From the turn of the 20th century to the early 1940s, a human-made island in San Pedro Bay held a flourishing Japanese American fishing village that helped develop Southern California’s mighty seafood ...

Tim Yamamoto's late grandfather once ran a grocery store from one of the last buildings that remain of the old Terminal Island fishing village — a history many hope to preserve. (Al Seib / For The ...

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The tiny fishing village of Akime, on the southernmost tip of Japan, will never be the same. James Bond and company have descended upon it via helicopters, buses and air-conditioned cars. They have a ...

San Pedro’s Terminal Island was once home to a bustling Japanese-American fishing village. Japanese fishermen brought tuna fishing expertise which in turn revolutionized the canning industry on the ...

LOS ANGELES — Months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, a Japanese American fishing community on San Pedro’s Terminal Island was given 48 hours to pack its belongings before it was forced into ...