May 2014
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OBITUARY: Yasuko Yamamoto
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
YAMAMOTO, YASUKO, 94, entered Nirvana on May 20, 2014. She will be remembered fondly by her husband, Takeo Yamamoto; step children Coleen (Gary) Matsuno, Scott (Julie) Yamamoto, Joan (Josh) Oen […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Sumio ‘Sam’ Ogami
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
OGAMI, SUMIO “SAM,” 90, passed away peacefully at home in San Mateo on May 10, 2014. Sam was born to DENKICHI and IMA OGAMI on June 28, 1923 in Watsonville, […] READ MORE
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Jodo Shinshu Center to hold ‘Being Gay, Being Buddhist’ event
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
BERKELEY, Calif. — The Jodo Shinshu Center will host a half-day seminar entitled “Being Gay, Being Buddhist” Saturday, June 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Actor and social justice […] READ MORE
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Judge issues protective order on evidence in Chow, Yee case
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
A federal judge in San Francisco issued a protective order May 19 enabling 25 defendants and their lawyers in a corruption, money laundering and arms dealing case to begin looking […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Those lesser known soy ‘offal’
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
We all know about the leading characters created by the humble soy bean, tofu, soymilk and edamame. But from the seeds of Glycine max, we also derive okara and yuba […] READ MORE
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Transient charged with attempted murder, hate crimes in Walmart assault on child
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE — A woman accused of attacking a 4-year-old girl and her father with a crowbar in a Walmart store in May 13 targeted the pair because they were […] READ MORE
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Join us in fighting to save the community press
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
It was nearly five years ago when, during the worst of economic climates in four decades, we launched the Nichi Bei Foundation with nothing more than hopes and dreams, and […] READ MORE
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No surprise racism lurked underneath U.C. Santa Barbara mass murderer’s rage
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
There was no surprise that in between U.C. Santa Barbara’s mass murderer Elliot Rodger’s warped, sick, and perverse harangues against women, he also laced in a generous dose of racist […] READ MORE
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Indirect deaths from March 2011 disaster exceed direct ones
May 29, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (Kyodo) — The number of people dying of indirect causes related to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami has exceeded those who lost their lives directly in the […] READ MORE
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World War II MIS veterans hold ‘touching’ reunion after 67 years
May 15, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
After World War II ended in 1945, the Military Intelligence Service soldiers played a vital role in aiding Japan’s reconstruction, connecting Gen. Douglas Macarthur to the Japanese people though their […] READ MORE
