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WASHINGTON — The Japanese American Citizens League issued the following statement on March 1: =*= The JACL condemns the recent threats to...

Japanese American Leadership Delegation at the Japanese American National Museum. Front row, from left: Kaz Maniwa, U.S.-Japan Council;...

By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer GARDENA — Seven candidates, all but one of them current or former members of the City Council, are...

Assemblymember Muratsuchi, joined by his wife Hiroko and daughter Sophia, is sworn in by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon. (GWEN...

By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer GARDENA — Gardena has been without a mayor since the departure of Paul Tanaka in June 2016. All of...

On Feb. 22, two Indian American immigrants were targeted and shot in a bar in Olathe, Kan., and one of them was killed. A third man was...

Suzanne Thompson, Emily Winters, Warren Furutani, Alice Stek and Brian Maeda in 2017. By PHYLLIS HAYASHIBARA Three members of the Venice...

George Takei speaks about his experiences in wartime concentration camps on Feb. 17 at the Japanese American National Museum, which has...

Rodney Tanaka with his daughter Jenifer and granddaughters in front of the Gardena Police Department. By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer...

Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi lights a candle for the incarcerees at Manzanar during a ceremony at the California Museum in Sacramento....

Buildings on the north end of Little Tokyo at First and San Pedro streets are demolished in the 1950s to make way for Parker Center. Rafu...

Feb. 19 marked 75 years since President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which led to the unjust incarceration of over...

President Barack Obama signs Executive Order 13515, re-establishing the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders,...

The Board of Supervisors honored the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute. Pictured from left: Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, Carrie Lew,...

Speakers will include former Rep. Mike Honda, former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi. The 2017...

Ron Ikejiri, Terrence Terauchi, Rodney Tanaka GARDENA — A total of 18 candidates are running in Gardena’s next municipal election on...

Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao and U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley WASHINGTON — OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates on...

Above and below: Scenes from Konrad Aderer’s documentary “Resistance at Tule Lake.” GARDENA — “Resistance at Tule Lake” will be the theme...

From left: Alan Kumamoto, Brian Kito, Steve Nagano and City Councilmember David Ryu. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and members of the...

The Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights opened its doors in 1929. (Courtesy of Little Tokyo Historical Society) Beginning in the late 19th...