From May 2025, North American Post became a monthly publication. New Issues are published every 4th Friday of the month.

From May 2025, North American Post became a monthly publication. New Issues are published every 4th Friday of the month.

Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese folk dance performed during the Obon season. People of all ages wear yukata (summer kimono) and dance in a circle around a raised platform called a yagura, ...

Yukiko “Yu” Ugawa was born in Ashiya City, Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. She married into a long-established kimono shop in Kobe, Japan, called Kaneshou and aspired to become a professional kimono ...

About 250 pilgrims gathered in Twin Falls, Idaho, for the 2025 Minidoka Pilgrimage in July. Over the course of four days, we laughed, we cried, we listened intently to survivors of incarceration, we ...

A newly completed film, “Our Mr. Matsura,” is the story of Frank S. Matsura, a beloved immigrant Japanese photographer in the American West. His legacy is honored not just because of his amazing ...

This series explores the history of the pre-war Japanese community in Seattle, by reviewing articles in “The North American Times,” which have been digitally archived by the University of Washington ...

Jan Johnson is a well-known name, not just in Seattle but throughout the world. She has welcomed thousands of visitors to the historic Panama Hotel and Tea House in Seattle’s Nihonmachi (Japantown) ...

The Japan Business Association of Seattle (JBA), now colloquially known as the Shunju Club, was officially established in 1960, serving as a much-needed support for the Japanese businesspeople in the ...

After a successful media career, Frank Abe has produced acclaimed literary and film works on resistance to Japanese American incarceration — a living legacy more relevant than ever today. His latest ...

Seattle’s Bruce Miyahara has reignited a new passion in his retirement when most people ride off into the sunset. Bruce’s Seattle roots have taken him from being the first director of the ...

May 2023, top of the Space Needle — announcement of FIFA World Cup™ SEA 2026 coming to Seattle, WA. Photo credit: Jose Moreno. Early this past summer, I was interested in interviewing Peter Tomozawa ...