Uncle, the Imperial Dancer
By MICHAEL GORO TAKEUCHI Special to The Rafu The elderly man leaned on his walker while shuffling across the wood-stained floor, pulling behind him what amounted to his life-support system. The wheels...
View ArticleINTO THE NEXT STAGE: Is ‘Selfie’ Already in Trouble?
By GUY AOKI The day after ABC’s “Selfie” debuted on Sept. 30, its overnight ratings came in at 4.6 million viewers and a 1.4 rating in the 18-49 age range that advertisers favor vs. the over-50 crowd...
View Article‘Hiroshima Mon Amour’ Opens Friday
“Hiroshima Mon Amour” (1959) opens Friday, Oct. 17, for a weeklong engagement at the following Laemmle Theaters: • The Royal, 11523 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles • Playhouse 7, 673 E. Colorado Blvd.,...
View ArticleHonda Remembers Loma Prieta
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Honda (D-San Jose) issued the following statement on Friday: “Today is the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. The lasting images of this 6.9-level earthquake include...
View ArticleCamp Musubi: Connecting Youth to the Power of Little Tokyo
By TONY OSUMI Camp Musubi turned 13 this year—a bona fide teenager. The Japanese American heritage camp’s one-week mission is to connect middle-schoolers to Little Tokyo and the larger Japanese...
View Article‘Generations of Action’ to Be One of JAHSSC’s Final Programs
TORRANCE — The Japanese American Historical Society of Southern California (JAHSSC) will be dissolving in the spring of 2015, after 37 years (35 since incorporation) of providing a variety of...
View ArticleNikkei Games: The Fast and the Flurry-est
The 2014 Nikkei Games Track and Field events were held Aug. 3 at Cerritos College in Norwalk. Athletes from ages 1 to over 80 took part in a day of competition and family fun. The results have been...
View ArticleOff and Running in Retirement
No telling if they gave him a pocket watch at his retirement ceremony, but perhaps a stopwatch might have been more appropriate. In March, Montebello resident Jody Hoshino called it a career after 20...
View ArticleBest of Grateful Crane Coming to San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — The Grateful Crane Ensemble will be presenting the best songs the group has sung over the past 13 years in “The Best of Grateful Crane” on Saturday, Nov. 22, at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. at...
View ArticleKajioka Named to State Alarm Company Review Committee
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 30 announced the appointment of Randy Kajioka, 55, of Sacramento to the California Alarm Company Operator Disciplinary Review Committee. Kajioka has been...
View ArticleLagmay Appointed to State Voting Modernization Board
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown on Oct. 10 announced that June Awano Lagmay, 60, of Temple City has been appointed to the California Voting Modernization Board. Vice chair of the Los Angeles Municipal...
View ArticleRamen Yokocho Coming to Pomona
POMONA — The largest ramen event is returning to Southern California. Ramen Yokocho will takeplace Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 18-19, from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. at FairPlex Pomona, 1101 W. McKinley Ave.,...
View ArticleOCJAA：敬老感謝の集い開く
オレンジ郡日系協会（ＯＣＪＡＡ、藤田喜美子会長）は12日、「敬老感謝の集いと日本文化奨学金授与式」をアナハイムのオレンジ郡仏教会で催した。今年で28回目。...
View ArticleNatsukashi no Kouhaku Uta Gassen Returns
TORRANCE — The singing showdown is back. “Natsukashi no Kouhaku Uta Gassen,” the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s entertaining spoof of NHK’s nationally televised singing contest, “Kouhaku Uta Gassen,” is...
View ArticleSTEM Education Advocate Margaret Ishida Dies at 58
Margaret Ashida of Latham, N.Y., the first executive director of STEMx, a nationwide network of state STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) organizations, died on Oct. 5 in a diving accident...
View ArticleKitty Kagamiwari
A traditional kagamiwari ceremony was held Oct. 10 during a members-only viewing of the Japanese American National Museum’s exhibition “Hello! Exploring the Supercute World of Hello Kitty,” which...
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