December 2010
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Japanese snacks now part of local favorites in New York’s East Village
December 23, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
NEW YORK — Tradition is not the first word that comes to mind when one plans a visit to Manhattan’s East Village, sometimes referred to as New York’s counterculture capital […] READ MORE
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The striking influence — and beauty — of the woodblock print ‘Japanesque’ on view at the Legion of Honor
December 23, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
A woman lounging in a richly colored kimono. A flowering plum tree, framed in scrawled kanji characters. A writer in his studio, a screen painted with tiny birds behind him. […] READ MORE
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Furutani to chair retirement and Social Security committee
December 23, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember Warren T. Furutani (D-Long Beach) on Dec. 16 announced his appointment as chair of the Assembly Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security (PERSS). The jurisdiction […] READ MORE
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Congress passes rare bill to allow Marine widow’s immigration
December 23, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON (Kyodo) — The House of Representatives, on Dec. 15, passed a private immigration bill that will pave the way for a Japanese widow of a U.S. Marine to live […] READ MORE
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Change is afoot: Tokyo Govt. Approves New Restrictions to Manga and Anime for Children’s Sake, Part 2
December 23, 2010 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
So in my previous post, I talked about what kind of law was put into place by Tokyo’s metropolitan government. The effects of the law, while not quite as draconian […] READ MORE
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Change is afoot: Tokyo Govt. Approves New Restrictions to Manga and Anime for Children’s Sake, Part 1
December 18, 2010 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
Late into the evening of December 14, twitter started to spring to life from Japan. The cause? The passage of Bill 156 in the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly. The infamous bill […] READ MORE
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2010 Nichi Bei Foundation Day with the Oakland A’s
December 17, 2010 by admin
Nichi Bei Foundation Day was held on Sept. 6, Labor Day, at the Oakland Coliseum. The game featured the Oakland A’s facing down the Seattle Mariners. Pre-game festivities included grilled hot […] READ MORE
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Ryuichi Sakamoto x Michael Jackson
December 16, 2010 by Ben Hamamoto
Given the cash-in nature of posthumously assembled albums, I’m a little surprised by the restraint in terms of celebrity guests featured on the tracklist for “Michael,” the new MJ album. […] READ MORE
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Wrapping it up
December 16, 2010 by Alec Yoshio MacDonald, Nichi Bei News
The holiday season always produces a flood of gifts, brought on in a tsunami of wrapping paper. All that colorful packaging sets a festive tone, but most ends up in […] READ MORE
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Remembering Heart Mountain Fair Play Committee leader Frank Emi
December 16, 2010 by Nichi Bei News
Frank Seishi Emi was a fighter. The word “retreat” was not in Frank’s vocabulary. He, and he alone, would decide when it was time to move on. Sadly, that time […] READ MORE
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