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OC Japan Fair to Return with Expanded Anime and Pop Culture Programming
OC Japan Fair returns to the OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, from Oct. 16 to 18 with an expanded focus on Japanese anime and pop culture. The three-day festival will bring together...
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‘Summer of Satan: Surviving the Night Stalker’ Coming to KTLA+
Los Angeles was riding high in the summer of 1985. The city had just hosted the Olympics, the Lakers were chasing another championship, and a new 911 emergency system was coming online. But beneath the...
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JANM Announces Promised Gift of $21 Million+ Estate from George and Brad Takei
The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announced Sept. 23 that George Takei and Brad Takei have pledged to gift their estate, currently valued at over $21 million, to the museum. This future gift...
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Screening of Stage Version of ‘Spirited Away’
Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning animated feature film comes to life in “Spirited Away: Live on Stage,” full of dazzling sets, captivating musical numbers, and wondrous puppets of beloved...
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Ayami Sato Leads L.A. Queens to Inaugural Women’s Pro Baseball Championship
Ayami Sato hurled a complete game shutout on Tuesday, as the Los Angeles Queens scored a 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Firebells and claimed the championship in the inaugural season of the Women’s...
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‘Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!’ Now Playing
“Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!,” an American drama directed by Josef Kubota Wladyka, was theatrically released in the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classics on Sept. 25. In the film, which won a directing award...
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‘A Breath of Fresh Air for Nisei Week’
Inaugural JX Matsuri at Weller Court Is a Success On Aug. 16, the JX Matsuri — organized by the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles and Japan Crossover (JX), a group promoting Japan-U.S. exchange...
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Launch Party Raises Funds for Hugs From Sherilyn Foundation
A dance benefit and launch party for Hugs From Sherilyn, a new foundation supporting students pursuing pediatric therapy, was held Aug. 22 at Nishi Hongwanji in Little Tokyo. Over 600 people attended...
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‘Shared Horizon’ Brings Japan-California Art Exchange to Hermosa Beach
Gallery of Hermosa is proud to announce “Shared Horizon,” an international art collaboration with Creative Space Hayashi of Chigasaki, Japan, opening Friday, Oct. 2, with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m....
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‘Energetic Connections: The Ki Paintings of Yoshio Ikezaki’
The Shumei Hall Gallery in Pasadena will present a solo exhibition of monochrome ink paintings created by Japanese artist Yoshio Ikezaki from Sunday, Oct. 4, through Sunday, Nov. 8. The exhibition will...
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Kalapana Returns to SoCal with Special Guests
Legendary Hawaii band celebrates more than 50 years of music Oct. 11. The legendary sounds of Hawaii return to Southern California when Kalapana takes the stage at South Coast Winery Resort & Spa,...
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Furbaby Lovefest Brings‘Enchanted Forest’ of Pet-Friendly Fun to Gardena
Step into a world of woodland wonder at the seventh annual Furbaby Lovefest, returning to the Gardena City Hall lawn, 1700 W. 162nd St. in Gardena, on Sunday, Oct. 4, from 12 to 5 p.m. Presented by...
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Rep. Meng, South Asian Members of Congress Denounce Post Targeting UT Austin...
WASHINGTON – On Sept. 15, Chair of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), Suhas Subramanyam (D-Va.), Ami Bera (D-Sacramento), Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), Ro Khanna...
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Japanese American Fishing History Comes Alive on the Street
Artist Lua Kobayashi designs school of bluefin tuna adorning San Pedro crosswalk. By TOMOKO NAGAIRAFU STAFF WRITER “Furusato: Home Sweet Home,” a crosswalk designed by Japanese and Uruguayan American...
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Fox Host Slammed for Joke About U.S. Servicemen Raping Asian Women
A joke by Fox News host Jesse Watters about sexual assault committed by U.S. servicemembers has been condemned by AAPI and other leaders. During the July 16 broadcast of “The Five,” the co-hosts...
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City of Torrance Advances WWII Camp Wall Project
RAFU STAFF REPORT The Torrance City Council unanimously voted Sept. 15 to move forward with the World War II Japanese American Incarceration Monument Project, a landmark memorial planned for Columbia...
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Sharing a Taste of Legacy and Success
A conversation with owners of three legacy food business owners is held in Little Tokyo. By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSSRAFU STAFF WRITER The Los Angeles chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association...
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John Junzo Nawa
A private funeral service for John Junzo Nawa, 88 year-old, veteran of U.S. Army, Los Angeles, Calif.-born Sansei, who passed away on August 9, 2026 in Culver City, Calif., was held Saturday, September...
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Lillian Asako Kusano
September 24, 1942 – August 19, 2026 Lillian Asako Kusano, 83, born in Poston, Arizona, and a longtime resident of Chino Hills, Calif., passed away peacefully on August 19, 2026. She is survived by...
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Tomie Katsuda
Tomie (Murahashi) Katsuda passed away peacefully on August 29, 2026, at the age of 106. Tomie was born on February 4, 1920, in Laguna, California. At a young age, she was sent to Mie-ken, Japan, for...
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