February 2017
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‘Resistance at Tule Lake’ sheds new light on inmates’ organized protests
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
“Resistance at Tule Lake,” a film about protests against injustice within the largest wartime United States concentration camp for residents of Japanese ancestry, will be shown at the sixth annual […] READ MORE
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Never again! No Muslim incarceration
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Editor’s Note: The following commentary was originally published by the Freedom Socialist. Most people don’t know where Rohwer, Ark. or Tule Lake, Calif. are located. I do. My parents’ families […] READ MORE
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LETTERS: The Tule Lake issues
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
The National Park Service (NPS) has recently held hearings concerning the Tule Lake Segregation Center issue in several cities. In view of this, there are two issues which need to be […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kaoru Kay Maeyama
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
MAEYAMA, KAORU KAY, 89, was born in Vacaville, CA on August 15, 1927 and passed away peacefully on January 28 surrounded by her family. Kay is survived by her husband, […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kikuyo “Babe” Sentachi
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
SENTACHI, KIKUYO “BABE,” passed away on Jan. 12, 2017. She is survived by son Alan, daughter Vicki Akagi (Glenn) and grandchildren Terra and Daren. A memorial service will be held […] READ MORE
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California officials praise ruling as Trump vows to appeal
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
A federal appeals court in San Francisco declined Feb. 9 to reinstate President Donald Trump’s Jan. 27 ban on travel from seven predominantly Muslim countries. A three-judge panel of the […] READ MORE
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1-alarm fire at Japantown apartment building quickly contained
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Firefighters quickly extinguished a one-alarm fire at an apartment complex the morning of Feb. 14 in San Francisco’s Japantown neighborhood, according to fire officials. Firefighters first responded to the blaze […] READ MORE
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Three arrested in connection with strong-armed robberies
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Three people have been arrested in connection with a string of recent strong-armed robberies in San Jose, police announced Feb. 2. Santos Thompson, 21, Carissa Martinez, […] READ MORE
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A narrative homage to the WWII incarceration timeline
February 16, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Among the estimated 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry who were forcibly relocated during World War II, stories abound of the men, women and children whose lives were interrupted, broken and […] READ MORE
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‘Telling Stories’ shorts at Films of Remembrance spotlights little-known WWII episodes
February 2, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
The Nichi Bei Foundation will present the sixth annual Films of Remembrance Saturday, Feb. 25 at the New People Cinema, 1746 Post St. in San Francisco’s Japantown. Three short films, […] READ MORE
