JANM Digital Film Festival: ‘Crossroads: Boyle Heights’ Q&A
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As part of its Digital Film Festival, the Japanese American National Museum will present a Q&A on “Crossroads: Boyle Heights” on Friday, Dec. 18, from 5 to 6 p.m. PST.
A neighborhood is made up of people and places. It is defined through the experiences of those who consider it home. And it holds their hopes for the future and their memories of the past. In 2002, the exhibition “Boyle Heights: The Power of Place” celebrated these experiences and memories of Boyle Heights, a vibrant, multiethnic, and multicultural Los Angeles neighborhood.
Tomita, Okumoto to Reprise ‘Karate Kid’ Roles in ‘Cobra Kai’
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Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Kumiko (Tamlyn Tomita) are reunited in “Cobra Kai.” (Netflix)
The producers of “Cobra Kai” have confirmed that Tamlyn Tomita and Yuji Okumoto will reprise their roles from “The Karate Kid Part II” in the show’s third season.
“Cobra Kai,” which premiered on YouTube and moved earlier this year to Netflix, continues the “Karate Kid” film franchise and stars Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, William Zabka as Johnny Lawrence, and Martin Kove as John Kreese, along with a cast of newcomers as their students.
Glen Fukushima Suggested as Next Ambassador to Japan
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By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer
As President-elect Joe Biden puts together his Cabinet and other leaders in his administration, leaders in the Asian American and Pacific Islander community are asking for representation.
One name that has come up is Glen S. Fukushima senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, former president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and former deputy assistant U.S. trade representative for Japan and China as a possible candidate for U.S. ambassador to Japan.
Glen Fukushima
In a Nov. 18 opinion piece titled “Japan welcomes end of Trump era but has its doubts over Joe Biden-led U.S.” in the
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