Japanese-American News

A tragic pier collapse in Long Beach, Calif., doubtless drew gasps from Times readers glancing at their front page 100 years ago today, while an update of forcibly resettled Japanese-Americans in World War II was on the paper's front in 1943.

" Comfort women " was the colloquial and reductive term given to the nearly 200,000 women across Asia who were lured, kidnapped or coerced by the Japanese military into being prostitutes for the Imperial Army during World War II.

It is fair to say that Japanese women have some of the most amazing smiles in the World, with the ability to melt the heart of even the coldest of people.

During a ceremony, May 21, 2013, at the home of Kenichiro Sasae, the Japanese ambassador to the United States, Terry Shima was awarded the "Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette" award.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. The city's annual Cherry Blossom Festival featured a performance by 40 Eastview Middle School students.

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If resiliency spoke of a group of people, the Japanese population of the then-Territory of Hawaii during World War II claims the description.

Calling this big fat novel Hawaii was bound to raise eyebrows. Hey, come run to the schoolyard to watch Mark Panek throw down! Pow! Right in the kisser of that other big fat novel named Hawaii , by whatsisname, the one everyone loves to put down that for better or worse became the siren call for mainland millions to take a jumbo jet to Waikiki.

Bravo used an offensive term to promote "Princesses: Long Island," starring Chanel Omari , Ashlee White, Casey Cohen and Joey Lauren.

This program explores the personal histories of second generation Japanese Americans who served in the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service during World War II as Japanese language specialists in the Pacific, and after the war during the Occupation of Japan.

Whether you like it or not, gaining weight during pregnancy is inevitable. The growth and development of babies depend on it.

Research indicates that a diet rich in whole grains may reduce the risk of prevalent chronic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some cancers, and that risk for these diseases varies by ethnicity.

Since its inception in December 2012, Kiriko -a joint project between graphic designer Dawn Yanagihara and Compound Gallery owner Katsu Tanaka-has taken off.

Boggs will attend University of Georgia in the fall, where he is undecided, but may major in Chinese with double minor in Korean and chemistry.

1927 Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St.

Filmmaker and Torrance, Calif. resident, Steven Itano Wasserman , is a fourth-generation American of Japanese and Russian Jewish descent.

Hotaru Amemiya and Seiichi Takano visit Italy in the manga adaptation, HOTARU THE MOVIE: IT'S ONLY A LITTLE LIGHT IN MY LIFE.

Pupils at Goddard Park Community Primary School enjoyed learning the arts of Origami - paper folding - and calligraphy, as well as sampling Japanese cuisine and dressing up in traditional costumes of the country.

Barsotti Books and the Barsotti family are thrilled to partner with five local organizations for the second annual El Dorado Reads program.

Hung up on a Japanese girl, but you never date her? You never even summon the courage to talk to her, but you worship her from afar? It happened to Rivers Cuomo, and he got Pinkerton out of it.