April 2015
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OBITUARY: George Yoshisuke Abe
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
ABE, GEORGE YOSHISUKE, 91. Dad had the last laugh, passing on April 1. As the third of four sons in Shinbaru, Fukuoka-ken, Japan, he was sent away at 13 years […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Harry K. Fukuhara
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
FUKUHARA, HARRY K., 95, formerly of San Jose, CA, passed away on April 8, 2015, at the Hi’Olani Care Center at Kahala Nui, Honolulu, Hawai‘i. Beloved husband of the late […] READ MORE
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ENTERTAINMENT RE-ORIENTED: Identity and authenticity in ‘Man from Reno’
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
Since making his foray into the filmmaking scene in 2006 with “Big Dreams Little Tokyo,” director Dave Boyle has featured and collaborated with a host of Asian American actors. Boyle’s […] READ MORE
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Powerful voices motivate, educate at 46th Manzanar Pilgrimage
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
MANZANAR, Calif. — Close to 1,500 people braved blustery winds and gritty dust to attend the 46th annual Manzanar Pilgrimage, held April 25. While visibly less former Japanese American camp […] READ MORE
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Auction controversy talk among pilgrimage attendees
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
A recurring topic of discussion among attendees at the 46th Manzanar Pilgrimage was the recent social media campaign that halted, at least temporarily, the sale by an East Coast auction […] READ MORE
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Japanese American coach leads Sacramento’s McClatchy High to city’s first state title
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — It took 160 years, but on March 27 a girls’ varsity basketball team from Sacramento made history as the first sports team from the Sacramento City Unified […] READ MORE
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Ishinomaki nonprofit visits San Francisco
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
The March 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated Ishinomaki City in Miyagi Prefecture. More than 3,500 people are dead or missing in the city of 160,000. Rias No Mori (The Forest […] READ MORE
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Japan Prime Minister Abe in historic speech vows to uphold past war statements
April 30, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a landmark speech to the U.S. Congress on April 29, said he will stick to statements by his predecessors expressing “deep remorse” over […] READ MORE
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Auction of concentration camp artifacts halted after community outrage
April 16, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
The planned auctioning of hundreds of artifacts from World War II American concentration camps, which has galvanized Japanese Americans from coast to coast against the Lambertville, N.J.-based Rago Arts and […] READ MORE
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CONNECTING TO HERITAGE: Kelli Asako Sum crowned 2015 queen
April 16, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
With the start of the 48th annual Cherry Blossom Festival in San Francisco, the 2015 Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program chose its new queen and court April 11 […] READ MORE
