News4JAX anchor Aaron Farrar shows us how the relatively new Asian Night Markets are bringing the AAPI community together.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla.

We’re shining the spotlight on Kie Young, president of the Japanese Association of Jacksonville. She’s also a member of the Mayor’s Asian American Advisory Board.

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month is celebrated during the month of May, and to kick off the festivities, News4JAX Reporter and Anchor John Asebes spent a full day embracing the vibrant AAPI culture.

If you think you have a unique job, it’s probably not as unusual as the one Tokyo Moreno has. She’s a professional fire performer and even “eats” fire during her performances.

One local chef and restaurant put Filipino food on the map -- and on the Yelp Top 100 list.

During the month of May, we want to highlight those in the AAPI community locally who own businesses!

May marks Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, a time in which we pay tribute to the generations of people who have enriched our country’s history -- and the ones who are still growing up, who will be instrumental in future successes.