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Hawaii expat Jonas Otsuji is turning heads with his sushi in Utah. Curious? Hungry? Check him out here.
. . . and from one sushi chef in Utah to another in Seattle.
Remembering the legacy of...
AJA fishing club breaking down racial barriers
If you live in the Seattle area, like to fish and have an appreciation for trash talking, you might want to check out the Tengu Club of Seattle.
The club - named after the Japanese...
Interment-era baseball players, a new restaurant and spam hits it big
A neat story on a group of former internees who turned to baseball as a form of therapy. Now, over 60 years later, they are being honored at a luncheon in Sacramento.
Europe's upscale Japanese...
Dan the Automator and mochitsuki in Michigan
The Rafu Shimpo celebrates the performances of Asian and Asian American athletes in 2009.
An alarming trend concerning Asian American students and suicide.
If you happen to be in the Great Lakes State, you might want...
The six thousand dollar watermelon, Eastwood and Takei
It's Aloha Friday and what better way to prepare for the weekend than by reading about Star Trek alumni, Clint Eastwood and high-end watermelons?
Star Trek alum George Takei speaks to NASA's Goddard Space Flight...
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda holds art show at the JANM
Yesterday, we told you about a Japanese American graffiti artist named Gajin Fujita who's work is being exhibited in London. Today, it's a rock star, Mike Shinoda of the popular bands Linkin Park and...
Asian American jazz and Tatsu Aoki
Ever wanted to hear Taiko drumming with tradition Jazz sounds? Then Tatsu Aoki is your man.
Aoki is a renowned Chicago bassist with over 100 albums to his name. Last weekend, Aoki performed his brand...
Graduation time for Japanese Americans – 66 years later
It's graduation time at the University of Washington and for several former students, this Sunday will be a very momentous occasion.
A few months ago we told you that 440 AJAs who were removed from...
Books, balloons, and newspapers
The fight to save Japanese American newspapers rages on.
Got a hankering for some books? Try these Japanese American works.
"Lost Battalion" and 442nd soldiers meet once again.
A hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivor, speaks out at...
A UH professor is remembered, fortune cookies and the Wii
Tad Nakamura's new film, "A Song For Ourselves," which is about the late University of Hawaii professor Chris Iijima, has people talking in San Francisco - with a little help from Patsy Mink too.
One...
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