Virtual book launch for stories of Japanese American internment
SEATTLE — Author Daniel James Brown will attend a one-hour virtual book launch event on Tuesday, May 11 at 8 p.m. (EST), 7 p.m. (CST), 6 p.m. (MST) and 5[…]
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Twins, Maeda preparing for 2021 season
BOB SANAAP contributing writer FORT MEYERS, Fla. (March 14, 2020) — The Minnesota Twins baseball club are busy getting ready for the start of the 2021 season. Ace pitcher Kenta Maeda,[…]
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‘True Mothers’ sends Naomi Kawase to the Oscar Race
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer “True Mothers” is acclaimed Japanese director Naomi Kawase’s (Sweet Bean, 2015) newest feature. It is Japan’s official entry to the category of Best[…]
Akiko Fujimoto to conduct classical series at Northrop
MINNEAPOLIS (Feb. 26, 2020) — Akiko Fujimoto, assistant conductor of the Minnesota Orchestra, makes her classical subscription series concert debut on March 27-28 in special performances at Northrop Auditorium, the[…]
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‘To the Ends of the Earth’ is a window to a distant land
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer “To the Ends of the Earth” is Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s newest feature, a U.S. premiere at the 57th New York Film Festival (NYFF) in[…]
‘A Girl Missing’ is a captivating and suspenseful ride
By Diana ChengAAP Film & Arts Writer Japanese director Kôji Fukada’s “A Girl Missing” has its North American Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on September 5, the[…]
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South Dakota WW II veterans are awarded France’s highest award
MITCHELL, S.D. (Aug. 26, 2019) — The Republic of France paid special tribute to three South Dakota members of the “greatest generation.” French Consul General to the Midwest Guillaume LaCroix[…]
France Honors Three WWII Veterans of South Dakota
French Consul, Chicago — (Aug. 23-24) — Guillaume Lacroix, French Consul General to the Midwest presented the French Legion of Honor medal to Kenneth Higashi, 97, of Spearfish, Orville “Bert”[…]
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Kimono Refashioned: Asian Art Museum explores impact of kimono on global fashion
San Francisco, Calif. (Nov. 14, 2018) — Kimono Refashioned is a new special exhibition at the Asian Art Museum that explores the impact of kimono on global fashion, from the Victorian era[…]
WWII comfort women speak out in Tiffany Hsiung’s ‘The Apology’
By Diana Cheng AAP Arts & Film Writer United Nations researchers report that between 1931 and 1945, the Japanese military forced an estimated 200,000 to 400,000 women and girls into[…]
