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Little Tokyo is still a cultural focal point for Los Angeles's Japanese American population. [21] It is mainly a work, cultural, religious, restaurant and shopping district, because Japanese Americans today are likely to live in nearby cities such as Torrance, Gardena, and Monterey Park, as well as the Sawtelle district in the Westside of Los ...
The National Japanese American Veterans Memorial Court was inspired by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C., consisting of 18 black granite slabs, on which the names of almost 12,000 Japanese American are carved. [3] Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Vincent Okamoto, a decorated veteran with the 25th ID during Vietnam, was a ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Los Angeles. Many foreign governments have established diplomatic and trade representation in the city of Los Angeles, California. Most of them are at the Consulate-General level; many of these are located along Wilshire Boulevard or on the Westside of Los Angeles. In addition, Los Angeles has a number ...
Executive Order 9066 took effect on March 30, 1942. The order had all native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of Japanese ancestry living in California to surrender themselves for detention. Japanese Americans were held to the end of the war in 1945. In total 97,785 Californians of Japanese ancestry were held during the war. [6] [7 ...
893239 or Yakuza-Nijūsan-Ku (ヤクザ23区) [a] is the project name for a collection of short films based on Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) and 23 ku (区, special wards) in Tokyo, Japan. Each clip is about 5–18 minutes long and is shot by a different director with his own crew from various backgrounds.
The Los Angeles County Fairgrounds was selected as one of the Southern California detention camps. The other Los Angeles County camp selected was the Santa Anita assembly center at the Santa Anita Racetrack, which is also a California Historic Landmark (No. 934.07). A California Historic Landmark plaque is located near Fairplex, on the grassy ...
The Go for Broke Monument (Japanese: 日系人部隊記念碑, [1] [2] Nikkeijinbutai Kinenhi) in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California, commemorates Japanese Americans who served in the United States Army during World War II. It was created by Los Angeles architect Roger M. Yanagita whose winning design was selected over 138 other submissions ...
Sawtelle Boulevard’s northern end is north of Dowlen Drive within the Los Angeles Veterans Administration complex (which it enters at Ohio Avenue), and its southern end is at Overland Avenue, a few blocks east of Sepulveda Boulevard. Sawtelle Boulevard is a major thoroughfare for the Sawtelle community and West Los Angeles neighborhood.