June is LGBTQ Pride Month, when the world’s gay communities celebrate the freedom to be themselves. Pride gatherings share common ground with those of all minority groups who have struggled to ...

Terry Takeuchi is the owner and self-described “homeboy cook” at one of the most beloved Bellevue restaurants, Terry’s Kitchen. While he is the nightly chef in the kitchen, he never misses the ...

シアトル時事ニュースや日系コミュニティー情報を和英バイリンガルで発信する「北米報知」 ...

The Meydenbauer main stage was awash with color during the last day of this year’s Japan Fair, as models strutted back and forth in dazzling kimonos provided by Kimono Art of Seattle and Kobe, Japan ...

Bill helping raise funds for victims of the Great Tohoku Earthquake, 2011. This photo later made its way to the Nikkei Emigration Museum, Yokohama. June is LGBTQ Pride Month, when the world’s gay ...

Yoshi Yokoyama ーBorn in Sendai in 1946 as the third son of a doctor, Yokoyama grew up in Fuchu City, Tokyo, from the time he was in middle school. After graduating from Nihon University’s College of ...

Currently, the Portland Japanese Garden is debuting its first new art exhibition of 2024. Titled “Vision of Place,” this show features stunning photography from Portland’s sister city of Sapporo. In ...

Larry Matsuda, PhD, aka “Dr. Larry,” was born in Minidoka incaration camp during World War II. A Sansei, he grew up in the ethnically diverse neighborhoods of central and south Seattle. Today, he is ...

After a successful media career, Frank Abe has produced acclaimed literary and film works on resistance to Japanese American incarceration — a living legacy more relevant than ever today. His latest ...

TFS National Executive Director Mike Ishii received the Min Yasui Culture Igniting Activism Award. Photo credit: Lynda Joko. In April the Minoru Yasui Legacy Project celebrated Min Yasui Day with the ...

Michelle Kumata is a local, Sansei artist best known for her prior work illustrating for the Seattle Times and helping the Wing Luke Museum with its displays. Here, we profile Michelle’s more-recent ...

The City of Seattle awarded $1,750,239 to support community-led projects through the Department of Neighborhoods’ Food Equity Fund. Eighteen community groups will receive awards ranging from $85,260 ...