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5:44 p.m. Aug. 5, 2024: A previous version of this article referred to retailer Mokuyobi as Molu Yobi. In Little Tokyo, the past and the future have long been at odds. Less than a month after the ...

LOS ANGELES -- For nearly 50 years, Carol Tanita has been managing the Japanese gift shop, Rafu Bussan. The Little Tokyo shop specializes in traditional Japanese dishware and cultural goods. It is ...

Up a narrow stairway, hidden above the street bustle of Little Tokyo, lies a largely unexplored corner of this popular Los Angeles tourist district. That is where Dane Ishibashi, surrounded by ...

Fugetsu-Do has been selling mochi and other Japanese sweets in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo neighborhood since 1903. Like many other longtime Japanese businesses, the shop has survived the incarceration ...

For AAPI Heritage Month, we're headed Downtown L.A. to explore the Japanese American art, culture and food found in Little Tokyo. Built in 1978, Japanese Village Plaza (or JVP as it's commonly called) ...

Community activists in Los Angeles are fighting to preserve the cultural heritage of Little Tokyo as rent spikes drive out legacy businesses like Suehiro, a 50-year-old Japanese restaurant serving ...

After more than half a century serving Little Tokyo — and more than 35 years in its iconic location — family-run Japanese restaurant Suehiro Cafe has moved to downtown’s Historic Core as it faces an ...