Matt Ogawa, committee board member of SJ Obon Festival, gives back to his community by leading and organizing events that ensure traditions, stories and memories are passed down through ...

The headlines surrounding San Francisco businesses post-pandemic have been mostly negative. Businesses, especially mall ...

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is urging the city council to pass an initiative that could force the unhoused to get the services ...

Rebekah Penaloza loves San Francisco’s Japantown so much that she and a friend drove an hour and a half from their homes in Fairfield during a recent weekday to shop for K-pop merchandise, Pokémon ...

The success of the Japantown and Stonestown malls offers lessons about what it takes to thrive as a brick-and-mortar business in a still-recovering city.

Japantown advocates are watching with a measure of apprehension as major redevelopment plans around the Delta Center and Salt ...

The weeklong celebration of murals and urban art includes a gallery show and an artwalk through the historic neighborhood.

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi said President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts could have a devastating impact on the Bay Area’s AAPI community.

Japan Video and Media has been around for more than 40 years, 37 of those have been at the Japan Center Mall. "I used to come ...

Japan Video, a cultural staple in San Francisco's Japantown for over 38 years, is closing down in May. The store was known for its Japanese and Korean video collection and anime merchandise.

A landmark San Francisco business is closing in Japantown, marking the end of decades as a staple in the Japan Center.

Some raised concerns about how this could negatively impact what remains of the historic Japantown. “I’ve always referred to it as J-town or Nihonmachi. Nihonmachi is the Japanese word for ...