News

SAN FRANCISCO, California (KPIX ... “I’m kind of excited for what is to come with the revitalization of Japantown, but at the same time I’m kind of sad to see one of the last remnants ...
Soko Hardware is celebrating its 100th year of being open in Japantown in San Francisco. The store is located along the 1600 block of Post Street and has been a pillar in the Japanese community.
In this episode of KPFA Presents, we have a story about one of the oldest and largest surviving Japanese districts in the United States: San Francisco’s Japantown. Here to show us more about that ...
No matter who wins San Francisco’s District 5 supervisorial seat in the Nov. 5 election, Japantown residents say the race represents an opportunity for their neighborhood to have a greater say ...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Peace Plaza in San Francisco's historic Japantown is now in the midst of a major construction project, that will pose a challenge to businesses that remain open even as the ...
Two people were taken to a hospital and many others had to be evacuated from a senior housing complex in San Francisco's Japantown neighborhood where a two-alarm fire was reported late Friday ...
A San Francisco native is helping keep alive the city's historic Japantown, one of only three left in the U.S. Growing up, Grace Horikiri came to Japantown to learn the Japanese language ...
In the early 1940s, San Francisco’s Japantown was a vibrant community home to more than 200 businesses owned by those of Japanese descent. But that all changed in 1942 after Franklin D.