As LA’s Little Tokyo neighborhood celebrates its 140 th year, there are real concerns among community leaders that it may not survive another 140. In fact, it has now been designated “one of America’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Michael Okamura, a volunteer at the Japanese American National Museum, gives a tour of 1st Street in Little Tokyo on Wednesday in ...

In 1994, Eric Nakamura launched a zine he dubbed Giant Robot, a photocopied, hand-stapled fanboy’s ode to manga, anime, Japanese punk bands and skateboarding. Thirty years later, what started as the ...

In Little Tokyo, the new year is heralded by the frenetic energy of thrumming taiko drums and pounding mallets, transfiguring rice into mochi. Known as Oshogatsu, the Japanese New Year is among the ...

5:44 p.m. Aug. 5, 2024: A previous version of this article referred to retailer Mokuyobi as Molu Yobi. In Little Tokyo, the past and the future have long been at odds. Less than a month after the ...

In Little Tokyo, the past and the future have long been at odds. Less than a month after the iconic Suehiro Café closed its 1st Street location — evicted after nearly 40 years — community leaders ...