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Welcome to my humble abode of Author Lloyd Kaneko, aka Jason Shohara.  Please feel free to stick around for a while and make yourself at home.  Just to tell you a little about myself,  I was born in Los Angeles, California on April 11 and traveled throughout the continental United States as well as internationally to Japan, France, Spain, Netherlands and Algeria.  I have a B.A. degree in Creative Writing from California State University, Long Beach and a Masters in Training and Human Resources Development.  Throughout my professional career, I served as columnist for Drum Corps Digest in 1973, then became senior staff writer form Drum Corps News of Boston, Massachusetts.As a member of the Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development, I served as Editor of the L.A. Interchange Newsletter.

While at Cal State, Jason attended classes sponsored by the Writers Guild of America, West.  Jason is a member of the Alameda Writers Group and has authored a science fiction novel, Kami Jin under the name of Lloyd Kaneko.

I am active as a baritone with the masterworks Chorale Bel Canto of Whittier, CA and also actively sings in the church choir at First Friends Church in Whittier, California.  I am also a member of Chorus America and the International Federation of Choral Music.

I have judged screenplays for the Las Vegas, Honolulu, Mexico, and Canada International Film Festivals.
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Kami Jin

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Cover design by Rebecca Rausch




















Kami Jin (Paper People) is a tale of two worlds according to the diary of A. Gordon Sakata II of the 23rd Century.Gordon records a life of despair and misery on Earth as life in the Republic of North America includes a jobless rate of 95%.People are unemployed and homeless, poverty and starvation is global and governments around the world are ineffective in solving the crisis.Corporations have taken over governments, taken away basic rights of citizens such as freedom of speech and expression and have replaced many people with droids and robots.Citizens of nations who once lived comfortably in homes, now struggle in the streets lined with cardboard and tin shack dwellings and struggle to survive.Gordon vows to right a sinking ship – at least provide hope for the disadvantaged of the world.When war breaks out, Earth finally meets its doom, but though the miracles of time travel, it is given a second chance.Gordon is saved and taken to a utopian planet mirroring Earth’s orbit.He discovers a planet similar to Earth, but living conditions are far better than that on Earth.All inhabitants are treated equally, poverty, homelessness and starvation is non-existent, and everyone is paid $5-million annually in credits per year by the universeregardless of their position in society. The quality of health care and education is next to none.Inhabitants’ brains are so advanced that they travel using their minds via the process of teleportation rather than using private automobiles, yet, they do not manufacture any weapons of any kind.The world is one planet, one nation.He returns to Earth to fulfill his life’s promise.

While many stories and news articles have told about massive layoffs and the homeless in the past several years, Shohara’s effort to keep the story in focus and honor those who have been displaced by globalization, offers a truly unique and moving commentary that begs to be read in one sitting.

All proceeds of Kami Jin will go to First Day Homeless Coalition of Whittier, California.  Please support First Day by visiting their website at: http://whittierfirstday.org.  Thank you.

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