August 2015
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Sac State to digitize World War II concentration camp documents
August 24, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
Sacramento State’s Japanese American Archival Collection (JAAC) is the largest holding of its kind in the California State University system. For that reason, Sac State will receive $40,000 — the […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: The ultimate in sustainability
August 21, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
Early on in the history of restaurant dining, only the most privileged class could afford and patronize restaurants, so menus catered to those with lots of extra spare cash. They […] READ MORE
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Zen living in Oakland
August 20, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
OAKLAND, Calif. — Aside from running the renown jazz club and Japanese restaurant Yoshi’s in Oakland, Calif., the club’s owners and former married couple Yoshie Akiba and Kaz Kajimura share […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Keiko (nee Yamamoto) Mizuhara
August 20, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
MIZUHARA, KEIKO (nee YAMAMOTO), 76, born March 25, 1939, passed away peacefully at home the morning of August 4, 2015 after a two-year battle with cancer. She is survived by […] READ MORE
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‘Living in the Shadows of Exclusion’: LGBT Asian America
August 20, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
History may forget Asian Americans who are part of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer spectrum, according to one historian involved in the LGBT movement. “History isn’t kind to […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Asako Sakai Yamashita
August 20, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
YAMASHITA, ASAKO SAKAI, 98, died July 30, 2015 in Santa Cruz. Born November 10, 1916 in San Francisco, she was the fifth child in a family of nine children. Her […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kikuye Mary Kayano
August 20, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
KAYANO, KIKUYE MARY, 92, passed away on August 4, 2015. She was born in Marysville, California on October 23, 1922 and was a longtime resident of San Francisco, California. Predeceased […] READ MORE
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Iwakuma throws no-hitter against Orioles
August 20, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
SEATTLE — Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma became the first Japanese pitcher since Hideo Nomo to throw a major league no-hitter on Aug. 12 when he held the Baltimore Orioles […] READ MORE
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Abe upholds Japan’s past remorse over WWII, but no fresh apology
August 20, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe upheld Japan’s past apologies over its wartime actions as “unshakable” in a statement issued Aug. 14 to mark the 70th anniversary of the end […] READ MORE
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Responding to racism
August 20, 2015 by Nichi Bei News
At the risk of giving undeserved attention to Donald Trump and the political spectacle created by his campaign, I feel compelled to respond to his racist and anti-immigrant rhetoric in […] READ MORE
