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Rafu Shimpo
Aug 15, 20180 min read
Garcetti Completes Trade Mission Trips to Tokyo, Seoul
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike signed a Memorandum of Understanding. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti...
Rafu Shimpo
Aug 3, 20184 min read
A Sign of The Times
Darrell Kunitomi starts the tour in the L.A. Times lobby, which includes a large globe and murals dating back to the 1930s. By J.K....
Rafu Shimpo
Jul 22, 20188 min read
Yoshino Named Deputy Managing Editor at Times
Kimi Yoshino Los Angeles Times Executive Editor Norman Pearlstine on Monday unveiled his leadership team, which includes Kimi Yoshino,...
Rafu Shimpo
Jul 12, 20182 min read
JACCC Presents Chairman’s and Community Spirit Awards
Clockwise from to left: JACCC President and CEO Leslie Ito; JACCC Board Chair Craig Tomiyoshi; emcee traci kato-kiriyama; Dinner Chair...
Rafu Shimpo
Jul 11, 201811 min read
‘Nihonmachi: The Place to Be’ Performance Benefits Koban
The Kito family with the cast of Grateful Crane Ensemble’s “Nihonmachi: The Place to Be” outside the Aratani Theatre in Little Tokyo....
Rafu Shimpo
Jul 11, 20182 min read
Little Tokyo Remembers Nisei Pioneer Tsutomu Maehara
Tsutomu Maehara was recognized with a Pioneer Award at the 50th anniversary Nisei Week Festival in August 1990. He is joined by (from...
Rafu Shimpo
Jun 14, 20183 min read
Berry Delightful
It’s strawberry season, which means it’s time for Jim Nakano’s famed fresh strawberry donuts at Donut Man in Glendora. May 22 was the...
Rafu Shimpo
Jun 6, 20181 min read
LTSC Hosts Community Building Seminar
Takuya Hirano, president of Microsoft Japan, is interviewed by Kaori Iida of NHK on Nikkei businesses and corporate social...
Rafu Shimpo
May 29, 20183 min read
Community Marks Regional Connector Mid-Point
City, Metro and community leaders gathered at the Regional Connector celebration, including former U.S. Secretary of Transportation...
Rafu Shimpo
May 29, 20182 min read
Seminar on Leisure, Travel, Business Opportunities in Nagoya
Speakers included Norman Arikawa from the Port of Los Angeles. (LANSCA) “The Greater Nagoya industry GDP in 2016 was $577 billion,”...
Rafu Shimpo
May 14, 20182 min read
Doizaki, Krauss Awarded Spring Decorations
Ernest Doizaki and Ellis Krauss On April 29, the government of Japan announced the recipients of its Spring 2017 Decorations. From the...
Rafu Shimpo
May 2, 20184 min read
OBITUARY: Hiroko Yamagata, 84; Owner of Aoi Restaurant
From right: Hiroko Yamagata, owner and chef, Restaurant Aoi; Grace Maruyama, sister and Aoi manager; daughter Mika Yamagata Iden; and...
Rafu Shimpo
Apr 26, 20182 min read
JACL, 18Millionrising.org Call for Amazon to Stop Profiting from JA Incarceration
This wartime image is sold by Amazon under the heading “Photo Child Japanese American Internment Camp” and is available for $19.95 plus...
Rafu Shimpo
Apr 24, 20182 min read
Seminar on ‘Nikkei Businesses and Corporate Social Responsibility’
TORRANCE — Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) will hold a seminar, “Community Building: Nikkei Businesses and Corporate Social...
Rafu Shimpo
Apr 17, 20182 min read
L.A. Times’ Kimi Yoshino to Receive Press Club Award
Los Angeles Times Business Editor Kimi Yoshino has been named the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2018 Presidents Awardee for Impact on Media....
Rafu Shimpo
Apr 13, 20183 min read
Rafu Shimpo
Apr 3, 20180 min read
Japanese Puzzled by Trump’s ‘Bowling Ball Test’ Claim
WASHINGTON — President Trump’s latest claim about unfair Japanese trade practices, including a “bowling ball test,” has resulted in...
Rafu Shimpo
Mar 19, 20183 min read
Huizar Joins Effort to Oppose 7-Eleven in Little Tokyo
Rey Fukuda (left) and Yukio Kawaratani express their opposition to a proposed 7-Eleven in Little Tokyo at a hearing before L.A. City...
Rafu Shimpo
Mar 15, 20183 min read
Diamond Celebration at Rafu Bussan
Photos by MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo
Rafu Shimpo
Mar 13, 20181 min read
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