‘Ikko Style’ and ‘Visualizing Enlightenment’ at USC Pacific Asia Museum
PASADENA — The USC Pacific Asia Museum is presenting two Japan-related exhibitions through Aug. 2. “Ikko Style: The Graphic Art of Ikko Tanaka, which opens April 2, will present the work of Ikko...
View ArticleHORSE’S MOUTH: Same Old Problems!
By GEORGE YOSHINAGA (Published March 14, 2015) Yeah, it was about 3 p.m. when my wife (as usual) said, “Today is Wednesday, Aren’t you forgetting something?” I tossed her question about in my head for...
View ArticleBuilding for the Future
By MIREI KAGAWA, Rafu Contributor Happy Birthday! Do you cringe at the sound of these words? Or, do you react with a smile ready to celebrate? Reaching personal milestones certainly is cause for a...
View ArticleLITTLE TOKYO INC.: How Is Your $10 Billion Real Estate Portfolio?
By JON KAJI Over the past year, our firm has seen a definite uptick in real estate activity at all levels. In Downtown Los Angeles and Little Tokyo specifically, new developments abound. Wall Street...
View ArticleIT PAYS TO KNOW: Ain’t Ya Scared?
By JUDD MATSUNAGA, Esq. One of my all-time favorite movies is “Cool Hand Luke.” It’s a 1967 American prison drama film starring Paul Newman. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a...
View Article石油王ゲティの孫、遺体で発見： ハリウッドヒルズの自宅で
石油王でゲティ財団の設立者である故ジャン・ポール・ゲティ氏の孫にあたるアンドリュー・ゲティ氏（４７）が３月３１日、ハリウッドヒルズの自宅で遺体で発見された。ロサンゼルス郡検視局によると犯罪に巻き込まれた可能性は低いとみて、現在死因などの調査が進められている。...
View ArticleDeadline Editor: ‘Our Hearts Are Heavy with Regret’
In a column posted on Sunday, Deadline Editor Mike Fleming Jr. expressed regret over a March 24 article that seemed to suggest that there was too much “ethnic” casting in Hollywood at the expense of...
View Article‘Back in the Day’ with Grateful Crane
By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer “Back in the Day: The Sansei Show” was the theme of the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s seventh annual fundraising dinner, held last Saturday at Nishi Hongwanji in Little...
View ArticleCROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Physiology Gains Attention Over ‘Oh-bah-keh’
By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO [While proofreading this week’s Crossroads to Somewhere, an old nemesis struck with a vengeance: Villain Leg Cramp! He was painful – and long-lasting. Here it is two days later and...
View ArticleTop Teacher
Karen Tanaka, a fourth-grade teacher at Glen Oak Elementary School in Covina, was awarded the Continuing Service Award for her dedication to her students on Feb. 12. Tanaka has been teaching at the...
View Article2015 Akira Komai Memorial Playoffs – Quarterfinals Schedule
A Minor Sunday, April 5th @ Rancho Dominguez Prep 12:00pm OOS Quicksilver vs Tigers Red 1:30pm MU Strokers vs Cubs 6:00pm LGN Carriers vs Amadeus 7:30pm...
View Article‘Big Trouble’ at JANM
“Big Trouble in Little China” (1986) will be screened as part of the Big Trouble in Little Tokyo film series on Wednesday, April 8, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, 100...
View ArticleEllie Rush Returns in ‘Grave on Grand Avenue’
Naomi Hirahara’s latest novel, “Grave on Grand Avenue,” will be released on April 7 by Penguin Publishing Group. LAPD bicycle cop — and aspiring homicide detective — Ellie Rush is back on patrol in the...
View ArticleINTO THE NEXT STAGE: Deadline Drops a Dud with Diversity Dis
By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON (Note: See the April 1 Rafu for more on today’s topic.) Compared with newspapers, things move fast in this Internet age. An entire cycle of birth, life and death — or in this...
View ArticleCherry Blossom Festival at Bowers Museum
SANTA ANA — The Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival will be held on Target Free First Sunday, April 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bowers Museum, 2002 N. Main St. in Santa Ana. The schedule of...
View ArticleMiyatake’s Portrait of Chavez Going to Smithsonian
In commemoration of what would have been Cesar E. Chavez’s 88th birthday, Rep. Maxine Water (D-Los Angeles) was joined March 27 by Margaret Salazar-Porzio, curator of Latino history at the...
View ArticleGo For Broke Seeks Submissions to Essay and Video Contest
Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) announces its third annual student essay contest — with students having the option this year to create short videos as well. The contest is open to high...
View ArticleMuraoka to Join Annual White House Easter Egg Roll
WASHINGTON — Alan Muraoka, who is in the cast of “Sesame Street,” has been invited to participate in the White House 2015 Easter Egg Roll program to be held at the White House on Monday, April 6. Among...
View Articleエクスポライン２：６日からテスト走行開始
２０１２年４月に開通したメトロのエクスポジションライン（ロサンゼルス・ダウンタウン―カルバーシティー間、全12駅）のサンタモニカへの延長工事が順調に進み、６日（月）からテスト走行が開始される。メトロがこのほど、発表した。...
View Article南加日本民謡協会 ：日本文化継承で協力
南加日本民謡協会は２２日、モンテベロ市にあるクワイエットキャノンで総会と新春親睦会を開催した。昨年に引き続きラーセン美奈子会長と役員の続投が承認され、同協会に加盟する７団体が民謡と民舞を披露。南加地区での日本文化の発展と継承に向け今後も協力していくことを誓い合った。...
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