3/11 -The Tsunami, Two-part Series that Captures Japan’s Largest-ever Natural Disaster, Makes International Broadcast Premiere on NHK WORLD-JAPAN, Episode 1 on Jan. 8, Episode 2 on Jan. 15 Marking 10th Anniversary of Japan’s “Triple Disaster,” Series Combines Footage from NHK…
Contents of Weekly Cultural News, Aug 24 – 30: Japanese Garden in Pasadena is available to visit on Saturdays and Sundays Atomic bomb survivors hold annual commemoration event online Los Angeles TV news anchor David One interviews Hiroshima survivor Shigeko…
A heavy rain hit the southern region of Kumamoto Prefecture on July 4, and 65 people were killed, over 600 houses were destroyed, and 8000 houses were flooded. Disaster municipalities along Kuma River such as Hitoyoshi City, Kuma Village, Ashikita…
Among this unprecedented situation of the Coronavirus Pandemic, Cultural News is currently focusing its resources to serve the Japanese speaking community in Los Angeles. We are already experiencing huge closures of restaurant business including Japanese cuisines due to the Safer…
Tokyo National Museum Izumo and Yamato: The Birth of Ancient Japan Heiseikan Special Exhibition Galleries January 15, 2020 – March 8, 2020 The year 2020 marks 1,300 years since the compilation of Japan’s oldest official history, The Chronicles of Japan…
News Release – The Huntington Acquires Archive Documenting a Notorious Colonial Plot to Defraud Native Americans of Ancestral Land in Pennsylvania https://www.huntington.org/news/huntington-acquires-walking-purchase-archive Feb. 6, 2020 Library Collectors’ Council also purchases 19th-century Japanese illustrated scrolls, a rare set of Confederate photography,…
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/25-million-uniqlo-founder-japanese-literature-and-culture January 15, 2020 – UCLA has received a $25 million gift from Tadashi Yanai, the chair, president and CEO of Japan-based Fast Retailing and founder of clothing company Uniqlo. The funds will endow the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing…
YouTube Video: Cultural News Editor Shige Higashi Talks about 2019 December Issue (YouTube Link) Cultural News delivers Japanese art and culture information in Los Angeles and other areas. In December 2019 issue, Cultural News brings “Fukushima Mission” report by Mr.…
