Hirono Attends State Dinner, Serves on Escort Committee for Abe
WASHINGTON – Last week during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s official visit to the U.S. and Japan’s Golden Week, Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) participated in several key events to highlight the...
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GARDENA — Back by popular demand, “Sansei Stories” will begin a six-week session at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute on Thursday, May 7, from 7 to 9 p.m. As the Sansei generation rapidly...
View Article寿司職人に有罪判決：違反の鯨肉提供で
米国で販売が禁止されている鯨肉を提供し、ロサンゼルス連邦検察当局に海洋哺乳類保護法違反容疑で訴追されていたサンタモニカの高級寿司店「ザ・ハンプ（The Hump）」の寿司職人ススム・ウエダ容疑者に対し４日、５千ドルの罰金と執行猶予２年の有罪判決が言いわたされた。 同容疑者には、執行猶予期間中に２００時間のコミュニティーサービスが命じられた。...
View Articleグレンデール市：屋外の水使用制限、水まき週２回に
カリフォルニア州で深刻化する干ばつ被害を受け、グレンデール市議会は同市水道電気局（ＧＷＰ）の利用者に対し、屋外での水使用を制限する案を承認した。今後、ＧＷＰの利用者は屋外での水使用を１週間に２回、芝生や植物への水まき用スプリンクラーの使用時間も制限されることになった。...
View ArticleFinal Screening of ‘Infinity and Chashu Ramen’ in Japantown
SAN FRANCISCO — Nihonmachi Little Friends and Ikeibi Films are pleased to present the final screening of “Infinity and Chashu Ramen” — the first feature film shot entirely in San Francisco’s Japantown...
View ArticleA Curious Case of Mistaken Identity
WASHINGTON — Glen S. Fukushima, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, received several emails on April 29 informing him that The Washington Post had published his photo in an article about...
View ArticleJANM Acquires Controversial Allen Eaton Collection
By MIA NAKAJI MONNIER, Rafu Staff Writer After a month of public outcry, the controversial Eaton collection — which comprised more than 400 artifacts from the Japanese American concentration camps —...
View ArticleJapan’s Prime Minister Visits Los Angeles
By GWEN MURANAKA and MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS Rafu Staff Writers More than 35 years after he was a student at USC, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe returned to Los Angeles, where he was received warmly...
View Article‘East Side Sushi’ Screens Saturday, Wednesday
By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS Rafu Arts & Entertainment If there was ever an occasion for actor Yutaka Takeuchi to be strolling around Little Tokyo sporting a comically large sombrero, Tuesday was the...
View ArticlePowerful Voices Motivate, Educate at 46th Manzanar Pilgrimage
By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributot Close to 1,500 people braved blustery winds and gritty dust to attend the 46th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, held on April 25. While there are visibly fewer former...
View ArticleGo For Broke Breaks Ground
With shovels and wooden o’o sticks from Hawaii, the Go For Broke National Education Center broke ground Saturday for their future home in Little Tokyo. The new office and interactive space will be...
View ArticleVOX POPULI: TPP Will Strengthen California’s Economy
By PAT FONG KUSHIDA On April 29, history was made when Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe addressed a joint session of Congress, making him the first-ever Japanese prime minister to do so. When he was...
View ArticleTakano Attends Oral Arguments for Marriage Equality
WASHINGTON — Rep. Mark Takano (D-Riverside), one of the seven openly gay members of Congress, released the following statement on April 28 after attending oral arguments for the Supreme Court case...
View Article‘Honor and Sacrifice’ Screening at JANM
“Honor and Sacrifice: The Roy Matsumoto Story” will be screened on Saturday, May 9, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave. in Little Tokyo. This award-winning film...
View ArticleSymphony Guild Installs New Officers
TORRANCE — Lissa Malone and Susan Toy Stern were recently installed as co-presidents of the Asia America Symphony Guild at the Depot Restaurant in Torrance. Outgoing President Val Noguchi was praised...
View ArticleTHROUGH THE FIRE: Thread of Life — Strength, Survival and a Singer Sewing...
By SHARON YAMATO An immaculate 1930-ish Singer sewing machine — richly embellished with gold filigree detail, a solid wooden folding table, and an intricately curved cast iron stand — sits in the den...
View ArticleCROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Jappo Is a Five-Letter Word That Spells Pride
By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO Hi there, how it is? Time to touch base again. Let’s make that “touch gloves,” considering all the weekend hullabaloo over two guys pummeling each other. That’s what makes America...
View ArticleEast West Players Presents ‘The Who’s Tommy’
East West Players (EWP), the nation’s longest-running professional theater of color in the country and the largest producing organization of Asian American artistic work, continues its 50th anniversary...
View ArticleA Mix of Food and Family
By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS Rafu Arts & Entertainment “I’m not sure how much I can look like I’m in my 80s, but that’s my part in this play,” said Naoyuki Ikeda, flashing a wide, leprechaun-esque...
View Articleベニスビーチ：ホームレス、警官に撃たれ死亡
ベニスビーチで５日夜、ホームレスの男性がロサンゼルス市警察（ＬＡＰＤ）の警官ともみ合いになり、警官が発砲。男性は近くの病院に搬送されたが、翌６日朝に死亡した。 事件はベニスビーチからほど近いパシフィック・アベニューとウィンドワード・アベニューの交差点付近で発生した。現場はベニスビーチのランドマークにもなっている「ベニス」サインのある路上。...
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