THE RAFU MARKET

By TIMOTHY CHUMAN During my freshman year on my school’s frosh basketball team, we had lost a preseason game and our assistant coach gave...

SAN JOSE — This Sunday, July 28, on “Asian Pacific America” with Robert Handa: Airs at 5:30 a.m. on NBC Bay Area, 6 p.m. on NBC’s COZI TV...

Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) on July 16 announced that George A. Henning has been named chairman of the national...

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of this beloved coming-of-age story from the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of “Spirited Away,” and...

SAN FRANCISCO — Nominations for the 2019 Takeo and Kay Okamoto Community Award are now being accepted by the Japanese Cultural and...

Public Bon Odori at Balboa Park’s Spreckels Organ Pavilion. SAN DIEGO — Buddhist Temple of San Diego will present two Obon events over...

(www.genehiga.com) SANTA MARIA — Guadalupe Buddhist Church’s 2019 Obon Festival will be held on Sunday, July 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 6...

Karen Ishizuka and George Takei answer questions from the audience during a July 11 program at JANM. (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo) By J.K....

Yuko Mabuchi The Yuko Mabuchi Trio will be one of the highlights of the Blue Jay Jazz Festival set for three August dates in the Lake...

A scene from Konrad Aderer’s documentary “Resistance at Tule Lake.” On July 15, the Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar...

Share in the footsteps with Sansei artists and musicians in this multi-site experience connecting two powerful exhibitions at the...

From left, Tsuyoshi Muro, Mikako Tabe and Shun Oguri in “Two Homelands,” based on the novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. Oguri plays a Japanese...

Those with gently used Japanese items that may be hiding in their garage, cupboards, drawers or closets are asked to donate them. Bring...

The 2019 Nisei Week candidates: front row (from left) Emily Yuiko Ishida, Mia Masae Lopez and Juli Yoshinaga; back row (from left) Kara...

From left: Co-author Steven Scott, George Takei, illustrator Harmony Becker, co-author Justin Eisinger. Below: Cover and sample pages...

ピクニックで親睦を深めた宮城県人会のたメンバー ちびっ子剣士「拙者がスイカを割ってご覧に入れよう〜」 ＬＡ七夕まつりへの貢献で知られる南加宮城県人会（米澤義人会長）は１４日、モントレーパークのジョージ・エルダー公園で毎年恒例のピクニックを開催した。会員やゲストなど７０人以上...

グランドパレードで踊る「三太郎音頭」と「桜音頭」の２曲を練習した参加者（写真＝麻生美重） １４日に開会した第７９回二世週祭（デイビッド・ヤマハタ実行委員長）のグランドパレード（８月１１日午後４時）で披露する音頭２曲の一般参加を対象にした初練習が１６日、小東京のノグチ広場で行...

お披露目された今年度の二世週祭の女王候補７人 真夏の小東京を彩る第７９回二世週祭（デイビッド・ヤマハタ実行委員長）の開幕式が１４日、小東京の全米日系人博物館で催され、千葉明・在ロサンゼルス総領事をはじめ中島喜一ＪＢＡ（南カリフォルニア日系企業協会）会長や同祭の各支援団体の来...

“Still Walking” TORRANCE — “Still Walking” (2008, 115 minutes), directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, will be shown on Sunday, July 21, at 5...

Professor Luke Roberts of UC Santa Barbara will discuss his recent research int the lives of samurai women during the Tokugawa era...