A Reflection Upon the Crossroads
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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 24, 20191 min read
Next on ‘Asian Pacific America’
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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 24, 20193 min read
Go For Broke Names New Chairman, Board Members
Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) on July 16 announced that George A. Henning has been named chairman of the national...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 24, 20191 min read
30th Anniversary Screenings of ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of this beloved coming-of-age story from the legendary Studio Ghibli, creators of “Spirited Away,” and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 24, 20192 min read
Nominees Sought for Takeo and Kay Okamoto Community Award
SAN FRANCISCO — Nominations for the 2019 Takeo and Kay Okamoto Community Award are now being accepted by the Japanese Cultural and...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 23, 20192 min read
Obon Celebrations on Two Weekends in San Diego
Public Bon Odori at Balboa Park’s Spreckels Organ Pavilion. SAN DIEGO — Buddhist Temple of San Diego will present two Obon events over...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 23, 20191 min read
Guadalupe Buddhist Church Obon Festival on Sunday
(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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 22, 20199 min read
What ‘Concentration Camp’ Means to Japanese Americans
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....
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20192 min read
Mabuchi Trio to Highlight Jazz Festival at Lake Arrowhead
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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20193 min read
Manzanar Committee Calls on JACL to Apologize to Tule Lake Resisters
A scene from Konrad Aderer’s documentary “Resistance at Tule Lake.” On July 15, the Manzanar Committee, sponsor of the annual Manzanar...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20195 min read
‘Shared Footsteps: From Exclusion to Injustice’ at Presidio
Share in the footsteps with Sansei artists and musicians in this multi-site experience connecting two powerful exhibitions at the...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20192 min read
Two Homelands
From left, Tsuyoshi Muro, Mikako Tabe and Shun Oguri in “Two Homelands,” based on the novel by Toyoko Yamasaki. Oguri plays a Japanese...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20191 min read
Ventura County JACL’s Japanese Boutique
Those with gently used Japanese items that may be hiding in their garage, cupboards, drawers or closets are asked to donate them. Bring...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20193 min read
Nisei Week Kicks Off Summer Festival
The 2019 Nisei Week candidates: front row (from left) Emily Yuiko Ishida, Mia Masae Lopez and Juli Yoshinaga; back row (from left) Kara...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20193 min read
In Graphic Detail
From left: Co-author Steven Scott, George Takei, illustrator Harmony Becker, co-author Justin Eisinger. Below: Cover and sample pages...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20193 min read
新作七夕飾り披露、賑やかに彩る：食事やゲームを楽しみ親睦深める
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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 18, 20192 min read
音頭２曲、一般参加者が初練習：三條勘菊社中が振り付け指導
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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 17, 20197 min read
第79回二世週祭が開幕：女王候補７人お披露目
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...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 17, 20191 min read
‘Still Walking,’ ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’ at Faith UMC
“Still Walking” TORRANCE — “Still Walking” (2008, 115 minutes), directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda, will be shown on Sunday, July 21, at 5...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jul 17, 20191 min read
‘The Lives of Samurai Women’ at JANM
Professor Luke Roberts of UC Santa Barbara will discuss his recent research int the lives of samurai women during the Tokugawa era...
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