March 2012
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NPS announces grants to preserve, interpret confinement sites
March 30, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of the Interior on March 22 announced that the National Park Service is awarding funding to help preserve and interpret the U.S. confinement sites where […] READ MORE
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Film to highlight need for multiethnic donors
March 29, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
VANCOUVER, British Columbia — The award-winning team behind “Mixed Match,” a feature-length documentary about the difficulties multiethnic patients with deadly blood diseases face when searching for bone marrow donors, has […] READ MORE
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THE KAERU KID: An island vacation for a song
March 29, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
One does not need to be okanemochi (a rich person) or have lots of vacation days to enjoy an exotic island vacation. Do you remember the song “26 Miles (Santa […] READ MORE
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LOOKING BACK IN AWE: Living dangerously in America’s own killing fields
March 29, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
With the 20th anniversary of the April 29, 1992 LA Riots just around the corner, it’s d’j? vu again. On sobering reflection, I dare say that our Sa-I-Gu (Korean for […] READ MORE
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LONG OVERDUE: Japanese American veterans of World War II receive Congressional Gold Medals at South Bay ceremony
March 22, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE — It was moving. It was emotional. It was long overdue and yet so deserving when U.S. Congressional leaders awarded the Congressional Gold Medal to Japanese American World […] READ MORE
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THE HEART OF KANJI: Joy, even if you are in suffering
March 22, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
困る (komaru) means “suffering,” and consists of two parts. The outside lines represent a box, and the inside lines represent a tree. The tree can’t get out of the box, […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Effort under way to honor Nisei veterans with a stamp
March 22, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Dear Editor: I urge all of your readers to write to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee to support the Japanese American Veterans Association (JAVA) efforts for a proposed commemorative stamp […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Grace Hanami Nakai
March 21, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
NAKAI, GRACE HANAMI passed away on March 7 at the age of 82 in Roseville, Calif. She was born in Sacramento, Calif. on March 17, 1929. Grace is survived by […] READ MORE
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Falling birth rates and infantile otaku culture
March 17, 2012 by Tomo Hirai, Nichi Bei News
I’m more of a Western gamer when it comes to my video gaming habits. I guess I just never got into the Moe-blob romance and tsundere masochism my friends have […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL: NorCal Regional Tribute on April 22
March 16, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Dear Friends, On Nov. 2, 2011, the United States Congress presented the Congressional Gold Medal to the Nikkei veterans of the 100th Battalion/442nd Regimental Combat Team and the Military Intelligence […] READ MORE
