Centenary’s Arigato Bazaar This Saturday
Centenary United Methodist Church, 300 S. Central St. in Little Tokyo, will hold its annual Arigato Bazaar on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., followed by a Bazaar After Party from 6 to 9 p.m....
View ArticleHiroshima ‘Back to the Beginnings’ Concerts in Northern Cal
Hiroshima will take special “Back to the Beginnings” concerts to Northern California: May 1 at Monterey Peninsula Buddhist Temple; May 2 at College of San Mateo in a benefit performance for CSM’s Asian...
View ArticleMatsumoto to Speak on ‘City Girls’ at West LA UMC
Dr. Valerie Matsumoto will speak on her book “City Girls: The Nisei Social World in Los Angeles, 1920-1950” at a public form on Sunday, May 3, at 1 p.m. at West LA United Methodist Church. Her...
View ArticleHirono Votes to Confirm Lynch as Attorney General
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) on April 23 released the following statement on Loretta Lynch’s historic confirmation by a 56-43 vote as the first woman of color to serve as U.S. attorney...
View Articleサウスロサンゼルス：デモ参加者の６人逮捕
メリーランド州ボルティモアで黒人男性が白人警官に拘束された後に死亡した事件を受け、サウスロサンゼルス地区でも２７日夜、抗議デモが行われた。交通を妨げるなどの行為が相次ぎ６人が逮捕された。...
View Articleオマリー、トウナイ、小山の３氏が受章：在ＬＡ日本総領事館管轄区域
日本政府は２９日、平成２７年（２０１５年）春の叙勲受章者を発表した。在ロサンゼルス日本国総領事館管轄区域では元ロサンゼルス・ドジャース社長兼オーナーのピーター・オマリーさん（７７）に旭日中綬章、元日米文化会館理事長で現在ターミナルアイランダーズ会長などを務めるミノル・トウナイ（藤内稔、８６）さんに旭日小綬章、元南加庭園業連盟会長の小山信吉さん（８０）に旭日双光章がそれぞれ授与されることが決まった。...
View ArticleHail to the Chief
By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer About 500 people wished former LAPD Deputy Chief Terry Hara well at his retirement dinner on April 18 at The Castaway in Burbank. Since joining the force in 1980,...
View ArticleInaugural Fundraiser for Furutani’s State Senate Campaign
Warren Furutani’s State Senate campaign will kick off with its inaugural fundraiser on Thursday, April 30, at 6 p.m. at the new Empress Pavilion in Los Angeles Chinatown, 988 N. Hill St. (parking...
View ArticleWriters from Far and Wide
By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer The winners of the annual Imagine Little Tokyo short story contest were recognized Wednesday during a reception at the Japanese American Cultural and Community...
View ArticleYamamoto to Discuss Journalism Career on May 3
GARDENA — J.K. Yamamoto, Rafu Shimpo reporter, will talk about his career as editor, writer, photographer and reporter on Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m. at Merit Park Recreation Hall, 58 Merit Park Drive,...
View ArticleFujimatsuri Bazaar at Gardena Buddhist Church
GARDENA — The annual Fujimatsuri Bazaar will be held at Gardena Buddhist Church, 1517 W. 166th St., Gardena, on Saturday, May 2, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The bazaar will feature entertainment in the...
View ArticleGroundbreaking Ceremony for Go For Broke National Education Center in Little...
A groundbreaking ceremony for Go For Broke National Education Center’s (GFBNEC) new office and interactive exhibition space will take place at the historic Nishi Hongwanji Buddhist Temple on Saturday,...
View Article短編映画：「アメリカン引きこもり」
インディペンデント映画監督ランディス・ストークス氏がこのほど、日本の社会問題である引きこもりをテーマにした短編映画「アメリカン引きこもり」（20分、日本語、英語字幕）を発表した。これまでに、ワシントンＤＣアジア環太平洋系映画祭と、ニューヨークのイサカ・アジア系映画祭に入選している。ストークス監督に話を聞いた。【取材＝中村良子】...
View Article‘Hold These Truths’ Ends This Weekend at Coachella Valley Rep
RANCHO MIRAGE — “Hold These Truths: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi” ends Sunday at Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre at The Atrium, 69930 Hwy. 111, Suite 116, Rancho Mirage. A one-man play written...
View ArticleNBC4 to Celebrate APA Heritage Month on Saturday
Tune in to NBC4 Southern California this Saturday, May 2, at 8:30 p.m. for a 30-minute special, “Life Connected: Asian Pacific American Heritage Month,” hosted by reporter Ted Chen and “Today in LA”...
View ArticleArchitect, Community Leader Wayne Osaki Passes
SAN FRANCISCO — Noted architect Wayne Yoshito Osaki passed away peacefully on April 13, surrounded by his loving wife and family, one day after his 57th wedding anniversary. Born in 1923 in Clarksburg,...
View ArticleOCHAZUKE: LGBT in Japan
By RYOKO NAKAMURA Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward, one of the trendiest districts in Japan, became the first Japanese local government to recognize same-sex couples as “married.” The ordinance is to issue...
View ArticleINTO THE NEXT STAGE: Derek Shimoda’s Latest Work Is a Tale of ‘Redemption’
By GEORGE TOSHIO JOHNSTON If my records are correct, the last time I wrote about filmmaker Derek Shimoda was more than five years ago, when I wrote about his fun and enlightening documentary “The...
View Article大気汚染：ＬＡとロングビーチが最悪
全米肺協会が２９日に発表した最新の調査結果によると、ロサンゼルス、ロングビーチを含む南カリフォルニア地区が全米でもっとも大気が汚染されている地域であることが分かった。...
View ArticleAPA Film Festival at College of San Mateo
SAN MATEO — College of San Mateo Ethnic Studies presents the sixth annual Asian Pacific American Film Festival on May 1 and 2 at the CSM Theatre (Building 3), 1700 W. Hillsdale Blvd. On Friday at 6:30...
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