A Generational Jazz Journey
Many of us know the opening lyrics of the popular jazz standard of the World War II-era “Sentimental Journey”: Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease Gonna make a sentimental...
View ArticleGoing Down Memory Lane
SAN FRANCISCO — Kanzaki Lounge – it was the place to be back in the day. A local watering hole in the heart of S.F. Japantown where we made lifelong friends, celebrated milestones in our lives and...
View ArticleSPORTS COMMENTARY: Even if Only for a Day, the Padres Had a Good Man at the Top
By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS Rafu Sports Editor During the radio broadcast of the Dodgers’ game Sunday at San Diego, announcer Rick Monday was augmenting the play-by-play with anecdotes about various...
View ArticleJapan Week in S.F. Japantown
SAN FRANCISCO — Japan Week 2015 will be held in San Francisco Japantown from Monday, June 22, to Sunday, June 28. Featured events: “Asian Improv in Diaspora: The Tokyo-Chicago-San Francisco Connection”...
View ArticleValley JCC Kicks Off Obon Season
The Valley Japanese Community Center, 8850 Lankershim Blvd., Sun Valley, hosts its annual Obon Festival on the weekend of June 20-21 from 5 to 10 p.m. Crowd-pleasing and classic all-time favorites such...
View Article‘Nisei Stories of Wartime Japan’ at JANM
“Nisei Stories of Wartime Japan” will be screened on Saturday, June 20, at 2 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum, 100 N. Central Ave. in Little Tokyo. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in...
View ArticleRETIREMENT TIPS: Retirement Confidence Is All in the Plan
By ALAN KONDO, CLU, CFP Americans’ confidence in the ability to afford a comfortable retirement continues to rebound from the lows reported between 2009 and 2013. The increasing optimism is coming...
View ArticleHonoring the Docents
Attendees visit the newly inscribed obelisk with the names of past and present docents at the end of the Go For Broke monument anniversary ceremony in Little Tokyo on June 6. Below, from right,...
View ArticleTime to Toast
Jokun recipient Min Tonai (center) shares a toast with his wife Mary and Consul General Harry Horinouchi on May 27 at the consul general’s residence in Los Angeles. Tonai, president of the Terminal...
View ArticleA Father’s Letters: The Story of Nisei and U.S. Marine Robert Borchers
By SUSIE LING A couple of years after his elderly father moved to a nursing home, Robert L. Borchers started sorting through his father’s papers in Minnesota. He came across a scrapbook containing 13...
View ArticleAPA Leaders Outraged by Charleston Killings
WASHINGTON — “Our hearts are with the families of the victims,” said Priscilla Ouchida, national director of the Japanese American Citizens League, in response to the tragic violence at the Emanuel AME...
View Article書画家・平野武さんが実演：異色のアートと融け合う
世界６カ国で、個展や実演を行った実績を持つ書画家の平野武（ひらの・いさ）さんが来米し、コンテンポラリーダンスとのコラボレーションによるパフォーマンスを１３日、グレンデールの「ブランド図書館＆アートセンター」で２度にわたり行った。前衛的な書道が、異色のアートと融合することで、平面の枠を飛び出し、立体的な芸術作品を披露した。...
View Articleサンバナディーノ国立森林公園：山火事発生、約１万エーカーを焼き尽くす
ロサンゼルスから東方およそ８６マイルに位置するサンバナディーノ国立森林公園で１７日、山火事が発生した。これまでに１万１０００エーカーを焼き尽くし、付近の住民らは避難を開始している。...
View ArticleNPS Announces $2.8 Million in Confinement Site Grants
WASHINGTON – National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis on June 16 announced 20 grants totaling more than $2.8 million to help preserve and interpret the World War II confinement sites of...
View ArticleVenice JCC Hosts Annual Summer Festival
Venice Japanese Community Center hosts its annual Natsu Matsuri (Summer Festival) on June 27 and 28. Admission is free. This two-day event is the center’s biggest public event as well as fundraiser...
View ArticleCROSSROADS TO SOMEWHERE: Take a Bus to Ride the Chattanooga Choo Choo
By W.T. WIMPY HIROTO As word of The Great Nisei Reunion II spreads, there is no doubt interest in the Big Band encore slated for July 12 is gaining momentum. The Tex Beneke Orchestra, featuring...
View ArticleKEYS TO FITNESS: Tingling in Your Fingers, Shoulder Pain and Jaw Problems
By SHEILA YONEMOTO, P.T. A superior solution to any problem is simple, wide ranging and requires minimal effort. I remember when four of us were trying to move a very heavy weight machine with four...
View ArticleHershey Miyamura Scholarships Awarded
GALLUP, N.M. — Three scholarships in the name of Korean War Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura were given on May 13 as part of the fifth annual Senior Recognition Night at Hiroshi...
View ArticleScholars and Dancers
The Greater L.A. JACL held its annual Hana Uno Shephard Scholarship and Chapter Fundraising Dance on May 30 at the Ken Nakaoka Community Center in Gardena. The $1,000 scholarship, named in memory of a...
View Articleポモナ市：３歳の少女、熱中症で死亡
ロサンゼルス郡ポモナ市で２１日、３歳の女児が車の中に置き去りにされ熱中症で死亡する事故が発生した。女児は意識不明の状態で発見され、すぐに病院に搬送されたが間もなく死亡した。 女児とその家族は同日午後１時に外出先から自宅に帰宅。家族は女児が車から出ていると思っていたという。その４時間後、女児は意識不明の状態で発見され、病院に搬送されたが間もなく死亡した。...
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