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Looking west to Tioga Pass from Highway 395 in Lee Vining. SACRAMENTO — An effort is under way to name a highway in California after...

Jeff Adachi SAN FRANCISCO — The Office of the Public Defender issued the following statement on Aug. 21 regarding the sudden death of San...

It’s a clucky time to be alive, as writer Mackie Jimbo digs into Popeyes’ new chicken sandwich that has recently garnered so much...

風に揺れる七夕かざりが来場者をお出迎え かざり、コスプレー、そして折り鶴。伝統文化とポップカルチャーという両極端の世界が小東京のフェスティバルで極彩色にブレンドし、来場者を圧倒した。【長井智子】 １街からのエントランス付近に展開するアート＆クラフトのブース、２つのステージの...

千葉総領事（右）から「旭日単光章」の賞状を受け取る坂本さん 日本政府の令和元年（２０１９年）春の叙勲で、元ソーシャルワーカーの坂本安子さんに対する伝達式がこのほど、ハンコックパークの総領事公邸で行われ千葉明総領事から「旭日単光章」が授与された。在留邦人への福祉功労が認められ...

The 2019 Japanese American Leadership Delegation at the Japanese American National Museum. Back row, from left: Bryce Suzuki, Kurt Osaki,...

East West Players and Coeurage Theatre Company will present a free reading of “After the War” by Philip Kan Gotanda on Monday, Aug. 26,...

SAN FRANCISCO — The 22nd annual “Irrelevant, Immaterial and Trivial” Team Trivia Competition will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19, from 6 to...

Screenings are on Sunday, Aug. 25, at 12:55 p.m. (dubbed); Monday, Aug. 26, at 7 p.m. (subtitled); and Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 7 p.m....

A joyous celebration of departed ancestors, Bon is a Japanese Buddhist festival that’s been marked for more than five centuries with a...

RIVERSIDE – Rep. Mark Takano (D-Riverside) released this statement on Monday following an announcement that the General Services...

Tamlyn Tomita A panel entitled “Role Players: Asian Americans on Stage and Film” will be held on Sunday, Aug. 25, after the 2 p.m....

The first luncheon was held at what was then the New Otani Hotel. Dr. Fred Kurata hosts the annual luncheon with catering provided by...

The Last Bookstore, 453 S. Spring St. in Los Angeles, is pleased to present Dorinne Kondo and friends sharing excerpts from her new book,...

バナーを掲げて集合写真に納まる南加福岡県人会の会員ら 南加福岡県人会（宮里勝吉会長、会員数２９０人）がこのほど、夏季恒例のピクニックをラ・パルマのセントラルパークで行った。１００人以上が参加し、バーベキューやポットラックの料理を味わいながら夏の休日を楽しんだ。...

After the demonstration, attendees can try calligraphy themselves. Koka grew up in Tokyo and practiced calligraphy for about eight years...

Middle row (from left): Eric Yoo and Justin Dunn from the Los Angeles Clippers (parade marshal), Edward Kamiya of the Okinawa Association...

Photos by J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo

In this mysterious and intoxicating pop romance, a young woman, Asako (Erika Karata), meets and falls madly in love with a drifter, Baku...