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『羅府新報』は日系アメリカ人コミュニティ最大手の新聞です。1903年の創刊以来、本紙はロサンゼルスおよびその他の地域の日系に関わるニュースを日英両言語で分析し、報道してきました。『羅府新報』の購読、配達申し込み、オンラインニュースの登録についてはウェブサイトをご覧ください。

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Obituary: Hank ‘Toto’ Kagawa, Owner of Fish King Market

羅府新報
2023年4月6日

Fish King in Glendale has announced that Hank “Toto” Kagawa passed away on the morning of March 16. He was 92. “Since 1956, Hank worked hard to grow Fish King, Inc. and provide a family atmosphere for all of us,” the company said on Instagram. “Please join us to mourn the passing of Hank Kagawa and keep his memory alive by continuing to strive to be your best.” Located at 722 N. Glendale Ave., Fish King is an independently owned specialty seafood market offering various amounts of fresh and frozen seafood daily, along with poultry, groceries, and house-ma…

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OBITUARY - Juan Pollo Restaurant Founder Albert Okura, 71

羅府新報
2023年2月17日

Albert Ryo Okura, the founder of the Juan Pollo restaurant chain and a major figure in the fast-food industry, passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 27 at the age of 71. Juan Pollo issued the following statement: “Albert was an entrepreneur characterized by his unwavering work ethic, resolute determination, and passion. He believed that it was his destiny to personally sell more chicken than anyone in the world. “His journey started in 1984, where he opened the first Juan Pollo in Ontario, Calif. Even through widespread doubt of his success through his peers, he set a personal dead…

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Architect Gyo Obata, Founding Partner at HOK, Dies at 99

羅府新報
2022年4月25日

ST. LOUIS — Gyo Obata, FAIA, a world-renowned architect who cofounded HOK in 1955 with a vision for enhancing lives through building design, passed away on March 8, 2022. He was 99. Obata was one of three principals who built HOK from a regional, St. Louis-based architectural practice into one of the world’s most respected global design, architecture, engineering and planning firms. His distinguished career spanned six decades. From the time of his retirement in 2012 and continuing into 2018, he maintained an office in HOK’s St. Louis studio, where he regularly se…

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Bishop Diana Akiyama Breaking Ground for Asian American Women

羅府新報
2021年8月22日

PORTLAND — The Rt. Rev. Diana D. Akiyama was ordained and consecrated as the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon on Jan. 30 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland. Akiyama was the first Japanese American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood, and she is the first Asian American woman consecrated bishop in the Episcopal Church. She is the first bishop to be consecrated at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in over a century. Ordained in 1988 in the Diocese of Eastern Oregon, Akiyama has extensive experience in Christian formation, teaching, social justice advocacy a…

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Graphic Novel Recalls Experiences of 442nd RCT

羅府新報
2019年3月13日

Against the contemporary backdrop of the immigration debate and family separation, of nationality-based travel bans and ultimately, the debate over what it means to be a loyal American, a trio of Japanese American artists has created 442, a graphic novel that recounts the experiences of members of their families and of their community who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which became the most decorated unit in the history of American warfare for its size and length of service. Made possible by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, which supports pro…