Scott Fujita, Kristi Yamaguchi, and Brooklyn Rider
With the New Orleans Saints' victory in the Super Bowl, the compelling story of linebacker Scott Fujita gets its shine.
Figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi finds out some interesting information about her ancestral history on the...
A call for interviews, exhibitions, and speakings
The Center for Oral History wants to interview Hawaii-born Japanese Americans who were removed from work or school on the West Coast and incarcerated during World War II.
One blogger looks back on the importance...
Manzanar groundbreaking, Whisper House, and Reading the Walls
From the Great Kanto Earthquake to internment, 91-year-old Henry "Seisen" Mittwer, a Japanese-American Buddhist priest, author, ikebana and ceramic artist, reflects on life.
A Japanese American tennis pro becomes part of Australian Open history.
Over...
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...
Baked fish, basketball, and a little dragon
The Rafu Shimpo wants you to meet Jeff Hironaka, assistant basketball coach at Washington State University - and the highest ranking Japanese American coach in the country.
Yukimi Nagano leads the eclectic Swedish pop group...
Taratino, Matsui, and some robots
A sneak peak of director Quentin Taratino performing martial arts in a commercial for the Japan-based company Softbank.
Robert Fitts, an author of several books on Japanese baseball, discusses New York Yankee slugger Hideki Matsui.
University...
Football, fishing, and a rock garden
Celebrating 70 years of settlement in Eastern Oregon with a Japanese rock garden.
Merced College will screen Lane Nishikawa's Only the Brave on November 7. The film, which was released in 2006, centers around the...
The Hiroshima-Honolulu Bridge
Due to popular demand, we are running Joe Udell's three-part series from his recent trip to Japan, where he followed the Hawaii Island Movers baseball team and the Team Honolulu girls softball all-stars in...
Goodbye, Nichi Bei Times
Sad news for the Nichi Bei Times, northern California's oldest Japanese American newspaper. There is, however, a glimmer of hope.
Japan's Uniqlo teams up with Disney.
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda goes for an encore performance at...
What’s new at Ellis Island?
Pop quiz: Which Japanese American players have played in the NBA. Click here to find out if you are correct.
A Japanese American exhibit at Ellis Island gets commissioned.
Celebrating Japanese American Baseball Heritage Night with...
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