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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 on August 16, 2026.
Tea Ceremony with Pacific Plastics at Japan Foundation Los Angeles, June 18, 2026 (CN Photo/ Shige Higashi)
Japan Foundation’s tea ceremony demonstration at the David Geffen Galleries of Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sunday, August 16, 2026 (Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA, by Charlie Powers)
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition “Japanese War Brides: Across A Wide Divide” (Left) A dance during the Occupation of Japan. Courtesy National Archives. (Right) Kimie Tanaka Smith, 2nd from right, attending a bride school class, Tokyo, 1952. Courtesy Robert Owen Smith family.
Huntington Kabuki in Motion Poster
Record-breaking heavy rains struck Chiba Prefecture from August 13 to 14, 2026.
Powerful earthquake triggered an explosion at Aeon Mall Shopping Center in Kumamoto Prefecture in July 28, 2026.
AAJA LA Asian American Journalists Association : Taste and Tell
The 13th International Red and White Singing Festival was held on September 19, 2025, at Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan bringing together 20 groups and 90 singers from around the world.
First talent-dicovery camp by Japan Football Association in Irvine, August 2026
One Minutes Play Festival 2026 Whitefire Theatre
Glendale Cultura; Festival 2026 Poster
Japanese Film Festival Aruzina 2026 Poster
Arizona Musical Instrument Museum "Expeience Japan"
MAOSHO: Mao Sone & Sho Asano
Ken Koshio Taiko Extravaganza 2026 Poster
LACMA Textile Alcjemy Reiko Sudo "Origami Pleats"
Artworks of Tokio Ueyama: (left) “Self-Portrait” 1943, (right) “At Santa Anita (The Evacuee)” 1942.
JACCC 2026 Healing with Gold : Christen Austin, Inner Child I, 2022
San Diego Japanese Friendship Garden "Colors of Nature" Fumiyo Imafuku
Japanese Friendship Garden and Museum "Katazome" by Student of Otemae University
LA's 33 String Workshop at Terasaki Budokan Sept 20, 2026
Restored barrack from Heart Mountain concentration camp.
JANM Unearthing History Thumbnail
Little Tokyo Nutrition Service 50th Anniversary
The Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund Board announces the name of the building at 323 East 1st Street as The Alan Nishio Building (Photography by Barry Schwartz -- @barryschwartz1)
Grateful Crane Ensemble 25th Anniversary
OCO 2026 Natsu Matsuri
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute GVJCI 2026 Car Show Fundraiser
Gardena Valley Japanese Cultural Institute (GVJCI) Executive Director announces she will retire at the end of 2026 by GVJCI email on Tuesday, August 18, 2028.