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This mural at Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Koreatown was slated for removal because of the design’s resemblance to the wartime...

Now that Christmas is behind us, what better time to join the ranks of year-end reviewers to reflect with elation and some sadness on the...

Far too often, people have used good intentions to excuse themselves from acts of racial discrimination. In today’s society, we have a...

There are a couple of restaurants in Little Tokyo where people who are active in the community seem to gather to share a meal or discuss...

The following speech was given before the South Coast Interfaith Council on Nov. 4. During its 41st annual Interfaith Concert, SCIC...

Nikkei Senior Gardens is a beautiful assisted living retirement community in Arleta, surrounded by scenic landscaping, where residents...

Did you know ghosts have been seen in the old buildings (and even some new buildings) in Little Tokyo? Little Tokyo is over 130 years...

The following speech was given on May 19 during PFLAG San Gabriel Valley Asian Pacific Islanders’ five-year anniversary luncheon at...

Sen. Mazie Hirono walks out of a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 28. (Twitter) By GWEN MURANAKA “This is totally...

You could call this a belated birthday message to my mother, Elsie Osajima, who turned 93 this past July. We are fortunate that she is...

By SHARON YAMATO As a proud member of the JA community, I’ve often lamented the fact that most of the people who attend community events...

In that her work was pivotal in providing for redress, her family decided to bring together those who were involved in bringing redress...

With the passing of Wakako Yamauchi, we have lost another community icon. In 1995, my late husband, George, and I bought a home in...

Before their amazing careers in Major League Baseball, Dad and my Uncle Yosh had to live through the Great Depression. Their family was...

On Sunday, Sept. 2, after attending the “Celebration of Life” at JANM for Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga (a wonderful program, by the way), Traci...

By SHARON YAMATO I never knew much about Minidoka except that it was one of the ten incarceration sites. Unlike Manzanar, Poston and...

Constance Wu and Henry Golding share a moment in the new romantic comedy “Crazy Rich Asians,” now playing in theatres nationwide. It...

I was so saddened to hear of Aiko Herzig Yoshinaga’s passing. To initially see Aiko in person, you saw a tiny, attractive grandmother...

It was a slightly overcast Saturday afternoon, but it felt like the sun was shining everywhere as an excited throng filled the Garden...

Nikkei Resisters participated in a march in Oakland in January. Los Angeles’ Nikkei Progressives and the San Francisco Bay Area’s Nikkei...