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On the last Sunday of last month, a pre-Okaeri panel was presented at the San Fernando Valley JA Community Center. Moderated by long-time...

Last March, I shared my personal experiences at a forum on chronic kidney disease (CKD) at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute...

There is need to correct the misleading information the Keiro Board has presented to the public in their article “Past, Present and...

“The Senbei Route was the bread and butter of Umeya.” — Tak Hamano, Chairman of Umeya, on pre-WWII Umeya Rice Cracker Co. The first new...

By GENIE NAKANO *waka means little song in Japanese poets many we are stuck in journals, notebooks, garage sales the un-sung ‘waka’...

Keiro Senior Healthcare was formed in 1961 by eight community leaders to purchase the Japanese Hospital, which provided hospital care to...

Tom Ikeda’s grandparents Fred Suyekichi and Akino Kinoshita (left and center) receive a flag in honor of their son Staff Sergeant Francis...

By GENIE NAKANO man on the corner says worlds going to end darkness prevails get yourself ready to be saved ocean of cars roar on...

By TOSHIO HANDA This is a photo many might have seen before. The first time I saw this photo was more than 20 years ago, probably in the...

(Published July 16, 2016) In light of the terrible things that happened last week — shootings of black men in Baton Rouge and St. Paul, a...

The Hollywood trades and websites carried a news report that caught my eye: TV show producer Steven Bochco is working on a reboot of a...

Mary Jane Mayemura salutes at the 2009 Memorial Day ceremony at the Japanese American War Memorial Court at JACCC Plaza. (MARIO G....

By GENIE NAKANO melons bursting on the vine dripping with sweetness, our eyes cling to each other dandelion wine packing all the...

A few weeks into their stay on “Big Brother” (the CBS summer reality show where 16 hopefuls live in a house with cameras and mics...

The Honouliuli Internment Camp on Oahu is an example of promoting inclusivity through our national parks. By MARK MASAOKA Access to...

After a lapse of 41 years, I was chosen, once more, to be president of our San Fernando Valley JACL Chapter. (Come to think of it, I had...

By GENIE NAKANO as night takes over the day and crickets start to thrum, she softly whispers shushhhhhhhhhhhhh as thick trees sigh ...

P Something happened July 6 that continues to rock the world. Happily, I’m not referring to another terrorist attack, police-related...

By GENIE NAKANO looking at my hand the lines and crevices look foreign to me yet, they tell a story from long ago I immerse my hand ...

On April 5, 2009, President Obama delivered a major speech in Prague, Czechoslovakia, challenging the whole world to renew the effort...