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Image from Kyodo News’ coverage of the “Bed-In for Peace” exhibit at Tower Records in Shibuya. Rafu Wire and Staff Reports Tower Records...

Shoseian “Whispering Pine” Teahouse GLENDALE — Shoseian “Whispering Pine” Teahouse, located at Brand Library Park, 1601 W. Mountain St....

Kitaro’s Best New Age Album nomination is for his full-length album release “Sacred Journey of Ku-Kai, Volume 5.” “I want to thank the...

The band, which appears often at community events, consists of Dave Iwataki (keys), Brian Yamamoto (vocals), Dean Koba (drums), Tex...

Performances are interspersed with explanations of the roots and context of taiko and commentary on the challenges and joys of learning...

The Grateful Four — Michael Murata, Emily Yoshihara, Lisa Horikawa and Aimee Angeles — is the Grateful Crane Ensemble’s Yonsei acapella...

The concert featured traditional Japanese music, jazz, and a combination of both. (Photos by MIYA IWATAKI) Around 2003-04, Dave Iwataki...

Mary Kageyama Nomura, the “Songbird of Manzanar.” (Densho) By BRIANNA ISHIBASHI-LAPKE All she ever wanted was to sing. Ever since she...

Special guest will be Madame Tayafumi Mochizuki from Japan on taiko and tsuzumi. She is also scheduled to give workshops for beginners on...

The tour stop in Los Angeles is Friday, Nov. 17 at the Historic Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd., following the opening...

Popular Japanese rapper SKY-HI (aka Mitsuhiro Hidaka) will make two stops in the U.S. for the SKY-HI Round A Ground 2017 tour. SKY-HI In...

JANM Free Family Days will present “We Love L.A.” on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Japanese American National Museum,...

LONG BEACH — Autumn Festival, a celebration of Asian culture, will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 4-5, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at...

From left: Johnny Mori, George Abe and Danny Yamamoto will perform. CLAREMONT — Pomona College Intercollegiate Department of Asian...

The Civic Hotel in Bronzeville, formerly the Miyako Hotel in Little Tokyo, at First and San Pedro streets. GARDENA — “J-Town/Bronzeville...

When pianist-composer Hiromi Uehara met Edmar Castañeda at the Montreal Jazz Festival last year, she found him so amazing musically...

REDONDO BEACH — Stonebridge Productions has announced the details for its highly anticipated concert event, “The Great Nisei Reunion...

Madame Kazue Kudo (Photos courtesy of Richard Kudo) Madame Kazue Kudo, a renowned koto musician and teacher, passed away peacefully on...

Daiichi Hirata, a renowned Okinawan musician, poet and director, will be among the special guests at the Unchinanchu Day celebration....