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『羅府新報』は日系アメリカ人コミュニティ最大手の新聞です。1903年の創刊以来、本紙はロサンゼルスおよびその他の地域の日系に関わるニュースを日英両言語で分析し、報道してきました。『羅府新報』の購読、配達申し込み、オンラインニュースの登録についてはウェブサイトをご覧ください。

（2015年9月更新）

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Architect Gyo Obata, Founding Partner at HOK, Dies at 99

羅府新報
2022年4月25日

ST. LOUIS — Gyo Obata, FAIA, a world-renowned architect who cofounded HOK in 1955 with a vision for enhancing lives through building design, passed away on March 8, 2022. He was 99. Obata was one of three principals who built HOK from a regional, St. Louis-based architectural practice into one of the world’s most respected global design, architecture, engineering and planning firms. His distinguished career spanned six decades. From the time of his retirement in 2012 and continuing into 2018, he maintained an office in HOK’s St. Louis studio, where he regularly se…

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Bishop Diana Akiyama Breaking Ground for Asian American Women

羅府新報
2021年8月22日

PORTLAND — The Rt. Rev. Diana D. Akiyama was ordained and consecrated as the 11th bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon on Jan. 30 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Portland. Akiyama was the first Japanese American woman ordained to the Episcopal priesthood, and she is the first Asian American woman consecrated bishop in the Episcopal Church. She is the first bishop to be consecrated at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in over a century. Ordained in 1988 in the Diocese of Eastern Oregon, Akiyama has extensive experience in Christian formation, teaching, social justice advocacy a…

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Graphic Novel Recalls Experiences of 442nd RCT

羅府新報
2019年3月13日

Against the contemporary backdrop of the immigration debate and family separation, of nationality-based travel bans and ultimately, the debate over what it means to be a loyal American, a trio of Japanese American artists has created 442, a graphic novel that recounts the experiences of members of their families and of their community who served in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which became the most decorated unit in the history of American warfare for its size and length of service. Made possible by a grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, which supports pro…

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Playwright Wakako Yamauchi, Remembered for And The Soul Shall Dance

羅府新報
2018年8月29日

Wakako Yamauchi, a renowned Nisei writer best known for her play And the Soul Shall Dance, passed away on Aug. 16 at her home in Gardena, CA. She was 93. She is remembered for depicting the struggles of Japanese immigrants and their children during the Great Depression and World War II, which she personally experienced. Yamauchi, who was also a short-story writer, a poet, and a painter, published two books, Songs My Mother Taught Me: Stories, Plays, and Memoir” (1994) and Rosebud and Other Stories (2011). She was born Wakako Nakamura on Oct. 24, 1924, in Westmorland to Issei p…

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Mifune Gets Posthumous Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

羅府新報
2016年12月1日

Nearly 20 years after his passing, Japanese screen legend Toshiro Mifune has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. An unveiling ceremony for the 2,594th star was held Monday [November 14, 2016] at 6912 Hollywood Blvd. with about 125 VIPs and fans in attendance. Flanked by two men wearing samurai armor, Vin Di Bona of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce said, “Today we’re honoring a man who achieved more worldwide fame than any other Japanese actor of this century, a man who left us with a treasure trove of iconic roles.” Giving a brief biography of Mifune (1920&nda…