He was a pioneer in the art of karate and founded the International Karate Association (IKA).

org/ and Instagram page (@apiriselosangeles).API RISE is seeking ongoing donations to maintain their staff and programming.

a cat figurine meant to bring good fortune to the organization.NIKKEI PROGRESSIVESNearly 70 people representing 17 of Little Tokyos community organizations made their way to Union Church at 3rd and San Pedro streets on March 1 to meet their new neighbors.both groups have supported each others programs and social events and have campaigned together for state legislation that would end the double punishment of those who have been released from prison.

Customs Enforcement) and put into immigrant detention.API RISE is dedicated to the empowerment of current and formerly incarcerated Asian and Pacific Islander individuals.

We look forward to building on the ties weve built so far.

and community members attended.But everybody has certain connotations and associations about knots.

Courtesy SHINKICHI TAJIRI ESTATEShinkichi Tajiri receives the Key to the City from Mayor Tom Bradley at the unveiling of the Friendship Knot in Little Tokyo in 1981.Its a language and its changing very rapidly.

The letter followed a series published by The Rafu that investigated the Kajima Corporations use of enslaved laborers in China during World War II and the companys firing of workers from the New Ohtani Hotel for going on strike in 1996.We should celebrate Shinkichi Tajiri as one of the great Asian American artists of his generation.