Little Tokyo Service Center (LTSC) is committed to improving the lives of underserved individuals and families and promoting the equitable development of ethnic communities and their rich cultural heritage.
Over 6000 social services clients served in 2017
Over 1000 affordable housing units produced
Total 2017 attendance for Far East Lounge activites
Thanks to community support, LTSC built a big gym in Little Tokyo.
The Far East Lounge is a Little Tokyo gathering space for seniors and others to connect and enjoy activities that promote wellness.
+LAB is a bold initiative that allows LTSC to join forces with artists and cultural institutions to find imaginative ways to empower the Little Tokyo community.
The First Street North block of Little Tokyo is a critical part of the past and future of our historic neighborhood.
A partnership initiative between a youth/young adult outreach group and LTSC is dedicated to ending the stigma surrounding mental health and normalizing healthy discussions within the Asian American community.
LTSC is partnering with Los Angeles County Metro Transit Authority to build affordable housing, commercial and social service space at the Vermont/Santa Monica station.
“I never felt alone. Someone from LTSC was always there to check in with me.”
If someone has a crisis or emergency, an organization like this is very important.
I go [to the Far East Lounge] to see other Japanese people. We can talk in our own language.
opens in a new windowSuehiro Founder Junko Suzuki Passes at Age 84 - Rafu Shimpo
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By ELLEN ENDO, Rafu Shimpo Junko Suzuki, the woman who co-founded one of Little Tokyo’s most enduring restaurants, Suehiro Café on First Street, has passed away at the age of 84. Junko immigrated to the U.S. in 1969 from Gunma-ken, Japan. Although neither she nor her sister, Yuriko, possessed pre...
