GFBNEC Announces Approval of Long-Term Little Tokyo Lease Agreement
Councilmember Jose Huizar is joined by representatives from Go For Broke National Education Center, Little Tokyo Service Center and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 3, 20194 min read
Skid Row Homeless Able to Keep Property as City Pays $645,000 in Settlement
A map illustrates the buffer zone agreed to under the lawsuit settlement, which extends areas where the city will not be allowed to...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 1, 20192 min read
More Work to Be Done on Neighborhood Council
I will be running for a second term to serve on the West Los Angeles Sawtelle Neighborhood Council (WLASNC). Unlike last time — when I...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 28, 20194 min read
Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center Launches Keystone Initiative for Permanent APA Gallery
The pale-blue dress worn by Constance Wu in “Crazy Rich Asians” was displayed during the gala. Marchesa donated the dress, featured in a...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 27, 20192 min read
Trump Proclaims AAPI Heritage Month
WASHINGTON — President Trump on April 30 issued the following proclamation of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. =*= The...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 23, 20192 min read
Muratsuchi Bill Would Adopt Scooter Safety Rules
E-scooters parked on Judge John Aiso Street in Little Tokyo. (Photo by Nancy Uyemura) Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi’s (D-Torrance)...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 23, 20192 min read
CAPAC Observes National API HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
WASHINGTON — To observe National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (May 17), members of the Congressional Asian Pacific...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 23, 20192 min read
CAPAC Observes AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate
The date coincides with the birthday of Vincent Chin, whose brutal murder in 1982 sparked national outrage and led to the pan-ethnic AAPI...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 21, 20192 min read
Takano, JACL Praise House Passage of Equality Act
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives on May 17 passed H.R. 5, the Equality Act, which will provide civil rights protections for...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 17, 20194 min read
Mineta: An American Story
Norman Mineta spent his early years in a barrack, much like the one on display at the Japanese American National Museum. A new...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 15, 20192 min read
JA Confinement Sites Consortium to Make First JACL Convention Appearance
Rep. Mark Takano, a California Democrat and Heart Mountain legacy, addressed members of the JACSC delegation visiting Washington last...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 29, 201911 min read
Ann Curry: Wartime Lies About JAs Persist
Speaking on behalf of the charter members were Stan Honda, Amy Uyematsu and Marlene Calderon (for her grandmother, Barbara Kawakami). By...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 29, 201911 min read
JOURNEY TO TEXAS: Making Connections With Immigrant Families
Kaz Naganuma shares his story about being imprisoned at the Crystal City Department of Justice camp during World War II before the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 26, 20197 min read
JOURNEY TO TEXAS: Japanese Americans Protest Family Separations
Satsuki Ina (right) and other Crystal City detainees share about their WWII experience of family separation and indefinite detention...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 25, 201911 min read
JOURNEY TO TEXAS: Pilgrimage Forges a Path of Protest
Chizu Omori holds a strand of cranes folded by San Quentin prisoners. Tens of thousands of cranes were folded by groups from around the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 24, 20191 min read
Town Hall for APIs on Green New Deal
Images from the event flyer. A Town Hall for Asian Pacific Islanders on the Green New Deal will be held on Saturday,May 4, from 2 to 4...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 22, 20195 min read
APA Members of Congress Respond to Mueller Report
WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr released a redacted version of the Mueller Report to Congress and the public on Thursday....
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 17, 20192 min read
Patti Hirahara Named Woman of the Year in 46th Congressional District
Patti Hirahara and Rep. Lou Correa ORANGE — Patti Hirahara received a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition from Rep. J. Luis...
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Rafu Shimpo
Apr 17, 20192 min read
Gabbard Calls on Vets to Oppose Renaming Coliseum for United Airlines
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard, Hawaii congresswoman and Democratic presidential candidate, on April 5...
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