November 2014
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OBITUARY: Kuichi Takei
November 20, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
TAKEI, KUICHI, 101, on November 8, 2014 in Sacramento, CA, died as he had lived, with grace and dignity. He was born in Watsonville, CA on July 28, 1913 to […] READ MORE
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LET’S TALK: About grief and the holidays 2014
November 20, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Although it is commonly believed that grieving for a loved one who has passed away may take a year or more to resolve, in reality the grief could well go […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Kenzo Estate
November 20, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
The story started many years ago, in fact it started with the most popular video game of its time. Remember “Street Fighter?” That video game of the ‘80s well before […] READ MORE
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Nikkei teen, said to be Disney’s first biracial lead character, stars in ‘Big Hero 6’
November 20, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Ryan Potter provides the voice of Hiro Hamada, a young genius-turned-superhero in Disney’s latest animated film “Big Hero 6.” The 19-year-old Potter, whose father is Japanese and mother is Caucasian, […] READ MORE
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Postwar adoptees from Japan make connections, share stories in U.S.
November 20, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — Kei LaFleur has a story behind the name she grew up with, and she said that story has given her much to be thankful for. Born in […] READ MORE
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Oldest remaining survivor of Japanese American concentration camps passes away
November 20, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
Fumiko Nishinaka Hayashida, the oldest living survivor of the first group of Japanese Americans who were taken to concentration camps from Bainbridge at the start of World War II, […] READ MORE
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Rep. Patsy Mink to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
November 20, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama named 19 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including the late Rep. Patsy Takemoto Mink, in a White House statement issued Nov. 10. The […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Yoneko Omai
November 6, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
OMAI, YONEKO, 88, passed away on Oct. 20, 2014. Born in Tokyo in 1926, she is survived by her husband, Paul Omai, daughter Judy Hamaguchi (Hajime), her beloved grandsons, Greg Hamaguchi, […] READ MORE
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Reinventing an ethnic newspaper as a cultural institution
November 6, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
While daily newspapers across the country battle for their lives, a scrappy little ethnic newspaper in San Francisco’s Japantown is discovering new ways to survive. It is the Nichi […] READ MORE
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‘Princess Kaguya’ is the ‘Game of Thrones’ of princess movies
November 6, 2014 by Nichi Bei News
The newest Studio Ghibli movie, “The Tale of Princess Kaguya,” is unlike any children’s film you’re likely to see this year — or ever. The fact that it has princess […] READ MORE
