East Meets West — A Case, A Gift, A Turning Point

By Steve Hodel | March 31, 2026 |

March 31, 2026 Birch Bay, Washington Front of artwork Shippo enamel “Red Fuji,” Kyoto technique. Gifted in Tokyo, April 1999. In April 1999, I returned from Japan after working as a defense investigator on a high-profile case involving a Japanese national accused of acting as the gunman in a Los Angeles murder. He spent four…

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