Arts Jul 25 Ruth Asawa exhibition celebrates her influential art and extraordinary life By Jeffrey Brown, Lena I. Jackson
Nation May 26 Watch 8:50 Japanese American veteran built bridges between cultures after WWII On this Memorial Day, we turn to the life and legacy of Yukio Kawamoto. The Japanese-American World War II veteran served his country under almost unthinkable circumstances and then spent a lifetime building bridges between the two cultures he called… By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins, Cali Steffenhagen
Arts Nov 17 For Detroit’s Japanese Americans, oral histories key to preservation of history, future solidarity The Detroit chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) has been collecting and sharing the stories of the Japanese American community in the area. These stories, spanning over a hundred years, are a vital part of Detroit’s history, and… By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang
Arts Apr 18 Watch 3:48 In ‘Kusama: Cosmic Nature,’ a dialogue between art and the natural world Yayoi Kusama’s work has been described as transformative: both for the observer and for her exhibit’s surroundings. The Japanese artist's latest exhibition, postponed initially because of the pandemic, aptly uses a 250-acre landscape as the setting for her exhibit “Cosmic… By Christopher Booker, Mori Rothman
Poetry Nov 09 What Buddhism taught poet G Yamazawa about using ‘gay’ as a slur Growing up Buddhist and Japanese-American in a mostly-white and black community in North Carolina, Yamazawa found an avenue of self-expression in rap and poetry. By Corinne Segal
Dec 18 Watch Remembering Sen. Daniel Inouye, 88, Hawaii Statesman Since State’s Birth Remembering Sen. Daniel Inouye, 88, Hawaii Statesman Since State's Birth… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Oregon Poet Laureate Inada Reflects on Internment Along with more than 100,000 other Japanese-Americans, Lawson Inada was sent to internment camps for the duration of World War II. He was one of the youngest to live in the camps, and much of his writing addresses that childhood… Continue watching