Rupert Yukio Arai
serving as the Post’s Vice President, he participated with other officers in a traditional “mortgage burning” ceremony in 1969. Above: left to right, Joe Sakato, Rupert Arai, John Noguchi, John Oya (photo by Tom Masamori) On February 28, 1969, Rupert Yukio Arai was seriously injured in an automobile accident, subsequently dying on April 17. He