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.…
Thank you for Helps in Publishing Cultural News Cultural News Editor Shige Higashi appeals donation for a $50,000 per year project to develop the contents and the web site of Cultural News to deliver Japanese culture information more efficiently to…
Shuri Castle, Historic Tourist Draw in Japan, Is Destroyed by Fire on Oct. 31, 2019 The World Heritage site, a symbol of the southern island of Okinawa, was once the seat of a kingdom that spanned 450 years. New York…
The Shizuoka Prefectural Government is providing the Shizuoka Tea Study Program for aspiring tea people around the world from October – December 2019. In order to promote Japanese tea to the U.S. and Europe, the Shizuoka Tea Study Program is…
