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A regular contributor of stories to the\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Rafu_Shimpo_(newspaper)\" title=\"Rafu Shimpo (newspaper)\">\n    Rafu Shimpo\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  holiday edition, Tajima taught at Alhambra High for 35 years and led their acclaimed journalism program.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n    Brian Niiya\n   </a>\n   , Densho\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n  Might also like \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/The Man with the Bulging Pockets (short story)/\" title=\"The Man with the Bulging Pockets (short story)\">\n   The Man with the Bulging Pockets\n  </a>\n  \" by Toshio Mori; \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/The Legend of Miss Sasagawara (short story)/\" title=\"The Legend of Miss Sasagawara (short story)\">\n   The Legend of Miss Sasagawara\n  </a>\n  \" by Hisaye Yamamoto; \"\n  <a class=\"encyc rg\" href=\"/wiki/The Old Man on Crutches (short story)/\" title=\"The Old Man on Crutches (short story)\">\n   The Old Man on Crutches\n  </a>\n  \" by Setsuko Nagata\n </p>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <p>\n   Tajima, Ted. \"Uncle Yozo.\"\n   <i>\n    Rafu Shimpo\n   </i>\n   , Dec. 1998, 18, 33.\n  </p>\n  <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20250625170702\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.021 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.027 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 219/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 4097/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 750/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 4/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 0/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n  <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00%   11.271      1 -total\n 28.56%    3.219      1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 18.42%    2.076      1 Template:Published\n 17.58%    1.981      1 Template:Databox-Articles\n 17.23%    1.942      1 Template:AuthorByline\n 16.68%    1.880      1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n  <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:3712-0!canonical and timestamp 20250625170702 and revision id 28334\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"}