CROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: What’s Been Going on Around Here Lately?
By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO Lost an old friend last week. Actually a relatively new friend who just happened to be old. He lived across the hallway. If Charles Dickens were to describe him, he would be a...
View ArticleOCHAZUKE: Arigato, Nancy
By GWEN MURANAKA It was a remarkable, emotional sight on Saturday. A stream of mourners, clad in black, walked down Central Avenue from Higashi Honganji to “Home Is Little Tokyo,” the mural that hangs...
View ArticleHORSE’S MOUTH: I No Longer Yen for the Yen
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (Published Sept. 3, 2014) So I’m sitting in front of my computer wondering what I should use as my lead subject for my column. It’s Sunday. My wife sticks her head in the room and...
View ArticleI Wish I Were a Kid Again
By LIONEL ONOMURA, Rafu Contributor As a kid growing up in Hawaii, I loved to go fishing. Couldn’t afford to own a fancy rod and reel, but managed with a hook, line and sinker attached to a bamboo...
View ArticleGENIE’S LAMP: Seasons
By GENIE NAKANO Seasons are erratic beyond belief not certain of Spring unafraid of winter I depend on tomorrow Genie Nakano was born in East Los Angeles. She has an MFA in Dance, and uses movement,...
View ArticleTanaka Releases Video, Appears at Events
Paul Tanaka, the candidate for Los Angeles County sheriff that local media have declared missing in action since the June primary, has raised his profile with a new video and public appearances. Tanaka...
View ArticleINTO THE NEXT STAGE: Despite Sony’s Hard Times, Still Keeping the Faith
By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON There’s an apocryphal story in my family that once, many, many years ago, my late Uncle Akihiko gave my parents some unasked-for advice: Buy stock in an up-and-coming Japanese...
View ArticleKEYS TO FITNESS: Collaboration with the Dentist on TMJ — A Team Approach
By SHEILA YONEMOTO, P.T. Communication between physical therapists and dentists began as these practitioners realized that multiple complaints of the adult patient with head, neck and facial pain were...
View ArticleSFVJACC, Nikkei Senior Gardens Formalize Relationship
ARLETA – The San Fernando Valley Japanese American Community Center (SFVJACC) and Nikkei Senior Gardens (NSG) announced the signing of a document in July, specifying the terms of an agreement between...
View ArticleAuthor to Discuss Memoir at JANM on Oct. 4
Author Masako Kimura Streling will discuss her memoir “I Thought the Sun Was God” at the Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave., Little Tokyo, on Saturday, Oct. 4, at 2 p.m. As...
View Article‘Every Vote Will Count’
TORRANCE — Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi (D-Torrance) held a “Kickoff to Victory” rally for the fall general election at his campaign headquarters in Torrance last Saturday with supporters and...
View ArticleA Long, Legendary Reach
By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS, Rafu Sports Editor If a lifetime is measured by the ripple effects it has on other lives, then Steve Yano must have made quite a splash. From coaching young athletes, to...
View Article’99 Histories’ Extended
Janice Harmony Pak as “Girl” and Sharon Omi as Sah-Jin in a scene from Artists at Play’s production of Julia Cho’s “99 Histories,” directed by Leslie Ishii. Originally scheduled to close Sept. 28, the...
View ArticleCAPAC Applauds Confirmation of Wada as Asst. Army Secretary
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Sept. 17 confirmed Debra S. Wada by a voice vote to be the assistant secretary of the Army for manpower and reserve affairs at the U.S. Department of Defense. Wada has...
View ArticleDVD Screening of Grateful Crane’s Goodwill Tour to Japan
The Grateful Crane Ensemble will be hosting a community screening of its 2014 Goodwill Tour to Japan DVD on Saturday, Oct. 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Nishi Hongwanji Los Angeles Betsuin in Little...
View ArticleBecerra Talks Regional Connector at LTCC
By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu English Editor-in-Chief Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Los Angeles) took questions and offered updates on the Metro Regional Connector rail project on Tuesday at a meeting of the Little...
View ArticleAPA Media Coalition Urges Support for New Fall Shows
The Asian Pacific American Media Coalition, co-chaired by Daniel Mayeda and Priscilla Ouchida, issued the following message to its supporters on Wednesday. =*= Next week, two groundbreaking new...
View ArticleNikkei LGBTQ Forum at Gardena Valley JCI
GARDENA — People of all generations and backgrounds are invited to learn more about gender, sexuality and LGBTQ (lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer) stories in the Japanese American community on...
View ArticleＬＡＸに自動入国審査機
ロサンゼルス国際空港（ＬＡＸ）の国際線ターミナル内にセルフサービスの自動入国審査機が40台設置され、一般に公開された。同機の導入により手続きが簡素化され、海外から入国する搭乗者の待ち時間が短縮される。 搭乗者は空港到着後、必要な情報と税関申告を同機に入力し、発行されるレシートとパスポートを税関国境警備局（ＣＢＰ）の係員に提出する。...
View Articleハリウッドで日本映画祭
日本映画に特化した「The LA EigaFest」が１２日からの３日間、ハリウッドで開催され、最新作をはじめ話題の長・短編を合わせた１１作品が公開された。初日に開かれた開会式では、実写版「ルパン三世」が上映され、峰不二子役の女優黒木メイサさんや他の作品の監督、出演者が華やかな衣装を身にまとってレッドカーペットに登場し、イベントに花を添えた。...
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