July 2017
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A historical survey of Asian Americans in the Heartland
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
ASIAN AMERICANS IN MICHIGAN: VOICES FROM THE MIDWEST Edited by Sook Wilkinson and Victor Jew (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2015, 384 pp., $34.95, paperback) In 2009, I published an […] READ MORE
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Korean star Jae-Gyun Hwang powers his way to Giants history
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
In a dismal season, San Francisco Giants fans had a reason to celebrate June 28. Playing at home versus the Colorado Rockies, Jae-Gyun Hwang made history as the first Korea-born […] READ MORE
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THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: A behind-the-scenes glimpse at a historian’s work documenting JA stories
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
One of the burdens of my work as a historian of Japanese Americans is the continuing sense of time passing. I have a continuing need to find people before they […] READ MORE
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Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan’s centenarian doctor, dies at 105
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
TOKYO — Shigeaki Hinohara, honorary head of St. Luke’s International Hospital in Tokyo who continued practicing as a doctor after turning 100 and was a well-respected cultural figure, died from […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Yuki Shibata Ashizawa
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
ASHIZAWA, YUKI SHIBATA, 93, born May 23, 1924, passed away peacefully on June 12, 2017. She is preceded in death by her husband, Mas Ashizawa, parents Kiyoshi and Ai Nakamura, […] READ MORE
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A year later, Pokemon Go is fitness tool for older people
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
OSAKA — About a year after the craze over the release of Pokemon Go, the smartphone app game has largely become a tool for middle-aged and older people to stay […] READ MORE
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7 life terms for mass killing at Oakland university
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
OAKLAND, Calif. — One Goh was sentenced July 14 to seven consecutive terms of life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 271 years to life in state prison […] READ MORE
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Napa: Detour sign altered to demean ethnic group
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
Caltrans was told on July 2 about a detour sign in Napa that was hacked or changed to read something hateful, a Caltrans spokesman said July 7. Caltrans was alerted […] READ MORE
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Compassion abounds in intimate journey
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
GENTLY TO NAGASAKI By Joy Kogawa (Halfmoon Bay, B.C.: Caitlin Press Inc., 2016, 214 pp., $25.95 CAD, paper) “Gently to Nagasaki” is filled with honesty, fragility and deep questioning of […] READ MORE
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An entertaining and insightful exploration of humanity
July 20, 2017 by Nichi Bei News
KILLING AND DYING By Adrian Tomine (New York: Drawn & Quarterly, 2016, 121 pp., $22.95, hard cover) “Killing and Dying,” the latest collection of short graphic stories from Adrian Tomine, […] READ MORE
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