Rafu Shimpo
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OC Japan Fair to Return with Expanded Anime and Pop Culture Programming - Rafu Shimpo (opens the original)
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OC Japan Fair returns to the OC Fair & Event Center, 88 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, from Oct. 16 to 18 with an expanded focus on Japanese anime and pop culture. The three-day festival will bring together anime, cosplay, live idol performances, Japanese foods, shopping, and traditional cultural experiences, offering visitors a wide-ranging celebration of Japan in Southern California. At the center of this year’s expanded pop culture programming is the new Japan Pop Culture Zone, a dedicated area occupy
‘Summer of Satan: Surviving the Night Stalker’ Coming to KTLA+ - Rafu Shimpo (opens the original)
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Los Angeles was riding high in the summer of 1985. The city had just hosted the Olympics, the Lakers were chasing another championship, and a new 911 emergency system was coming online. But beneath the optimism, a wave of terror was spreading across Southern California. “Summer of Satan: Surviving The Night Stalker” revisits one of the most chilling crime sprees in California history through new interviews with survivors, investigators, journalists and witnesses who lived through it. KTLA retrac
JANM Announces Promised Gift of $21 Million+ Estate from George and Brad Takei - Rafu Shimpo (opens the original)
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The Japanese American National Museum (JANM) announced Sept. 23 that George Takei and Brad Takei have pledged to gift their estate, currently valued at over $21 million, to the museum. This future gift ensures that the Takeis’ passion for JANM will continue to endure for years to come. In recognition of their support, the new 9,200-square-foot gallery space of JANM’s core exhibition, “In the Future We Call Now: Realities of Racism, Forging Democracy,” will bear their names. “JANM represents the
Screening of Stage Version of ‘Spirited Away’ - Rafu Shimpo (opens the original)
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Hayao Miyazaki’s Academy Award-winning animated feature film comes to life in “Spirited Away: Live on Stage,” full of dazzling sets, captivating musical numbers, and wondrous puppets of beloved characters. Adapted and directed by Tony Award-winner John Caird (“Les Misérables”), two unique casts and performances were filmed during the show’s acclaimed 2022 run at Tokyo’s historic Imperial Theatre, featuring Kanna Hashimoto and Mone Kamishiraishi as Chihiro. As part of Studio Ghbli Fest 2026, Fath
‘Shared Horizon’ Brings Japan-California Art Exchange to Hermosa Beach - Rafu Shimpo (opens the original)
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Gallery of Hermosa is proud to announce “Shared Horizon,” an international art collaboration with Creative Space Hayashi of Chigasaki, Japan, opening Friday, Oct. 2, with a reception from 5 to 8 p.m. The exhibition continues an evolving cultural exchange between two independent galleries rooted in neighboring coastal communities on opposite sides of the Pacific. Following the successful first chapter of “Shared Horizon,” in which Gallery of Hermosa presented American artists at Creative Space Ha
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