month.
STANLEY H. FURUTA ~ StanJey H. Furuta , past dl tingUi hed president of the Evening Optimist Club of San Fernando, was elected vice president and account executive by J. Morey Co., Inc. Insurance Agents and Brokers. U C graduate in business admini tration, he pre· viously was associated with EqUitable Life
urance Society (1961-19 0), Vice prestdent of Inouye, Masunaka Co .. Inc., until June 1989 when Marsh & Mclennan, Inc., acquired the isei fum and then continued as v.p. of the Japan client service divi ion for the latter. Furuta Will develop a counts for life, employee benefits and propenyl casualty business.
~ Dennis yernura, 41 , ef eanle I the executive Vice pre Ident & chief financial officer for FIrst Interstale of Washmgton.
oneoftheelghl executive vi e presiden and the only minonty In the upper management level, Uyemura has 75 people report-109 to tum. Hi career demon trates a ucces ful witch from lea hing to the board room. from lence to fiscal matters, from an isolated laboratory to dive/'Slfymg communlUe • mvolvement ~ ewly-appolnted Japan e Con ul General Kiyohiko rafune, 1, to 1...0 Angel and hi Wife arnved Feb. 6, replac-109 Hiromoto eki who has returned to Japan I t month for rea ignmenl. He I a 1962 graduate of the niverslt of Tokyo 10 la\ , ludied two years at Oxford and erved 10 Britain, igena, Malay la, West
Germany, Washmgton and the mted a-lion. ~ lsei golfer David Ishii kept the Hawaiian Open title home wtth tu rl9 total , 9·under, at the W3Ialae Counrry Feb. II. The tournament was telecast on NBC. He al 0 hung on Feb. 4 for tu fifth Hawaii Pearl Open champion hip at the Pearl Country Club, where he i the club pro. With a 54-hole tolal of 4-under 212, he was II trok off hi record IS-under-par 201 he et last year ishii play mo t of hi golf on the Japanese tour.
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1990 TOUR SCHEDU LE SANTA BARBARA ORCHID SHOW TOUR ........................... Mar 24
JAPAN OSAKA EXPO 90 TOUR ................................ May 1-12 Osaka, Intemaoonal Garden & Greenery EXPO, Kyoto, Nara
TOHOKU.HOKKAIDO SPRING TOUR .......................... .May 14 · 26 Overseas Japanese Conference In Tokyo
ALASKA HOLIDAY CRUISE ........................ ·· ... •· ..... JunO· 10 Vancouver. Ketchikan, Juneau, Glacer Bay, Hubbard Glaeler, Valdez,
Anchorage MT RUSHMORE· YELLOWSTONE HOUOAY TOUR (Tauck Tour) .Jun. 21 · 29
Yellowstone, Mt Ruslmore, Grand Tetons, Park Cny, Salt La e CIty
CANADIAN ROCKIES HOLIDAY TOUR ..... .......... ..... ..Ju18 · 16 Vancouver, dona, Kamloops, Jasper, Lake Lourse, Banff
NIAGARA-CANAOA HOUOAY TOUR (Tauck Tour) ••••.•• .• • .Sep 18 - 25 Niagara Falls, Ne YoJ1( City, Montreal. Ottawa, Toronto
AUSTRAUA-NEW ZEALAND HOUOAY TOUR ........ • .... Sep 21· Oct 13 Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Calms, Great Barner Reef, Auckland, Chnstchurcll, Ml Cook, Queenstown, Milford Sound, ROIIOfUa
EUROPE CLASSfC TOUR . • . ................ .Sep 21· Oct 13
EUROPEANHOUOAYlOUR ... ....................... .. 0<:t5 · 25
ORIENT HOUOAY TOUR ... .. .... .............. .Oct 21 • Nov 4
Hong 009, Thailand. MalaYSia SIngapore
SOUTH CARIBBEAN CRUISE .. ..... .Nov 2 - 10 San Juan, Curacao, Grenada. Martinique SI Thomas. US Irg,n islandS
SOUTH AMERICA JAPANESE HERITAGE TOUR ... ov 10·21 Sao Paulo, RIO de Janetro. Iguassu. au nos Alres
Meel Ih local Japanese
For further In.ormat on and reservauons. please wrll. orC41Il:
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Ralph M. Parsons GiYes JACCC $20,000 lor Programs
LO GELES - The Japan American Cultural and Communi£) \\
Center received a grant for i community programs from the Ralpb M. Parrons Foundation.
gift-giving organization b ' the late Ralph M. Parso • founder of th w r1dwide engineering and nstnI -
tion finn whi it hi name. The funds will go to\ ard staff pport and istance in produ ing brochures and other promotional mater-ial, acrording to Christine Aihara, director of the program. ALOHA PLUMBING
Communit} Programs begun in lit .. 44034D
--51 CE 1922-
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