and currently works as a freelance business consultant helping Japanese companies expand their business in the U.

and callers to Social Securitys toll-free help-line have experienced waits averaging as long as 40 minutes to speak to a representative.AARP is urging its members to call on Congress to protect the program that provides crucial financial support to 68 million retirees.

I have written Rafu Shimpo articles in the past about: (1) Getting additional income from In-Home-Supportive-Services (IHSS); (2) Not having to pay your property tax under the state controllers Property Tax Postponement Program; and (3) Tapping the equity in your home with a reverse mortgage.the SSA announced plans for a massive restructuring that aims to reduce the agencys workforce of roughly 57.Social Security benefits could face a 21% across-the-board cut as early as 2033.

Youve paid into it with the promise it will be there when you need it.According to an article in The Wall Street Journal (March 14.

people with disabilities and members of their families.

and accelerate the insolvency of the Medicare Hospital Insurance trust fund from 2031 to 2025.Rendering of the completed Fourth Central project.

and the resilience learned in full-contact Kyokushin Karate tournaments at the dojo atop the Little Tokyo Galleria.The ties between Los Angeles and Japan are flourishing with Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto on the Dodgers and Rui Hachimura on the Lakers.

This pains me deeply as both a Japanese American and an Angeleno.I enthusiastically showed up in support.