The Okinawa Association of America will be presenting its 18th biennial Utayabira Wuduyabira concert at the James R. Armstrong Theatre, 3330 Civic Center Drive, Torrance, CA 90503 on Sunday, May 5 at 2 pm. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased by contacting the Okinawa Association at mensore@earthlink.net or (310) 532-1929. Translated as...
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A memorial service for George Aratani is set for Saturday, March 2 at 2 pm at the Aratani/Japan America Theatre in Little Tokyo, according to Los Angeles Times. The Aratani Theatre is located at 244 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Mr. Aratani had lived at the Keiro nursing facility in Lincoln...
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Christmas Educational Tour of Japan December 17-31, 2012 15 Days Ten lectures at various universities, and tour: Minami sanriku and Ishinomaki (sites of tsunami damage), Sendai, Tokyo, Hiroshima and Kyoto. $2,000 tuition which includes, airfare, rail tickets, hotels, some meals. Partially subsidized by Terasaki Family Foundation. Limited...
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Terasaki Family Foundation in Los Angeles sponsors the educational tour for youths (over 18 years old) to understand Tohoku disaster, Japanese culture and history in December 2011. The tour will leave Los Angeles on Dec 17 to visit tsunami torn towns of Minami-Sanriku and Ishinomaki, and Sendai in Miyagi Prefecture, Tokyo, Kyoto, and Hiroshima....
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The Budokan of Los Angeles project, 36,000 square foot multi-purpose sports and activity center located in Little Tokyo, received one-million dollar donation from Aratani Foundation at the Budokan Campaign Kick-off Reception on Aug 10 at the Toyota USA Automotive Museum in Torrance. Sponsored by the Little Tokyo Service Center, the facility will be constructed...
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Cindy (Nakamura) Summers was installed as the 71st president of Assistance League of Long Beach on May 23 at its annual meeting and luncheon with 260 members attending at The Grand in Long Beach. Assistance League of Long Beach is the largest chapter of National Assistance League and is an all-volunteer 501(c)(3) corporation comprised...
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(Published May 17, 2010, 8:15AM at UCLA website) UCLA: Life Sciences Building to be named for organ transplant pioneer from L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood By Stuart Wolpert, UCLA Newsroom When he transferred to UCLA in 1948, Paul Ichiro Terasaki had no idea that six decades in the future his name would appear on a...
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