(Full text of the article is available at Weekly Cultural News, July 26 – Aug. 01 Issue) Los Angeles-based filmmaker Klaudia Kovács is looking for 1964 Tokyo Olympians and their family stories for her next feature-length project Children of Champions…
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center “Torch: 1932 Los Angeles Olympics Photos by Toyo Miyatake” Curated by Hirokazu Kosakia July 11 – August 8 Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Sunday, 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, Closed on Mondays Japan-born Toyo Miyatake…
After two years delay of the schedule, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will finally grand-open on September 30, 2021. Hayao Miyazaki, the Academy Museum’s inaugural temporary exhibition, marks the first North American museum retrospective dedicated to the work of…
Returning a riding crop of 1932 Olympian Baron Takeichi Nishi from Los Angeles to Japan was realized by efforts of people in U.S. and Japan and the video announcement of the Baron Nishi’s event became available for the public to…
On June 23, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced that the current exhibition Yoshitomo Nara has been extended to January 2, 2022. Yoshitomo Nara is the first international retrospective of artist Yoshitomo Nara (b.1959). The exhibition was originally…
LOS ANGELES – The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announced on June 15 that it received a transformative $10 million gift today from philanthropist MacKenzie Scott. It is the largest single gift in the Museum’s history. “After a year that…
LOS ANGELES – The Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation aka the Aurora Foundation, in conjunction with the Consulate General of Japan in Los Angeles and the American Association of Teachers of Japanese, will host its 17th annual All-USA High School Japanese…
Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino is reconstructing 320-year-old Japanese house from Marugame, Kagawa Prefecture at its Japanese garden. The Japanese house which is called the Magistrate’s House or shoya in Japanese is a donation by…
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