January 2016
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Dr. Takeo Uesugi, internationally renowned Japanese landscape architect and kunsho recipient, dies
January 30, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Rev. Dr. Takeo Uesugi, an internationally renowned Japanese landscape architect, professor emeritus at California Polytechnic University, Pomona, and Tenrikyo Church minister, passed away peacefully Jan. 26, 2016 after a courageous […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Assistant minister in Nara Prefecture has roots in San Jose’s J-Town
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following comments were posted on www.nichibei.org in response to the article entitled “The process of becoming a better minister,” which was published in the Jan. 1 issue […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: Bay Area native spreads Buddhism’s message
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following comment was posted on www.nichibei.org in response to the article entitled “The process of becoming a better minister,” which was published in the Jan. 1 issue […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: A salute to Sacramento Tofu
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following comment was posted on www.nichibei.org in response to the article entitled “END OF AN ERA: Sacramento Tofu Company closes after 68 years,” which was published in […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Philip Nishikawa
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
NISHIKAWA, PHILIP, 76, of Pleasanton, CA, was called to heaven suddenly on January 12, 2016. Born March 20, 1939 in Sacramento, CA, he is survived by loving wife Shirley (Takehara) Nishikawa, […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Helen Chizuko Sato
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
SATO, HELEN CHIZUKO, 94, passed away peacefully on 12-14-2015, just 2 days shy of 95. She was born in Tulare, CA, the first child of Kosaburo and Kayo Arita. She […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: The wonderful world of the Internet
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Love it or hate it, the Internet is balanced with beneficial innovation as much as it’s plagued with maddening pop-ups and trolling Websites. And because virtually everyone is now connected […] READ MORE
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Selma’s 50th anniv. march inspires JACL resolution to study African American reparations
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
“Frederick Douglass said we should have 40 acres and a mule.” Instead, America left blacks “penniless and illiterate after 244 years of slavery,” said Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He […] READ MORE
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Jerry Enomoto, first APA U.S. marshal, dies
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Jerry Enomoto, the first Asian American to head the California Department of Corrections and to be appointed as a U.S. marshal, passed away Jan. 17, 2016. He was 89. A […] READ MORE
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Japanese American UPS driver killed in West Sacramento
January 21, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A UPS employee was struck by a United Parcel Service of America big rig at approximately 9:15 p.m. Jan. 7 at the West Sacramento UPS distribution center […] READ MORE
