Osamu Tezuka, “Father of Anime,” to be honored at film festival
If you are familiar with anime, there's a good chance you know the name Osamu Tezuka. If you aren't, well, you probably have no idea who that is.
For those unfamiliar with the auteur, he...
Tuesday bullets
Nancy Pelosi, who is next in line to the Presidency after Vice-President Dick Cheney, becomes the highest ranking U.S. figure to visit the atom bomb site at Hiroshima.
A Fresno Japanese American carries on his...
Gene Simmons: Manga Superstar
" I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day."
Who hasn't sung, or at least heard, those famous Kiss lyrics before? Very few people, I imagine.
Gene Simmons, bass player for that band...
Friday bullets
Haruki Murakami, former jazz club-owner turned award-winning writer, sits down with the San Francisco Chronicle for a little Q&A.
More election talk once again. As the Big Day approaches, Asian Americans across the country are...
Windy City flavor, the Japanese Nobel and Arnold’s return to Japan
Live in Chicago or taking a trip to the Windy City? Chicago's Daily Herald recently asked officials from Japanese American organizations to name the best Japanese-themed places to visit. Check it out here.
A Montreal-based...
Beetles and baseball and more
Japanese American veterans take a moment to remember those who served America.
There's a rumor out that Ken Watanabe - who starred in The Last Samurai - will be directing a movie on the 442nd...
Stubborn Twig and Billy Bat
A photograph exhibit featuring the works of Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange at the University of Utah centers on Japanese American internment.
Japanese American triplets are part of a renewed focus on the fertility industry.
An...
EMIKO, Silicone Valley, and the latest newspaper casualty
Another sad day for Japanese American newspapers.
Japanese American musician EMIKO will be featured at Japan Music Week.
Silicone Valley remembers World War II.
Hip rollers? Germanium baths? Will Japan's beauty products find a market outside the...
NGN3 August Movie Schedule
FRIDAY, AUG. 1
Midnight – The Domain: Duel at Thunder Gate
1:40 a.m.– Three Gamblers
3:10 a.m. – Dolls of the Shogun’s Harem
5:10 a.m. – Case of a Young Lord 5
6:10 a.m. – Yumechiyo
8:20 a.m. – Glorious...
Origami, the Kanrin Maru, and a new documentary
Former Black Panther Richard Aoki, "the toughest Oriental of West Oakland," is the subject of a new documentary.
The exhibition “Mixed: Portraits of Multiracial Kids” opens at the Japanese American National Musuem tomorrow.
San Francisco celebrates...
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