February 2016
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LETTERS: Uesugi touched many lives
February 18, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following comment was posted on www.nichibei.org in response to the article entitled “Dr. Takeo Uesugi, internationally renowned Japanese landscape architect and kunsho recipient, dies,” which was published […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: JA landscape architect leaves a lasting legacy
February 18, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following comment was posted on www.nichibei.org in response to the article entitled “Dr. Takeo Uesugi, internationally renowned Japanese landscape architect and kunsho recipient, dies,” which was published […] READ MORE
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Reflections on Day of Remembrance: Supporting the SF ‘comfort women’ memorial & delving into our own history of sexual violence against women in times of war
February 18, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Last year, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution to create a “comfort women” memorial. The resolution garnered broad support from both within the Japanese American community […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Masami Iwasa
February 18, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
IWASA, MASAMI, 94, was born on January 3, 1922 in Sacramento, California as the third of six children to Hisata and Kinue Iwasa and passed away at his home for […] READ MORE
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New headquarters for J-Sei in works
February 18, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
EMERYVILLE, Calif. — J-Sei, a multi-generational and multi-cultural organization with its roots in Nikkei values and culture, purchased and is in the process of remodeling its new headquarters at 1285 […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Livin’ la vida local
February 18, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Or more accurately, as I previously stated (in the article entitled “Support your community”? in the Jan. 1, 2016 issue of the Nichi Bei Weekly), I have been attempting in […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: ‘Shrimp Boy’s’ claim ‘suspect’
February 4, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following letter was originally posted as a comment on nichibei.org in response to the article entitled “Prosecutors say ‘Shrimp Boy’ verdict is fair,” which was published in […] READ MORE
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RABBIT RAMBLINGS: A ‘phantasmagoric, dreamy depiction’ of one man’s post-camp life
February 4, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
For a long time, I have thought of the incarceration experience as full of possibilities for drama, fiction and other forms of creative expression. So much happened in the camps. […] READ MORE
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Girl Scout creates patch program to raise awareness of WWII incarceration
February 4, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: This content was originally published on the Japanese American National Museum’s “First & Central: The JANM Blog” on January 5, 2016. My name is Lauren Wong. I am […] READ MORE
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Yoshiko Kakudo, philanthropist and Asian Art Museum’s first curator of Japanese art, dies
February 4, 2016 by Nichi Bei News
Yoshiko Kakudo, the Asian Art Museum’s first curator of Japanese art, passed away peacefully Jan. 12, 2016, after a long illness resulting from a stroke. Born June 15, 1934 in […] READ MORE
