I was born in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture in 1954. I came to Los Angeles in 1981. I worked as a reporter for the California Mainichi Newspaper in Los Angeles and the Nichibei Times in San Francisco. After serving as assistant to the Los Angeles bureau chief of the Asahi Shimbun and as manager of Kyodo News' Japanese news distribution company in Los Angeles, I started a monthly English newspaper, Cultural News, in 1998. I am the newspaper's publisher and editor-in-chief. Cultural News introduces Japanese art exhibitions and Japanese cultural events that can be experienced in Los Angeles. In addition to publishing the monthly newspaper, we also publish a website at http://www.culturalnews.com and an email newsletter.
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A profile of a century-old Buddhist church in Southern California and its missionaries
Feb. 14, 2018
History of Japanese Postwar Immigration: A Los Angeles doctor publishes an autobiographical novel about his experience of abuse and his journey to the United States
July 25, 2017
Buddhist churches that had a major impact on the Japanese community in Los Angeles: Records of Jodo Shinshu missionaries from the 1930s
Feb. 27, 2017
Japanese Christians in the Sawtelle district of Los Angeles
Oct. 21, 2016
Japanese Americans begin to talk about "Another Courage" - Restoring the honor of a former Japanese American soldier who refused combat training and was charged with treason -
Nov. 4, 2015
"Children of the Camp" is a documentary about group counseling that revived forgotten memories of wartime concentration camps.
April 15, 2015
Henry Fukuhara, a second-generation Japanese painter who started a watercolor painting workshop on the site of a former concentration camp
Feb. 18, 2015
“From a Silk Cocoon” (produced in 2006) Depicting the Anguish of Parents [of being] in the Internment Camps, Was Produced by SENSEI Who Was Born in an Internment camp
Nov. 19, 2014
A third-generation woman describes life in a concentration camp based on photographs left by her mother, who never spoke about her experiences there.
Aug. 4, 2014
"Nisei Week Queen" is the bond that unites Japanese American organizations in Southern California
June 23, 2014
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Guest host Tamlyn Tomita chatted with actor Christopher Sean in the latest episode of Nima Voices about his background, acting, and community involvement.
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