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Passion for Teaching Martial Arts Leads to New Gym

Just two months ago, martial arts teacher and stunt performer Yoko Hamamura’s passion for tea…

Mieko Beyer • July 12, 2021

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Power of Our Stories

Michelle Kumata, A Japanese-American Artist with Brazilian Ancestral Roots

Seattle native Michelle Kumata’s artistic journey has taken her across the country to New Y…

Elaine Ikoma Ko • Nov. 23, 2020

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Kizuna 2020: Nikkei Kindness and Solidarity During the COVID-19 Pandemic

How Little Tokyo, Los Angeles is approaching community-led recovery through arts and culture

Longtime residents will tell you that Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo almost died in the 1990s. Las…

Kenji C. Liu • June 10, 2020

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Visual Communications and 50 Years of Asian Pacific American Stories

“Growing up in the 1950s and early 1960s, we were subjected to stereotypical portraits or inv…

Darryl Mori • July 30, 2019

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Profile on Courtney Ozaki - Creative Producer and Performing Arts Manager

Courtney Ozaki is an arts producer and administrator, community leader, and taiko player living and…

Margaret Ozaki Graves • April 22, 2019

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Interview with Music Educator Meghan Tokunaga-Scanlon - Part 2

Read Part 1 >> Recently, I was lucky enough to travel to Estes Park to visit the beautiful…

Margaret Ozaki Graves • July 25, 2018

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Interview with Music Educator Meghan Tokunaga-Scanlon - Part 1

Meghan Tokunaga-Scanlon is an energetic and passionate music educator, who leads music, theatre, …

Margaret Ozaki Graves • July 24, 2018

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Little Tokyo Clayworks

“Fire” “Earth” “Spirit” ... basic elements of ceramics. Simple …

Jessica Man +2 • March 23, 2018

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Steveston Community Society and the Nikkei Community

Steveston, at the southern end of the city of Richmond, had long been home to a large and active Ja…

Kelvin Higo • Jan. 19, 2018

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Interview with Hiroshi Onaka, Design Executive Officer of EnLinx Partners

On July 30, Japanese martial art Shorinji Kempo will hold its world championships in the U.S. for t…

Noriko Huntsinger • Aug. 15, 2017

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