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Sat, Jul 23 2011

Final Workshops Set for L.A. Tanabata Festival Saturday, July 30 & Aug. 6

Also tagged: Little Tokyo Koban, Little Tokyo Public Safety Association, Nanka Kenjin Kai Kyogi Kai, nisei week, Tanabata Festival, Tanabata kazari

Tanabata kazari on display at the second annual Tanabata Festival in 2010. Members of the media lend a hand in making the community Tanabata kazari Members from the community take a break from working...

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Thu, Jul 7 2011

Cities Helping Cities

Also tagged: Asian Pacific Lunar New Year Festival, chogi higa, Cities Helping Cities, City of Riverside, Ernest Hida, Junko Yonezawa, Kenjinkai Kyogikai, Lalit Acharya, Little Tokyo Koban, Los Angeles Tanabata Festival, Los Angeles-Nagoya Sister City Affiliation, May Davis, Mayor Emiko Okuyama, Mayor Ron Loveridge, RICHARD FUKUHARA, SCI SoCAl, sendai, Sister Cities International, tamlyn tomita, yoshihito yonezawa

Shige Higashi Front (left to right): Brian Kito and Richard Fukuhara. Standing: May Lynn Davis, Junko Yonezawa, Yoshihito Yonezawa, Lalit Acharya, Tamlyn Tomita, Chogi Higa, and Ernest Hida. By RICHARD...

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Wed, Jun 29 2011

Suzume no Gakkou Offers a Rich Cultural Experience for Students

Also tagged: fugetsudo, Heritage Source, Hiroshi Kashiwagi, janm, Japanese Language Institute, Kay Yamada, Mark Reibstein, Nancy Gohata, Nancy Oda, San Fernando Valley JACL, san fernando valley japanese american community center, San Fernando Valley Obon, sendai, Setsu Broderick, Suzume no Gakkou, tanabata, Yoshiko Uchida

Setsu Broderick, author of "Japanese Traditions." By NANCY KYOKO ODA The San Fernando Valley JACL’s retired educators are responding to parents who have asked for a rich cultural experience...

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Tue, Apr 19 2011

Dealing with Disaster: Where Is the Red Cross?

Also tagged: earthquake, fukushima, Gunma, Hiroko Tina Tajima, ishinomaki, Japan Korea Society, kesennuma, miyagi, Natori City, radiation, Red Cross, Saitama, sendai, tsunami, UTB, Wells Fargo

In Ishinomaki, food and toys are delivered to a temple being used as an evacuation center. by HIROKO TINA TAJIMA Editor’s note: Hiroko Tina Tajima is a university professor in Tokyo and a simultaneous...

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Tue, Apr 5 2011

Profits from Sales of Paintings to Be Donated

Also tagged: Angel City Brewery, Distribution Committee, earthquake, HIGASHI HONGANJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE, Japanese Red Cross Society, LADADSpace, Little Tokyo Public Safety Association, Rev. Nobuko Miyoshi, Robert Reynolds, tsunami

In support of the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan, LADADSpace (Los Angeles Downtown Arts District) will donate all profits from the sales of paintings by Robert Reynolds (on view at the...

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Sat, Mar 19 2011

From J-Town to Japan: We Stand With You

Also tagged: antonio villaraigosa, Bryan Takeda, doug erber, earthquake, jaccc, Japan America Society of Southern California, japanese chamber of commerce of southern california, japantown, junichi ihara, Koreisha, Little Public Safety Association, little tokyo, little tokyo towers, nikkei interfaith council, sandra sakamoto, U.S.-Japan Council, yoshihito yonezawa

A crowd lines up to offer prayers and incense for victims of last week’s earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku region of Japan during a public memorial held on Thursday night in the JACCC Plaza in Little...

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Tue, Mar 15 2011

Worry, Relief for Family and Friends in Japan

Also tagged: earthquake, HITOSHI ABE, jaccc, jan perry, japanese chamber of commerce, junichi ihara, LUCILLE ROYBAL-ALLARD, sawtelle, tanabata, tom labonge, toshio handa, UNICEF, Villaraigosa

A prayer vigil is held in JACCC Plaza in Little Tokyo on Sunday night for victims of the earthquake in Japan. (MARIO G. REYES/Rafu Shimpo) By GWEN MURANAKA RAFU ENGLISH EDITOR IN CHIEF For Japanese and...

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Sat, Mar 12 2011

Among JAs, Worry for Loved Ones in Japan

Also tagged: earthquake, Japan, little tokyo, miyagi kenjinkai, nori takatani, tanabata

Nori Takatani, owner of Anzen Hardware in Little Tokyo, watches reports from Japan on the earthquake and tsunami that struck on Friday. (MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo) RAFU STAFF REPORTS Across Little...

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Tue, Nov 16 2010

Nisei Woman Dies After Being Pushed Off Train Platform

Also tagged: betty sugiyama, chetwood hotel, crime, heart mountain, hideko oyama, Jackkqueline Pogue, jian hong li, little tokyo, mary sugiyama, metro, metro gold line, nisei, rafu shoten, tokyo villa, train, Union Station

Betty Sugiyama, 84, was a longtime resident of Little Tokyo. By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS and GWEN MURANAKA RAFU STAFF WRITERS A woman was in custody on Monday for allegedly pushing an 84-year-old Nisei woman...

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Thu, Nov 4 2010

10 Years and Counting

Also tagged: ALAN KUMAMOTO, bill watanabe, CENTENARY METHODIST CHURCH, chris aihara, frances hashimoto, GRANT HAGIYA, HIGASHI HONGANJI BUDDHIST TEMPLE, HIROKAZU KOSAKA, HOWARD NISHIMURA, jaccc, jan perry, janm, janm family festival, JUNE BERK, junichi ihara, KAJI AND ASSOCIATES, LISA SUGINO, LITTLE TOKYO COMMUNITY COUCIL, LTBA, LTCC, ltsc, MAISON AKIRA, NORIAKI ITO, SATORU UYEDA, TOM KAMEI

Former board chairs of the Little Tokyo Community Council, seated from left, Noriaki Ito, Chris Aihara, Tom Kamei, LTCC staff member June Berk, and Howard Nishimura were recognized during a Sept. 28 celebration...

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Tag Archives: brian kito

Final Workshops Set for L.A. Tanabata Festival Saturday, July 30 & Aug. 6

Cities Helping Cities

Suzume no Gakkou Offers a Rich Cultural Experience for Students

Dealing with Disaster: Where Is the Red Cross?

Profits from Sales of Paintings to Be Donated

From J-Town to Japan: We Stand With You

Worry, Relief for Family and Friends in Japan

Among JAs, Worry for Loved Ones in Japan

Nisei Woman Dies After Being Pushed Off Train Platform

10 Years and Counting

Columnists

Archives 過去の記事

Obituary 死亡通知

Videos

Sendai Jazz Festival

Photo Journals

Rafu Shimpo’s 2011 Gift Guide

AAABC 11-05-11

AAABC 10-30-11

AAABC 10-29-11


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