February 2010
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Aoki, the Activist and Intellectual
February 25, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
“Aoki,” the new documentary by Ben Wang and Mike Cheng, tells the little known story of Black Panther Party Field Marshal Richard Aoki. Filmed during the last five years of […] READ MORE
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It’s a Family Affair for Palo Alto Postmaster Maeda
February 25, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
When Dean Maeda was sworn in as Palo Alto, Calif.’s postmaster in early January, he was carrying on a family tradition begun by his father, who retired from the United […] READ MORE
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DOR Shows Korematsu Case’s Relevance to Today’s Civil Liberties Issues
February 25, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
LOS ANGELES — The 2010 Los Angeles Day of Remembrance, held Feb. 20 at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, featured San Francisco civil rights attorney […] READ MORE
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Obama Nominates UC Berkeley Law Professor to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
February 25, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
President Obama on Feb. 24 nominated University of California at Berkeley law professor Goodwin Liu to serve on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. Liu, 39, […] READ MORE
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Florin JACL Celebrates 75th Anniversary
February 18, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
SACRAMENTO — The Florin chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League (JACL), one of the most prolific of the national organization’s 110-plus chapters, recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. And although […] READ MORE
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Police Arrest Suspect In Guitar Maker’s Slaying
February 18, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
ROHNERT PARK, Calif. — Police on Feb. 15 arrested a suspect in the killing of well-known guitar maker Taku Sakashta outside his Rohnert Park workshop. Sakashta had been stabbed multiple […] READ MORE
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THE KAERU KID: Texas Replica Fun
February 18, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Las Vegas believes in the expression “imitation is the greatest form of flattery,” with all the tribute acts copying the originals and all the casinos themed after other famous locales. […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: George Muneichi Yamasaki
February 18, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
YAMASAKI, GEORGE MUNEICHI, 105, passed away peacefully at home in Auburn, Calif., on Saturday, February 13, 2010, He was born in Osaka, Japan, July 13, 1904, to Zenkichi and Kikuyo […] READ MORE
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RJC Awards Grants to Three Bay Area News & Technology Experiments
February 18, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
Post by Whitney Wilcox on February 10th at 12:58pm on rjcmedia.org, the Web site of the Renaissance Journalism Center “The Renaissance Journalism Center has awarded $20,000 grants to three Bay […] READ MORE
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Yu-Ai Kai Cancer Forum Aims to Raise Awareness
February 11, 2010 by Nichi Bei Web
SAN JOSE — Susan Shinagawa was just 34 years old when she received the devastating news after battling to convince her doctor to give her a biopsy — that she […] READ MORE
