May 2017
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OBITUARY: Amey Aizawa
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
AIZAWA, AMEY, 94, a longtime resident of the Carlisle in San Francisco, passed away peacefully with many family members and friends by her side on the afternoon of April 23, […] READ MORE
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School’s in session in S.F.’s Japantown
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Following some five years of planning, fundraising and construction, Nihonmachi Little Friends opened its doors to its new Sutter Street building May 19 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by several […] READ MORE
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THE GOCHISO GOURMET: Natto dinner at Koko Head Café
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Because June signals the arrival of the annual Northern California Soy and Tofu Festival — held this year Saturday, June 17 from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the Event […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kimio Kanaya
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
KANAYA, KIMIO, 84, of Foster City, passed away on May 16, 2017 due to a pneumonia illness. Kimio was born April 27, 1933 in Seattle, Washington to parents, Kiu Kanaya […] READ MORE
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The unintended consequences of hate
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
This story was reported using data from ProPublica’s Documenting Hate Project. This project is collecting reports to create a national database of hate crimes and bias incidents for use by […] READ MORE
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U.S. appeals court hears arguments on revised travel ban
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Lawyers for the U.S. Justice Department and the state of Hawai’i argued before a federal appeals court May 15 about whether the panel should consider President Trump’s campaign comments when […] READ MORE
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Mass killer pleads no contest to seven counts of murder
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
OAKLAND, Calif. — One Goh pleaded no contest May 2 to seven counts of first-degree murder and three counts of premeditated murder for killing seven people in a shooting rampage […] READ MORE
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U.N. panel calls for revising Japan-S. Korea ‘comfort women’ deal
May 25, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
GENEVA — The U.N. Committee against Torture called on Japan and South Korea to revise their 2015 deal to settle the long-standing row over women who were forced into wartime […] READ MORE
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Calif. Civil Liberties projects announced
May 11, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Civil Liberties Public Education Program announced in a statement May 2 that 29 California groups will receive funding for projects to remember the wartime incarceration […] READ MORE
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Palo Alto: Data analysis company agrees to $1.6M settlement of bias allegations
May 11, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
PALO ALTO, Calif. — A Palo Alto-based data analysis company has agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle a U.S. Department of Labor charge that it discriminated against […] READ MORE
