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With her sparkling blue eyes and flowered sleeping bonnet, Betty Bedtime was apparently intended as a gift for a young girl in Los...

The following speech was given before the South Coast Interfaith Council on Nov. 4. During its 41st annual Interfaith Concert, SCIC...

We are now at the crossroads where we are losing attendances of JAKWV Board members because of age, physical ability and their passing....

INDEPENDENCE – Due to the lapse of appropriations and the subsequent shutdown of the federal government, Manzanar National Historic Site...

Author and illustrator Sunny Seki (www.sunnyseki.com), whose books include “The Tale of the Lucky Cat,” “The Last Kappa of Old Japan,”...

Top photo by TAMIE YUSA-OGAWA; other photos by J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo

SACRAMENTO — Jean Shiomoto, the embattled director of the California Department of Motor Vehicles, is stepping down. Jean Shiomoto In a...

会の最後、集合写真に納まる日系の釣り同好会４団体のメンバーと家族ら 日系の釣り同好会４団体による忘年会がこのほど、ガーデナの中華レストランで行われた。釣り愛好家のグループが他団体と交流、親交を深めて情報交換などにも役立つということで始められた。...

Mrs. Chiba stated that the founding charter members could not have imagined in those early years the immeasurable impact of their vision...

Marie Kondo arrives to declutter people’s lives in new Netflix series. A trailer for Marie Kondo’s upcoming Netflix series “Tidying Up...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 13 passed a bipartisan bill sponsored by Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) to...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reportedly meeting with Vietnamese government officials to discuss potentially drastic...

By MARTHA NAKAGAWA, Rafu Contributor During World War II, the U.S. government established three citizen isolation centers, not two as...

Go For Broke National Education Center (GFBNEC) on Dec. 13 announced that Michelle V. Enriquez has been named vice president of...

SAN FRANCISCO  — The 48th annual Oshogatsu Matsuri, a community celebration to welcome the Year of the Boar, will be held on Saturday,...

After World War II, a wave of Japanese Americans signed to play baseball in Japan partially due to racial tensions in organized baseball...

SAN JOSE — This Sunday, Dec. 23, 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...

“Shoplifters” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Dec. 17 released shortlists of tilms that have advanced in the Oscar...

Shoko Hikage SAN FRANCISCO — A Holiday Koto Concert will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 22, from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Koret Auditorium,...