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By SARENA KUHN (The youth winner of the third annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest, sponsored by the Little Tokyo Historical...

When word leaked last week that Lt. Hikaru Sulu — now played by John Cho in the rebooted “Star Trek” movies — would be gay, I thought...

(Published June 25, 2016) “Brexit,” or Britain’s referendum on whether to exit from the European Union, took an unexpected turn yesterday...

(Published July 2, 2016) Obon and The Rafu are inextricable in my mind. It was at my home temple’s Obon where I met Mikey Culross, sports...

A few weeks ago, I awoke in the middle of the night and heard President Obama’s familiar voice. I hadn’t planned on listening in real...

(Published July 2, 2016) Ellen Endo and I, along with two Nisei Week princesses, sat at a folding table at the Obon last weekend. It was...

(Published July 7, 2016) A week ago today, The Los Angeles Times’ front page had a big story about the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and...

By JOE WOCOSKI (The English-language winner of the third annual Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest, sponsored by the Little Tokyo...

Dear Editor: Shawn Miyake has retired! The community has finally found some peace. NOT! Many questions are raised, over and above the...

Dr. Keiko Ikeda (right) with Rep. Judy Chu at a press conference held by the Ad Hoc Committee to Save Keiro in January. (J.K....

Last September at the end of the 17th edition of CBS’s reality competition show “Big Brother,” James Huling came in seventh but was later...

From left: Shawn Miyake (Keiro Senior HealthCare), Priscilla Ouchida (National JACL) and Greg Kimura (JANM). By GWEN MURANAKA (Originally...

Illustration by GWEN MURANAKA/Rafu Shimpo By SHIRLEY WATANABE-NISHIDA (The Japanese-language winner of the third annual Imagine Little...

A new sign for Kei-Ai South Bay Healthcare Center can be seen in front of the former South Bay Keiro in Gardena. With the sale of Keiro...

Ever have one of “those” weekends, packed with wall-to wall community stuff? They happen every now and then, when each day has some sort...

Whatever one may think of Donald Trump, he has been remarkably consistent in his views of Japan over the past 30 years. What is puzzling...

Not that long ago Marsha Aizumi was just another working JA mom living in Arcadia and raising two adopted children. She managed to stay...

On June 2 and 3, I had lunch with two very interesting and different people — actor Jason Scott Lee (whom I was finally meeting for the...

In case the purpose of this column isn’t known to most Rafu readers by now, it’s to comment and report on media as it relates to Asian...

The season finale of “Survivor: Kaoh Rong” aired on May 18 with the usual two-hour episode followed by an hour reunion of the cast where...