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Rafu Shimpo

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Los Angeles Japanese Daily News

Author Archives: J.K. Yamamoto

J.K. Yamamoto is a native of Los Angeles and a graduate of CSU Long Beach. He studied for one year at Waseda University in Tokyo and took graduate courses and taught ESL at UCLA. He was a staff member at Pacific Citizen (1984-87), English editor of Hokubei Mainichi in San Francisco (1987-2009), and staff writer for Rafu Shimpo (2010 to present). He has also written for Pacific Ties (UCLA), East West News (San Francisco), San Francisco Bay Guardian, and other publications.

Posted inArts & Culture

Emily Kuroda’s Stage Career Takes a ‘Paranormal’ Turn

by J.K. Yamamoto 12/01/202212/02/2022

By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer East West Players’ latest offering, Prince Gomolvilas’ “The Brothers Paranormal,” is a story of supernatural phenomena as well as family dynamics. Directed by Jeff Liu, the play focuses on two Thai American brothers — Max (David Huynh), who was born in the U.S., and Visarut (Roy Vongtama), who immigrated […]

Posted inCommunity

Dr. Jack Fujimoto Square Dedicated in Sawtelle Japantown

by J.K. Yamamoto 10/29/202210/31/2022
Posted inPerforming Arts

New Play Exposes Audiences to Little Tokyo-Bronzeville Story  

by J.K. Yamamoto 05/12/202205/16/2022
Posted inCommunity

Protesters Call for Preservation of Wintersburg as Educational Site

by J.K. Yamamoto 04/13/202204/18/2022
Posted inCommunity

Rally Demands Investigation of Wintersburg Fire

by J.K. Yamamoto 04/12/202204/13/2022
Posted inCommunity

Focus on Rafu

by J.K. Yamamoto 11/23/202104/14/2022
Posted inEnglish, Entertainment, Food and Drink

RIP, Curry House

by J.K. Yamamoto 04/02/202004/20/2022
Posted inCommunity

Recovering the ‘Lost Years’

by J.K. Yamamoto 06/20/201904/19/2022
Posted inCommunity

2019 DOR Focuses on ‘Keeping Children Safe and Families Together’

by J.K. Yamamoto 03/05/201904/19/2022
Posted inCommunity

CWRIC Hearings Remembered as Milestone in JA History

by J.K. Yamamoto 12/15/201704/19/2022
Posted inNor Cal News

A ‘People-Powered’ Campaign

by J.K. Yamamoto 03/30/201604/19/2022
Posted inCommunity

Alumni of Waseda’s International Division Gather in Little Tokyo

by J.K. Yamamoto 01/12/201604/19/2022

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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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