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Bruce Lee to appear on 2026 USPS Forever stamp
The U.S. Postal Service announced plans to honor Bruce Lee with a national commemorative Forever stamp to be issued in 2026. Designed by art...
Study finds Studio Ghibli films, ‘Zelda’ games can boost happiness and calm
A new study published in JMIR Serious Games in August has found that watching Studio Ghibli films or playing “The Legend of Zelda: Breath of...
Lost 1936 Filipino film resurfaces in Belgium after nearly 90 years
A long-lost piece of Philippine cinema history has been found in Brussels, Belgium, nearly a century after it vanished. The 1936 film “Diwat...
Canadian park renamed after outrage over anti-Japanese legacy
City officials of Surrey, British Columbia, have renamed Senator Reid Park to North Ridge Park following public outcry over the historical f...
Trump again claims Xi told him China won’t act on Taiwan
President Donald J. Trump has repeated his claim that Chinese leader Xi Jinping assured him China would not move militarily against Taiwan w...
Filipino stars lead DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Forgotten Island’
DreamWorks Animation announced that a lineup of Filipino and Filipino diaspora artists will headline its upcoming film “Forgotten Island,” s...
Lisa Ling confirms CBS exit after network layoffs
Journalist Lisa Ling confirmed she was among those dismissed from CBS News as part of the company’s latest restructuring. In a video posted ...
AI-generated images of Lee Jung-jae used to defraud woman of $350K
A woman in her 50s from Miryang, South Korea, lost about 500 million won ($350,000), after scammers used AI-generated photos of “Squid Game”...
Man accused in 5 separate anti-Asian attacks arrested in Manhattan
New York City police arrested 33-year-old Clive Porter on Wednesday in connection with a string of five suspected anti-Asian assaults commit...
Ming-Na Wen reveals her 90-year-old mother still ‘insults’ her accomplishments
Accomplished actor Ming-Na Wen, who has starred in several high-profile projects including “The Mandalorian,” “The Book of Boba Fett” and Di...
Great White accused of reaching out to Asian influencers after racism allegations
Nearly a month after being accused of racially segregating Asian customers, Los Angeles cafe chain Great White is now reportedly contacting ...
Japan’s sushi master Jiro Ono turns 100
Tokyo sushi chef Jiro Ono, founder of the world-renowned Sukiyabashi Jiro, turned 100 on Monday, marking a century of dedication to his craf...
ASEAN’s newest member: East Timor
East Timor (Timor-Leste) officially joined the Association of Southeast Asian Nations during its Kuala Lumpur summit on Sunday, a move that ...
Yamamoto’s brilliance earns Ohtani’s highest praise as Dodgers repeat
Shohei Ohtani didn’t hesitate to credit his teammate Yoshinobu Yamamoto after the Los Angeles Dodgers captured their second consecutive Worl...
Trump’s thirst for a third term recalls histories of unchecked power across Asia
President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Monday that he was “not ruling out” serving a third term, despite the U.S. Con...
Magic Johnson says Shohei Ohtani is baseball’s Kobe Bryant
Basketball legend Magic Johnson compared Dodgers’ two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani to Kobe Bryant during a FOX Sports pregame show in Los Ang...
Sandra Oh debuts at the Met Opera
Korean Canadian actor Sandra Oh made her Metropolitan Opera debut in New York on Oct. 17, appearing as the Duchess of Krakenthorp in Gaetano...
Accused assassin of Japan’s Shinzo Abe confesses
Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of assassinating Japan’s former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, confessed to the killing as his murder trial be...
Keke Palmer series sparks backlash for portrayal of Asian student at HBCU
Keke Palmer is facing criticism following the release of “Southern Fried Rice,” a new KeyTV series about a Korean American student raised by...
Rina Sawayama criticizes Sabrina Carpenter performance for mishandling Japanese culture
Japanese British artist Rina Sawayama has accused “Saturday Night Live” of mishandling Japanese cultural symbols in Sabrina Carpenter’s Oct....
Dodgers’ Yamamoto makes World Series history
Japanese pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto achieved a feat last seen more than two decades ago on Sunday, throwing his second consecutive postseaso...
Beijing creates new national observance linking Taiwan to China’s wartime victory
China has designated Oct. 25 as the Commemoration Day of Taiwan’s Restoration, a new national observance intended to reinforce Beijing’s sov...
Kamala Harris signals 2028 presidential run: ‘I am not done’
Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has indicated she may seek the presidency again, telling the BBC, “I am not done,” during an interv...
Historian races to record fading memories of Japanese Americans at Topaz camp
As the number of surviving Japanese American World War II internees declines, oral historian Diana Tsuchida is intensifying her efforts to r...
Lighter skin not linked to desirability in Asian American dating, study finds
A speed-dating study by psychologisfound no evidence that lighter skin increases romantic desirability among Asian American singles. The res...
Dylan Harper and the ‘Asian Jokić’ headline new NBA class of Asian talent
Two of the NBA’s most anticipated rookies, Filipino American guard Dylan Harper and Chinese center Yang Hansen, are set to make their regula...
Chinese American Nobel laureate who pioneered modern particle theory dies at 103
Nobel laureate Chen Ning Yang, who spent decades advancing physics in both the U.S. and China, died in Beijing on Saturday at 103 due to ill...
Why Asian American women are more likely to develop dementia than men
Asian American women may face a higher lifetime risk of developing dementia than their male counterparts partly because men are more likely ...
Japanese American descendants bring baseball back to Manzanar incarceration camp
When baseball returned to Manzanar last year after more than eight decades, descendants of incarcerated Japanese Americans took the field on...
Florida politician censured for urging deportation of all Indians in US
Following weeks of public pressure, the Palm Bay City Council voted 3-2 on Oct. 16 to censure Council member Chandler Langevin for posting a...
Simu Liu says ‘Sleeping Dogs’ film script is finished
Simu Liu revealed over the weekend that the first draft of the script for the live-action adaptation of cult classic video game “Sleeping Do...
Daniel Dae Kim’s ‘Butterfly’ cancelled after one season
Prime Video has dropped “Butterfly,” the espionage series fronted by Daniel Dae Kim, ending one of the streamer’s largest Asia-based origina...
Chinese scientists achieve world’s 1st successful living pig-to-human liver transplant
In a world-first, Chinese researchers have successfully transplanted a genetically engineered pig liver into a living human, proving that a ...
Vietnam moves to enshrine pho as UNESCO cultural heritage
Vietnam is moving to nominate its beloved noodle soup pho for recognition by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage. The Ministry of Culture...
Better than Babe?: Shohei Ohtani settles the baseball GOAT debate
If there was ever any question of Shohei Ohtani’s greatness, Game 4 of the National League Championship Series answered it beyond a doubt. D...
Japanese American ‘Lady and the Tramp’ animator given lifetime achievement award
Veteran animator Willie Ito, who was incarcerated as a child at Utah’s Topaz War Relocation Center during World War II, has been honored wit...
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