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The Downtown Los Angeles Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League and the Japanese Women’s Society of Southern California have selected five noteworthy Japanese American community leaders for the 2024 Women of the Year Award
Our first list—50 Essential Hawai‘i Books You Should Read in Your Lifetime—was one of our most popular stories ever, but it didn’t do justice to our flourishing regional literary scene. So here we go again: More of da kine, only bigger, broader, deeper.
Kumu Kahua Theatre proudly announces its new season, with the schedule of plays planned for 2022-2023 reflecting some of the theatre’s most popular presentations over the years. Programming for the 52nd season has been especially curated with gratitude for the community at its core, recognizing that Kumu Kahua’s loyal audiences have enabled the nonprofit to remain a vibrant hub for theatre, both online and in-person, throughout the challenges of the pandemic and for over fifty years.
Marshall, IL-(Effingham Radio)- One final gift of $20,000 from the estate of noted author and playwright Jon S...
Those We Lost in 2020 Posted On 2020 has been a year of extraordinary loss and suffering. As The Rafu presents its annual listing of passings in the community, we offer our condolences to all those who have lost loved ones in this most difficult of years. Following, in alphabetical order, are some of the notable individuals who passed away during the past year. Sumako Azuma II Sumako Azuma II (Janice Aiso Edesa), 61, on July 24. The North American representative to Azuma Ryū in Japan, she taught Japanese classical dance for 45 years, training 14 students to earn the natori degree and ...