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Two Seattle Broadcast Journalists Win AAJA National Award

Director Ryan Yamamoto and producer Suzanne Phan were honored by the AAJA for their work on the documentary “Arnold Knows…

P.C. EditorAugust 4, 2017

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A Master of the Arts

A 2013 Guthrie Theater presentation of Mu Performing Arts production of playwright Rick Shiomi’s “Yellow Fever.” Now approaching the fifth…

P.C. EditorJuly 6, 2017

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‘Bronzeville, Little Tokyo’

Customers and shopkeepers interact in Little Tokyo/Bronzeville. Community Intersections are revisited at the 33rd Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.…

P.C. EditorJune 2, 2017

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Yuji Okumoto’s Kona Kitchen Is a Family Affair Actor-Restaurateur Keeps a Lot on His Plate

Okumoto Family, from left: Yuji, Mari, Emi, Keilee and Angie. In 2002, Hollywood’s animated feature “Lilo & Stitch” taught the…

P.C. EditorApril 21, 2017

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George Takei Still Boldly Trekking to New Frontiers

New Frontiers curator Jeff Yang, George Takei and JANM board of trustees Vice Chair Wendy Shiba meet the press on…

P.C. EditorMarch 24, 2017

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Robert Handa, a Third-Generation Heart Mountain Descendant, Shows Pride in His JA Heritage

Robert Handa displays the pair of awards he received from the Associated Press Television and Radio Assn. One was the…

P.C. EditorFebruary 10, 2017

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‘The Karate Kid II’ at 30

Three decades on, the film’s co-stars ‘wax on’ nostalgically over their experiences. (Originally published in the Dec. 16, 2016-Jan. 26,…

P.C. EditorDecember 16, 2016

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Remembering Mr. Miyagi

Pat Morita’s unpublished memoir inspires an upcoming documentary (Originally published in the Dec. 16, 2016-Jan. 26, 2017 Holiday Issue of…

P.C. EditorDecember 16, 2016

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JACL Philadelphia Sponsors Programs at PAAFF ’16

By Rob Buscher, Member, JACL Philadelphia Board of Directors The Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (PAAFF), the largest Asian American…

P.C. EditorNovember 23, 2016

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Addressing Yellowface in Opera, Theater and Film

British actor Christopher Lee, in yellowface makeup, played the fictional “Oriental” villain Fu Manchu in several movies. One JACL Philadelphia…

P.C. EditorOctober 21, 2016