Japanese-American News

November 09, 2009, 3:00AM To the Editor: I was not surprised when I heard about the killing of innocent people at Fort Hood, Texas, by a Muslim soldier.

By Chris Stephen THE KILLING of the Fort Hood soldiers by Major Nidal Hasan has set people in America's six-million strong Muslim community on edge, fearing a possible backlash against them.

Sgt. Gene Kumagai in the streets of Nagoya, Japan in November, 1945, several months after the city had been bombed.

It's considered a dark chapter in American history. More than 120,000 Japanese-Americans were sent to internment camps during World War II.

Forget the salarymen, Japan's new 'herbivore' generation of males believe that life is far more important than work Yasuo Takeuchi makes an improbable radical.

The front page of the April 10, 1942 issue of the San Diego State College student newspaper contained a story about the school's Japanese-Americans being sent to internment camps.

World champion ironman Shannon Eckstein is on his way to Tokyo, spearheading a promotion to entice more young Japanese women to visit Australia.

For three days in October 1944, a Japanese-American military unit fought in dense woods, heavy fog and freezing temperatures in the mountains of France, answering the prayers of an American battalion pinned down by German forces.

Jonathan Goble was a convict, Marine and missionary whose legend is reflected in a two-wheel cart that sits atop the baptistery at the Wayne Village Baptist Church.

The recent closure of two bilingual Japanese-American newspapers reflects not only demographic shifts in the community, but also a time of reinvention for newspapers serving the Japanese-American community, according to ethnic media experts.

Even though it was 65 years ago, Al Tortolano clearly recalls the one thought, the only thought, that ran through his mind as his military unit was surrounded by German soldiers during World War II.

A group of World War II veterans with Texas connections is set to reunite in Houston with the Japanese-American soldiers who saved them 65 years ago.

A Filipina and a Japanese man are suspected of attempting to register a Filipino baby as a Japanese national so that the woman could work in Japan, Tokyo police said Thursday.

The all-female Japanese pop-punk band Shonen Knife formed in Osaka, Japan, in 1981.

Editor's Choice Main Category: Prostate / Prostate Cancer Also Included In: Urology / Nephrology ; Cancer / Oncology Article Date: 27 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT Genome-wide association studies can identify genetic allele variants of low penetrance that are strongly associated with cancer .

The association between lower urinary tract symptoms and sexual disorders in men with localized prostate cancer appears to be higher in Japanese men than in American men, although cultural differences may play an important role in the reporting of sexual activity and lower urinary tract symptoms.

Japanese who believe that Tokyo should apologize for drafting thousands of Asian woman as sex slaves for the Imperial Army in World War II outnumber those who think otherwise for the first time, a straw poll suggests.

I'm drawn to novels by Japanese-American women. They write about the same things that I write do: love, race, identity and history and its effect on the present.

From the Department of Cardiovascular Epidemiology , Kyoto Women's University, Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, Japan; Departments of Health Science and Medical Statistics , Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu City, Shiga, Japan; Department of Preventive Cardiology , National Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan; Department of Geriatric Medicine , John ...

I was the only Caucasian in the room as 100 pairs of Japanese-American eyes watched if I would try sushi.