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I was as surprised as anyone by last Friday’s announcement from the Television Critics Association’s summer press tour that Ralph...

“It is ironic that on the 75th anniversary of the Japanese American concentration camps, we are once again being evicted from the same...

If there were one upcoming program that will be on TV in the coming months that I felt compelled to watch above all else, it would be...

TOKYO — In my July 13 column (“Keeping Connected While in Japan”), I wrote about how to keep digitally tethered while in Japan by using a...

TOKYO — Fourteen months ago, the Metro’s Expo Line train began service between downtown Los Angeles (DTLA) and Santa Monica. It got a lot...

(Published July 13, 2017) TOKYO — There must be something in the air telling people to visit Japan this summer. I know so many people...

Hakata-style ramen is the dish upon which Shin-Sen-Gumi has built a 25-year reputation. (GWEN MURANAKA/Rafu Shimpo) By GWEN MURANAKA,...

Nancy Oda (left) and Ernie Jane Nishii, wearing judo gi in honor of their father, carry the Tule Lake banner at the 2015 Manzanar...

In 1985, filmmaker Steven Okazaki was Oscar nominated for the documentary feature “Unfinished Business,” which he directed, produced...

When my children were preschool age, one of the things my wife and I really wanted was for them to have a solid foundation in Japanese...

(Published June 24, 2017) Hello Obon season! There are seasons here in the Japanese American community and now it’s time for the...

I am not a Sansei. Because, however, most Sansei are considered to be a part of the post-war Baby Boom generation, and I was born at the...

(Editor’s note: The following piece was written for the Day of Remembrance program held on Feb. 25 at the Gardena Valley Japanese...

When I was a child, I was just a little too Japanese. My L’s and R’s Came out as Reft and Light As in whenever I left my Japanese at...

I’ve been a fan of podcasts and podcasting ever since I heard about their invention, going back to around the mid-2000s. I liked the...

(Published April 26, 2017) This year marks the 75th anniversary of the issuance of President Franklin Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066...

The saying “a picture is worth a thousand words” doesn’t quite to justice to the 170 black-and-white historical photos compiled in the...

(Published May 24, 2017) “That Was the Week That Was” ran from 1962-63 on BBC. Presented by David Frost, it broke ground in TV comedy by...

(Published May 24, 2017) Since my mother died some twenty-odd years ago and I have no children of my own, I wasn’t planning to spend much...

On Saturday after the Memorial Day ceremony held at the JACCC-adjacent Japanese American National War Memorial Court, I was among the...