June 2012
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Reduced bus service to ‘accelerate destruction’ of San Francisco’s Japantown
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: According to the San Francisco Unified School District, it has reduced its bus service for the 2012-13 school year, due to ongoing state budget cuts. For more information, […] READ MORE
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LITTLE TOKYO SERVICE CENTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOUNDER RETIRES Bill Watanabe leaves after 32 years at the helm of the multi-purpose social welfare agency
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Bill Yoshiyuki Watanabe, founder and executive director of the Little Tokyo Service Center for the past 32 years, reflected on his career at LTSC on June 15, […] READ MORE
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Watanabe receives Kunsho award
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Bill Watanabe, founder and executive director of Little Tokyo Service Center, was awarded the Japanese government’s Kunsho (Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays) on […] READ MORE
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Shinagawa, Meng win N.Y. Democratic primaries
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Nate Shinagawa, a Tompkins County legislator and healthcare administrator, won the June 26 Democratic primary in New York’s newly drawn 23rd Congressional District with 55 percent of the vote, the […] READ MORE
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Asian Americans respond to Pew: We’re not your model minority
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
It’s not every day that deep and rigorous research about Asian Americans is released to the public. So when the well-respected Pew Research Center released “The Rise of Asian Americans,” […] READ MORE
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C(API)TOL CORRESPONDENT: Why I hate API candidates
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following was originally posted on Bill Wong’s blog, http://thesunfire.blogspot.com. After over 20 years of working in politics, I have come to hate my own people when it […] READ MORE
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THE HEART OF KANJI: Human virtue, educational virtue and divine virtue
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
“In order to be a useful person in the world, one should strive to attain human virtue, educational virtue and divine virtue. — Konko founder 人 (Jin) means “human.” This […] READ MORE
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Japanese government honors NorCal Cherry Blossom Festival leaders
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
Dozens of community members associated with the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival gathered at the official residence of Consul General of Japan in San Francisco Hiroshi Inomata on the evening […] READ MORE
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House passes resolution of ‘regret’ for the Chinese Exclusion Act
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives unanimously passed House Resolution 683, a bipartisan resolution introduced by Rep. Judy Chu of California, on June 18. The resolution “formally expresses the regret […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Edward Eiichi Yamagishi
June 28, 2012 by Nichi Bei News
YAMAGISHI, EDWARD EIICHI passed quietly at home, during the early morning of June 19, 2012, after a brief illness. Born Jan. 12, 1927, Edward leaves his wife of 63 years, […] READ MORE
