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Rafu Shimpo

Rafu Shimpo

Los Angeles Japanese Daily News

Author Archives: Michael H. Culross

Mikey Hirano Culross has been part of the Rafu Shimpo staff since 1998. In addition to covering sports, entertainment, and travel for the paper, the USC graduate is also an Emmy-nominated musician, and currently a cast member of the Disney animated series Milo Murphy's Law.

Posted inSports

Angel City FC on Target in Season Opener; Jun Endo Named Player of the Match

by Michael H. Culross 05/03/202205/07/2022

By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS, Rafu Sports Editor Anyone who doubts Los Angeles is firmly a soc­cer town need look no further than the inaugural regular season match for Angel City Football Club on Friday. The new expansion team in the National Women’s Soccer League sold out the cavernous Banc of Cali­fornia Statium – also home […]

Posted inCommunity

USC Bestows Posthumous Degrees to Nisei Students Removed from School During WWII

by Michael H. Culross 04/05/202204/13/2022
Posted inHistory

Japan’s ‘Killing Stone’ Breaks Open; Is an Evil Spirit on the Loose?

by Michael H. Culross 03/31/202204/20/2022
Posted inCommunity

No Longer Just a Dream: Terasaki Budokan Welcomes Community in Grand Style

by Michael H. Culross 03/17/202204/14/2022
Posted inCommunity

Welcoming Back the Community

by Michael H. Culross 03/14/202204/14/2022
Posted inCommunity

Another Championship in the LACES Family Legacy

by Michael H. Culross 03/01/202204/20/2022
Posted inEnglish

Expert Aztec Analysis

by Michael H. Culross 02/03/202204/14/2022
Posted inEnglish

High Efficiency Quotient

by Michael H. Culross 01/25/202204/20/2022
Posted inYouth Sports

Tigers Flex Depth at Blair

by Michael H. Culross 01/19/202204/20/2022
Posted inEnglish

An End Too Soon in Coming

by Michael H. Culross 11/13/202104/20/2022
Posted inEnglish

The Excitement of October Baseball

by Rafu Shimpo and Michael H. Culross 10/20/202104/20/2022
Posted inFeatured

For Bond — and Fukunaga — Going Big Was the Only Option

by Michael H. Culross 10/07/202104/14/2022

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