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SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) Japantown s community leaders in San Jose are heartbroken after a beloved monument in their neighborhood was vandalized. The person takes something out of the backpack and sprays one side, sprays the other side, Pam Yoshida, describing the footage captured by her store s security camera. They know it s wrong because they hide when cars drive by. By Monday morning, the community discovered the damage was done. Yoshida s store security camera captured the crime. You just can t believe that somebody would do something like that, to something that represents the struggles and sacrifices of the first generation of any immigrant community, she said. ....