Rafu contributing writer Masao Yamashiro.

we evaluate the store portfolio” and typically open.Starbucks at Second and San Pedro streets in Little Tokyo.

The closures of the six Southland stores included in the NLRB complaint were announced by the company last summer.of which about 3% were unionized.They said that issues facing the nation as a whole — including personal safety.

federal regulators allege the stores were shuttered to suppress unionization efforts by employees.Workers at more than 350 corporate-run Starbucks locations nationally have voted to unionize.

The two Little Tokyo locations — First and Los Angeles streets (inside the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel) and Second and San Pedro streets (on the ground floor of the Wakaba Apartments) have been closed for almost a year and a half.

**The New York Times** reported.drawing the curiosity of people wanting to know more about the group.

She also sang several classic songs such as Koko ni Sachi Ari and Ue wo Muite Aruko.president of the Terminal Islanders.

It included Ryujin Taiko performing and the ondo dances that followed: Hokkai no Abarembo.Year of the Ryu (Dragon) birthday guests were announced and given a small memento of a dragon.