January 2014
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DRIVEN TO SUCCEED: Jean Shiomoto leads California’s massive Department of Motor Vehicles
January 23, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published in Currents, an Asian Pacific American community newspaper that serves the Sacramento, Calif. area. SACRAMENTO — In a crowded coffee house in […] READ MORE
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WWII officer Onoda, who refused to surrender, dies
January 23, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Hiroo Onoda, a former Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer who continued fighting on a Philippine island for decades after Japan’s surrender in World War II, died of […] READ MORE
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SF School Board unanimously approves plan to move Asawa School of the Arts
January 23, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
(Bay City News Service) —The San Francisco board of education unanimously approved Jan. 14 a plan to create an arts education center near San Francisco’s City Hall where the Ruth […] READ MORE
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FULL COUNT: Sakata returns to SJ; A’s ponder Nakajima
January 23, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Rakuten Eagles ace and 30 consecutive game winner Masahiro Tanaka had until 5 p.m. ET on Jan. 24 to announce which of the five MLB teams that have bids in […] READ MORE
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Tanaka gets $155 mil., 7-year deal with Yanks
January 23, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
NEW YORK (Kyodo) — Rakuten Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka has agreed to a seven-year contract with the New York Yankees, the club announced Jan. 22. The deal, reportedly worth $155 […] READ MORE
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San Jose looks to sell land used by theater company, movie theaters, fire station
January 23, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE (Bay City News Service) — The sites of the San Jose Stage Company, Camera 12 theaters, a landmark former fire station and a complex in Japantown are on […] READ MORE
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LA Times shows indifference, shortsightedness by supporting LADWP’s Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch
January 23, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
On January 2, 2014, the Los Angeles Times published an unsigned editorial in support of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s proposal to build a 1,200-acre solar energy […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Billie Lee, former Nichi Bei South Bay correspondent, dies
January 16, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE — Billie Lee, the former South Bay correspondent of the Nichi Bei Times English section, passed away on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. She was 83. She was remembered […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Fusako “Sally” Nakai
January 16, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
NAKAI, FUSAKO “SALLY”, 91, who was active in the Bay Area’s Japanese American community for more than six decades, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 11. Fusako Miyanaga was born on […] READ MORE
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Wagner deserved Olympic spot over Nagasu
January 16, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Controversy recently erupted when on Jan. 12 U.S. Figure Skating gave the last spot on its three-member women’s Olympic team to Ashley Wagner — who fell twice at the national […] READ MORE
