Monrovia Honoring Japanese American Legacy
Laurie Keiko Sakatani was born after World War II at the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights. Her grandfather, Yutaro, settled in Monrovia...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 4, 20199 min read
JACCC to Honor Community Spirit Award Recipients
The Japanese American Cultural & Community Center will hold its 39th Anniversary Celebration and Awards Dinner on Saturday, June 8, at...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 4, 20196 min read
ロサンゼルス―東京線就航60周年：植木会長「圧倒的で最も重要な路線」
日本航空のロサンゼルス―東京線就航60周年で記念祝賀セレモニーを開いた関係者 日本航空は、ロサンゼルス―東京線就航60周年を迎えた５月２９日、記念セレモニーをロサンゼルス国際空港の搭乗口で催した。来米した植木義晴会長が、成田に向う搭乗客を前にあいさつに立ち６０年を振り返り、...
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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 3, 20195 min read
Hope Is in the Fold as Local Artists Travel to Parkinson’s Forum in Japan
Naomi Estolas, Clara Kluge and Amy Carlson have created the Parkinson’s disease support foundation Soaring With Hope, and have collected...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 1, 20191 min read
Terasaki Budokan Mural Meeting on June 4
Rendering of Terasaki Budokan’s outdoor plaza. As a member of the Little Tokyo community, what do you want to see on the pubic mural...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 1, 20192 min read
JA Connections to World’s Oldest Person
Kane Tanaka holds a copy of The Rafu Shimpo. Born on Jan. 2, 1903, the 116-year-old has been confirmed as the world’s oldest person by...
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Rafu Shimpo
Jun 1, 20191 min read
‘I Love You So Mochi’ Launch Party
Coming from Scholastic, the book is a fun, Japan-set rom-com about a Japanese American fashionista who falls for an aspiring med student...
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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 31, 20191 min read
MPCC’s 62nd Annual Bazaar on Saturday
Above and below: Hula and taiko performances at last year’s bazaar. (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo) MONTEBELLO — Montebello Plymouth...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 31, 20193 min read
JACL Supports Renaming of Street After Jeff Adachi
Jeff Adachi with Fred and Kathryn Korematsu in 2001. (Hokubei Mainichi) SAN FRANCISCO — The Japanese American Citizens League supports an...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 31, 201912 min read
Prominent Speakers at VJAMM Commemoration
From left: June Tomita, Mary Nomura, Brian Maeda, Ken Seino Kataoka, Suzanne Thompson, Emily Winters, Bruce Embrey, Ann Burroughs, Mae...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 30, 20192 min read
Digital Histories Filmmakers’ Works Screened at Aratani
Alumni of the 2018-2019 Digital Histories Program at LAAPFF (from right): David Osako, Carol Shubin, Barbara Kagawa Shore, Kevin Shore,...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 30, 20192 min read
Go For Broke to Open New Exhibition
Soldiers of the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi. (National Archives) Go For Broke National...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 30, 20193 min read
Roaring Back to the Past
It’s hardly a tearful reunion for the legendary lizard, during a battle with rival Ghidora, in “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” opening...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 30, 20192 min read
Hirahara Nominated for Anthony Award
Naomi Hirahara has received an Anthony Award nomination for Best Paperback Original for “Hiroshima Boy,” the last in her Mas Arai mystery...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 30, 20191 min read
Christine Inouye Named to High Speed Rail Authority Post
SACRAMENTO – Gov. Gavin Newsom on May 23 announced the appointment of Christine Inouye, 53, of Sacramento as director of engineering for...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 30, 20193 min read
長野出身の楫野良造さん初優勝：１１４人が和気あいあいと親睦
１１４人が親睦を深めた大会の表彰式。左からハッピー水谷会長、西元美代子大会委員長、２位吉村有美さん、優勝者楫野良造さん、３位ローレン鈴木さんと松尾浩樹首席領事 バーディーパットを沈める高野雅裕さん 南加県人会協議会（ハッピー水谷会長）は、運営資金捻出のための第１７回「在ロサ...
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Rafu Shimpo
May 30, 20192 min read
鈴木弘子「最後の戦い」へ：闘志尽きるまで
宿敵サンディエゴ・サージ戦でプレーする鈴木 センターで先発出場し攻める鈴木 米女子プロアメリカンフットボール「ＷＮＦＣ（Women’s National Football Conference）」の第８週が２５日、全米各所で行われた。鈴木弘子が所属するサンディエゴ・レバリオ...
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