Japanese American leaders slam Trump for comparing Jan. 6th rioters to WWII incarceration

Japanese American leaders have lambasted former President Donald Trump for comparing rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to Jap...

110-year-old Japanese American shares advice for healthier, longer life

Yoshiko Miwa, the oldest living person of Japanese descent in the U.S., attributes her longevity to staying engaged and not dwelling on nega...

LA’s Little Tokyo among list of 11 endangered historical places in US

The National Trust for Historic Preservation has included Downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo into the 2024 list of America’s 11 most endange...

George Takei releases children’s book about his childhood in WWII camp

Actor and advocate George Takei has released a children’s book detailing his experience as a child in a World War II incarceration camp in A...

Quarter honoring former Hawaii representative Patsy Mink is released

The U.S. Mint released a new quarter that honors former Hawaii Representative Patsy Takemoto Mink as part of its 2024 American Women Quarter...

Randall Park to team up with Jordan Peele for WWII movie: report

Randall Park is reportedly teaming up with acclaimed director and comedian Jordan Peele through the latter’s production company for an ̶...

Prominent Japanese American activist Alan Nishio dies at 78

Community leaders, members and activists are mourning the passing of Alan Nishio, a pillar in the Los Angeles Japanese American community an...

TikToker Lynn Yamada Davis, of ‘Cooking with Lynja’ fame, dies at 67

Lynn Yamada Davis, known for her “Cooking with Lynja” videos on TikTok, has passed away at 67. What happened: Davis died surrounded by loved...

Banned George Takei ‘The Twilight Zone’ episode now available to stream

CBS made the decision to ban the episode following complaints from the Japanese American community as its broadcast coincided with the U.S. ...

Theodore Kanamine, the US Army’s first Japanese American general, dies at 93

Theodore “Ted” Shigeru Kanamine, the U.S. Army’s first-ever Japanese American general, died on Thursday at 93. According to Kana...

More than 70 Asian American groups urge Biden to create Black reparations commission

A force of 76 Japanese American and Asian American organizations has demanded President Joe Biden create a reparations commission for Afric...

Kellyn Acosta, USMNT’s first Japanese American soccer player, dazzles in World Cup debut

Los Angeles FC’s Kellyn Acosta, the first Japanese American soccer player to play for the U.S. Men’s National Team (USMNT), saved his team ...

Texas GOP candidate denounced for repeatedly calling Asian American opponent ‘Dr. No’

The Asian American Alliance of San Antonio (AAASA) has condemned Republican candidate Trish DeBerry for calling her Democrat opponent Peter...

Soil from 75 former Japanese American WWII incarceration sites collected for memorial

Ceramic pieces to be made from soil collected from the 75 Japanese incarceration camps across the U.S. were presented at the National Monum...

Complete list of WWII Japanese internees unveiled in LA weighs 25 pounds

This year marks the 80th anniversary of former U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s authorization of Executive Order 9066 in February 194...

108-year-old Japanese American silent film found in NY museum to be preserved

Denise Khor, associate professor of Asian American and visual studies at Northeastern University, has been tasked to preserve a 108-year-ol...

San Diego officially apologizes for supporting Japanese American incarceration during WWII

The San Diego City Council officially apologized to the Japanese American community and passed a resolution that rescinded Resolution 76068...

Japanese American National Museum premieres cancer-battling director’s film on pains of WWII incarceration camps

Written and directed by Paul Daisuke Goodman, “No No Girl” centers on a Japanese American family uncovering their forgotten history in the ...

‘I get to be a big brother’: Veteran, 70, adopted as a child from Japan discovers his 7 siblings in Ohio

Seventy-year-old Michael Bennett, who was adopted as a child, met seven of his siblings for the first time after undergoing a DNA test in 2...

Norman Mineta, first Asian American Cabinet secretary, dies at 90

Norman Mineta, a former mayor, lawmaker and cabinet secretary who served under two presidents, passed away on May 3 in Edgewater, Maryland....

New York City to host its first-ever Japanese heritage parade 

New York will have its first-ever Japan Day Parade on May 14 to honor residents of Japanese descent and their culture. While the metropoli...

USC awards honorary degrees, dedicates rock garden to incarcerated Japanese American students of WWII

On April 1, the University of Southern California opened a traditional Japanese rock garden to honor 120 Japanese American students who wer...

Bainbridge Island marks the 80th anniversary of Japanese American incarceration during WWII

March 30 marks 80 years since the unjust incarceration of around 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II, following the attack on Pe...

Teen gets children’s books about Japanese American incarceration into Seattle-area elementary schools

Kai Vanderlip, a 17-year-old high school student from Redmond, Washington, organized a project to teach children about the incarceration of...

Protesters denounce razing of 1900s Issei settlement at Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach

Around 150 people attended the “Standup Against Asian Hate Rally” at the Historic Wintersburg in Huntington Beach, California, on Saturday ...

Bachan’s founder talks his 6-year journey getting his Japanese bbq sauce onto over 3,000 stores’ shelves

Japanese American entrepreneur Justin Gill of Bachan’s shares his six-year journey towards creating the hit Japanese BBQ sauce while stayin...

Retired Olympic ice skater Mirai Nagasu proves she’s still got it with amazing double axel feat

Mirai Nagasu, a two-time Olympian and the first American female to land a triple axel in the Olympics, recently proved that she’s still got ...

New multimedia web project tells lost history of Chicago’s Japanese American redress movement

A new interactive multimedia web project is shedding light on Chicago’s Japanese American redress movement, which developed in response to t...

Japanese American scientist awarded 2021 Nobel Physics Prize for seminal climate change research

A Japanese American scientist was one of three 2021 Nobel Physics Prize winners for his groundbreaking work in climate change research. The ...

Singer Utada Hikaru Reveals Nonbinary Identity, Wants More Discussions on LGBTQ Issues in Japan

Japanese American singer Utada Hikaru revealed their nonbinary identity during a recent livestream on Instagram. The reveal: Over the weeken...

Google Doodle Honors Japanese American Olympic Weightlifter, Gold Medalist Tommy Kono on 91st Birthday

Google celebrates Tamio “Tommy” Kono’s 91st birthday with a doodle illustrated by Los Angeles-based artist Shanti Rittgers. The details: Goo...

Community Raises $46K to Keep Japanese Art and Cultural Center From Closing in San Jose

A nonprofit center in San Jose, California that dedicates itself to teaching Japanese arts and culture is facing the possibility of closure ...

California Dedicates Jan. 30 to Fred Korematsu Who Defied Japanese American Concentration Camps

California dedicated Jan. 30 to the memory of Fred Korematsu, a shipyard welder who legally objected to Japanese American “internment” in Wo...

Japanese American Civil Rights Leader Passes Away at 81 After Getting COVID 2nd Time

Rose Takayo Matsui Ochi, a Japanese American leader and civil rights activist, has died in her home city of Los Angeles.  Ochi passed away a...

Yuta Watanabe Becomes the First Japanese Player Signed to Toronto Raptors

Yuta Watanabe, 26, has made history as the first Japanese-born player to ever be signed by the Toronto Raptors. Welcome to the family, @wacc...

Japanese American Running ICE Detention Center Had Mother Born in a U.S. Concentration Camp

President Donald Trump’s order for deportation raids reportedly commenced last weekend, vowing to send at least 2,000 undocumented immigrant...