Mineta: Wisconsin Justice’s Reference to Korematsu Is Insensitive and Offensive
Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta, chair of the Japanese American National Museum’s Board of Trustees, issued the following statement on Friday. =*= One of the goals of the...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Experts Weigh Risks, Rewards of Reopening
By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor As Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the reopening of some non-essential businesses on Friday, experts weighed in on the way these decisions will impact public health and...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Comes Home
By KARLEEN CHINEN, The Hawaii Herald Tuesday, April 7, was a deadly day in the state of New York. Seven hundred thirty-one people succumbed to the COVID-19 virus. “Behind every one of those numbers is...
View ArticleGarden Grove City Council Condemns Anti-Asian Bias
GARDEN GROVE — Garden Grove Councilmember Diedre Nguyen, a cancer scientist, led a unanimous, 7-0 vote of the Garden Grove City Council on April 28 to pass a resolution in response to increasing...
View ArticleKeiro’s Statement on Future Programming
The following statement was issued on May 11 by Gene Kanamori, president and CEO of Keiro. =*= COVID-19 has significantly impacted all of our lives — the way we socialize, pick up food, and conduct our...
View ArticleNew AARP Videos Encourage Participation Among Asian Americans in 2020 Census
WASHINGTON – AARP has teamed up with the U.S. Census Bureau to release public service announcement (PSA) videos in 18 Asian languages to help Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities with...
View ArticleJACL Recognizes AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate
On this May 18, as we celebrate what would be Vincent Chin’s 65th birthday, the world looks very different from what it did a year ago. As 2020 began we saw the nation celebrate the achievements of the...
View ArticleAAPI Groups Urge Biden to Drop Campaign Ad
A coalition of Asian American and Pacific Islander organizations and individuals on May 12 released the following open letter to former Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential...
View ArticleLittle Tokyo Eats: Delivering Meals for Low-Income Seniors Stuck Inside
By CRYSTAL DUAN Translated by MAKIKO HIRATA When the shelter-in-place ordinance in California went into effect, the Little Tokyo community of Los Angeles was worried about its low-income seniors. How...
View ArticleHuman Relations Commission Director Outlines Response to Anti-Asian Hate Crimes
By J.K. YAMAMOTO, Rafu Staff Writer Los Angeles County is aware of the increase in anti-Asian incidents related to the coronavirus pandemic and is taking steps to address it, according to Robin Toma,...
View ArticleAlight with Gratitude
This month, the Miyako Hotel in Litle Tokyo lit up in a colorful salute to the first responders and hospitality workers who open for work every day to take care of all of us during this crisis. The...
View ArticleWebinar on ‘Coronavirus and Discrimination Against Asian Americans’
The U.S.-Japan Council will present a webinar on “Coronavirus and Discrimination Against Asian Americans” on Tuesday, May 26, at 3:30 p.m. PDT/6:30 p.m. EDT. The coronavirus pandemic has seen an...
View ArticleNijiya Temporarily Closes Torrance Store for Cleaning
Rafu Staff Report TORRANCE — Nijiya Market, located at 2121 W. 182nd St. in Torrance, closed over the weekend due to concerns about the coronavirus and was still closed Tuesday morning. A manager for...
View ArticleAAJA-LA Virtual Town Hall on Saturday
Asian American Journalists Association-Los Angeles will present a virtual town hall on “Anti-Asian Bias and COVID-19” on Saturday, May 30, at 10 a.m. PT. Panelists include: • Tzi Ma (pronounced “Tai...
View ArticleL.A. County and City of Vernon Investigate COVID-19 Cases at Nine Industrial...
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) announced May 24 that it has identified outbreaks of COVID-19 at nine facilities in the City of Vernon. The largest outbreak is at...
View ArticleWaiting to Exhale: Families’ Need to Grieve COVID-19
By ELLEN ENDO, Rafu Shimpo When Tiffany Olega experienced the loss of her mother and my sister-in-law, Rosary, 63, the first healthcare worker to become a victim of COVID-19 in Los Angeles County last...
View ArticleAsian American Legislators Engage Governor on COVID-19 Impacts on Nail Salons
SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember David Chiu (D-San Francisco), chair of the California Asian Pacific Islander Legislative Caucus, released the following statement May 28 to address concerns from...
View ArticleFor Women, COVID-19 Reveals a Shadow Pandemic
By GWEN MURANAKA, Rafu Senior Editor Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have worsened health, equality and opportunities for women around the world, according to experts speaking during a briefing by...
View ArticleTorrance Nijiya Reopens After Cleaning
TORRANCE — Nijiya Market, located at 182nd Street and Van Ness Avenue in Torrance, reopened this week after closing over the Memorial Day weekend. A manager for Nijiya said at the time that the market...
View ArticleTozai To Go
Tozai Plaza on Western Avenue and Redondo Beach Boulevard in Gardena is mostly open for business, with eating establishments offering food and drink to go and customers asked to wear face masks. Open:...
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