Every time Jeff Enkoji tells his players he’s thinking of quitting as coach of the Florin Baseball Team in Sacramento because he’s been around for so long, the players loudly protest and force him to ...

One of the more difficult questions historian are asked is not about history itself, but their work as historians: “Why do you write about this topic?” Of course, like other people who study history, ...

Kenji Oshima coaches people who are suffering with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and he also teaches Buddhism (Dharma). Both methods of helping ...

The Sacramento Hiroshima Nikkeijin Kai held a special memorial service on Aug. 2 to honor the 140,000 people killed in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Mary Ann Miyao planned the program for this Buddhist ...

One of most divisive chapters of the Japanese American incarceration is the story of Tule Lake. While established as a traditional War Relocation Authority camp, it was declared a “segregation center” ...

The subscription rate is $45 for one year, 24 issues, mailed USPS First Class. NikkeiWest is normally published and sent to the post office on the 10th and 25th of each month. Publishing days may ...

Kenny Hirata will tell you the most important thing to becoming a great race car driver is to concentrate, concentrate—on winning. “When that light turns green, if you don’t jump on it, you’ll get ...

SAN FRANCISCO — One of the reasons San Francisco remains a cultural hub is the work of Miki Novitski, whose volunteerism as emcee of the city’s annual Cherry Blossom Festival Grand Parade and as ...

The Japanese women who met and married American servicemen on occupation duty in Japan after the close of World War II faced duel heartbreaks, ostracized by their own countrymen, and then migrating to ...

Michael Bruce Okagaki died much as he lived: stoic and calm; caring and deeply introspective; wickedly funny yet unfailingly courteous; at peace with himself and his loved ones; and concerned most of ...

When we think of Facebook, we often envision young people sharing photos and experiences, however two Southern California men are using the social medium to preserve a unique chapter of history—-that ...

Jim Morita a concentration camp survivor of World War II was old enough at the time to see the impact imprisonment made on the inmates. The heartbreak among the older prisoners was evident. “I could ...