Little Tokyo
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Suehiro Café receives grant from Preservation Program
May 27, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Suehiro Café, founded in 1972 in Little Tokyo, is one of 25 small restaurants nationwide that was awarded a special grant earlier this month as part of […] READ MORE
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LA police probe fire, vandalism at Japanese Buddhist temple
March 4, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Authorities are investigating a vandalism and fire at a Buddhist temple in the Little Tokyo section of downtown Los Angeles. Surveillance video caught a man jumping the […] READ MORE
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Little Tokyo celebrates completion of community recreation center
January 1, 2021 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — A community’s 26-year dream to build a much-needed community gym in the heart of Little Tokyo and downtown Los Angeles has become a reality, as Little Tokyo […] READ MORE
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Metro Project not as bad as pandemic for Little Tokyo
December 3, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s Regional Connector construction has been disruptive for residents, businesses and nonprofit organizations in Little Tokyo, but not as disruptive as […] READ MORE
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Q-and-A with longtime activist and mentor Alan Nishio
May 7, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: This Q-and-A-format interview was originally posted on the Manzanar Committee’s blog prior to the 2020 virtual Manzanar Pilgrimage. https://manzanarcommittee.org/2020/04/25/nishio-q Alan Nishio, who is the keynote speaker for our […] READ MORE
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Little Tokyo community strategizes ways to stay in business
April 23, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Businesses in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo typically relied on foot traffic prior to the statewide shelter-in-place orders, which brought the state’s economy to a halt. Amid the shuttered retail spaces, […] READ MORE
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FOR THE COMMUNITY: Melody Takata’s three decades of teaching Japanese arts
March 28, 2020 by Nichi Bei News
Melody Takata has been drumming taiko for around four decades, starting in Los Angeles as a high school student with L.A. Matsuri Taiko before moving to Tokyo for a year […] READ MORE
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Little Tokyo Service Center Executive Director Matsubayashi dies
September 12, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Little Tokyo Service Center’s Executive Director Dean Matsubayashi passed away the evening of Sept. 4, a letter written by Dick Kaku, the organization’s board president, said. Matsubayashi […] READ MORE
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Little Tokyo supporters wary of rail construction, gentrification
January 1, 2019 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — The Metro Regional Connector rail line, slated to run through Little Tokyo upon completion in 2021, has raised concerns among people who care about the ethnic Japanese […] READ MORE
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Investment fund to preserve Little Tokyo revealed
September 27, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — In an effort to help preserve Little Tokyo, local activists announced the creation of the Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund, which seeks individual, corporate and foundation support […] READ MORE
