2018
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New exhibit on WWII incarceration taking shape at M.I.S. Historic Learning Center
December 20, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
The National Japanese American Historical Society recently announced the completion of a new simulated horse stall barrack at its “Dislocation and Divergence: Real Stories of E. O. 9066” permanent installation […] READ MORE
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Census confidentiality concerns worry activists
December 20, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
As the Census Bureau prepares for its 2020 count, concerns about new plans to question respondents about their citizenship status have taken center stage. But now, civil rights activists and […] READ MORE
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SF: Mayor Ed Lee remembered on 1-year anniversary of death
December 20, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
San Francisco city officials celebrated the life of the late Mayor Ed Lee with a lively ceremony Dec. 12 at City Hall on the one-year anniversary of his death. Standing […] READ MORE
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Community celebrates ‘Frida Kahlo Way’ street signs at City College of S.F.
December 20, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Community members gathered Dec. 7 to celebrate the unveiling of the Frida Kahlo Way street signs in San Francisco, according to the office of Supervisor Norman Yee. Frida Kahlo Way […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Kazuko Matsuoka
December 20, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
MATSUOKA, KAZUKO, 85, passed quietly surrounded by family and friends on November 27, 2018. She was a longtime resident of Sacramento. Born in Osaka, Japan, she was preceded in her […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Betty Kurihara Ozawa
December 20, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
OZAWA, BETTY KURIHARA, 87, born May 2, 1931 in Tulare, California to Kumaki and Tomi Kurihara of Kumamoto, Japan, grew up on a farm, the youngest of eight siblings. In […] READ MORE
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Faith group vows to hold monthly vigils to denounce deportations
December 20, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
Immigration activists crowded along the sidewalk outside the San Francisco U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office Dec. 14 to kick off what they said will be monthly vigils demanding an […] READ MORE
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Research shows third citizen isolation center, at Tulelake
December 6, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
During World War II, the United States government had established three, not two citizen isolation centers as previously thought, according to groundbreaking research being conducted on an upcoming book on […] READ MORE
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Kansas stops issuing license plates with offensive term for Japanese
December 6, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
LOS ANGELES — The Kansas Department of Revenue has ceased issuing vehicle license plates that contain the letters “JAP” after a Californian man complained about a plate carrying the word, […] READ MORE
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OBITUARY: Joanne Pakel Ikeda
December 6, 2018 by Nichi Bei News
IKEDA, JOANNE PAKEL, 74, born May 17, 1944, traveled to a new dimension on Tuesday, November 27, 2018. She regretted leaving her wonderful husband, Roy H. Ikeda, and her two […] READ MORE
