To forward the Japanese heritage in the U.S. to the next generation, the Cultural News Association asks the public to donate to CAN’s mission. About 100 years ago when the relationship between the U.S. and Japan was deteriorated, 12,000 dolls were gifted to Japan from the U.S., and 58 ichimatsu dolls were sent to the […]
Since the 1980s, Japanese culture has become very popular in the U.S. Sushi, Japanese cuisine, Anime and related products have also become big business. Throughout the continent of the U.S., Los Angeles is considered the capital of Japanese culture because of the concentration in the region of native-born Japanese, Japanese Americans and Americans who have […]
Cultural News wishes to express the warmest levels of appreciation to its donors for their support of the Weekly CN project Since the 1980s, Japanese culture has become very popular in the U.S. Sushi, Japanese cuisine, Anime and related products have also become big business. As a result of this expansion of Japan-related news, products […]
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 the larger public in Los Angeles and adjacent areas. In October 2018, the non-profit Cultural […]
Editorial Support Project: July Flood – One of the Worst Disaster of Japan The flood that occurred in the western part of Japan in July 2018 marks one of the worst disasters in Japan. Across 13 prefectures, more than 200 people were killed and more than 30,000 houses are damaged. In my home town Kure […]
Cultural News brings you information about Japanese Art & Culture / Museum Exhibitions / Japanese Gardens / Community Events Cultural News aims to provide information of these Japanese culture to numerous Japanese culture enthusiasts and 100,000 Japan-born people in Southern California. To realize this big goal, Cultural News seeks 1,000 volunteer – CN Media Package-subscribers. […]
Shige Higashi, Editor & Publisher of Cultural News likes to announce the April issue of Cultural New is published. The new issue features LACMA’s men’s fashion history exhibition and Getty’s new exhibition about Buddhist art on Silk Road. Cultural News costs only $30 for 12 issues per year. Publishing monthly Cultural News is the backbone […]
(Published May 17, 2010, 8:15AM at UCLA website) UCLA: Life Sciences Building to be named for organ transplant pioneer from L.A.’s Boyle Heights neighborhood By Stuart Wolpert, UCLA Newsroom When he transferred to UCLA in 1948, Paul Ichiro Terasaki had no idea that six decades in the future his name would appear on a major […]