Postponed: Bon Odori at Open Streets, originally scheduled for May 31.

A Bon Odori event organized by the Japanese Nationality Room and scheduled for May 31 has been postponed.

Postponed: "Japanese Culture through Video Games" at Pitt.

A Japan America Society of Pennsylvania talk with Dr. Rachael Hutchinson on "Japanese Culture through Video Games" originally scheduled for April 9 has been postponed.

Due to the evolving public health situation, this event will be rescheduled for a future date, potentially in the fall semester. Stay tuned!

Postponed: New 4K restoration of Akira Kurosawa's Ran (乱) at Rangos Giant Cinema.

A new 4K restoration of the 1985 Akira Kurosawa film Ran (乱) that was to play at the Rangos Giant Cinema at the Carnegie Science Center on May 3 has been postponed.

Panda Supermarket in Squirrel Hill moves to online orders from March 23.

Panda Supermarket in Squirrel Hill has moved exclusively to online orders from March 23 to maximize employee safety. Details are available on its Facebook page and its WeChat page; the QR code for its WeChat is included above.

Postponed: Peelander-Z at Club Cafe.

The concert with "Japanese Action Comic Punk band" Peelander-Z, originally scheduled for April 28 at Club Cafe, has been postponed, along with all other shows through April 30.

Cancelled: 1957 Kurosawa film Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巣城) at Maridon Museum.

The 1957 Akira Kurosawa film Throne of Blood (蜘蛛巣城), which was scheduled to play at the Maridon Museum on March 26 as the second installment of this spring's Japanese Film Series, has been cancelled due to the museum's temporary closure.

Cancelled: Japanese movie Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆).

The Japanese movie Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (デジモンアドベンチャー LAST EVOLUTION 絆), which was scheduled to play in Pittsburgh on March 25, has been cancelled due to the temporary closures of AMC Loews Waterfront and the Cinemark theaters.

Cancelled: Asian Student Alliance Advocacy Summit, March 21 at Pitt.

The Advocacy Summit organized by the Asian Student Alliance at the University of Pittsburgh and scheduled for March 21 has been cancelled.

Cancelled: Korean Film Festival at Pitt.

The University of Pittsburgh's Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures' Korean Film Festival, scheduled for March 20 and 27, has been cancelled. No word yet on if it will run in the fall.

Keeping track of restaurants staying open for take-out and delivery options.

I recently started a thread on Facebook to help track the Asian restaurants that will be staying open for take-out and delivery service amid the shutdown.




Consider checking the comments to see which Asian restaurants will stay open in a limited capacity over the next few weeks.

Oishii Bento, Chick n' Bubbly shift to take-out orders, delivery, amid restaurant shut-down.

Following the news that bars and restaurants in Allegheny County have been ordered closed for the next two weeks, Oishii Bento and Chick n' Bubbly in Oakland have shifted exclusively to take-out or delivery orders.

Cancelled: Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival at Row House Cinema.

The Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival, scheduled to run from March 20 through April 2 at the Row House Cinema, has been cancelled. From the theater on Facebook:

This Thursday will be Row House Cinema's last day showing films. In addition, we will be canceling The 2020 Pittsburgh Japanese Film Festival. We are doing everything to continue to make it a minimize any virus issues. We will reopen when things go back to normal.

How can you help?

1. Join our Film Club

2. Buy a gift certificate from our website

3. Shop at Bierport or get Curb Side Service

4. If you need babysitting, Nanny, dog walking, or any other help. I have a crew of fantastic, qualified individuals who need some income during these terrible times.

5. We are still showing films until Thursday

Panda Supermarket temporarily alters hours.

Squirrel Hill's Panda Supermarket has temporarily changed its hours in response to the COVID-19 outbreak.

From 3/16 to 3/31, we are temporarily changing our store hours because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

We will be open from 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm, seven days a week.

Our store will continue to be sanitized each hour like we have been recently doing.

Thank you for your understanding for making Panda a safer place to shop.

Cancelled: "The Future of U.S. Policy on North Korea" with Frank Aum, March 23.

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh event "The Future of U.S. Policy on North Korea" with host Frank Aum scheduled for March 23 has been cancelled.

Cancelled: Free Chinese, Japanese, Korean classes at Carnegie Libraries in March and April.

via the Republic of Korea's Flickr page.

All free Chinese, Japanese, and Korean classes at the Carnegie Library branches are cancelled for March and April. As you might expect, this will likely be the case for most events scheduled over the next few weeks.

Postponed: Jasmine Cho and "Cookie Activism: Using Sugar as a Platform for Social Justice" at Pittsburgh Humanities Festival.

Jasmine Cho and her talk at the Pittsburgh Humanities Festival, "Cookie Activism: Using Sugar as a Platform for Social Justice," has been postponed as a part of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust's response to COVID-19.

Postponed: "In Conversation: An-My Lê and Viet Thanh Nguyen" at Carnegie Museum of Art.

"In Conversation: An-My Lê and Viet Thanh Nguyen," scheduled for April 4 at the Carnegie Museum of Art, has been postponed due to travel obstacles related to COVID-19.

Pittsburgh Japanese School to end its semester early, cancel classes in March.

The Pittsburgh Japanese School (ピッツバーグ日本語補習授業校), which meets Sundays at Shady Side Academy Middle School in Fox Chapel, has cancelled the final day of its school year and its graduation ceremonies. Shadyside Academy is performing a deep cleaning of facilities during its spring break and

[a]uxiliary programs and facility rentals by outside groups have been canceled over break to enable this to happen

The announcement from the Pittsburgh Japanese School:

【休校連絡】ピッツバーグ日本語補習授業校　休校について


平素よりピッツバーグ日本語補習授業校（以下補習校）の活動にご理解と

ご協力をいただき、誠にありがとうございます。　



掲題の件、校舎の借用先であるSSAより3月末までの校舎借用キャンセルの申し入れがありました。

それに伴い、3月15日（日）は休校とし、予定されていた卒業証書授与式と

2019年度後期終業式は中止といたします。



4月以降の対応については、改めてご連絡させて頂きます。



ピッツバーグ日本語補習授業校

学校長　土橋 稔史

2019年度運営委員会

2019 Chinese film So Long, My Son (地久天长) at Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival postponed until fall.

The 2020 Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival and its lone Asian film 2019 Chinese film So Long, My Son (地久天长) will be postponed until the fall amid cancellation of other university events due to COVID-19 concerns.

Free Japanese classes at Carnegie Library in Oakland cancelled for March and April.

via @japangov

The free Japanese classes offered at the Carnegie Library in Oakland have been cancelled for March and April. These include Japanese for Beginners, Japanese II, and Japanese Conversation Club. No reason for the cancellation has been given.