Karen Tei Yamashita’s sprawling novel “I Hotel” set in San Francisco’s Chinatown during the Asian American civil rights movement was among the finalists for the National Book Award, announced on...
By GAIL MIYASAKI
RAFU CRAFT EDITOR
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San Jose's J-Town banners.
J-town. A rarity these days, only three remain in the US . . . LA, SJ, SF. Over 40 once existed.
Family members from as far away as...
Haruki Rocky Seto, center, poses with members of Evergreen Church where he attends. From left, David Miyahara, David Saguchi, Dean Yoshitani, Danny Asaoka, and Trevor Wong. Seto was the former defensive...
By ALEX ISAO HERBACH
(First published in The Rafu Shimpo on July 14, 2010.)
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As Major League Baseball and the city of Anaheim prepares itself for the annual back-pat it calls the All-Star Game, I’d...
BIO (From the Monterey County Weekly)
DDL Roundhouse (a reference from the video game Street Fighter II) was born in 2005 after an impromptu jam session in a tiny Hollywood apartment. The eight-piece ensemble...
By SAMANTHA MASUNAGA
RAFU STAFF INTERN
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The Nichi Bei Times, a Japanese American weekly newspaper based in San Francisco, announced Wednesday that it will cease publication next month after printing...