Obituary – Cultural News

Hisako Shofu Shohara 1929-2026

Centenary United Methodist Church Ikebana Obituary Ohara School - LA Shohara Hisako Shofu

OBITUARY | Grand Master of Ohara Ikebana Hisako Shofu Shohara Passed June 27 at age of 97 | Her Celebration of Life Set for Saturday, August 1, 12:30PM at Centenary United Methodist Church

July 18, 2026

Obituary Washoku - LA

OBITUARY | Chef Katsuya Uechi, Founder of Katsu-Ya Chain, Passed Away June 24 at age of 67

July 2, 2026

Matsuda Andy 1956-2026 Obituary Sushi Chef Institute Washoku - LA

OBITUARY | Chef Andy Matsuda, Pioneer of World Sushi Business, Passed Away June 17 at the age of 69

June 24, 2026

Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary Oda Kyoko Nancy 1945-2026

Celebration of Life for Kyoko Nancy Oda, Educator and Community Leader in Los Angeles, Attended by Several Hundreds at Hompa Hongwanji Temple in Little Tokyo

June 24, 2026

Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary Oda Kyoko Nancy 1945-2026

Educator & Community Leader Kyoko Nancy Oda of Van Nuys passed May 15 at 80 | Celebration of Her Life Set for Sunday, Jun. 7 at 3PM at Nishi Hongwanji, Little Tokyo

June 6, 2026

Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary

Obituary | Mary Kageyama Nomura | Songbird of Manzanar Passes Away Peacefully at 100 in Huntington Beach

May 8, 2026

Hirokawa Shinichi Kansai Club Obituary Team Kawachi Ondo

CELEBRATION OF LIFE 2026 | March 28 | Dr. Shinichi Hirokawa, A Cultural Bridge Builder (Obituary)

April 25, 2026

Obituary Dr Shinichi Hirokawa Self Photo Facebook 2025 Jan 15

2025 Look Back Obituary Team Kawachi Ondo

2025 Dec 24 | Nikkei Community Mourns Loss of Dr. Shinichi Hirokawa Who brought joy of traditional folk music to Los Angeles

December 24, 2025

Matsui Nancy Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary Orange County Buddhist Church

2025/11/22 | Japanese American Community Leader Nancy E. Matsui passed at 73: Funeral at Orange County Buddhist Church held Nov. 22 at 11AM

November 22, 2025

Obituary Nakamura Yoshio Photo by JANM

Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary

2025 Nov 22 | Beloved Artist, Educator, and WWII Veteran Yoshio “Yosh” Nakamura Remembered by Japanese American National Museum and Whittier Community

November 22, 2025

Little Tokyo Community Obituary Zenshuji Soto Mission

2025/10/04/ Funeral Service for Yoichi Komiyama, Founder of Lighthouse Magazine, held at Zenshuji Soto Mission in Little Tokyo

October 4, 2025

Obituary Lighthouse Magazine Yoichi Komiyama

Obituary World

2025/09/08/ Yoichi Komiyama, Founder of “Lighthouse” Magazine, Passes Away at 59

September 8, 2025

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2024/5/23: Memorial Service of Mike Watanabe, President Emeritus of Asian American Drug Abuse Program

May 23, 2024

Obituary World

2024 March / Los Angeles: Philanthropist Sakaye Aratani passed at 104 on March 18

April 3, 2024

Igawa Itsuki Charles 1940-2023 Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary

2023/12/27: Japanese American community leader Itsuki Charles Igawa passed at 83: His memorial service set for Dec 27, 4PM-7PM at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Los Angeles

December 27, 2023

Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary Tea - Omotesenke Southern California Tonai Minoru 1929-2023

2023/10/14: Minoru Tonai, Japanese American community leader in Los Angeles, passed away on Sep. 3 at 94: His celebration of life set for Saturday, Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. at Japanese American Cultural & Community Center

October 15, 2023

Hibakusha in North America Museum - Japanese Art - SoCal Obituary Sakata Hideo 1935-2023 (1) Sakata Hideo 1935-2023 (2) Sakata Hideo 1935-2023 (3)

2023/9/23: Los Angeles abstract painter Hideo Sakata who leads international artist group for 50 years, passed at 87: His celebrating life set for Sep. 23 at Northridge United Methodist Church

September 23, 2023

Little Tokyo Community Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary

2023/8/27: Community journalist Martha Nakagawa passed at 56: A Celebration of Life set for Aug 27, 11AM at Fukui Mortuary in Little Tokyo

August 27, 2023

Japanese Culture - LA Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary

2023: Obituary: Madame Fujima Kansuma, 104: Beloved teacher who trained over 2,000 Japanese classical dancers in Los Angeles

April 16, 2023

Henson Haggott Arimoto Mikko 1937-2022 Obituary

2022 / US-Japan cultural bridge Mikko Haggott Henson passed away at age of 85

August 13, 2022

Obituary Zenshuji Soto Mission

2020 / Memorial service for Japan-born artist Shingo Honda to be held at Zenshuji temple in Little Tokyo, Jan. 21, 5:30PM

January 21, 2020

Bannai Paul 1920-2019 Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary

2019 / California state politician, Japanese American community leader, Mr. Paul Bannai passed at 99 year-old

October 25, 2019

LA Kimono Club Nikkei Legacy- LA Obituary Takase Hayahiko 1930-2018

2019 / Obituary – Hayahiko Takase: Architect by profession, cultural treasure within Japanese American community

April 27, 2019

91 Nibei Foundation Powerful Networking / Japan Study Club Los Angeles 2018 Obituary Terasaki Paul 1929-2016 UCLA Tersaki Center for Japanese Studies

2016 / A memorial service for Dr. Paul Terasaki in scheduled for 11 am, Mar. 6, at UCLA Royce Hall

March 6, 2016

01 Landscape architect Dr Takeo Uesugi Japanese Garden Little Tokyo Community Obituary

2016 / Tribute to Dr. Takeo Uesugi (1940 – 2016)

February 6, 2016

91 Nibei Foundation Powerful Networking / Japan Study Club Little Tokyo Community Obituary Terasaki Paul 1929-2016

2016 / Funeral of Dr. Paul Terasaki was held in Santa Monica, Feb. 6

February 6, 2016

Little Tokyo B Obituary

2014 / Little Tokyo activist Nancy Kikuchi, 52, passed away

September 10, 2014

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2014 / Civil right leader Yuri Kochiyama passes away at the age of 93 in Berkeley

June 2, 2014

2980 Japan Cultural Community Obituary

2013 / Obituary / Masako Wada, widow of Japanese American leader Fred Wada

October 11, 2013

2980 Japan Cultural Community Obituary

2012: Senator Inouye rests in Hawaii

December 23, 2012

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