December 2025 – Cultural News

2026 Oshogatsu Film-TV Japan Hollywood Network

2025 Dec 31 | Free Japanese TV | 5-Hour Program “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2025” Airs on Dec. 31 from 1PM as New Year’s Special Originally Broadcast in Japan on Dec. 26

December 31, 2025

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Family Rental Film-TV

2025 December | Film RENTAL FAMILY depicting American Phillip Vandarpleog (played by Brendan Fraser) who is hired as a husband or a father of Japanese families: Nationwide Theater Screening Starts Nov. 21

December 31, 2025

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2025 Dec 28 | Free Japanese TV | “Solitary Gourmet New Year’s Eve Special” Airs on Dec. 28 at 6:30PM

December 28, 2025

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2025 Dec 28 Closing | UCI Orange County Museum of Art | Yoshitomo Nara: I Don’t Want to Grow Up | May 28-Dec.28

December 28, 2025

Japanese Topics - World Little Tokyo Community

2025 December | Little Tokyo Farmers’ Market in Partnership with JACCC & Food Access LA every Saturdays

December 27, 2025

Obituary Dr Shinichi Hirokawa Self Photo Facebook 2025 Jan 15

2025 Look Back MInyo - Team Kawachi Ondo Obituary

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

December 24, 2025

Japanese Garden Online Events

2025/12/22 | Online from Kyoto | Chinese and Japanese Gardens: One Concept, Two Interpretations | Dec. 22 at 5PM Pacific Time

December 22, 2025

Anime Bon Odori Event - Taste of Japan MInyo - Team Kawachi Ondo

2025/12/20 | Team Kawachi Ondo Headlines Taste of Japan Winter Wonderland at Disney Resort Anaheim Saturday, Dec. 20 around 3:45PM

December 20, 2025

Cultural News

2025 December | Cultural News Asks Your Support – Annual Fundraising Appeal

December 15, 2025

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2025/12/14 | Torrance | aile Christmas Live — Christmas Blessings 2025: An Unforgettable Holiday Concert at Faith United Methodist Church in Torrance Sunday, Dec. 14 at 5PM

December 14, 2025

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2025/12/14 | Closing | JANM on the Go presents “Cruising J-Town: Exploring Japanese American Car Culture in Los Angeles” Exhibition at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena from July 31 through Dec. 14

December 14, 2025

30th Anniversary Screening Picture Bride at Gardena Cinema

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2025/12/14 | Repertory Screening Forum Presents 30th Anniversary Screening of PCTURE BRIDE at Gardena Cinema Dec. 14 at 1PM

December 14, 2025

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2025 Dec 14 | 30th Anniversary Film ‘Picture Bride’ Screening at Gardena Cinema Set for Dec. 14: Greater Los Angeles Japanese American Citizens League co-sponsors fundraising tribute to director late Kayo Hatta

December 14, 2025

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2025/12/14 | Pasadena Japanese Garden to Host Wartime Exhibition about Tuna Canyon Detention Center in Los Angeles Dec 14 from 10AM-4PM

December 14, 2025

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2025/12/14 | Art, Handwoven & Bamboo Craft Sales at Beverly Hills Farmers Market Sunday, Dec. 14 from 8AM-1PM

December 14, 2025

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2025/12/13 | Vintage Kimono & Handcrafts for Sale, Performances, Foods : Japanology Fair at Shumei Pasadena Center Dec. 13 from 11AM to 4:30PM

December 13, 2025

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2025/12/13 | Japanese Antiques One Day Sale in Alhambra Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10AM to 3PM

December 13, 2025

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2025 Dec 10 | Japanese American National Museum Receives $20 Million Gift from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott

December 10, 2025

Hibakusha in North America

2025 Dec 07 in Hawaii | Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivor Group to Attend Pearl Harbor Memorial Service in Honolulu Dec. 7

December 7, 2025