The benefit premiere performance of “When Yuri Met Malcolm” will take place on Sunday, Sept. 13, from 4 to 6:30 p.m. at the ...

On Aug. 22, 94-year-old Army veteran Clifford Nakatani was honored on the Dodger Stadium field as the Military Hero of the ...

Chair Grace Meng (D-N.Y.), House Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-Torrance), and CAPAC Chair Emerita Judy Chu (D-Pasadena) issued the following statement on Aug. 26 in response to a right-wing ...

On Aug. 16, Okaeri, a Nikkei LGBTQ+ program of Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC), became the first LGBTQ+ group to walk in Little Tokyo’s historic Nisei Week Grand Parade. This year marked Nisei Week ...

By JUDD MATSUNAGA, ESQ. For those of you who wondered what happened to my annual Nisei Week Seminar, I’ll tell you what happened — I’m getting old and close to retirement. But if I did have the energy ...

Winners of the 11th annual Sue Kunitomi Embrey Student Awards were recently recognized at the Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute. The awards program encourages young people to reflect on civil ...

A “Meet the Authors” event featuring Naomi Hirahara (“Crown City: A Japantown Mystery”) and Patricia Smiley (“A Cold November Murder: A Justice Bay Mystery”) will be held on Sunday, Aug. 30, at 3 p.m.

The 2026 Nisei Week Japanese Festival ended on Aug. 23 with the Closing Ceremony and Street Ondo on First Street in Little Tokyo. With Junko Goda and James Okazaki serving as emcees on the yagura, ...

The 18th Los Angeles Tanabata Festival returned to the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Little Tokyo and concluded on Aug. 23 as part of the 84th Nisei Week Japanese Festival. The ...

By DAVID MIYOSHI On Aug. 16, Japanese American military veterans once again stepped onto the streets of Little Tokyo — not simply as parade participants, but as the living continuation of a proud ...

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced that David Hoetzlein, 29, of Camarillo admitted in court Aug. 13 that he strangled and killed his mother, Tomoko Hoetzlein, 62, in their ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 7 initiated a recall of more than 10,000 cases of Chili Crisp Lightly Fried Tofu in 29 states, including California, Arizona, Oregon and Washington. The ...