The irony that my family was persecuted by the Japanese during World War II and spent years in concentration camps, yet in the 21st Century, it’s the United States that is doing the persecution and making the concentration camps, and I’m living in Japan for a higher quality of life! While on home leave here … Continue reading Witness for the Prosecution – Homestead, Florida For-Profit Child Concentration Camp: In Photographs
Work for Peace
Boycott Truist Bank – New Name of SunTrust and BB&T Merger- Bank Enablers & Profiteers of Suffering
Just as Chase Bank enabled Nazi Germany during World War II to do its nefarious deeds, Truist Bank, formerly SunTrust and BB&T Bank in America enables a for-profit child concentration camp to exist in Homestead, Florida.
Japanese NHK Producer Tells Stories of Refugee Athletes’ Lives
Recent stories of refugee athletes by NHK International Affairs Producer Mariko Iino.
Peace Through Kamishibai On NHK World Radio in 17 Languages
The NHK World Radio Piece that I was interviewed for Peace Through Kamishibai work and about my family's history with World War II at the hands of the Japanese has aired and is available for your peace-making listening pleasure! Please share and have a listen! Links are listed below! Never again Hiroshima! Never Again Nagasaki! … Continue reading Peace Through Kamishibai On NHK World Radio in 17 Languages
Healing the Ancestors With Story and Kamishibai To Prevent Another War and Japan’s Re-Militarization
A few weeks ago I was in Tokyo again for the First World Kamishibai Day for peace. I told the story Nidoto by Eiko Matsui about the atomic bombings and the need for peace. In English it's titled Never Again. The day before Eiko Matsui and her sister, Asako and I had visited with the … Continue reading Healing the Ancestors With Story and Kamishibai To Prevent Another War and Japan’s Re-Militarization
Mythic Yoga Journey to POW Sites in Tokyo
By chance last year I read in the Japan Times about the World War II reconciliation work of Taeko Sasamoto and Yoshiko Tamura, founders of the POW Research Network Japan, I contacted them, and they graciously asked if I'd like to see the sites where my grandfather died as a prisoner of war. Amor fati! These … Continue reading Mythic Yoga Journey to POW Sites in Tokyo
World Peace Kamishibai Day December 7
The First World Kamishibai Day for world peace is December 7. Raise your voice for world peace! It is urgently needed! Share stories for peace. Peace, for the children!
Heaven and Earth Really Are Flowers – Ikebana in Japan for World Peace
A good friend of mine I met when I lived in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands introduced me by email to a friend of hers. Joan D. Stamm is the author of the new book, A Pilgrimage in Japan - The 33 Temples of Kannon. It's a fabulous read for those of us … Continue reading Heaven and Earth Really Are Flowers – Ikebana in Japan for World Peace
Camp Omori and The Peaceful People of Japan want Article 9 to Stay
Yesterday I posted a visual poem I wrote after visiting the Osaka International Peace Center. Today as I await Typhoon Tremi's arrival tonight, I have been going through the various film clips I took when the POW Research Network Japan took me on a tour of the sites where my Opa, Albert Straub, was interned … Continue reading Camp Omori and The Peaceful People of Japan want Article 9 to Stay
Kyobashi – A Visual Poem to Keep Article 9 in Japan’s Constitution
I am back home in Osaka, Japan after a two week delay from typhoon Jebi earlier this month. I'm back just in time for the next typhoon Trami coming our way, expected to his here Sunday night! We are stocked up with food and water, and my camera is ready! Let's hope for the best … Continue reading Kyobashi – A Visual Poem to Keep Article 9 in Japan’s Constitution
Sydney In Osaka 