This region is home to the largest population of Japanese nationals outside of Japan.

Except its hard to say community when community doesnt exist.the reaction was the same: People sang along and clapped to the songs and music.

I appreciate that they traveled so far to sing for us.We were happy to see several of the same people five years later.jp/nhkworld/en/news/videos/20231107162904724/———————Soji Kashiwagi is the executive director and playwright of the Grateful Crane Ensemble.

Among Tohoku disaster survivors.Yuko-san told us about being separated from her husband and not knowing where he was or if he was okay.

We left this facility and headed to another for our afternoon show.

Haruye Ioka shakes hands with an audience member in Oshu.but also on the national stage.

Monterey Park marked the one-year anniversary of the mass murder Sunday.They were finishing the routine they had begun one year ago.

Since this tragedy here in our small community of Monterey Park.With my dads final moments in the back of my mind.