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Keiro President/CEO to Retire at End of Year
Beverly Ito, who has served as president and CEO of…
JANM Mourns the Passing of Mary Nomura, the ‘Songbird of Manzanar’
The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) mourns the passing of…
Kinokuniya Pop-Up Shop in Little Tokyo Closes Due to Relocation
Kinokuniya has issued the following announcement: “As of April 26,…
Culture and Cherry Blossoms in Columbia Park
With blooming cherry blossoms as the backdrop, the Cherry Blossom Cultural Festival was held at Columbia Park in Torrance on March 29. The annual event featured food, crafts and performances. Entertainment on the Main Stage began with music by Umeboshi L.A., a matsuri pop-up band, followed by a mikoshi (portable shrine) procession by Rafu Mutsumi…
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VOX POPULI: Disenfranchising Voters? Not on our Watch!
By VALERIE MORISHIGE and NINA NAKAONikkei Progressives California vote-by-mail ballots are in the mail and on the way for the primary election on June 2, but do you know the threats to democracy, not just on the…
RETIREMENT TIPS: Q1 Market Recap
By AKEMI KONDO DALVI, CPA/PFS, CFP We’ve already closed the books on the first quarter of 2026, and it feels like so much has happened in a short period of time. The U.S.-Iran War began on Feb.…
THROUGH THE FIRE: Law and Order
By BILL WATANABE In the old days, before this current administration, there was an accepted standard way of serving a warrant for someone in America to be taken into custody. You have probably seen this legal process…
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VOX POPULI: Behind the Scenes of the 1996 Oscars Protest and Telling Jesse Jackson He Was Wrong
By GUY AOKI It was March 15, 1996. Jesse Jackson had been telling the media he was planning a boycott of the March 25 Oscars because out of 166 nominees, only one was black. Eddie Wong of…
VOX POPULI: Warehousing Suspected Undocumented Immigrants Echoes Wartime Incarceration
HEART MOUNTAIN WYOMING FOUNDATION At the outset of World War II, the U.S. government hastily constructed vast camps across the country to incarcerate, without any due process, more than 125,000 U.S. citizens and aliens of Japanese descent.…
VOX POPULI: RIP Rev. Jesse Jackson, Forever a Friend of Japanese Americans
By DAVID MONKAWA African American international civil rights activist and diplomat Rev. Jesse Jackson has died at the age of 84. Jackson ran for president twice in the 1980s. His Rainbow Coalition people’s platform led a push-back…
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Takashi Ben Takeuchi
A private funeral service for Takashi Ben Takeuchi, 100-year-old, Los Angeles, Calif.-born Nisei who passed away on March 24, 2026 in Culver City, Calif.,…
Gary Fumio Kanagi
Gary Fumio Kanagi, 86, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2026, with his granddaughter at his side. Born on November 2, 1939, Gary lived…
Harriet Kumagawa
February 11, 1932 – April 11, 2026 Harriet Kimiko Kumagawa, a 94-year-old longtime resident of Montebello, California, passed away peacefully on April 11 in…
Naomie Mary Nakamura
Funeral services for the late Naomie Mary Nakamura, a 89-year-old, Los Angeles-born, resident of Torrance, who passed away peacefully on April 16, 2026, will…
Mary Kageyama Nomura
In the early hours on April 6, Mary Kageyama Nomura, the celebrated “Songbird of Manzanar,” passed away peacefully at the age of 100, at…