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Imagine Little Tokyo Contest Deadline Extended

The Little Tokyo Historical Society’s Imagine Little Tokyo short story contest has been extended two weeks to Feb. 15, 12 midnight PST.

Contest, Press, Rafu ShimpoKristen LemJanuary 31, 2020short storyComment

Deadline Approaching for Little Tokyo Short Story Contest

The organizers of the seventh annual Imagine Little Tokyo short story contest are inviting all individuals to submit fiction short stories, with a deadline of midnight Jan. 31 (PST).

Press, Rafu Shimpo, ContestKristen LemJanuary 14, 2020short storyComment

Sign Marks Japanese Hospital as Historical-Cultural Monument

The Little Tokyo Historical Society on Jan. 4 unveiled a new City of Los Angeles sign marking the former location of the Japanese Hospital in Boyle Heights.

Press, Rafu ShimpoKristen LemJanuary 9, 2020Japanese Hospital, boyle heightsComment

Japanese Hospital — symbol of defiance of racism — honored in Boyle Heights

Before Pearl Harbor and the nationalist hysteria that led to the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II, there was a thriving community of Japanese immigrants in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights neighborhood.

Press, Los Angeles TimesKristen LemJanuary 4, 2020Japanese HospitalComment

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