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Posted inStop Asian Hate

Bronzeville: The Rise and Fall of Little Tokyo’s Black Community

by Rafu Contributor 03/22/202303/22/2023

By Dr. HILLARY JENKS, Rafu Shimpo Contributor By the early 1920s, the area we call Little Tokyo was the established social and commercial center of immigrant Japanese communities who fished, farmed, and sold produce across Southern California. It housed a multiethnic population in its 30-odd hotels and rooming houses – per the 1940 census, the […]

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Activists In Little Tokyo: Civil Rights Leaders Who Have Shaped L.A.’s Nihonmachi

by Rafu Contributor 03/20/202304/10/2023
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Attacks on Our Places of Worship: How Hate Crimes Affect Asian Religious Institutions

by Rafu Contributor 12/31/202201/05/2023
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Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura: Saying Goodbye to a Friend and Hero

by Rafu Contributor 12/24/202212/27/2022
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Remembering ‘Uncle Hershey’

by Rafu Contributor 12/24/202212/27/2022
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Remembering Historian Roger Daniels

by Rafu Contributor 12/24/202212/27/2022
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Rev. Abiko Fondly Recalled for His Buddhist Example

by Rafu Contributor 12/20/202212/21/2022
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A Moving Day at the White House

by Rafu Contributor 12/20/202212/21/2022
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Patterns of Hate in Asian American History: Exclusions, Marginalizations, and Violence

by Rafu Contributor 11/30/202212/31/2022
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In Search of Home: A History of Ethnic Enclaves

by Rafu Contributor 11/04/202212/31/2022
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3 Practical Ways Senior Citizens Can Stay Safe

by Rafu Contributor 11/04/202212/31/2022
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RAMBLINGS FROM THE SON OF A PAPER SON: The ‘Today’ Show and Willard Scott

by Rafu Contributor 09/19/202209/19/2022

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The Rafu Shimpo is a bilingual Japanese-English language newspaper based in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California. Established in 1903, the Rafu Shimpo has survived two world wars, a depression, and the forced evacuation of our entire community. It is now the longest running Japanese American daily newspaper in the United States.

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The Rafu Shimpo has been the nation's leading Japanese American newspaper since its original publication. We are proud to have served the Japanese American community from our Little Tokyo office in Downtown Los Angeles since 1903.
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