Lisa Nakamaru’s Family Launches GoFundMe Campaign
The family of Lisa Nakamaru has launched an online fundraising campaign in her memory at www.gofundme.com/livelikelisa. Nakamaru, a junior at UC Davis who was studying to become a child therapist,...
View ArticleWork Under Way on CGM Digital Exhibition
TORRANCE — The National Veterans Network, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution’s Asian Pacific American Center and the National Museum of American History and with the financial support from...
View ArticleKEYS TO FITNESS: Cancer Prevention
By SHEILA YONEMOTO, P.T. A handout I received from John Hopkins University stated some revealing ideas about cancer. One of the more interesting statements was that every person has cancer cells in...
View ArticleSake/Art Event at JACCC
Angel City Brewery’s newest beer, For the Sake of Ale, and Jason Pippen’s newest work, “Jugatsuzakura,” will be celebrated on Thursday, Nov. 20, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Japanese American Cultural and...
View Article‘From Both Shores’ Book Launch at JCCCNC
SAN FRANCISCO – The Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California celebrates the publication of “From Both Shores” at a book launch on Sunday, Nov. 23, at the JCCCNC, 1840 Sutter St. in...
View ArticleGENIE’S LAMP: I Watch Him
By GENIE NAKANO I watch him glide the bow across a cello’s strings closing my eyes I am cello in his hands Genie Nakano was born in East Los Angeles. She has an MFA in Dance, and uses movement, music,...
View ArticleDance 4 Oceans：報道されない福島の「声」
日本在住のアメリカ人映画監督イアン・トーマス・アッシュさんが、東日本大震災の福島第一原発事故後、県民たちの現状を取材したドキュメンタリー映画「Ａ２―Ｂ―Ｃ」が２日、サンペドロで上映された。主催は、海の汚染問題を訴える草の根団体「Dance 4 Oceans」（カナ・ジョーンズ代表）。...
View ArticleSAVE THE DATE: Aloha by the Bay
SAN FRANCISCO — The fourth annual Aloha by the Bay will take place Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 7 p.m. at the West Bay Conference Center, 1290 Fillmore St. in San Francisco. The benefit concert unites for...
View ArticleUCSB Professor Nakamura Receives Japan’s Order of Culture Award
SANTA BARBARA — UC Santa Barbara Nobel Laureate Shuji Nakamura was selected to receive one of Japan’s highest honors, the 2014 Order of Culture Award. The medal, which recognizes contributions to the...
View ArticleBera Pulls Ahead of Ose, Declares Victory
RANCHO CORDOVA — More than two weeks after the polls closed, Rep. Ami Bera (D-Rancho Cordova), a member of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and the only Indian American in Congress,...
View ArticleRising Stars Alumni Buddy Up with Students from JSPACC
By ERIKA FISHER On Oct. 12, alumni and friends of the Rising Stars Youth Leadership Program paired up with buddies from the Japanese-Speaking Parents Association of Children with Challenges and visited...
View ArticleMarrow for Morrow
The “Marrow for Morrow” campaign, which has been seeking a bone marrow donor for Morrow Willis, a 28-year-old from Texas, posted the following announcement from Willis on Nov. 20: “An update and some...
View ArticleBrandon Yamasaki Attains Eagle Scout Rank
HUNTINGTON BEACH—Brandon Akio Yamasaki, eldest child of Brent and Kay Aiko (Fukuda) Yamasaki, grandson of James and Kimi Fukuda, and member of Boy Scout Troop 568, was honored at the Eagle Scout Court...
View ArticleOnline Petition Targets ‘Pickup Artist’ Blanc
WASHINGTON — Julien Blanc, a self-described “pickup artist” and spokesperson for a group called Real Social Dynamics, is promoting misogynistic and racist attitudes through his seminars on how to...
View ArticleAARP Sponsors East West Players’ “Takarazuka”
WASHINGTON – AARP is a proud sponsor of “Takarazuka,” the latest production of East West Players, the nation’s premier Asian American theater company. AARP is underwriting a special performance on...
View ArticleSantos Chang Honored by Martial Arts History Museum
Burbank.–Jocelyn Santos Chang, one of the first women to receive a black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, was recognized for her outstanding dedication to the martial arts at the Martial Arts History...
View ArticleHonor of a Lifetime
By JUNKO YOSHIDA Rafu Japanese Staff Writer For extraordinary distinction in lifetime achievement and exceptional contributions to the state of motion picture arts and sciences, honorary Academy Awards...
View ArticleHORSE’S MOUTH: Little Tokyo Ain’t the Same
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (Published Oct. 28, 2014) If you’re reading this, I don’t know whether to say you’re lucky or just the opposite. When I sat down to begin today’s chatter, my darn computer didn’t...
View ArticleINTO THE NEXT STAGE: ‘Big Hero 6’ Is a Romp — But Is It Progress?
By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON Over the weekend, my daughter, Akari, celebrated her 11th birthday by treating some of her school pals (and reluctantly, her brother, Jameson, and one of his buddies) to a...
View ArticleRed Team Triumphs
The red (women’s) team beat the white (men’s) team in the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s “Natsukashi no Kouhaku Uta Gassen,” held Nov. 2 at the James Armstrong Theatre in Torrance. In the tradition of...
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