Osaka to End Sister-City Ties Over Comfort Women Statue
IN HAPPIER TIMES — From left: Kathleen Kimura, co-chair of the San Francisco-Osaka Sister City Association, San Francisco Mayor Edwin...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 30, 20171 min read
Showcase for Performers at NJAHS Peace Gallery
“This event is a free, limited seating engagement inspired by the Call to Action from the children of Fred T. Korematsu, Min Yasui, and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 27, 20172 min read
‘Ancestral Cartographic Rituals’ at Stanford
James Luna and Denise Uyehara (Photo by Cait Ni Siomon) PALO ALTO — The Stanford Department of Art and Art History presents “Ancestsral...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 26, 20171 min read
‘Noh Christmas Carol’ Returns
Originally premiering in 1993, this adaptation, written by Theatre of Yugen founder Yuriko Doi, utilizes the traditional Japanese theatre...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 26, 20172 min read
Randall Saito Appears in California Court
Surveillance video shows Randall Saito in a taxi in Honolulu, en route to catch a plane to Maui. STOCKTON — Randall Saito appeared at a...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 22, 20172 min read
Encore Screening of ‘The Ito Sisters’
The Ito family, living in Courtland along the Sacramento River, posed for this family photo in 1933. In back row, from left, are Nancy...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 22, 20173 min read
Asian Art Museum’s Japanese Ceramics Exhibition Closes Sunday
Kei (Mindscape), 2014. By Mihara Ken (Japanese, b. 1958). Multifired stoneware. Promised gift of Dr. Phyllis A. Kempner and Dr. David D....
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 21, 20172 min read
Cherry Blossom Queen Candidates Sought
The 2017 Northern California Cherry Blossom Court visits the Go For Broke Monument in L.A.’s Little Tokyo. (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo)...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 18, 20172 min read
JAMsj Names New President
SAN JOSE – The Japanese American Museum of San Jose (JAMsj) named Michael Sera as its new president of the Board of Directors effective...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 18, 20172 min read
Matsui Decries House Passage of GOP Tax Bill
WASHINGTON — Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Sacramento) on Nov. 16 issued the following statement on the House passage of H.R. 1, the Republican...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 17, 20172 min read
Man Won’t Get Death Penalty for Fatal Beating of 86-year-old Woman
SACRAMENTO — The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office will not seek the death penalty against Neven Glen Butler, 18, of North...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 16, 20173 min read
Killer Who Escaped from Hawaii to California Is Captured
Randall Saito is arrested by San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputies in Stockton. STOCKTON — San Joaquin County sheriff’s deputies arrested...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 15, 20171 min read
JANL, JARF to Present ‘Reflections on Theological Education’
Bishop Roy Sano of the United Methodist Church SAN FRANCISCO — The Japanese American National Library, together with the Japanese...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 9, 20172 min read
Tribute to Nisei Veterans by Asian American Orchestra
Anthony Brown (center) and the Asian American Orchestra SAN FRANCISCO — “We Are All Americans! Tribute to Nikkei Veterans” will take...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 9, 20172 min read
Kitaro’s ‘Kojiki and the Universe’ Coming to California
The tour stop in Los Angeles is Friday, Nov. 17 at the Historic Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd., following the opening...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 8, 20171 min read
‘Art of Incarceration’ at MIS Historic Learning Center
An opening reception will be held on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the gallery, which is open Monday through Friday and the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 8, 20172 min read
A Month-Long Event to Benefit Bay Area Seniors
SAN FRANCISCO — Kimochi’s Health Walk-Run is an initiative that aims to promote more active communities, while at the same time helping...
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Rafu Shimpo
Nov 1, 20171 min read
‘No Muslim Ban’ in San Francisco
John Hayashi, Nancy Satoda and Judy Hamaguchi of San Francisco JACL. SAN FRANCISCO — A “No Muslim Ban Ever” vigil was held Oct. 9 in...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 31, 20172 min read
‘The Ito Sisters,’ ‘Defender’ at Berkeley Video-Film Festival
BERKELEY — The lineup at the 26th annual Berkeley Video-Film Festival, being held at the East Bay Media Center, 1939 Addison St. in...
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Rafu Shimpo
Oct 31, 20172 min read
NLF Sushi Social/42th Anniversary Celebration
SAN FRANCISCO – Nihonmachi Little Friends (NLF) will celebrate the agency’s 42nd anniversary and the completion of its new building with...
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