THE RAFU MARKET

By TIMOTHY CHUMAN During my freshman year on my school’s frosh basketball team, we had lost a preseason game and our assistant coach gave...

Retributive social justice rarely arrives in a lifetime, but it appears that we’re bearing witness that. Director Ava DuVernay’s Netflix...

I used to hear in academia that historical events are usually written some 50 years later. My first thought was, “Yeah, after most of the...

The JACL redress panel consisted of (from left) John Tateishi, Ron Wakabayashi, Frank Sato, Floyd Shimomura and Ron Ikejiri. (J.K....

Yasuhiro Naito, owner of Naito Farm. By KARA CHU (Published June 15, 2019) “The earthquake, tsunami and the nuclear incident have been...

Traffic noises mixed with construction sounds create a background for the sirens of police and EMT vehicles as they come to check on a...

My mother arrived from Japan in 1932 as an 18-year-old picture bride from Fukushima, Japan. My father worked a farm in the San Fernando...

Farmers Sachio and Keiko with Kara Chu in 2017. (Photos courtesy of Katilyn Chu) By KARA CHU (Published June 8, 2019) Ever since the...

I will be running for a second term to serve on the West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council (WLASNC). Unlike last time — when I...

By GWEN MURANAKA Nancy Kikuchi would have been happy to see so many folks out there on Saturday doing the thing she loved: volunteering...

How does a story evolve after those who experienced it are long gone? Is history just a giant game of telephone, where the message fades,...

By SHARON YAMATO I first learned about Fresno’s landmark mochi shop, Kogetsu-do, 16 years ago while doing research for the Japanese...

By AUSTEN LOCK Following is the winner in the Youth Category of the 2019 Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest. “Hey Buddhahead!...

By CODY UYEDA Following is the 2019 winner in the English Category of the Imagine Little Tokyo Short Story Contest. 5:00 p.m. was when...

In Little Tokyo, it’s pretty difficult to avoid seeing Rilakkuma, the soft brown bear character created by Japanese company San-X, in one...

I’ve been a registered voter for 42 years. I’ve been called for jury duty more than once but have only twice undergone the process of...

Representing three generations are Hiroko Higuchi with her mother Ayako Higuchi, and daughter Sophia Muratsuchi. By HIROKO HIGUCHI, Ph.D...

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Little Tokyo in 1994. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu...

On Saturday, March 9, the Art Share Auditorium in Little Tokyo/Art District was packed with local activists who gathered for the North...

She caught me by surprise — a beautiful young woman was waving and smiling at me! I was standing on the corner of Second Street and San...