Evergreen, the sequel to Naomi Hirahara’s historical mystery Clark and Division, will be released on August 1, 2023. Clark and Division, which follows a fictional Nisei woman’s travails from Manzanar to Chicago in 1944, was the recipient of the Mary…
The Nisei Week Foundation held the rescheduled 2023 closing ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, August 26 from 10:30 a.m. t0 11:30 a.m. According to the 2023 Nisei Week President David Yamahata, the 2024 Nisei Week President…
The Nisei Week Foundation held the rescheduled 2023 closing ceremony at the Japanese American National Museum on Saturday, August 26 from 10:30 a.m. t0 11:30 a.m. The Nisei Week Raffle Grand Prize winner was announced as following: 2023 Nisei Week…
The Nisei Week Foundation announced Bill Watanabe as Grand Marshal in the Grand Parade on Aug. 13, because the foundation recognized Watanabe as 2023 leader of Little Tokyo. Watanabe was honored at the Nisei Week Awards Dinner at DoubleTree by…
The Nisei Week Foundation recognized Anzen Hardware of Little Tokyo and its owner Norihiko Takatani as outstanding contributor to Southern California Japanese American community. Anzen and Takatani were honored with the Frances K. Hashimoto Community Service Award at the Nisei…
Lantern of the East Los Angeles (LELA) International has hosted a commemorative exhibition at the Nagasaki Peace Museum for 43 years. This year, the 44th annual exhibition “A Bridge for Peace” will be held in Little Tokyo, Downtown Los Angeles…
https://rafu.com/2023/08/obituary-martha-nakagawa-community-journalist-and-activist/ Martha Miiko Nakagawa, a long-time community journalist, researcher and advocate, passed away on the morning of July 28 at Los Angeles General Medical Center. She was 56. Nakagawa attended Stanford University, where she received a bachelor of arts in…
The Nisei Week Foundation will be hosting a variety of activities across two weekends (8/12-13 & 8/19-20) in celebration of the Annual Nisei Week Japanese Festival. As part of the activities, the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) will…
As tradition goes, the nine-day Nisei Week festival will conclude with the Ondo and Closing Ceremony on Sunday, August 20. The public is welcome to come enjoy the live entertainment and participate in the Ondo “traditional Japanese street dancing”, followed…