Little Tokyo to Welcome Year of the Sheep
The Year of the Sheep, 2015, will be welcomed at the following events in Little Tokyo during the first few days of the new year. • “Oshogatsu in Little Tokyo” will be held on Thursday, Jan. 1, from 11...
View ArticleThe Rose Riders
Five Japanese American veterans of World War II, who served in segregated units in Europe and the Pacific, and two alternates have been selected to ride on the City of Alhambra’s Rose Parade float....
View ArticleOtsukare-sama, Arigato!
By RYOKO OHNISHI, Rafu Contributor GARDENA — Junko and Hitoshi Komiyama, both 65 years old, are smiling in front of their 25-year-old restaurant, Sanuki no Sato in Gardena (182nd Street and Western),...
View ArticleMochi Madness
For Benkyodo, San Francisco Japantown’s manju shop, Oshogatsu is the busiest time of the year. Benh Nakajo (above) and Ricky Okamura (below) are among those preparing mochi for sale. Customers use the...
View ArticleBuilding Bridges of Friendship
PASADENA — Honda’s 2015 Rose Parade float entry, “Building Dreams of Friendship,” will lead the 126th Rose Parade presented by Honda. The float celebrates the friendship shared by the U.S. and Japan...
View ArticleReady for Roses
Karen Yoshimizu Nobuta of Haru Florist holds a giant Oshogatsu wreath she created for Honda’s Rose Parade float. The wreaths are usually made of rice stalks, but Nobuta substituted raffia grass for...
View ArticleInternational Youth Exchange in Hiroshima Program
In late July of this past summer, Hiroshima Kenjin Kai of Southern California (HKSC) sent a delegation of four youths to Hiroshima to participate in the 19th International Youth Exchange in Hiroshima...
View ArticleKadohata’s ‘Half a World Away’ Tells Adopted Kid’s Story
Cynthia Kadohata’s new book for young readers, “Half a World Away,” has been published by Simon & Schuster. A kid who considers himself an “epic fail” discovers the transformative power of love...
View ArticleHORSE’S MOUTH: About the Yoshinaga Family
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (Published Dec. 9, 2014) As I sat in front of my computer to prepare to pound out today’s column, I glanced over at the calendar taped to the wall. “Sunday, Dec. 7, 2014” is the...
View ArticleHORSE’S MOUTH: We Need More JA Journalists
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (Published Dec. 13, 2014) Today is Wednesday, which means I write my Saturday column. During the morning hours, I take my wife shopping. No, I don’t go into the shops with her. She...
View ArticleMizoguchi Retrospective at Hammer Museum
The UCLA Film and Television Archive presents a retrospective of Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) from Jan. 16 to Feb. 15 at the Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd....
View ArticleTohoru Isobe to Lead JAKWV
Tohoru Isobe, who served in the Korean War in the Military Intelligence Service, will lead the Japanese American Korean War Veterans for the next year. Isobe is a past president of the JAKWV, having...
View ArticleHORSE’S MOUTH: College Football Falling Apart
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (Published Dec. 16, 2014) What’s in a name? This is a frequently asked question, especially among those of us who are classified as journalists. The reason is that when we...
View ArticleSheep-ish Year Sets Stage for Positive Change
By ELLEN ENDO, Rafu Contributing Writer Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Apple co-founder Steve Jobs may have taken different roads toward computer domination, but they shared something with inventor...
View Article加州知事：州議会で施政方針演説
カリフォルニア州のジェリー・ブラウン知事（７６）は５日、４期目の就任演説と施政方針演説を行った。州都サクラメントの州議会で行われた演説でブラウン知事は、２０３０年までの１５年間で、電力源の５０％を再生可能エネルギーとする目標を掲げた。 演説の中でブラウン知事は、低エミッション車などの使用を促進させ、自動車とトラックの石油燃料消費を最大５０％削減することを目標とすると言及。...
View ArticleNatural Foods Pioneer Michio Kushi Dies at 88
BECKET, Mass. — Michio Kushi, macrobiotic educator, natural foods pioneer, and founder and chairman of Kushi Institute, passed away in Boston on Dec. 28. He was 88. Born in 1926 in Wakayama Prefecture,...
View ArticleEdward Brooke, Former CWRIC Member, Dies at 95
BOSTON — Former U.S. Sen. Edward W. Brooke, a liberal Republican who became the first African American in U.S. history to win popular election to the Senate, died Saturday. He was 95. Brooke died of...
View ArticleMore Minorities, Women in New Congress
Rafu Wire and Staff Reports WASHINGTON — The 114th Congress that convened Tuesday has 14 Asian Pacific American members, a net increase of one over the previous Congress. All but one of the 14 are in...
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